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Crime Fiction
Former Iraqi agent Ari Ciminon has no doubt that he found the great love of his life as a young man. But while his wife, Rana, lies critically ill in a naval hospital, he finds himself torn by a new emotion. His despair is... See More
Literature & Fiction
After testing positive for a deadly virus, a group of children is abandoned in a state forest. Lost, and with few resources, they set out to find Slate Mountain and a refugee camp rumored to be located in an old bomb... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
As a doula hired to provide guidance and support to pregnant women, Amani Abdelhamid's foremost concern is for the well-being of mothers and their much-anticipated newborns. One of her appointments goes terribly awry when... See More
Action & Adventure
The kidnapping of a foster child leads Ari into a familiar quagmire of deceit and violence, with a unique side-trip to the morgue. Salim Haim, an Iraqi expatriate, has established an anatomy class in Richmond that caters to... See More
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Still awaiting the arrival of his injured wife, Ari Ciminon (The 56th Man) is already on a hair-trigger when a sniper wounds his close friend, insurance investigator Elmore Lawson, a disabled veteran who has been looking... See More
Mystery
Recovering from a seizure, Ari Ciminon (The 56th Man) is enlisted by the Richmond Police Department while still in his hospital bed. In less than two months, four Arabs have been murdered in Greater Richmond. There are no... See More
Literature & Fiction
The Lazarus Generation is the sequel to The Lazarus Children, which chronicled the trials of a group of children abandoned deep in a forest after testing positive for COVID. Having found their way to an Army field hospital... See More
A former member of Saddam Hussein's Special Security Force arrives in Richmond, Virginia. Under the name of Ari Ciminon, he sets up house on the James River. The house was purchased for him by the U.S. Marshals Service... See More
Action & Adventure
Ari Ciminon (the 56th Man) appreciates beautiful birds and well-crafted weapons. He yearns for a luxury sedan suitable to his aesthetic palate (a Maserati Quattroporte would suit him nicely). But, after his wife, nothing... See More
Action & Adventure
Summoned out of his safe house by his handlers, Ari Ciminon (The 56th Man) is shown CCTV footage of a group of men arriving at Richmond International Airport. The group is comprised of: lawyer Benjamin Cassin (nicknamed 'the... See More
Action & Adventure
Homophobic Ari Ciminon (The 56th Man) almost meets his match when he searches for a young man who has run off with the Thebans, a group of gay bicyclists for whom fitness is paramount. Joey Haider, the son of an official at... See More
Literature & Fiction
Ari Ciminon's fifth outing involves him in parallel races against time. One takes place in 2006, when he joins a diverse group of mercenaries in an attempt to rescue a kidnapped Iraqi translator. A team of Nepalese Gurkhas... See More
Literature & Fiction
Hank Cheatham, a professor of American History at a state university, has begun to suspect he is losing his mind. He has frequent blackouts, and often regains consciousness at the airport, with no idea if he is coming or... See More
Action & Adventure
Once again, Ari Ciminon (Ghaith Ibrahim, The 56th Man) sets out to defeat his foes. For almost a year he has been identifying radical insurgents for the U.S. Government. Only now, he has a new adversary: his employer. Ever... See More
Mystery
In his third outing, Ari Ciminon (The 56th Man) is enlisted by one of his neighbors to search for her missing husband. Feeling out of place in his new home, he thinks this is the perfect way to establish his 'tribal'... See More
Humor & Satire
Killed in a botched robbery, Skunk McPherson returns to life via a series of letters to his children. In them he plants clues that send Mute, Sweet Tooth and Doubletalk McPherson on a wild hunt for hidden loot, all the while... See More
Literature & Fiction
Against the backdrop of an early-summer heat wave, Heat Seekers plays out the brutal logic of tragedy, with emotions following a predictable pattern to an unanticipated conclusion. The Old South has not vanished completely... See More
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Chosen by an extra-dimensional entity, Bongo, Dead Eye and Mai Ling are brought together to form a team of assassins. In a twist on the old Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece, 'Strangers on a Train,' they are given the task of... See More
Literature & Fiction
Ari Ciminon (The 56th Man), former member of Saddam Hussein's Special Security Force, has dealt with crooked cops, drug rings and maniacal assassins. Now he is tucked away in a safe house in Richmond, Virginia, continuing... See More
Historical Fiction
Charlie Bretall comes to believe the malevolent spirit of a dead man possesses his daughter. He risks his sanity and his life to save her, only to encounter evidence that he is being manipulated by invisible forces he never... See More
Literature & Fiction
Science Fiction
In 1906 a detachment from the U.S. Signal Corps is attacked by three Tu-nel. The Tu-nel are descended from the therapsids, mammal-like reptiles that evolved in the Triassic Period--before the dinosaurs. They co-existed with... See More
Science Fiction & FantasyTwo hundred years after AI's hostile takeover of the Earth, Humanity has become a living artifact of the past. Vulgar simpletons, apparently useless, completely dependent on neural implants for any intellectual endeavor, it... See More