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Hungry, exhausted, and bloody, the U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal can't rest for long because the Empire of the Rising Sun is massing to roll over them like a bloody tsunami. And all that separates the marines from destruction is a single little river and 500 miles of tropical islands.

The marines have seized control of the Japanese airfield on Guadalcanal, but this isn’t the end of their troubles…it’s only the beginning. The Japanese bomb them by day, attack from the forbidding darkness of the jungles by night, and their ships, like hungry sharks, prowl just offshore after the sun goes down. Whoever controls the canal controls the war. The Japanese know this, so they concoct a plan to send men and equipment ashore using fast destroyers—ships that can come by night and leave before the Cactus Airforce or Admiral Fletcher’s carrier planes can stop them.

After recovering from a harrowing mission near the island of Timor, Art Turner and the crew of USS Bull Shark have healed their wounds and are ready to face Japan once more. As 1943 begins, Admiral “Uncle Charlie” Lockwood is finally ready to spring a deadly surprise on Emperor Hirohito and Prime Minister Hideki Tojo.

Both Vince and Veronica have disappeared, taken by two different vampire factions in their bid for ultimate power. Now, without Dracula’s strength or guidance, his allies must scramble to locate their missing comrades and stop Van Helsing and his allies before all is lost. It’s a race to create the Philosopher’s Stone now… and whomever wins shall receive the trophy of complete world domination.

Whoever controls the Solomon Islands controls the vital sea lanes between the United States and Australia. When Imperial Japan seizes Tulagi and begins constructing a strategic airfield on Guadalcanal, the balance of the Pacific War hangs in the balance. America must strike first—or risk losing the entire theater. As a massive invasion force prepares for the first major U.S. offensive of the war, Lieutenant Commander Art Turner and the decorated crew of USS Bull Shark are assigned a dangerous covert mission deep behind enemy lines.

On December 7, 1941, the United States was thrust into the largest global conflict of all time. From adversity rose a generation of heroes both at home and abroad whose courage, valor and sacrifice would restore a world gone mad! Yet not all of WWII’s heroes were flesh and blood… they were also made of steel and forged in the fire of combat.

The dirt under Jonathan’s fingernails used to be the dust of Kandahar and Caracas. As a former operator for the CIA’s Special Activities Division, Hunt was a "Gray Man"—a ghost trained to dismantle insurgencies and vanish without a trace. His specialty was asymmetrical warfare, until he faked his death two years ago. He thought he was out. He thought he could replace the violence with the silence of the vines. He was wrong.

While Art Turner and the men of USS Bull Shark struggle in the Pacific against the Japanese and against their own inner demons, Captain Pat Jarvis and the men of USs Megalodon have a German tiger by the tail in the Caribbean… and it’s only a matter of time before he rips them to pieces.

Art Turner and the crew of USS Bull Shark are about to become the spearhead in a new offensive in the Pacific. As an island nation, the Empire of Japan depends on the sea to maintain its vital supply chain… and it’s into this jugular that Admiral Nimitz intends to plunge his knife. On the other side of the world, Pat Jarvis is given command of his brand new submarine – the Megalodon. And like her sister, this new shark is being sent on a special mission. To find and sink a rogue Nazi spy ship commanding U-boat forces in the Caribbean.

There’s a super storm brewing out in the Pacific… one that will change the course of history forever… After three successful raids on Japanese outposts, the men and pilots of USS Enterprise are ready to get out there and hit Tojo once more. However, something dark and dangerous lies on the horizon… but before they face that storm, the U.S. Navy and Army has a delivery to make… right to Hirohito’s front porch!

Orlando private investigator Scott Jarvis is celebrating his birthday with friends and his new lover when one of Florida’s most powerful drug lords requests an audience. Apparently, a large shipment of cocaine was smuggled into the state resulting in a couple of murders… and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Apparently, the dope is poisoned and is headed for the streets where thousands of lives are at risk.

After enjoying two weeks of well-deserved R and R at Pearl Harbor, Art Turner, his crew, and his boat are once again asked to go out and do the impossible…and to make it snappy, already! Webster Clayton has uncovered a Japanese plan to send a major invasion force to Guadalcanal. In order to soften up the marines there, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto intends sending in a battleship to bombard Henderson Field and obliterate the Cactus Airforce.

With her commission in her coat and a well-found deck beneath her feet, Catherine Cook, granddaughter of the great explorer, prepares to set sail. With her new frigate and her master and commander’s warrant, Kate is ready to begin her career in the Royal Navy. Yet as every sailor knows, not all seas run smoothly. As Kate and her crew set out to defend British and American shipping from French and Spanish marauders, the young, improbable captain is sailing straight into deadly peril. For her old nemesis, Pierre Meraux, survived their last encounter and is out for vengeance.

After a devastating attack by a downed Japanese aircraft, Art Turner and the men of Bull Shark try to forget and relax in the rustic Western Australian port of Fremantle. Yet war is never far away, and the battle cry once more draws the submarine into danger. Uncle Charlie Lockwood has a special side mission for Art Turner. A British commando needs to get to Timor and reunite with the Australian guerrilla fighters he’s trained… and who he was forced to leave behind when the Japanese invaded.

We know more about distant galaxies than the deepest, darkest oceans… and what we don’t know absolutely can harm us… Doctor James Lockwood, Ph.D. is embarking on a new career – studying deep sea predators and their genes in order to find cures for terrible diseases… and to soothe his deepest, darkest inner demons. Alysen Kruger, CEO of an old and powerful corporation has big plans for the future and for Dr. Lockwood… but she, too, has demons to conquer.

In this latest horror story collection, author Scott W. Cook brings to you nine tales of the supernatural, the macabre and the extraordinary. Lovingly crafted to engage, frighten and maybe even invoke a little thought, each tale draws you deeper into a netherworld where anything is possible.

The sudden disappearance of Charles Conklin, a NASA engineer with access to classified military technology is dangerous enough. The Mafia hitman waiting inside his house makes it lethal. Orlando detective Scott Jarvis already struggles with a system that too often protects the powerful and buries the truth. But when a missing engineer's trail leads to the Florida Keys—and a brutal smuggling operation tied to stolen military secrets—Jarvis finds himself pulled into a case far bigger than a routine investigation.

Napoleon Bonaparte, ambitious young officer and military genius, realizes early that he’s destined for power and glory…and that quest will take him on a journey of conquest not just for territory, but for ultimate power as well!

It started out innocently enough…. Orlando private investigator Scott Jarvis was sitting in his office when a beautiful redhead appears and asks for his help. Yet her misgivings about her sister’s new lover quickly twist into a bizarre struggle of deadly proportions….

When a new client interrupts Scott and Lisa’s Christmas vacation, a simple missing-persons case rapidly balloons into a global mystery fraught with deadly peril. Mike Arkadi, computer programmer, has dropped off the face of the earth, and it turns out that he may be part of an international conspiracy to blow the global financial markets wide open. Now Scott must contend with multiple foreign intelligence agents who will stop at nothing to seize control of a powerful piece of software that could provide their home countries with immense power.