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Thomas Caine is a dangerous man. A former CIA assassin, he was burned, betrayed, and left for dead. Now, he struggles to stay off the grid, and hides from his dark past in the seedy underworld of Pattaya, Thailand. But when human traffickers detonate a bomb in a crowded Thai market, it sets off a chain reaction that drags Caine out of the shadows. This new syndicate has taken the one person Caine has sworn to protect, and the vengeful former assassin will wage a bloody one-man war to get her back.

The word conquer has changed meaning for Bryan Anderson. As a U.S. army sergeant in Iraq, it meant taking down the enemy. After becoming Iraq’s fourth triple amputee from a roadside explosive, what he had to conquer got a bit more personal. On October 23, 2005, the moment Bryan looked down and realized he no longer had legs, he cracked a joke. It was a tragedy that could break many, but Bryan transformed it into something positive, something that propelled him forward.

These 16 stories, ranging from flash fiction to novella length, extend from the far corners of space to the edge of time and back to cutting-edge explorations inspired by today’s headlines. Hear about clones and combat cyborgs, nanotechnology experiments and giant robots, super-sentient lab rats and immortal dogs, alien magicians and altered time lines.

In these 29 stories, you will listen about a nightmarish Wisconsin small town, rock stars raised from the dead, vampires, werewolves, zombies, murderers and sorcerers…and the heroes who battle them. Though best-known for his science fiction novels, #1 bestseller Kevin J. Anderson has also written dozens of darker stories, ranging from eerie suspense, to surprise shockers, to monster encounters, to atmospheric Bradbury-esque tales, ranging in length from flash fiction to novellas.

Where would your soul be if you died right now? Chances are, not where you think. This is the fictional story of a leader in a conservative church as he takes his journey into eternity. Biblical teachings, writings of early Christians, and true events form the foundation of this story.

Could you love something so hideous and offensive that it made you ill to look at it? If you travel to a little dive called Violet's Tavern in Pasadena, you are apt to hear that question from Violet herself. But whatever you do, don't give her an answer. And don't tell her your sins. Especially after closing time.

Beneath a dead, forgotten city in north central Texas, an ancient evil strengthens. Guarded by a collection of monsters, demons, and freaks of nature, Gate 4 is our only defense. As long as its dark keepers remain on our side. Part One: The Eater: Paul Marrane is a forever man cursed with the bite that never heals. The hunger that never ends. Ambushed outside a honky tonk in Lake Worth, Texas, Paul is taken to the deep underground bunker of Gate 4 where the secrets of his past and the purpose of the gate intersect.

Now a part of Gate Four, the cursed slackers Cecil and Bubba are sent in to flush out the god of the woods. The Rose Man torments Billy Monroe. Mr. Blickenderfer brings the hunter to life. Dunlavey confronts Binh Pham.

Binh Pham is a street hustler who suffers from narcolepsy. After his pimp is killed by a Mexican drug cartel, Binh realizes they are coming for him next. On the run, he thumbs his way down Interstate 45, a heavily wooded straight shot between Houston and Dallas. He meets Paul Marrane, an eccentric and charismatic road scholar. Paul travels with Binh, acting as protector and friend. But Paul's odd behavior soon turns dangerous.

It is high noon as the law of a beleaguered little town, a pack of bloodthirsty bandits and the voracious sandstorm known as the Car Nex prepare for a showdown.

Lion shapeshifter Agent Chase Payne doesn't have time for distractions - especially the kind that involve his best friend's younger sister. He has a job to do: leading his team of Therian agents to fight against those who would expose their kind to the world. Lora Oliver wants to be a Therian agent, but secrets from her past have damaged the bond between her human and animal natures, and threaten to destroy everything she's worked so hard for, along with the people she loves.

Tarrytown, NY, winter 1679. Willem Tenner is a God-fearing Dutch wheat farmer. After he and his family take in a half-dead old man that has come to their doorstep, a violent and gory nightmare that will last for an eternity begins.

After a mid-season break, Gate 4 returns with a bloody bang! Part 6: "From a Place Hell Fears" picks up where Part 5 ended. Part 6 is a double-sized episode. Lucas' first two encounters with the demon known as the Car Nex are recounted. Dunlavey's actions in Binh Pham's cell drives a wedge between him and Lucas. Paul Marrane and Dottie Tenner are affected in a strange way by Hattie Mae Reynold's charms. Billy Monroe's newfound sanity is tested. Blickenderfer finds The Rose Man. Dreg meets a kindred monster.

Billy Monroe is a shadow man who lives hidden in the forest with his young sister Susie. Billy wears many masks to convey his moods to his sister and to conceal the monster that can barely restrain its appetite for human flesh. A brilliant scientist before the lab explosion that killed him and then brought him back as a blue specter of death, Billy is hunted by Lucas Glover and Paul Marrane. They must risk everything to reach the man trapped in the deranged mind of an unstoppable zombie.

A road buddy from Paul Marrane's past creates an army of zombies at a commune near Boyd, Texas. Mr. Blickenderfer digs up a new threat for the gate. Billy Monroe discovers a horrifying connection between the lab accident that killed him and the energy emitting from Gate 4.

Chloe Grant is a homeless junkie and prostitute. After being taken in by Willem Tenner, a kind and shy bachelor who works at a local video store, Chloe finds herself in the center of a battle between two immortal monsters. Chloe inherits the bite that never heals. De eeuwige honger. The eternal hunger. Relying on a diary left behind by Willem to guide her, Chloe must now feed the monster inside.

At a quiet Honky Tonk on the night of a dark anniversary, Dunlavey discusses his journey to Gate 4 with a dead companion. The Rose Man makes a move. A familiar duo is recruited.

Aldo Capello, the mayor of New York City, is threatened by an underground terrorist group that he has been secretly financing in an effort to keep New York safe. With a wide-scale terrorist attack looming, Capello summons a creature of hell to destroy his enemies. The Car Nex has been unleashed, and it is ready to take Manhattan!

Ignorance breeds confidence. What you don't know won't hurt you. What you don't fear…will kill you. The unthinkable has happened. We are at war. Across a crippled America struggling to rebuild in the after effects of what has happened, one woman faces a different battle. Separated from her family in the midst of a violent war upon American soil, she returns home to find her husband has died, her mother has been murdered, and her children are gone. Through the chaotic torn country, with limited means of resources and communication, she begins a search.

America is controlled by a corporate oligarchy known as the Water Cartel, and warrior-priest Joey Hawke finds himself trapped between a mysterious geneticist amassing a clone army and a group of political fanatics convinced that a dead president will rise from his tomb to lead them to salvation.