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He has no rules of engagement. And absolutely nothing left to lose.Jonathan Hunt’s life didn’t just shatter when a shadow terror network abducted his wife—it was erased. Now, a ghost fueled by a singular, burning obsession, Hunt is willing to cross every legal and moral line to find the...

When the world grows quiet… something begins to stir. A sound where no sound should be...... A shadow that moves when nothing is there. A truth that refuses to remain buried. In this novel-length collection of horror and dark suspense, Scott W. Cook presents six unsettling tales that explore the thin boundary between the familiar and the unknown — where curiosity leads to terror, and answers often raise even darker questions.

AI is the trendy new tech of the 2020’s and holds the promise of power and fortunes yet untold… and where there is lust and greed, there is their old companion… murder. America’s got a new pet serial killer. A killer who travels the inland waterways from Chicago to Florida, leaving a wake of blood behind. But the Loop Strangler isn’t your ordinary psychopath – whoever he or she is they’ve set their sights on small software firms and their founders.

With her commission in her coat and a well-found deck beneath her feet, Catherine Cook, granddaughter of the great explorer, prepares to set sail. With her new frigate and her master and commander’s warrant, Kate is ready to begin her career in the Royal Navy. Yet as every sailor knows, not all seas run smoothly. As Kate and her crew set out to defend British and American shipping from French and Spanish marauders, the young, improbable captain is sailing straight into deadly peril. For her old nemesis, Pierre Meraux, survived their last encounter and is out for vengeance.

It started out innocently enough…. Orlando private investigator Scott Jarvis was sitting in his office when a beautiful redhead appears and asks for his help. Yet her misgivings about her sister’s new lover quickly twist into a bizarre struggle of deadly proportions….

Veronica Belle came to Potter's Neck to write horror stories—not to live one. When charismatic author Vince Drake arrives in town, strange events escalate. An unseen and terrifying force is moving through the shadows… and Vince and Veronica are in its sights. Monsters are real. And whatever is rising in Potter's Neck thirsts for something far greater than anyone imagines.

What makes a fantasy fantastic? Magic, of course! Whether it’s unearthly beasts, scheming sorcerers, legendary swords, or locales that defy logic and physics, a compelling fantasy story needs magical elements. The tricky part is that in order for the story to work, you have to get your reader or player to believe the unbelievable. The Kobold Guide to Magic takes you behind the scenes to learn the secrets of designing and writing about magic from 20 top fantasy authors and game designers.

The sudden disappearance of Charles Conklin, a NASA engineer with access to classified military technology is dangerous enough. The Mafia hitman waiting inside his house makes it lethal. Orlando detective Scott Jarvis already struggles with a system that too often protects the powerful and buries the truth. But when a missing engineer's trail leads to the Florida Keys—and a brutal smuggling operation tied to stolen military secrets—Jarvis finds himself pulled into a case far bigger than a routine investigation.

They promised to only use his lethal skills for good. But in the Syrian desert, doing good requires doing something very, very bad. Ex-CIA ghost Jonathan Hunt has made a pact with his wife, Rosa: his days as a government weapon are over. From now on, they operate by a new code—stepping in as off-books samaritans for those who have nowhere else to turn. Rosa even wants Jonathan to train her so she can fight by his side in the shadows. But Jonathan knows the toll the darkness takes, and he’s deeply hesitant, desperate to protect her from the blood-soaked life he barely survived.

A sexy new client needs Jarvis to track down her ex-boyfriend who’s left her in desperate financial straits.... A supermarket chain is being skimmed for thousands…and a billionaire has been robbed of millions in valuables including a personal journal that could tear open his empire and leave him in ruins. While Jarvis struggles to balance his time and solve all three cases at once, he soon realizes that this heavy workload isn’t a coincidence.

They extinguished the only light left in his life. Now, he’s bringing the dark. Ex-CIA ghost Jonathan Hunt spent years burying his violent past, hoping to finally live in peace. But when a brutal, targeted strike shatters his world and strips away the one person who anchored his humanity, the man he tried to leave behind is resurrected. And this time, he has absolutely nothing left to lose. The trail of blood leads straight to the heart of Washington D.C., turning the nation's capital into a hunting ground.

Veronica Bradford, recently widowed and recently placed in command of a large and rapidly growing aerospace company, is nearly killed when her yacht suddenly bursts into flame and explodes…. If not for the quick thinking of Orlando Private detective Scott Jarvis, it would’ve ended right there…but who’s behind the attempted murder? Who wants Veronica dead so badly they’d blow her up right in front of everyone in downtown Saint Petersburg?

When a new client interrupts Scott and Lisa’s Christmas vacation, a simple missing-persons case rapidly balloons into a global mystery fraught with deadly peril. Mike Arkadi, computer programmer, has dropped off the face of the earth, and it turns out that he may be part of an international conspiracy to blow the global financial markets wide open. Now Scott must contend with multiple foreign intelligence agents who will stop at nothing to seize control of a powerful piece of software that could provide their home countries with immense power.

Biting cold, thick fog and frigid, torrential rain…The perfect recipe for misery. The perfect cocktail for a deadly battle of wits. Near the end of the bitter Aleutian winter, a Soviet weather aircraft is shot down over the Japanese-held island of Attu. What few realize is that the five crewmembers aboard are not ordinary airmen, but members of a crack Soviet intelligence team carrying information vital to the coming Allied offensive. The Japanese know something is different… and they're determined to find the survivors before anyone else.

Reality TV and pop superstardom are billion-dollar industries built on image, ego and ruthless ambition. When former chart-topping pop star Jillian Moore launches a hit reality show designed to create the next music sensation, the spotlight burns hotter than ever… and attracts dangerous attention. Threats begin to surface cryptic warnings, unexplained sabotage, and signs that someone wants Jillian’s comeback stopped permanently. With her newly reborn career hanging in the balance, she turns to Orlando private investigator Scott Jarvis for protection.

After winning the first clash with his ancient enemy Van Helsing, Vlad Dracula — known in the modern world as Vince Drake — hopes the fragile balance between humans and immortals can be preserved. But powerful forces are already moving in the shadows. Van Helsing has begun gathering allies, including the infamous Countess Elizabeth Báthory, whose centuries-long obsession with blood and youth has brought her into the search for the Philosopher’s Stone — a legendary force capable of granting mastery over life itself.

Orlando private investigator Scott Jarvis is celebrating his birthday with friends and his new lover when one of Florida’s most powerful drug lords requests an audience. Apparently, a large shipment of cocaine was smuggled into the state resulting in a couple of murders… and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Apparently, the dope is poisoned and is headed for the streets where thousands of lives are at risk.

A murdered groom. A killer who steps out of the shadows. And a deadly game that only one man can survive. Scott Jarvis and Crystal are enjoying early summer in Boston. In just a few days, Crystal's college friend Paige Masterson will be walking down the aisle.

They think they’ve cornered a fugitive, but they’re about to discover they’ve unleashed a man trained to dismantle empires. In the frozen dead-end of Nome, Alaska, Jonathan Hunt just wanted to be left alone. Two years ago, he was a CIA "architect of collapse" who broke nations for a living; now, he’s a scarred giant dredging gold in the Bering Sea, keeping a promise to a woman named Rosa: no more violence. But the silence of the frontier is shattered when a local girl vanishes, and a serial killer begins carving a path through the ice.

In this latest horror story collection, author Scott W. Cook brings to you nine tales of the supernatural, the macabre and the extraordinary. Lovingly crafted to engage, frighten and maybe even invoke a little thought, each tale draws you deeper into a netherworld where anything is possible.