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Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital's inpatient mental health unit. There are very specific reasons why she never wanted to do this required overnight rotation. Reasons nobody can ever find out. And as the hours tick by, Amy grows increasingly convinced something terrible is happening within these tightly secured walls. When patients and staff...

When SAS operator Tom Buckingham takes his girlfriend, Sophie, from London to Paris to propose, their train is hijacked by notorious war criminal Grace Lewis. Trapped in the English Channel and facing a massive loss of life if Grace's plan goes awry, Tom is the only hope that Sophie and the passengers have to survive.

A whole island affected by an unexplainable sleep phenomenon is closed off and a photographer heads there to document the events, whereupon he falls for one of the inhabitants, not realizing the personal danger it brings.

The woods have fascinated outdoor enthusiasts for millennia. Thousands seek solace in the beauty of nature while exploring the lush forests of our planet. But sometimes, folks find something that doesn’t want to be found—dangers that should only lurk in the corner of your eye. If you buy this book, prepare to be shocked, scared, and even terrified. These are your survival stories, your terrifying encounters, your impossible tales with the most...

Psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby becomes obsessed with helping a young patient who's suffering from extreme personality disorder. However, it soon leads her into occult danger as she tries to escape from a horrific fate.

"The 2014 police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO drew serious attention to the intersection of policing, race, and inequality in the United States. While some argue that mounting scrutiny of police is evidence of a "war on cops," decades of declining line-of-duty deaths contradict this view. Our understanding of how marginalized communities are disproportionately targeted by police through surveillance and coercive force has increased, yet...

"Threat management consultant Spencer Coursen offers proactive strategies to protect yourself and your loved ones in the event of hostile encounters and emergency situations in The Safety Trap: A Security Expert's Secrets for Staying Safe in a Dangerous World. "Only you can tell you what to do when your life is on the line." Despite what the news and social media would have you believe, we have never lived in a safer time than we are now. Unfortunately,...

"After four years of training to become a Navy SEAL, Ned Marshall is finally ready to marry the woman of his dreams, Shae Johnson. And Shae's been uber patient, waiting, building a life as a free-lance graphic artist, moving around the globe to be with him. So, when she said yes to his proposal in Geneva, he fully expected to live happily-ever-after. At the very least, he expected her to be waiting at the hotel for him three days after an emergency...

If I've learned one lesson in all my days, it's this: If we want adventure in our lives, nobody's going to make it happen but us. Book jacket.