As the tension mounts, Mike finds himself in a life-or-death situation, forced to take off from Lagos International Airport without permission to evade two groups of angry Nigerians. In a heart-pounding aeroplane drama, the Nigerian Air Force tries to shoot him down, but Mike narrowly escapes and lands in The Ivory Coast, only to be […]

Athena Reynolds is a goddess in the kitchen, and she’s got a Michelin star to back it up. Darling of the Chicago restaurant scene, she’s flying high—until a betrayal leads to her sudden fall from grace. Furious and reeling, she escapes home to small-town Tennessee to hide from the scandal and nurse her wounds among […]

In the depths of the Great Depression, Max Dietrich is a private investigator with few scruples and even fewer convictions, making a living digging up dirt on corrupt politicians. But times are tough, even for sleazy private detectives. When an old war buddy, Richard Osborn, offers a less-than-legal job, Max has little choice but to […]

McCall Richter works as a skip tracer, tracking down criminals, con men, and people who stop making payments on their fancy new spaceships. Her job description says nothing about locating vast quantities of stolen maple syrup, but thanks to her helpful new android employee, she finds herself tramping through a “sugar house” on a frosty […]