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Genevieve’s graduation party was supposed to be unforgettable, but not like this. One moment she’s surrounded by friends, music, and booze. The next, there’s blood on the carpet, a blackout, and she’s waking up in a hospital with no one believing her story. The house is condemned, her friends are gone, and a hooded figure with a knife, and something far from human keeps showing up. Now she’s caught between the world she knows and a place that shouldn’t exist, and she has no idea if she’s losing her grip… or if something far worse has found her.

From Indigenous roots to Olympic glory, A Brief History of Atlanta traces the dramatic evolution of one of America’s most resilient cities. Derek Monaghan delivers a cinematic, multi-chapter narrative that blends historical clarity with emotional resonance—capturing Atlanta’s rise from a railroad terminus to a global cultural powerhouse.

A Brief History of Columbus traces the city’s remarkable journey from ancient Indigenous homelands to one of America’s fastest growing metropolitan centers. In ten vivid chapters, Derek Monaghan explores how Columbus evolved through frontier settlement, industrial expansion, immigration, suburban growth, cultural revival, and twenty first century innovation. Richly written and accessible, this concise history offers newcomers and lifelong residents a compelling look at the people, forces, and ideas that shaped Ohio’s capital; and the possibilities that lie ahead.

A sealed room. A drowned man. A ship that shouldn’t be able to lie. When a passenger is found drowned inside a locked observation lounge aboard a luxury cruise ship, former maritime investigator Julian Vale is flown in to determine how the impossible happened. The room was sealed. The glass unbroken. No water source in sight. As a violent storm traps the ship at sea, Julian uncovers a pattern of unexplained flooding, pressure anomalies, and whispered reports of water where none should exist. Passengers grow uneasy. Systems behave strangely. And the ship itself begins to feel… aware.