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HIS MISSION: TO DISMANTLE THE SYRIAN STATE. An Ambassador to Syria draws the reader into the shadowy beginnings of ISIS and its role in the disastrous Syrian conflict. The story, begun in Sultan's previous thrillers The Syrian and Damascus Street, continues with the arrival in Damascus of Robert Jenkins. He is no ordinary ambassador, nor is his mission one which could be described as routine. He is charged with initiating civil unrest to generate regime change, and the bloody havoc brought about in the ancient town of Homs is just the beginning. Is Bashar Assad a brutal dictator, as portrayed by Western media, or is he a Syrian nationalist intent on protecting his country from outside interference? Perhaps both, for in this ancient place of lost innocence there is always room for multiple truths.

As we move closer to establishing a permanent base on the Moon, we get a glimpse of what life might be like there. Retired secret agent Jeremiah Jones must travel to the Moon with his former enemy, the Elite Ops soldier Jack Marschenko, to rescue his son - a bio-engineered cadet who has been conditioned by Dr. Taditha Poole, along with his fellow cadets, to attack Earth in an outrageous plot to unite Earth's warring nations. Elias Leach, who has orchestrated everything in an attempt to bring the world together to fight this outside force, continues to manipulate the cadets from Earth. He sends his protégé, Lendra Riley to the Moon along with Colonel Truman in a bid to maintain that control. But the cadets' conditioning has broken down, and they have begun to run amok, following their own agenda now. They attack Earth with space lasers that were designed to protect the planet from rogue asteroids. Also on the Moon are the genetically engineered Escala, who are preparing to depart for Mars, where they will be starting a permanent colony. Soon, the Escala are at odds with the cadets. The fragile peace that has held on the Moon begins to shatter. Jeremiah is hurt in a tragic accident and is infected with the Susquehanna Virus in a bid to save his life, while part of Eli's plan comes to fruition as many of the nations on Earth attack the Moon. As the violence escalates, it becomes clear that not everyone will survive. Who will make it out? Who will be sacrificed? And what does it mean to be human?

Ryan Connelly, nearing 40, returns to the small Minnesota town where he grew up, hoping to reconnect with his father. But their relationship was strained even before the death of his mother many years earlier. As he struggles to overcome the pain in his past, he assists an old sculptor in carving out a boulder that takes on the shape of a man emerging from the soil.The two men bond while contemplating the mysteries of the world and their place in it. For Ryan, who has been going through the motions for many years now, stuck working jobs instead of pursuing a career, life is beginning to have some flavor again. And he comes to realize that much of the blame he put on his father for his troubles rests instead on his shoulders.Slowly, piece by piece, Ryan emerges into the wider world, wiser and more accepting of the frailties of others, and of the need to move beyond his comfort zone if he wishes to achieve a meaningful life. As one reviewer wrote: "Emerging Man is an excellent study of an intelligent man struggling to climb out of a rut that he has created for himself. I found my toes curling at Mr McEllistrem's description of a family meal and my heart going out to the old sculptor who worked on the standing stone. An enjoyable, if haunting, read."From the very first line, They bury her today, this novel seduces us into its powerful narrative, a river of carefully crafted prose pulling us inevitably toward its satisfying conclusion.

The terrorists who created the Susquehanna Virus have been stopped and Earth is safe once again, or is it? The effects of the virus linger, creating questions about whether all of humanity will become infected. And a new threat emerges. An entity claiming to be God has hacked into multiple computers and performed miracles. What does he or it want?Jeremiah Jones must once again team up with Zora, Curtik, the now-robotic Walt Devereaux and Lendra Riley, the new head of CINTEP, to find the truth and eventually go after the heads of the large corporations who are seeking to use the virus to mold the world into their vision of paradise, no matter the cost.Meanwhile, Aspen and her fellow cadets, aboard the AI ship that had been sent to Mars to establish another colony, are engaged in a conflict with the Chinese Escala, who are still determined to land on Mars and possibly harm the existing Escala colony there.And Doug Robinson has his own problems on Mars, where he has finally landed, hoping to see his daughter Celestia and re-establish a relationship with her mother Zeriphi. But he has somehow contracted the virus on the way and is now blamed for spreading it among the genetically engineered Escala and the humans stationed there.

John C. Donahue was considered a brilliant but difficult artistic genius in American theater in the 70s and 80s. His theater, the Children's Theatre Company and School (CTC), rose to the heights of critical acclaim. It was also a home to more than two dozen sexual perpetrators. In 1984, Donahue's arrest for sexually abusing male students threatened to close the theater's curtains for good. The theater endured and the full truth of what was happening behind the scenes was swept under the rug, until now.Stearns' memoir follows her process of coming to terms with experiencing childhood sexual violence at CTC, of recognizing the depth of harm from a complicit culture which allowed child abuse at the theater to go unchecked for decades, and her journey of growing beyond trauma to a place of strength. She does so with unflinching honesty, lighthearted compassion, and a healthy dose of trauma informed education.Because children in the arts are especially vulnerable and personal boundaries are blurred by antiquated adages like "you must suffer for your art," it's of the utmost importance that those around them create safe spaces for our young artists to grow and learn. Laura shares her story in hopes that nothing like what happened at CTC will ever happen again.

Toxic Spirits is a highly atmospheric thriller set in Thailand, a playground for colorful expats, gorgeous women and limitless skullduggery. Narrated with insightful meditations on nature and biodiversity, interspersed with macabre violence and dark hilarity, the novel is also a brilliant, genetics-inspired take on multiculturalism and personal identity. Benton, a widowed African-American intelligence analyst from Washington, retires to Thailand. At an expat bar, he is captivated by Siri, a beautiful tribal singer. When Siri disappears, he discovers that she had been speaking out about the side-effects from drug trials conducted on her hill-tribe. Benton's investigations draw him uncomfortably close to Pierre, the seriously disturbed Indo-Cambodian doctor running the trials. Becoming an unwilling guinea-pig in the trials, Benton is transformed by the genetically-engineered drugs and falls in love with Mimi, a stunning and gifted young Thai-Australian muay thai boxer. As the genetic manipulations spiral out of control, spreading to the botanical treasures of Thailand's Golden Triangle, the forces of tribal healing, high-tech medicine, and love battle to determine who will survive.

Farm foreclosures and protests rock southern Minnesota in 1984 when newspaperman Boston Meade learns his summer intern lies dead in a ravine. He believes the intern was murdered to protect whoever killed the Minneapolis detective whose bones he found at a derelict farmhouse. But key evidence is missing. The town's leaders were hostile to the research, including Boston's brother, the Alton County sheriff. When he dismisses the detective's death as a motive, Boston takes up the intern's research. He works alone except for Ginger O'Meara, the editor he just hired, but her memories of his old betrayals make her loyalty tenuous. Chasing a killer, they uncover a criminal web that touches everyone in town. And while they are running for their lives, they are compelled to face the betrayals that separated them.

"Richard Lentz has written a novel abounding with life's complications. At once a probing family saga and the story of a man's recovery from a traumatic brain injury, Accidental Journey is the richest sort of book. It immerses you in the injury, then pulls you out on the other side. You'll feel as if you've gone through the recovery yourself, and, standing at the crossroads you find on the light end of the tunnel, you'll be as resolute as these finely drawn characters. You'll also be wiser. And fuller of heart."-Peter Geye, award-winning author of The Ski Jumpers"Two collisions catapult the reader into this debut novel, setting in motion a family's intimate encounter with love, loss, and an ambiguous future. First, Jeff and Cate, married with two young children and successful careers, having made a virtue out of avoidance, vigorously confront each other, raising hope for a better future. Then, a head-on collision leaves Jeff battling a traumatic brain injury, fighting to restore as much of himself as possible, and leaving his family in shatters. With great sensitivity, Lentz describes the impact of these two collisions in a book that is well paced, painfully slow and paradoxically urgent. A must read for any family that has experienced traumatic brain injury, or for any reader interested in the dynamic interplay of heart and medical science." -Hal Steiger, PhD, LP, Psychoanalyst/therapist

In the ancient epic, Grendel and his mother are monsters slain by the hero warrior Beowulf. In Sister of Grendel we learn a different truth, told by the lone witness to their brutal deaths. In this powerful and poignant reimagining, Grendel has a sister, Rehsotis. She and her brother are not monsters, but Anathians, who possess refined language and intelligence, great physical strength, and longevity. They live close to the natural and spiritual world, are skilled in herbal medicine, music, and magic, and can enter the dreams of sleeping humans. Rehsotis and Grendel are among the last of their race. Ultimately, Rehsotis must bridge the dangerous divide with humankind-the Smallheaded-with the help of her few allies, including a forsaken monk, a grieving lover, and a trusting child

These poems boldly appropriate lines from interviews with famous and infamous artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers and architects, and with these found lines construct small literary objects with something new to say. The pattern of intense repetition creates an incantation in which shifts in meaning occur as the repeated lines are slightly revised and given a new context. The sampled lines reverberate between stanzas, creating echoes that slow us down, providing startling sonic views. Mark Strand and Eavan Boland in The Making of a Poem, call the pantoum a "perfect form for the evocation of a past time." This mash-up of that ancient form with the interview offers unexpected glimpses of the creative process that are nearly perfect for these strange times now.