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Enter the Darkness"There were some rather gruesome details to the affair-Jesus Christ-I am not even referring to the cannibalism, for in my mind, at this time, it seems somehow mundane, somehow...quaint, for lack of a better word. How far gone am I...?" -Edward Webb Hawkins, "The Brazil Business" Travel along that razor's edge separating horror and fantasy. Explore the desolate New England wilds where a woman of will and wit collides against a monstrosity of tooth and claw. Descend into the depths of the earth where dark things die and rise again. Trace the steps of a famed jungle explorer lost to the wilds, and pray his fate is not your own. Roam the labyrinthine corridors of the criminal mind and experience terrors known only to killers and to the men who stalk them. Travel the back alleys and plague walls of Mortise Locke, the Machine City, the last bastion of mankind in all its glory, honor, and depravity. Burn rubber through the streets of Old Mexico City, where the pyramids stand in vestigial homage to blood-hungry gods long since rotted away to dust, or have they...? Seven tales that will take you places you never knew existed, places you never knew you wanted to go, places you'll hunger to return to. The Brazil Business-While Emily Webb-Hawkins lies dying of consumption, her husband Wilbur must embark on a jungle quest in hope of discovering an esoteric cure. His journey will take him from the sandy shores of New England to the deepest jungles of the Amazon where he'll encounter an eldritch nightmare that offers him exactly what it is that he seeks. But will he be willing to pay the price? A Shadow in the Night Rising-While Lithe-Wind, a Wampanoag Princess, struggles through the wilds on a crash course with her destiny, a puritanical madman bent on genocide stalks her from afar. And he gains. Amidst the backdrop of an Indian War, will Lithe-Wind achieve her destiny in time to save her people from destruction? Steel at Dawn-After a night of heavy drinking, Alin awakens only to find he's trapped by honor into a duel with a cruel nobleman. Will Alin swallow his pride and call it off? Will the nobleman accept? When fate conspires against the both of them and only steel can decide, who will walk away? Will either? Slum Chutney-Join Detective Avinash Singh in a rip-roaring descent into darkness as he scours the deepest cesspits of the Machine City in search of a nobleman's daughter. She'd been taken, but by who? And why? Will Detective Shakteel survive long enough to find the girl? And if he does, will he finally get exactly what's coming to him? At your fingertips lie seven tales seething with darkness. Seven tales that will transport you to places you never knew existed, places you never knew you wanted to go, places you'll hunger to return to. Read GrimNoir today.

Mystery. Mayhem. Monsters. Murder. The Grey Waste stretches on vast and infinite, into the unforgiving reaches of the east. Clans of monstrous reavers prowl the wasteland, hunting, harrying, and slaughtering any they encounter. But reavers aren't the worst the Grey Waste has to offer. Sir Luther Slythe Krait is a knight errant on a quest. He's vowed to locate the lost scion of a fallen dynasty, and reunite him with his last remaining kin. But the lost scion was last seen beyond the far reaches of the Grey Waste. Can Sir Luther survive the trek across the wasteland? Will he survive the endless attacks by reavers and worse? How will he find this last scion when those around him begin falling one by one, victims to a murderer who may be more than he seems? Read the fourth installment of the Serpent Knight Saga and find out. Do it today. Do it now. Praise for the Serpent Knight Saga: Lords of Asylum - Book I. -"A dark, epic, and brooding tale that is sure to become a cult classic in the future." Grimdark Magazine-"This book is a f#@king masterpiece." Arina of Rockstarlit Book Asylum-"The snappy dialogue and morally grey protagonist were a delight to read, and the dark and oppressive backdrop was dripping with atmosphere." -Wol of The Fantasy Inn-"Kevin Wright delivers an engrossing read that is part horror, part medieval political struggle, and part noir detective story."-Patrick LeClerc, author of In Every Clime and Place-"Kevin Wright obviously has some serious writing skills." -Superstardrifter-"Adeptly written and replete with dark imagery, this novel continually surprises." -Lukasz, Fantasy Book Critic-"It's a great book with clever writing and extremely interesting story. More like the Lowtown books than anything else I have read recently." Roger Dix The Last Benediction in Steel - Book II. "One of the bleakest books I'd read that year yet also one of the funniest." -Grimdark Magazine"People who enjoy really dark fantasy will get a huge kick out of it." -Booknest"The plot is great, action is great, world is creepy and violent…" -Paul Amazon Customer"The Last Benediction in Steel is an extremely good book that manages that careful balance between abject misery and gut-bustingly hilarious." -Grimdark Magazine"Easy to recommend for anyone who fancies Dark Age fiction, Gothic horror, or visceral historical mysteries, in addition to fans of Joe Abercrombie, Mark Lawrence, and Brian McLellan." -Scott Waldie Amazon Customer The Definition of Vengeance - Book III. "A particularly excellent example of grimdark." -Grimdark Magazine"An unsung gem of a series just rearing to tear forth from the grimdark underground." -Scott Waldie Amazon Customer"If you're looking for properly dark grimdark fantasy with a bit of crude humor as well as scathing satire of social institutions of the Middle Ages then this is certainly the book for you." -Grimdark Magazine"The action scenes are brutal and vivid." -Paul Amazon Customer "I've enjoyed the entirety of the Serpent Knight Saga (Lords of Asylum, and The Last Benediction of Steel) and think it is one of the better independent grimdark works out there." -CT Phipps, Grimdark Magazine"…It's a fun, murderous romp." -Fyrth Amazon Customer

TAC was the largest of the USAF's major Cold War combatant commands. Formed in 1946 and headquartered at Langley AFB, Virginia, it operated a huge range of aircraft over the following 46 years until it was inactivated in 1992.In 1946, it was equipped with mainly World War Two aircraft types including P-47s and P-51s. It soon ushered into service jet aircraft operations with the P-80 and F-86. Within a few years, TAC was operating a wide range of tactical fighters, ground attack fighters, light bombers, tactical missiles, photographic reconnaissance and special mission aircraft (reconnaissance, special operations, and electronic warfare).TAC played a significant part in the Korean War, the Cuban missile crisis and later the wars in SE Asia and the Gulf in 1991. It came to operate a large number of tactical fighter and attack aircraft including the F-84, F-100 and F-105. As the 1960s progressed, they were joined by the A-7, F-111 and F-4 and, in the 1980s, supplemented by A-10s, F-15s and F-16s through to the end of the Cold War.In the run-up to any war with the USSR, Tactical Air Command was expected to deploy its combat airpower to USAF Commands in Europe and/or the Pacific. That deployment capability struggled during the 1970s. However, from 1978 to 1984, the strength and capability of TAC was transformed by its new commander, General Wilbur 'Bill' Creech. He organized, equipped and prepared his units (including ANG and AFRES elements) to deploy from the continental US to the frontline in Europe. Ready to fight and familiarized with their area of operations they could have joined the war immediately, drawing on pre-positioned weapons stocks.As the Soviet threat diminished towards the end of the 1980s, all TAC's preparations, planning and capabilities were tested for real following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in August 1990. Suddenly sent to Middle East in the countries surrounding Iraq, those well tested plans saw TAC aircraft form a major part of all coalition air forces that took part in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In 1992, in a major USAF reorganization TAC became Air Combat Command.

The US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) rapidly expanded its presence in the 1980s, as it became the most dangerous decade of the Cold War. As tensions escalated, a new generation of aircraft arrived at bases across Western Europe. With over 180 images, this book examines the aircraft and bases of the USAFE during the 1980s.

The Finnish Air Force operates at the world's most northerly latitudes in an often extreme climate. During the Cold War, it was overshadowed by the Soviet Union, but remained fiercely independent. Since then, it has worked hard to deepen cooperation with its neighbors.

Strategic Air Command (SAC) was the pre-eminent military actor in US nuclear policy from the start to the end of the Cold War. Illustrated with over 170 photographs, this book provides an examination of SAC, covering its aircraft, operations, people and locations.

"Amazing dark follow-up!" -Grimdark Magazine"People who enjoy really dark fantasy will get a huge kick out of it." -Booknest Book BlogSir Luther Slythe Krait has a problem. He and his friends are dying.Starving, on the run, and driven before a gale of ruin and slaughter, they seek a safe haven to hunker down in, to rest, recoup, regather.The backwater port of Haeskenburg seems to answer all their prayers.But Sir Luther knows Haeskenburg. He wishes he didn't.Haeskenburg has a secret, you see. Dark and ancient and stifled away from the light of day, but poised once more to rear its ugly head.Caught between the hammer and the anvil, Sir Luther walks a razor's edge. Balance or fall, there lies but one certainty: He will bleed.Experience the sublime catharsis of total annihilation.Read the epic grimdark fantasy today.

The second volume of We Were Never There explores CIA U-2 operations across Asia and the rest of the world from 1957-74. It includes details of previously undisclosed flights, detailed mission routes, special sensor and equipment fits, plus an evaluation of the CIA's U-2 program.

While most famous for its U-2 penetration flights over the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the People's Republic of China, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operated a large number of 'other' types of intelligence-gathering aircraft, or specially modified aircraft for operations beyond the Iron Curtain from the mid-1940s.

Using recently declassified materials and interviews this book reveals new details of highly classified US and British Cold War aerial intelligence collection flights.

For the first time, using recently declassified materials and extensive interviews with those involved, Looking Down the Corridors provides a detailed account and analysis of these operations and their unique contribution to the Cold War.