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Peter Hogenkamp
When Jade Stryker's estranged father resurfaces in the Colorado Rockies, she sees her chance to reckon with the past—and to stop a corrupt sheriff's abuse of two children. Thousands of miles away, Mark Brand's missing brother suddenly reappears, only to vanish again into a conspiracy that spirals from a billionaire's yacht to a remote Aegean island. As their parallel searches collide with forces larger than either anticipated, Jade and Mark find themselves racing against time, buried secrets, and the people who will kill to keep them hidden. Dark, fast-paced, and propelled by sharp wit and genuine stakes, The Dead Zone weaves intimate betrayals into a thriller where the personal and the catastrophic become impossible to separate.
Thriller
Kirk Voclain
Reed Sawyer is a covert operative hiding in plain sight behind a camera lens—until a tail on a Vienna-bound flight exposes a conspiracy that reaches far beyond airport security. Framed for murder and hunted by the agency he served, Reed must excavate the truth from coded messages and compromised files while staying one step ahead of those determined to bury him. Kirk Voclain delivers a visceral, character-driven thriller where tradecraft and paranoia collide, and survival depends on trusting the last person you should.
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