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America's electricity network is under attack, with catastrophic consequences. Domestic terrorists have the grid in their sights and they've already planted their malware. What they don't know, is their operation is being offered to the highest bidder. And America's enemies will pay almost anything to bring the infidels to their knees. Adam Drake, a former Special Forces Tier One operator is on the case, but it looks like he's too late.

The lawyer and former Special Forces Tier 1 operator pursues a terrorist mastermind from Oregon to Mexico, suspecting he's involved when radiation is detected in California.

"Dilbert books should be (and often are) read aloud while importantoffice work is being put off, and luckily, the best reader of all, Adamshimself, has put his interpretive skills on tape." --Worth MagazineStep aside, Nostradamus. Here comes the real soothsayer, and he'sturning his eagle eye on...

God's Debris isn't a conventional book. It is written on three separate levels, by Scott Adams, better known as the creator of the Dilbert comic. What is less known about Adams is that he's a trained hypnotist. God's Debris is what happens when creativity and hypnosis intersect. On the surface, God's Debris is a simple fictional story of a delivery man who encounters an Avatar who knows literally everything.

Anthony Patch is the idle heir to a vast fortune. His wife, Gloria, dazzles society with her good looks. Satisfied by privilege and beauty alone, they are beholden only to the "magnificent attitude of not giving a damn." When Anthony’s inheritance is withheld, it causes an irreparable rift in their marriage, threatening their fragile paradise. Oblivious to their future, he and Gloria have little left to define themselves but their ever-receding pasts.

First published in 1920, This Side of Paradise proved to be a best-selling novel in Fitzgerald’s own lifetime. The book follows the early life and education of Amory Blaine and is, in fact, a thinly disguised account of Fitzgerald’s own experience as an undergraduate at Princeton and as an aspiring writer. Brilliantly original in its experimental narrative, it comprises a series of contrasting styles and structures.

This anthology features a wide array of thought-provoking, genre-defining works from the 1900s, showcasing the range of modern storytelling—from existential musings to dark humour and intricate social commentary. These are the stories that have shaped modern literature, offering timeless insights into human nature and society. This collection brings together the finest modernist narratives, political reflections, and social commentaries that have shaped literature as we know it.

When love reigns supreme in Northridge High just outside Chicago, by the lake, it happens beneath the soft, pink-infused spotlights hovering over that most special night of the year - prom night. Passable in Pink is an Audible Original from New York Times best-selling author Mike Sacks (Stinker Lets Loose!). Sacks has teamed up once again with director Eric Jason Martin (Stinker Lets Loose!, Heads Will Roll) to adapt a forgotten John Hughes-type 1983 movie into a fully immersive cinematic audio experience, with an epic all-star cast.

Sarah, Jake, and their group have been hunted across the city, pushed into a desperate escape through the ravine. But Marcus isn’t about to let them go without a final battle. With his men closing in from behind and unknown challenges ahead, survival is no longer enough—they have to fight back. Nowhere left to run – the ravine was supposed to be their way out, but Marcus has turned it into a death trap. A new player enters the game – heavily armed and highly organized, they have their own agenda—and no one is safe.

They escaped the hospital. Now, nowhere is safe. Sarah, Jake, and their small group are holed up in the old medical school, but the city is still a warzone. With every street patrolled and every exit locked down, the only way out is through sheer determination—and a lot of luck.

The virus is quick. Deadly. Unstoppable. The country is left in tatters. For Isaac Race, it’s especially bitter. After the death of his parents and sister, he was just getting his life back on track—the weaponized virus changes all that. Battered by the fresh deaths of his foster parents, but hardened by the year he’s endured, he emerges from the temporary safety of his home to seek out other survivors during the most vicious winter on record. With the help of his friend Luke, he soon discovers that 250 perilous miles stand between them and the only possible haven.

They went in for answers. Now, they might not make it out. In a city teetering on the edge of collapse, Sarah, Jake, and their group have risked everything to infiltrate the hospital—now a fortress controlled by ruthless occupiers. What they find inside is worse than they imagined. A hospital turned prison – and the captives may be the key to something far more sinister.

Book 9 of the America Falls series is an action-packed novella that tells the story of a mysterious traveler with a hook hand who travels the post-apocalyptic eastern states of America spreading a message of hope about 'The Cities' and the budding rebirth of the United States.

Infection. Invasion. Chaos. More than a decade ago, a weaponized virus ravaged America, somehow leaving children and young adults unscathed. Hundreds of millions died, but for those left, surviving the attack was only the beginning.

Luke has finally returned, and with the aid of Colonel Randall's settlement, Isaac and their group get busy making a bigger and better home for themselves in Manchester. Everything points to them living "happily ever after", but rumors of a hostile army in the west are soon proven true.

Infection. Invasion. Chaos. A weaponized virus ravages the U.S. somehow leaving children and young adults unscathed. As hundreds of millions die, for those left, surviving the virus is only the beginning… After their hurried escape from the Drake Mountain Facility, Isaac and his group stumbled upon a farmhouse in a secluded valley. It's what they've been looking for — a place to make their home, both now and in the future. Their joy is tempered by questions though. How will they feed and look after themselves, especially with a baby on the way?

Infection. Invasion. Chaos. A weaponized virus ravages the U.S. somehow leaving children and young adults unscathed. As hundreds of millions die, for those left, surviving the virus is only the beginning… In the tragic aftermath of the clash with the Marauders, Luke has walked out. No one knows where he's gone, and no one knows if he'll be back. With only reminders of tragedy behind him, he sets off to fight his demons on his own terms, his first time alone in the ruins of America. Will he find the solace he is looking for, or only more danger and death?

Infection. Invasion. Chaos. A weaponized virus ravages the U.S. somehow leaving children and young adults unscathed. As hundreds of millions die, for those left, surviving the virus is only the beginning… Against the odds and despite the carnage of an unstoppable disease and a relentless enemy, Isaac Race has delivered his group to safety... or has he? Something is not quite right about the Drake Mountain facility and it has nothing to do with the black bags over their heads, or guns at their backs when they arrived.

Reginald T. Fox is the town's resident gravedigger. He's their only gravedigger. But when he gets into an altercation with the Sheriff, he decides to head for the grander location of San Francisco. Reginald is given a job on the cemetery maintenance team which is a big city phrase for gravedigger, by the person in charge of such things - Samuel Seacroft. He is even given his own room in a building designated for city workers.

Renowned novelist and poet Thomas Hardy is best known for his fatalistic, often tragic novels set in the 'realistic dream-country' of Wessex, in south and south-west England. Drawing on his own life, he created some of the most memorable characters and stories in Victorian literature—many of which are included here. In five dramas taken from Radio 4's 'Hardy's Women' season, we meet a few of Thomas Hardy's most compelling female protagonists.