Private investigator Donald Strachey takes on the case of his life and gets caught in a high-stakes whirlwind of deceit and murder when his partner asks him to uncover the source of an anonymous multimillion-dollar donation to a youth center.

"Big data entrepreneur Allen Gannett overturns the mythology around creative genius, and reveals the science and secrets behind achieving breakout commercial success in any field. We have been spoon-fed the notion that creativity is the province of genius -- of those favored, brilliant few whose moments of insight arrive in unpredictable flashes of divine inspiration. And if we are not a genius, we might as well pack it in and give up. Either we have that gift, or we don't. But Allen shows that simply isn't true. Recent research has shown that there is a predictable science behind achieving commercial success in any creative endeavor, from writing a popular novel to starting up a successful company to creating an effective marketing campaign. As the world's most creative people have discovered, we are enticed by the novel and the familiar. By understanding the mechanics of what Gannett calls "the creative curve" - the point of optimal tension between the novel and the familiar - everyo

"Mark McHenry ... has demonstrated abilities beyond those of the somewhat odd human being he appears to be. When the inhabitants of an innocent solar system are confronted by a menace linked to the source of McHenry's powers, his true heritage is revealed at last. Meanwhile, Zak Kebron is going through a startling change that will leave him both more and less than he was."--Page 4 of cover

"LIL TONY and KILO are two goons from different hoods with one thing in common-chasing paper. In pursuit of the bag, they are confronted with serious situations that compromise both of their freedom. The consequences for their violent, street ambitions lands them in the notorious Lewisburg Penitentiary, where waking up each day is more of an uncertainty than not. When Lil Tony and Kilo cross paths in feds, the code of conduct that they live by, as well as the morals and principles they were taught coming up in two different criminal organizations, becomes the source of their unbreakable bond. Being BRED IN THE GAME, they refuse to deviate from what they stand on. As the two men maneuver through the deception, disloyalty, violence and animosity, they try to stay focused on making it back home. Will Lil Tony and Kilo make it back to society? Or will the Nation Business that they rep to the fullest be the cause of their ruin?" -- page [4] of cover.