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The drug wars have left 160,000 dead in the past six years. But the war is no closer to an end..Each time the Mexican police make some headway, the cartels gain more sophisticated arms and tactics. While the federales vastly outnumber them, the cartels seem to anticipate their every move.Into that maelstrom walks Paul Decker and his new family. Paul has retired from the CIA and desires no more than to raise his family, regain his peace of mind, and fulfill the promises he has made to Lydia and the children...promises he failed to complete with his first family.But all that comes to a violent end on the streets of Ciudad Juarez. Paul goes after the killers, however, what he learns makes his revenge seem small and personal in perspective. The Cartels are being armed and provided intelligence by the ATF and DEA who desire to foment violence in order to build their organizations and become indispensable. The U.S. Administration is seeking to use the violence as an excuse to pass gun legislation in the U.S. and will go even further - declaring Mexico a failed state and take over the country.Even with all his training, Paul is no match for the cartels. And so he teams up with Gabriella - a brave female Mexican Federale - and an elite team of Spetnaz troops from Russia. Together, they are intent on taking down the cartels, restoring the rule of law to Mexico and bringing peace to the country.The war on drugs is really a war to maintain the drug trade...even if the cost is another one hundred thousand lives.As Paul and his team close in on the rogue forces in the U.S. government and the cartels, the forces aligned against them grow stronger and more determined.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1964. The City of Brotherly Love is being torn apart by personal greed and racial conflict. Within that maelstrom, Jeffry Weiss, the son of a prominent Philadelphia police officer, is trapped by his own selfish motivations and an environment that rewards money over morals. Disillusioned, Jeffry seeks a life of crime, becoming a master thief. In an effort to delve further into his chosen career, he ingratiates himself with the Black, Jewish and Italian Mafias, falling into a downward spiral of grave conflict with family, traditions, and the legal system. Contrasting himself with his father, Jeffry becomes appalled at his transformation into a
Stephan Faust is a struggling attorney. But it is not just his practice that frustrates him. His physical deformities disgust him and make him doubt the benefit of his worth as a lawyer and even his value as a human being. When he denounces God, Mephistopheles is conjured up. Stephan is offered a deal: the life he has dreamed of for what he believes will require him to forfeit his soul. As every dream, fantasy, passion and wish is fulfilled, Stephan sinks deeper into a primitive state: a man ruled by his lust and carnal desires. Any thoughts he once held of being a benefit to mankind are quickly forgotten. Stephan turns to alcohol and drugs in order to forget his complicity in doing the devil's work: representing the worst, most evil me in society and the world Yet, without regard for self and his contract wit Mephistopheles, he also does the Lord's work. And while he dismisses his small contributions, they are not forgotten by the church and by the parishioners he helps. He fights with everything that is left in him to complete good causes before his time is up and he is taken by the Devil to Hell for eternity. When his forty years of having Mephistopheles as his host are complete, the Devil comes for his due. Yet an Angel, sent by God, intercedes in his favor and the Devil is cast off without the soul he promised Lucifer.
America has been placed on "trial" by the "Friends of the Planet" a powerful, but secret organization, and found guilty of waste and degradation of the planet's resources. They will use their orbiting satellites to send down a deadly EM frequency, which will go through the Wi-Fi towers, killing the consumers residing in "wired cities", leaving the farmers and ranchers to feed the rest of the planet.The Antagonist is a diabolical, brilliant Bavarian Prince for whom death of his enemies is not nearly enough. But is it all madness when the elimination of three hundred million people might save seven billion. The plot is as much a war of words and wit as a battle of weapons.It is a race against time, as Paul Decker - along with is ex-wife, an east European hacker and Chechen fighters - chase Prince Hansel through Europe but remain one step behind to the very end.
Act I is brimming with comedy and sarcasm as the characters play upon each other eccentricities. In Act II the true meaning of the gathering becomes evident. Einstein has placed people together like a chess master to challenge their views, beliefs and faith, forcing the recalcitrant, the merciless and the irreconcilable to view another way of thinking and acting. Alliances are forged between the most unlikely pairs.Act II: the guests file out, expressing their new understanding. friendships, commitments.In Act III, Einstein is cleaning up and closing the pub. There he expresses his personal beliefs and scientific discoveries as he turns off light after light until the pub is dark.
Nothing new has been said in regards to diet in three decades. And while "professionals" argue over the percentage of fats, protein, and carbohydrates in the diet, obesity rates have gone from 10% of the population to 50% in just 50 years. The purveyors of magic elixirs, severely restricted calorie diets, blood type diets, low-carb diets, high-protein diets have no clue as to why people cannot lose weight and keep it off, or how to end that addiction. Their advice and findings are based on limited research and faulty logic. On the Caffeine Diet you will learn how and when to use caffeine to its maximum advantage. Further, with your appetite under control, we will provide you with a dietary program based on 6 1/2 million years of evolution, not three decades of antidotal evidence. Until now, you have relied on health care experts who were anything but, and sent off on a wrong direction, by yourself, with incorrect information, no support, and no inspiration. You will not fail on this program. It is impossible to fail when you duplicate the metabolism of a thin person and the dietary guidelines followed by the healthiest people in the world. And we will show you who they are and what they eat and how they live. Be prepared to take out that size six dress from the back of your closet, or those size thirty-two waist pants from mothballs. Don't give up even if you have failed many times in the past. Begin by reading this book and get on the program today. I can assure you that dependence on food as your primary source of euphoria is a thing of the past.
The U.S. is being subjected to a cyber attack. The country's infrastructure is crumbling. Air, rail, gas and electric services have ground to a halt. With banks unable to operate, ATMs out of money and store shelves bare of food, people are starting to loot and commit even more serious crimes. The U.S. is just days away from anarchy.A wealthy industrialist in China, Lee Han, has turned on hidden "logic bombs", which have broken all internet connections between and among the public and private sectors in the U.S.Han is planning to draw the Chinese Government into war by sinking his own fleet of fishing ships within the territorial waters of South Korea, Taiwan, and The Philippines. Han's next step is to cut off the U.S. military internet, halting any U.S. response.China needs only a narrow window of opportunity to secure their gains. At stake are billions of dollars in oil and gas hidden under the disputed islands.With the help of an imprisoned computer hacker, a rogue CIA agent, and Lee Han's mistress, Paul Decker slices a path through Han's organization. But can he get to the saboteur in time to stop the invasion?
.For decades, waste, both humans has been dumped in the ocean, untreated, unfiltered. But the waste has mixed with chemicals from paper mills, fertilizers plants, and radiation from nuclear facilitates seeping into the ground water - all reaching the oceans. The waste is blocking the process of photosynthesis, causing the oceans, and the oxygen they produce to come to an end. A team is awarded the right to use their methodology with the blessings and financing from the U.N. Those scientists will use genetically modified microbes (just like in the Gulf of Mexico BP Deep Water Horizon Spill) to clean up the waste. The microbes do their job, consuming the waste, saving the oceans, but in the process the microbes mutate and grow parabolically, becoming huge lizards that feed on human waste. When the oxygen level is restored and the waste cleaned up, the creatures can no longer survive at sea and so gravitate to land. There, they burrow into the sewage system, coming up out of the toilets and sewer system to enter the bodies of people. They eat through human bodies, coming out their throats, with the victim's guts dangling from their mouths. The creatures are in every country, killing off populations. Out of answers, the military ask the husband and wife team of Adam and Eve Reardon (the only scientist that warned the dangers of the initial process) to reverse the course of the invasion. Adam and Eve realize that the creatures cannot survive in high oxygen environments and the world comes together to institute strict laws about toxic emissions, which raises the oxygen content in the air and soil, killing off the creatures. But in the process of figuring out the solution, Adam realizes that pure oxygen can also destroy the cancer that is killing his wife.
A new American President has been elected on a wave of fear: fear of war with an emerging China and re-emerging Russia, and the old wars on terror and drugs. The government's greatest concern is not al Qaeda, ISIS, Iran, China or Russia; rather, it is deemed to be American citizens who might rise up and attempt to overthrow an increasingly totalitarian government.There are those who know the wars are trumped up and an excuse for spying on U.S. citizens who are trying to expose the extent of the program.But whistleblowers and witnesses are being killed faster than they can be brought in to challenge the legality of the Patriot Act and the extent of NSA spying.All that stands in the way of the president's plan to further consolidate his position - and reward the bankers and corporations who funded his campaigns - is the danger that citizens might rise up and overthrow the government. The President is being kick-backed millions of dollars by the private prison system to pass legislation against any individual or group fomenting unrest, thereby keeping the prisons full. The definition of what constitutes a legal citizen is narrowing greatly. Paul Decker must break the former U.S. President out of prison with the help of a beautiful whistleblower now on the run, a CIA agent on medical leave, the leader of a motorcycle gang, and his ever-present East European hacker, then defeat the antagonists in the only way possible - with the rule of law.
"The Wizards of OZ" is a work of fiction. However, every character in the book is based on a real person. Every occurrence is based on an actual happening. All the language, though vile is based on the language used by those individuals The humor and sarcasm are only meant to draw you into a true and traitorous reality: a political system that feeds on power and greed and money.As you read on, you will be horrified by the people and events that pervade our supposed democracy.It's all right to laugh at what our political leaders have done and our doing, but don't lose sight of the fact that this is all true and is a wake up call to every citizen of the U.S. to get involved in changing the system. ***For decades the country has been run by a cabal operating behind the scenes. Yet people still believe that politicians and elected officials are independent, honest and looking out for the welfare of its citizens. Nothing could be further from the truth.Governors, congressmen, senators - all the way up to presidents - do the bidding of a corporate / military / banking / transnational company-elite that is, in turned directed by past and present members of the IMF, CIA, World bank, EU Ministers, NATO, Ambassadors and the Trilateral commission.The book ends with a way out. A way to vote in a new system of government. This is far more than humorous tale; it is a wake up call for change. If you think that voting for ANY Democratic or Republican candidate is going to change anything, then you are living in a fantasy world.It's not too late to change the course of events that those in power have laid out. But time and opportunity are running out.
The CERN* Laboratory, near Geneva, runs the Large Hadron Collider**: the greatest scientific instrument ever built by man.There are many questions and concerns as to what will be discovered. And now inexplicable things are occurring at CERN. Three researchers are missing: disappeared without a trace. Men of sound mind have seen apparitions. The Collider has brought forth an entity from another dimension that offers answers to the great remaining scientific questions...in exchange for a soul.Word has spread that something diabolical has invaded CERN, which coincides with cataclysmic events taking place in the world.Paul Decker teams up with Natasha - a particle physicist, a la Lizbeth Salander*** - to fight the legions of darkness. This may be the ultimate battle of Good vs. Evil, Science vs. God. My story combines physics, the Papacy, the Book of Revelation, espionage and computers in a way not seen before.*CERN: French: Council European for Research Nuclear** Hadrons are created by colliding protons or nuclei of heavy elements.***Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Kaza Maza (Boko Haram) has killed seven thousand poor, defenseless people, Christians and Muslims alike. Millions have been forced to flee. Children have been kidnapped from school, some made to fight as soldiers, others sold into slavery. The combined armies of Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria have been unable to stop them. No group or country seems very interested in going after the insane killers: led by a man who believes the world is flat. But one man is willing to defy the odds and the dangers: Paul Decker. He weighs the options: risk his life and the lives of his team, or do nothing and then not be able to live with himself. Paul assembles a team to go into Nigeria and go after Kaza Maza and rescue the kidnapped girls. The odds do not seem very good, but that's nothing new for Paul. Yet everyone, even those on his team, has their own agenda. With Kaza Maza in front of them and dissension between them, the odds against them escalate parabolically.
The newest scientific field of study is synthetic biology: the implanting of the DNA of one organism into another life form. Already this has led to miraculous cures. However, there is a dark side as well. A brilliant geneticist, Jonah Devlin, CEO of Evolution Industries has infused Neanderthal DNA into the Marburg virus. And, using his desalinated water and lab-grown meat as a conduit for the virus, he will infect the entire population. People will devolve to a previous state of nature, and that is Neanderthal. Kelly West, a beautiful woman scientist who works at Evolution Industries brings the plot to Paul Decker's attention. Paul must not only keep this woman alive to find a cure, but stop a man protected by a President who is dependent on the campaign contributions and social and environmental successes of Evolution Industries. But who is the evil...modern man who usurps the world's resources and pollutes the planet, or Dr. Devlin who will populate the Earth with a species that lived in harmony with nature?
A few days before 9/11, a number of unidentified people invested heavily in the stocks of American and Untied Airlines and Transamerica Insurance. They bought "put options" in the belief that the stocks would drop in price. After the attack, those men made 22.7 million dollars. Fast forward to the present...A brilliant economist has been fired and disgraced by the EU. He is planning his revenge. He will buy "put options" on the Euro in anticipation of a fall in the currency, which he will guarantee by killing the three individuals most responsible for holding the EU together. The second half of the book is a pursuit through Europe of this madman by my protagonist, Paul Decker, and his counterpart, the beautiful Mossad agent, Alex Stern...a chase more intense that that of the Jackal stalking Charles De Gaulle.
It has been six years since the constitution was suspended. People are required to have chips implanted in their arms in order to make any legal purchases. Cameras and listening devices are hard wired into homes and apartments. The jails, run by private contractors, are in every major city. Always full, new facilities continually under construction.All copies of the Constitution and Bill of Rights have been burned, deleted, or shredded. It is illegal to possess or speak the words of those documents. Any person or persons found to be in violation of this order are deemed to be subversives who may be shot on sight.A small group of partisans led by Paul Decker, and dependent upon the skills of a young boy, is all that stands in the way of a totalitarian government fulfilling the Nazi promise of the thousand year reign.The time for rhetoric is long past. Armed revolution is at hand.
The Muse d'Orsay; Paris, France. Among those partaking of the exhibit, an artist, an art collector and art critic, stroll through the museum, embracing the paintings that provide their inspiration, recognition, and position in French society. In a moment of creativity and levity, one of the men sees a way to rob the museum. However, with so much to lose, the idea is dismissed as ludicrous.They leave and separate. But when their lives fall apart due to character flaws inherit in their positions, they realize they must go through with the theft. They get away with the crime, yet that is not the end, but only the beginning. Their offenses graduate from theft, to kidnapping, to murder, to gruesome murders, to avoid prison.The painter is certain that the portrait he has done of himself and his friends absorbs their sins. While they argue the merits of the painter's mania, one thing is clear: the portrait is changing. It shows their debauchery in bloody detail. They realize that they will have their entire lives to relive the heinous crimes they have committed. But the artist sees a way out. He will destroy the painting to liberate their souls and attempt a reconciliation with God and society. Who, and what, dies, in the end, is truly shocking.
The remnants of ISIS have been planning a series of great strikes against the infidels. Working with limited resources, men and money, they are devising multiple operations that, if successful, may kill millions, possibly hundreds of millions of people guilty of nothing more that worshiping a different god. President James P. Hardessy enlists the help of protagonist Paul Decker to track down the Marburg virus that has been transported to Kathmandu, Nepal. The president has teamed Paul up with a biologist who knows how to handle the Marburg and is also an experienced climb. But unknown to Paul and the president, she is, in fact, a member of the extreme Jihadist group, The Army of Justice.An international expedition is set to climb Mt. Everest. Ambassadors from six nations are using the expedition to develop a working relationship between countries that had been adversaries and who will, after the camaraderie and success they have on the mountain, take home that confidence and mutual respect to hammer out a nuclear disarmament agreement.The terrorists will attack the infidels on four fronts at once: the releasing of small pox in America, Marburg in the Sahel, a suicide bomber in Algiers, an attack on opening night at the World Soccer Cup by a car loaded with explosives and the Everest expedition in Nepal.The terrorists plan is both intricate and subtle. And Paul must not only climb with the ambassadors to ensure their safety, but learn of the method by which the terrorists intend to disperse the Marburg before they get a chance to complete their plan.The American government is stretched thin attempting to find and circumvent the plots, all while a clock is ticking down to zero.
Russia is on the verge of fracturing after twenty years of government corruption, patronage, and incompetence.A nascent protest movement is gathering momentum. And even as the attacks at protest rallies, by ministry police with their truncheons, grow in intensity, the number of dissidents willing to risk their freedom, even their lives, to unseat the president increases.Vladim Pushkin, president of Russia, along with the oligarchs and mafia, have bled the country dry by their unbounded greed. And while millions live in 3rd world conditions and are subjected to threats, imprisonment, and one-way passage to Siberia, the president and his cronies live like emperors of yore.With little left to steal, Pushkin plans to invade Eastern Europe and take control of the Baltic States. He is counting on the element of surprise and believes America has no fight left in it for another war.Russia tests American resolve by arming Iran who attacks U.S. interests in the Middle East.American President James Hardessy learns that Russia is massing troops on their eastern border, but whether it is for their normal spring military exercise, or the initiation of an invasion, is uncertain. In an effort to determine which, Hardessy sends in Captain Paul Decker to learn the Russian plans and also work with the opposition to overthrow the Pushkin régime. Paul enlists the help of his ever-present computer hacker Pavlik Lasky, in Talas Kyrgyzstan, who will create havoc by siphoning money out of the accounts of Pushkin, the oligarchs and mafia, starting an internecine war. Pavlik sends his compatriot, Natasha Levin, to assist Paul in Russia. She and Paul have worked together before and had an affair which the two of them look at with different sets of eyes.Russia faces a famine but Pushkin has no intention of groveling at the feet of Western countries to buy gain and make up the shortage. The honor of Russia is at stake and he believes humiliation will follow any such agreement. But while Pushkin and many in his government care little if there is mass starvation, one man does. General Konstatin Rozkov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, grew up on a farm and his parents still tend crops there.Pushkin is smitten by Natasha, which gives her access to the president's inner office, but leaves her vulnerable to his sexual advances. With that access, she searches Pushkin's files and confirms that he is planning to invade the East.Given the knowledge that General Rozkov's has argued against Russian invasions of Georgia, Ukraine and Crimea, Paul reaches out to Rozkov to join the opposition and attempt to unseat Pushkin.When Rozkov sees for himself the terrible conditions at the family farm and systemic crop failures throughout the country, he agrees to help overthrow the president.Should the opposition fail to unseat Pushkin, and he continues with his plan to invade the Baltic States, America is preparing for war by moving forces into position to counter any Russian advance.When Pushkin sees that General Rozkov stands with the oppositions, he realizes his position is untenable. He contemplates suicide, but surrenders to the opposition at the last moment. However, the attempt to bring Pushkin to trial is thwarted by a woman whose husband died due to Pushkin's lack of effort to rescue the sunken submarine the men were on. She shoots Pushkin as the ex-president is escorted out of the Kremlin.A new day has dawned in Russia, but the same sun does not shine on Paul. He fails in his efforts to further his relationship with Natasha, driving him back to the drinking that has almost ruined his military career before.
Until now, no one has been able to tell you why weight loss programs do not work. Why you can lose weight at first, but then becomes impossible to keep it off. Why 95% of us who go on a diet fail, and over 50% actually weigh more at the end of a program than they did at the beginning. Well, after forty years of research, I have found the answer.This is the first book of a new generation. All previous diet / nutrition books are now obsolete. And here's why . . . The reason you cannot stop eating is because specific foods trigger the release of endorphins. Endorphins are biochemicals in the body that are hundreds of times stronger than morphine or opiates. Endorphins relieve pain, depression and anxiety, balance our moods, and bring on a sense of euphoria. Decades of research have confirmed that there are five behaviors that trigger endorphin release. These are: 1 - Eating2 - Exercise3 - Shared Compassion, Love, Camaraderie 4 - Adaptation To New Situations 5 - Interaction With Enriched EnvironmentsThe joy and satisfaction we derive from a hug, a workout in the gym, a walk in nature, a good meal, taking on a new hobby, or sharing intimately with a friend or loved one are all produced by endorphins. The purveyors of magic elixirs, severely restricted calorie diets, blood type diets, low-carb diets, high-protein diets have no clue as to why people eat or how to end that addiction. Their advice and findings are based on faulty logic and limited research.Why we Eat . . . and why we keep eating: breaking your food addiction explains precisely why we eat what we eat. In addition, it provides specific, workable regimes on how to combat obsessive eating. The book does not simply tell its readers to eat less red meat, eat more vegetables, and exercise more. It provides real options - ones that readers can integrate into their lives seamlessly and immediately. Why we Eat . . . and why we keep eating: breaking your food addiction offers a depth and diversity of choices to its readers. Any program that attempts to be successful must begin not from where the writer is, but from where the reader is! By following the recommendations in this book, you will not only lose weight and forever keep it off, but reduce your risk of all major diseases - including heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and autoimmune diseases. You will be less prone to depression and if you do find yourself in that state, you will be able to quickly extricate yourself. You will not only live longer, but live better - with greater physical energy and mental clarity. Dreams stored away will begin to become a reality. Make no mistake, this book can and will change your life . . . forever!
BIO Allow me to introduce myself. I am Dr. Jeffry Weiss. My formal education took place at Drexel University (B.S. - Accounting), Temple University (M.B.A. - Statistical Analysis), The University of Pennsylvania (M.A. - International Affairs), Clayton College - (Ph.D. - Mathematics). I was a stock market analyst and investor, and put out my own mutual fund newsletter. I was a day trader for five years. I owned a car dealership. I helped found a natural food business. I have been a freelance writer for 33 years. I invested in real estate. And I developed a number of Internet businesses. ABOUT THE BOOK This book is not simply about racetrack betting. It is about regaining control of your life. There is no such thing as a "career job" anymore. The average person has 6 jobs during their lifetime. When a person is let go, the average salary at their new position is 67% of their old salary. Companies today want more than your time. They want you to consider your job over your health and the welfare of your family. After all, there are a dozen more people standing in line to take your place should you not be deemed a "team player." There are those who seek their independence by starting their own business. It takes a great deal of money (minimum $25,000), and a lot of time (self-employed people work an average of 65 hours a week). Almost every self-employed person I have met said that if they knew how hard it was going to be to start their own business, they would never have undertaken the task. While it used to be that your presence was required at the racetrack, betting now can be accomplished from the comfort of your own home or office. With the advent of off-track betting, and now Internet betting, the advantages are many. You can even bet via your cell phone. It's the best business opportunity I've ever come across in 50 years of interacting with the marketplace. I think you will feel the same way once you begin.
Since the time of Galileo Galiliei five hundred years ago, man has searched the heavens for an answer to the question, "Are we alone?"With the start of the SETI Project in 1984, man took the first serious step to find extraterrestrial life.Finally, in the year 2067 A.D., comes a response. Planet 6 in the Ceti-Alpha star system, in the Aquarius Constellation of the Milky Way Galaxy has sent a message. However, it is a symbols-based language.A team of the most accomplished scientists is assembled by the U.N. to translate the message and conjure a response.The world is divided. The military sees an existential threat to their existence. Warning that any signal sent might be used by an alien intelligence to learn the Earth's level of advancement, or lack thereof, and thereby be at the mercy of a civilization so far advanced as to be beyond the imagination.The religious evangelicals believe it portends the coming of the beast as described in revelation. The civilians are cautiously optimistic that the alien race could teach the humans how they, the aliens, overcame greed, avarice, war, pestilence and mass extinctions, with the Earth in the last throws of environmental death: the seas dying, the skies polluted, the soil depleted of nutrients. As the clock introduced by the aliens counts down toward zero, an unlikely group of people team up to prove the Earth is made up of civilized people not bent on conquest. But it is a child prodigy, an accomplished gamer, who comprehends the alien's message and leads the team in responding in kind.Whether it will be the military or civilians who are ascendant comes down to the last few seconds of a ticking clock.
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