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Invasion
Robert C. Hill
A chillingly plausible near-future military thriller that imagines the unthinkable: the United States invading its former ally, Canada. By 2036, years of political collapse and authoritarian drift have transformed America. When a devastating attack on U.S. soil is blamed on Canadian intelligence, the evidence appears overwhelming. Canada’s allies hesitate, and Washington has the justification it needs for war. But Canada has spent a decade preparing for the possibility that its southern neighbour might one day become its greatest threat. Alexander Ashcombe has spent five years living quietly in Canada under an assumed name, trying to leave his former life in the SAS behind. As American forces gather at the border, the life he built begins to disappear. Drawn back into uniform, Ash joins soldiers who know they cannot defeat the United States on American terms. Outgunned and outnumbered, Canada chooses a different kind of war. Cities are opened rather than destroyed. Bridges fall. Supply lines are severed. Forces disperse into hidden networks built to survive occupation and strike from the shadows. The objective is not to stop the Americans at the border. It is to make holding Canada impossible. As the occupation spreads, the conflict reaches from Cabinet rooms and intelligence centres to military units, occupied communities, and ordinary families. Resistance demands sacrifice. And for Ash and those around him, survival means deciding what they are prepared to risk for a country that refuses to surrender. Grounded in military realism, geopolitical tension, and the human cost of war, Invasion is the first book in the Canada at War series. Fans of intelligent military and political thrillers will find the geopolitical chessboard of Tom Clancy and the gritty operational tension of Mark Greaney in a gripping story of asymmetric warfare, resistance, espionage, and a country fighting to remain its own.
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THE MIDDLE CLASS SQUEEZE
Dr Eron Khomina (PhD)
The system is broken, and the middle class is paying the price. For decades, working hard and playing by the rules was the guaranteed ticket to financial security. Today, that promise is gone. Caught in a fatal macroeconomic trilemma of soaring living costs, rampant fiat currency debasement, and a global financial system maxed out on terminal leverage, the modern middle class is being systematically fractured in plain sight. Dr. Eron Khomina (PhD) draws on three decades of institutional quantitative finance and macroeconomics experience across major financial hubs in Asia and Europe to deliver a data-driven autopsy of the dying monetary paradigm. Across its chapters, the guide exposes key systemic issues: * The Zero-Interest Rate Illusion: How Quantitative Easing created the Everything Bubble. * The Statistical Mirage: The mechanics used to disguise real inflation metrics. * The Programmable Cage: The shift toward Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Integrating insights aligned with the economic perspectives of Peter Schiff, Jim Rogers, Professor Steve Hanke, and Frank Giustra, this 32-chapter manual offers strategic approaches for navigating the evolving financial landscape. It serves as a tactical book for absolute self-reliance, helping households transition into autonomous Micro-Fortresses ahead of the global economic reset. *Stop just getting by. Read the definitive guide to understanding and overcoming the middle class squeeze today.
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Failsafe
Mich Solo
"A smart, edgy, and crisply paced cyberthriller that effortlessly blends its big themes with explosive action."— Kirkus Reviews Nathan Carter has a steady career, a marriage of twenty years, and a run of good luck he's never thought to question. When a work AI refuses a simple command and a stranger tells him his life has been managed, the surface cracks. What's underneath is impossible to unsee, and Nathan has a choice to make: accept the life he was handed, or risk everything to live a life of his own. "Emotional depth of this sort isn't always a part of dystopian fiction... executed so deftly in a punchy and no-nonsense style." — Kirkus Reviews A near-future literary thriller about free will, identity, and the cost of knowing who you really are. For readers of Kazuo Ishiguro, Ted Chiang, and Blake Crouch.
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