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Two hundred years after Parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, over 27 million people worldwide languish in slavery, forced to work, under threat of violence, for no pay. In Africa, hundreds of thousands are considered chattel, while on the Indian subcontinent millions languish in generational debt bondage. Across the globe, women and children, sold for sex and labour, are already the second most lucrative commodity for organised crime. Through eviscerating narrative, A Crime So Monstrous paints a stark picture of modern slavery. Skinner infiltrates trafficking networks and slave sales on four continents, exposing a flesh trade never before portrayed with such vivid detail. ...
Officer Steven Patterson is on the mission of his life. He leads his highly trained Special Assignments Unit of the Phoenix Police Department up against the most feared radical Islamist terrorist group known to the West. He and his partner, David Rourke, discover a terrorist plot against the United States. With the help of Officer Steven Patterson’s contacts, they race against time and politics to stop the deadly terrorist attack. Along the way they discover the terrorist plot is worse than they ever imagined, worse than 9/11. Follow Officer Steven Patterson as he puts the pieces of a criminal investigation together, an investigation that involves a dangerous and toxic relationship between deadly Mexican Drug Cartels and radical Islamic Middle Eastern terrorist organizations. Join him on a journey of heroism, courage, and faith, a journey to save the innocent and to do whatever it takes to defeat the enemy and protect his beloved country, the United States, even if it means crossing the lines of the law and morality.
From #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Brad Thor, comes the white-knuckled thriller The Apostle. A new administration and a new approach to dealing with America’s enemies have left covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath without a job. But when American doctor Julia Gallo is kidnapped in Afghanistan, the terms of her ransom leave the president with only one course of action. In a dangerous assignment that the United States government will deny any knowledge of, Scot Harvath must secretly infiltrate Kabul’s notorious Policharki Prison and free the man the kidnappers demand as ransom—al-Qaeda mastermind Mustafa Khan. But when Harvath arrives, he quic...
From Northern Ireland to Sri Lanka, women have been engaged in all manner of terrorist activities, from generating propaganda to blowing up targets. What drives women to participate in terrorist activities? "Bombshell" is a groundbreaking book that reveals the inner workings of the shocking, unfamiliar world of female terrorists.
United for Truth: The ACFEI story recounts the founding and the growth of the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute, the world's leading forensic science association. It includes fascinating forensic science case stories as well as profiles of leading forensic science professionals.
It's nearly two years after the Arch attack in St. Louis, and the Governor's Security Division (GSD) again finds itself embroiled in controversy. When Lieutenant Kacey Underwood becomes involved in a headlines-grabbing incident, she finds herself in the middle of an internal investigation that could cost her job ... or worse. TIGER'S HEART explores the tactics and strategies of a high-level protective detail, and the challenges of a world-class female operative to exist in that world. Thomas A. Taylor knows executive protection operations. As a member of the Missouri Highway Patrol for 30 years, he protected four different governors over much of his career. He served as president of the National Governor's Security Association (NGSA) and commanded GSD for eight years.
Once again, Thomas Taylor gives us a look over the shoulder of world-class protectors. Two years after the events in Mortal Shield, Lieutenant David Armstrong and his team from the Governor's Security Division return to find themselves and their protectee -- Missouri Governor William Ulysses Stovall -- in harm's way. Stovall has teamed up with a firebrand Islamic cleric, Imam Adel al-Walid, to take on Islamic extremists. When they announce a high profile town hall meeting with national impact at the historic Gateway Arch in St. Louis, a group of violent homegrown terrorists decide it's the ideal target. What follows is a race inside the upper reaches of the Arch with terrorists closing in on Stovall and his protectors from all sides. Armstrong and his team will once again be tested to the limits of their abilities, their dedication, and their willingness to put their lives on the line to protect the First Family. Not everyone will make it out alive.
The Central Intelligence Agency's most respected former Middle East counterterrorism officer applies a critical lens to the state of America's Homeland Security system and asks, "Are we really any safer than we were on 9/11?" Have the vast new bureaucracies that have arisen and the billions spent translated into real protection? Or has complacency set in? His answer is terrifying.
In the dozen years since the Columbine High School shootings, school violence has fallen steadily. Yet, as Annette Fuentes visits schools across America she finds metal detectors and drug tests for aspirin, police profiling of students with no records, arbitrary expulsions, teachers carrying guns, and all-seeing electronic surveillance. Her moving stories will astonish readers, as she makes the case that our public schools reflect a society with an unhealthy fixation on crime and violence.