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Loretta Lynn is a living legend. From walking around barefoot in clothing repurposed from flour sacks in rural Kentucky to becoming an icon with more awards than any other woman in country music, many may wonder just how Loretta Lynn paved this path for herself. A mother of six and now a grandmother to dozens, Lynn never lost sight of her values or what drove her. She had a calling to relay what was real and a desire to create a secure life for her family.

Catching the beast is one thing. Smuggling it safely out of Indonesia is something else altogether. Whisked overseas for a mystery job, Australian Park Ranger and dangerous animal expert Matt Sanders finds himself presented with the opportunity of a lifetime: to find and capture a uniquely dangerous cryptid long hidden by the thick rainforests of Java. It is an opportunity too exciting to turn down.

The team heads to New Jersey to stop an increasing number of brutal murders and kidnappings reportedly caused by the Jersey Devil. They soon find themselves deep in the Pine Barrens fighting an age-old monster so elusive they can’t kill it. But when they enter a deep tunnel system, they soon discover a threat beyond comprehension.

For centuries, stories had circulated of an Aztec city so rich that precious gems adorned the buildings and the streets were paved with gold. But like so many Aztec locations, this one had been abandoned and swallowed by the jungle. Since the time of the conquistadors, expeditions have set out to find it. None have ever returned. At their antique shop in 1938, Rick and Rose Sinclair come across what may be a map to the lost City of Gold in an Aztec artifact. The adventurous husband implores his more level-headed wife that this is their opportunity to become rich.

Paleontologist Grant Coleman and environmentalist Janaina Silva, lost in the Amazon rain forest, discover an isolated logging camp, and the chance to hitch a ride back to civilization. But the workers uncover a fossil of a giant snake, almost fifteen meters long. Grant is thrilled, but the superstitious workers believe they have let loose a demon. That night, the world begins to unravel.

Terror crawls from the shadows and Scott Ward emerges from his mundane existence into a waking nightmare. Mutant camelback crickets with razor-sharp teeth prowl the streets, turning the village of Stones Throw into a battleground where survival becomes the only instinct and due process is a bullet. As the infestation grows and the town’s charming facade deteriorates, fear tightens its grip and Ward is forced to grapple with the primal choice of flight or fight. Scuttling horrors hide in every shadow, and each move plunges him deeper into the harrowing abyss of his once-familiar world.

In a city on the edge of total destruction, Jack Wilder and friends, Dave and Jimmy, must traverse a horrific landscape swarming with the undead. Pursued by a relentless zombie horde and surrounded by peril at every turn, they confront their deepest fears and most haunting memories as they struggle to flee their disintegrating apartment building. This is more than a fight for survival; it's an intense journey packed with visceral terror and biting wit.

Howler monkeys are dying in the Amazon rainforest at an alarming rate and anthropologist Michael “Mic” Kingsbury and botanist Liza Mastretti are determined to figure out why. Led by Brazilian guide Diogo and a contingent of mercenaries, the husband and wife team trek into the jungle to investigate. The trail of dead monkeys leads deep into the rainforest and the group fractures when Mic describes seeing a fifteen-foot spinosaurus prowling the forest.

Paleontologist Grant Coleman and activist Janaina Silva are recruited by Thana Katsoros for a top secret expedition, one in search of a live Apatosaurus on a plateau deep in the Amazonian rain forest. But their plane crashes short of their destination, and the entire group faces a terrifying fight for survival. This isolated area hosts unknown animals more fearsome than they’d expected, including giant ants and flesh-eating pterosaurs.

He is an alpha predator, feared by all life on the planet Challenger. His pincers can crush steel, his razor-sharp mandibles can shred a hundred pounds of flesh in seconds, and his armor carapace is capable of deflecting anti-tank projectiles. His place in the ecosystem is reflected in his name: Caesar. A beast of incredible size, he has a major appetite to satisfy. And now, he has a new item on the menu: humans. When Corporal Richard Carson and his team entered cryosleep, they did not expect to awaken in two days for a whole new mission.

Dr. Jebediah Stone never believed in zombies until he had to shoot one. Now they're mutating into a new species, capable of reproducing, and the only defence is 'Blue Juice', a vaccine distilled from the blood of rare individuals immune to the zombie plague. Dr. Stone's missing wife is one of these unwilling 'munies', snatched by the military under the Judgment Day Protocol.

The rules of the game are simple: survive 24 hours and earn more money than you could possibly imagine. The only catch? You’ll be hunted like an animal. Trapped on a tropical island, Sean Marshall is surrounded by lunatics who want his head. Marshall will not prove an easy trophy. He has skills. Skills that make him dangerous to those out for his blood. But the hunters in this game won’t play fair. The island is also home to predators thought long extinct, and Marshall is soon pursued by ravenous beasts with a prehistoric hunger.

This is Wasserman’s third book about his encounters with animal poachers in the wilds of Pennsylvania. Join him as he patrols four-hundred square miles of rural mountain terrain in search of some of the most unpredictable—and interesting—characters you’ll ever meet. Wasserman relates the dangers of his job with pulse-pounding clarity. He is a wonderful storyteller. His crisp use of dialog makes his characters come alive in every page. Wildlife Guardian contains six of his best tales to date.

Filled with spine-tingling chills and moments of daring friendship, The Ghosts of the Infirmary is a heart-pounding, eerie adventure perfect for fans of ghost stories, daring mysteries, and unforgettable night-time thrills.

The expedition enters a no-man’s land formed 100 million years ago when Australia was still attached to Antarctica, and dinosaurs ruled the super-continent. But the canyon has more prehistoric and dangerous species than anyone could have possibly imagined. Trapped and terrified, unarmed and unable to communicate topside, the team’s extraction deadline is six long hours away.

This Southern, paranormally charged, pulp-fiction thriller takes listeners through the dense woodland and harsh humidity near the Georgia/Florida border, where a ruthless police Captain brutally sustains his local empire. Helping to enforce the Captain's will are his two proteges, Cliff Ramos and Cooper Cornelius Happenstance, known better as Coop. Ramos is a brilliant and sadistic detective that has always felt apart from the norms of humanity. Coop is Ramos's older, and very animalistic, mentor, whose instincts are never questioned.

Oscar Rayos, a broken and disgraced ex-Army sergeant condemned to toil in the sprawling landfill neighboring the Cactus Ridge Proving Grounds, must confront his past and fight for a future shrouded in uncertainties as he navigates the treacherous terrain of a garbage dump tainted by secrets. Something stirs within the depths of the Patriot Landfill & Recycling Center—a grotesque fusion of nature and military hubris. Mutant Gila monsters prowl the refuse in search of prey, and as the line between man and monster blurs, Oscar battles not only for survival, but for redemption.

At the edge of the quiet village of Greenwick lies Windspindle Hollow—a forest wrapped in mist and moonlight, where ancient trees hum forgotten songs and shadows dance with the wind. The villagers speak in hushed whispers of the mysterious witch who guards its secrets. But when young Ivy Brightwater returns to Greenwick after her grandmother’s passing, she discovers that the Hollow’s magic is far more than folklore—it’s a living, breathing thing, and it has been waiting for her.

Great White sharks lurk off popular beaches – killer crocodiles and man-eating pythons prowl the Everglades. But for Abigail O'Neil, raised on the swamp, the most terrifying monster was her own father – a black-market croc-farmer notorious for feeding unwary victims to his jagged-toothed pets. Growing-up privy to unspeakable horror, when Abigail finally fled home, she thought she'd left it all behind. But now someone is stalking her – and they know all her deepest, darkest secrets.

Consumed with rage after a family tragedy, Wade Freeman embarks on a perilous journey into the Canadian wilderness to hunt down a sabertooth tiger while his wife and son must survive the harsh conditions of their new home in a remote rural community of criminals called New Haven. Meanwhile miles away, terror abounds when a paleontology team working out of the abandoned North Star Weather Station high in the mountain peaks is stalked by a pack of apex predators thought to be long extinct until now...