Centuries in our past, an alchemist tears a rift in reality and humankind's nightmares and dreams invade this world. Solid as mist, as seeable as a sigh - they want to kill us, to possess us, to use us as their whore. Soon...they whisper to themselves. Saviours may come from dark places. Teenagers swimming in a creek. Blood drifting deep. When Zara is young, her friend is taken by a killer. For most of her adult life, the man who took her friend stalks Zara with messages on postcards: MISSING YOU. ARE YOU MISSING ME? She runs, hides. Running is her best option until she and Valor Lacroix find each other, until the bomb blows up her street and the dead litter the pavement. Someone has reached under her skin, invaded her, and implanted strange abilities and memories. For the first time in forever she has power. Zara dubs herself the girl most likely to give her friendly serial killer the finger in a terminal way. She's a girl with a knife that stitches nightmares and dreams into skin. She makes a mental note: begin search for vengeance. Valor, a CIA agent gone feral, invites himself along - he needs Zara for reasons, good reasons. Nightmares are rising, and the worst of them lies beside her. If you save a monster, don't turn your back.

This is a book about China's grand strategy and its future as an ambitious, declining, and dangerous rival power. Once the darling of U.S. statesmen, corporate elites, and academics, the People's Republic of China has evolved into America's most challenging strategic competitor. Its future appears increasingly dystopian. This book tells the story of how China got to this place and analyzes where it will go next and what that will mean for the future of U.S. strategy. The China Nightmare makes an extraordinarily compelling case that China's future could be dark and the free world must prepare accordingly.

A terror from beyond lurks within a shadowy English town… Reporter Denny Purcell is on the run. After exposing the existence of monsters known as Interlopers, she has earned the wrath of their queen, Casandra. Implanted with an alien parasite in her spine, Denny has managed to fight the queen’s telepathic control for now. The slug-like symbiont grants her psychic abilities, but each day she fears she may lose her mind, and become Casandra’s slave. When Denny travels to the Northern English town of Fordham, she uncovers massive Interloper activity in the area. But she is not the only one hunting the sinister invaders. A clandestine government agency known as the Task Force contacts her with shocking new intelligence: Cassandra herself is lurking in the shadows of the nearby Interloper nest. Using her new abilities, Denny and the Task Force stage an assault on the terrifying monsters’ headquarters, hoping to end the nightmare once and for all. But Denny has a secret objective, one she has kept hidden from her new allies. And she’s willing to strike a deal with Cassandra to make it happen. As human and alien blood alike is spilled, Denny must decide… How far is she willing to go to reclaim her humanity?

Rising Fascism in America: It Can Happen Here explores how rising fascism has infiltrated U.S. politics—and how the media and academia failed to spot its earlier rise. Anthony R. DiMaggio spotlights the development of rightwing polarization of the media, Trump’s political ascendance, and the prominence of extremist activists, including in Congress. Fascism has long bubbled under the surface until the coup attempt of January 6th, 2021. This book offers tactics to combat fascism, exploring social movements such as Antifa and Black Lives Matter in mobilizing the public. When so little scholarship engages the question of fascism, Anthony R. DiMaggio combines the rigor of academic analysis with an accessible style that appeals to student and general readers.

The Crisis, founded by W.E.B. Du Bois as the official publication of the NAACP, is a journal of civil rights, history, politics, and culture and seeks to educate and challenge its readers about issues that continue to plague African Americans and other communities of color. For nearly 100 years, The Crisis has been the magazine of opinion and thought leaders, decision makers, peacemakers and justice seekers. It has chronicled, informed, educated, entertained and, in many instances, set the economic, political and social agenda for our nation and its multi-ethnic citizens.

Imagine if all the legends and mythology you thought were simply stories were real history. If all the Norse, Greek, and Egyptian Gods had been visitors to ancient man during a time when technology did not exist. Were these visitors gods or an advanced species coming to earth with a purpose?What is the purpose of these early god-like visitors? Who is this dark entity, The Maku? And why has The Maku returned to earth?Kili, the daughter of the trickster Loki, is sent to aid mankind and find a human whose lineage comes from the old clans of the legends to help her repel the facing threat that the Maku brings to mankind and the universe. Rafael Madureira carefully blends advanced technology that seems almost magical, interstellar travels, and battles that blend universes perfectly to create an exciting adventure in this world and beyond!