Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell the full, dramatic story of the Powell expedition. On May 24, 1869 a one-armed Civil War veteran, John Wesley Powell and a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in the American West. The Grand Canyon, not explored before, was as mysterious as Atlantis—and as perilous. The ten men set out from Green River Station, Wyoming Territory down the Colorado in four wooden rowboats. Ninety-nine days later, six half-starved wretches came ashore near Callville, Arizona. Lewis and Clark opened the West in 1803, six decades later Powell and his scruffy band aimed to resolve the West’s last mystery. A brilliant narrative, a thrilling journey, a cast of memorable heroes—all these mark Down the Great Unknown, the true story of the last epic adventure on American soil.

“Sam Lightner, Jr., combines two tales of adventure, one historic and the other modern-day in his page-turner . . . With its rich sense of place and history, All Elevations Unknown offers a surprisingly fresh twist to an adventure-climbing tale.” –Climbing Magazine In the spring of 1999, armed with little more than a description from a book and a map labeled “all elevations unknown,” Sam Lightner and his German rock-climbing buddy, Volker, found themselves deep in the jungles of Borneo on a mission to climb a mountain that was only rumored to exist. What little they knew about the mountain they had learned from the memoirs of Major Tom Harrisson, a British World War II soldier who in 1945 had been assigned the near-impossible mission of parachuting blindly into the thick Borneo rainforest–where the natives had a grisly habit of cutting off heads–to try to reclaim the island for the Allies. A captivating, utterly original combination of travel adventure memoir and historical re-creation, All Elevations Unknown charts Lightner’s exhilarating and at times harrowing quest to ascend the mountain Batu Lawi in the face of leeches, vipers, and sweat bees, and to keep his team together in one of the earth’s most treacherous uncharted pockets. Along the way, he reconstructs a fascinating historical narrative that chronicles Tom Harrisson’s adventures there during the war and illuminates an astonishing piece of forgotten World War II history. Rife with suspense and vivid detail, the two intertwining tales open up the island of Borneo, its people, and its history in a powerful, unforgettable way, taking adventure writing to new heights.

Perfecting a top-secret technology that can map secrets of the brain, Dr. Lydia South, a brilliant neuroscientist, becomes the target of a deranged sociopath and Lt. Elliot Elliot must enter the mind of a monster to save her and a gifted 4-year-old boy. Original.

The Baby is His! The minute Alexandra Logan made a grand reentrance into Cactus, Texas, Tucker Langford sensed a change. Seems that though Tuck could never forget the woman who'd stolen his heart, she couldn't remember him. Nor how she got pregnant! Tuck knew the baby was his. And deep inside his Texas-sized heart he knew Alex had to remember how much in love they once were. But no way was this cowboy willing to stand around and wait. Even if he had to kiss Alex back to her senses, he aimed to claim his baby—and its mother.

When twenty-one-year-old college student Maya Rivers and her older sister, Malia, are kidnapped, their lives are turned upside down. Maya discovers a secret about herself and Malia—a secret that changes everything. The Rivers sisters are Nexus Killian, a rare superhuman species, each with their unique abilities. When they are rescued by the Department of Special Operations, the agency recruits them to team up with two other Nexus Killian special agents. Maya and Malia quickly discover how important their unique reality is. But with their newfound powers comes an envious reaction from one of the DSO’s highest-priority enemies. After Maya suffers a traumatic experience at the hands of this particular enemy, a dormant gene awakens in her, making her more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Will Maya be able to control her new powers, or will they be the reason for her downfall?