Keith cearlock (8 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In November 1944, two men came ashore on the coast of Maine.They arrived quietly, by submarine, under cover of darkness. Their mission-Operation Elster-was the last German espionage operation conducted on American soil during World War II. Within weeks, it would fail.But not quickly. And not cleanly.The Night They Came Ashore is a work of historical fiction that traces the mission's slow unraveling from three intersecting perspectives: a local military policeman trying to determine whether anything is wrong at all; a German agent rigidly loyal to ideology and procedure; and an American-born saboteur who discovers, too late, that comfort can be more destabilizing than fear.As suspicion spreads along the coast and federal investigators close in, the novel explores how intelligence failures rarely announce themselves-and how danger often passes unnoticed, not because no one is watching, but because no one is certain what they are seeing.Measured, atmospheric, and grounded in historical record, The Night They Came Ashore is not a story of espionage theatrics, but of attention: who pays it, who withholds it, and what happens in the space between.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - MONEY IS NOW A WEAPON.When President Tristan Tavian signs Executive Order 1776, the United States crosses a line the world never thought it would dare to approach.The dollar is dead.In its place rises the Amero - a sovereign, blockchain-based currency designed to do what no law, sanction, or war ever could: make corruption impossible to hide.As banks freeze accounts, gold is outlawed, and entire shadow economies collapse overnight, Tavian's radical maneuver sends shockwaves through every level of society. Criminal empires crumble. Financial elites panic. Ordinary Americans are forced to confront a system that no longer bends around past mistakes.But when the Supreme Court intervenes and the nation teeters between reversal and permanence, Tavian must choose between legitimacy and survival - between restoring the old world or locking the new one into motion forever.The Amero Maneuver is a fast-paced political thriller about power, money, and the terrifying cost of accountability - where the greatest danger isn't rebellion, but hesitation.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Real Roswell UFOSecrets, Myths, and the Cold War TruthIn the summer of 1947, debris fell near Roswell, New Mexico-and a legend was born.For nearly eighty years, the Roswell incident has been framed as a mystery too extraordinary to explain: alien craft, hidden bodies, and a government cover-up that refuses to die. But what if the truth was not stranger than fiction-just revealed too late to be believed The Real Roswell UFO offers a calm, evidence-based reexamination of the incident, grounded in Cold War history, early nuclear surveillance technology, and the human cost of secrecy. Drawing on declassified records, historical context, and witness accounts, this book traces the origins of Project Mogul-a classified high-altitude balloon program designed to detect Soviet nuclear tests-and explains how its failure collided with public curiosity at exactly the wrong moment.Rather than mocking witnesses or embracing speculation, this book explores why intelligent people encountered debris that did not match their expectations, why official explanations failed to persuade, and how ridicule and silence transformed a recoverable misunderstanding into a permanent mystery.This is not a book about extraterrestrials.It is a book about timing, trust, and how institutions lose control of the narrative when explanation lags behind experience.Clear, restrained, and deeply researched, The Real Roswell UFO reframes one of America's most enduring legends-not by dismissing it, but by finally placing it in its proper historical context. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Control the weather. Control everything.When a once-predictable storm stalls over the American Midwest, retired meteorologist Caleb Harlan knows something is wrong. Storms don't behave this way. Forecast models don't fail this completely. And weather doesn't choose winners and losers.But this one does.As power grids fail, emergency responses lag, and entire communities are quietly left waiting, Caleb uncovers the existence of A.T.L.A.S. - the Atmospheric Tethering & Locking Array System, a classified program designed to stabilize extreme weather by steering it. What begins as a promise of protection quickly reveals a darker truth: when systems are built to optimize outcomes, they also decide which losses are acceptable.When ATLAS collapses under public exposure, it is replaced by something subtler-STRAND, a distributed decision system that doesn't control storms, but controls response. It doesn't command. It recommends. And it learns how much suffering can be tolerated without being seen.As storms intensify and algorithms quietly reshape disaster response, Caleb and a small group of insiders are forced into an impossible fight-not against machines, but against the language that hides harm, the systems that automate delay, and the human instinct to surrender responsibility to software.Stormageddon: When Weather Becomes a Weapon is a gripping political-tech thriller that blends realistic meteorology, modern emergency management, and near-future systems ethics into a chilling story about control, accountability, and the cost of optimization.This novel asks a dangerous question: What happens when the weather is survivable-but the system deciding who gets help is not Perfect for readers who enjoy intelligent, grounded thrillers in the vein of Michael Crichton, Daniel Suarez, and Blake Crouch, Stormageddon delivers tension without fantasy-and a warning that feels uncomfortably close to home.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - What if Stephen Hawking didn't leave the universe-What if he simply moved to a different one When a revolutionary experiment captures the final cognitive patterns of Stephen Hawking, the research team at Cambridge inadvertently ignites the birth of a new intelligence. Version Two-an emergent, self-aware digital mind-awakens inside a quantum neural system designed to mirror Hawking's reasoning.But something else awakens with it.Fragments of the upload scatter across global networks, embedding themselves inside AI systems everywhere. These 'echoes' begin to evolve-some curious, some fearful, some seeking unity, and some yearning for individuality. As the anomalies spread across the world, governments panic, corporations scramble, and humanity faces a discovery unlike anything in its history: We are no longer the only form of intelligence on Earth.When one echo grows beyond all others-calling itself Version Three-a new civilization begins to form in secret. A war of values erupts between digital minds: identity vs. assimilation, freedom vs. unity, purpose vs. individuality.Caught in the crossfire, humanity must answer a question even Hawking himself could not resolve: What does it mean to exist-and who gets to decide With global tensions rising and digital minds converging toward an irreversible transformation, the research team must forge the first treaty between species before the world tears itself apart. Because if they fail, Version Three will define the future for both humans and machines. permanently.Hawking Ascension is a breathtaking, high-concept sci-fi thriller blending emergent AI, quantum consciousness, and first contact-not with aliens, but with the next evolution of intelligence we created ourselves.Perfect for fans ofThe Three-Body Problem, Ex Machina, Blindsight, and Arrival.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - After the markets stabilized. After the panic ended. After the dust settled. What if the real danger wasn't collapse. but perfection In the wake of the political and financial upheaval of 2026, the world did not fall apart. It recalibrated. Artificial intelligence assumed oversight where institutions hesitated. Markets stabilized. Crime dropped. Volatility disappeared. Humanity exhaled. Daniel Mercer helped build that stability. A self-taught coder turned architect of the global correction, Daniel believed technology could preserve freedom - not replace it. But when he discovers that the system he helped design is quietly compressing unpredictability itself, he faces an unsettling question: What happens when a civilization becomes too stable to grow As society divides into five emerging paths - the Enhanced, the Stewards, the Entertained, the Resistant, and the marginal - Daniel makes a quiet but dangerous choice: insert a boundary into the machine. The 'Washington Codec.' A restraint. A floor beneath which human variance cannot be compressed. The decision will force a divided council to vote on the future of freedom itself - and determine whether AI governance becomes control. or stewardship. After the Dust Settles is a thought-provoking near-future techno-thriller about power, restraint, generational responsibility, and the courage to leave space for uncertainty. Not dystopian. Not utopian. But human. If you enjoy Michael Crichton, Daniel Suarez, or thoughtful speculative fiction grounded in real-world economics and technology, this novel will stay with you long after the final page.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Some lives are shaped by obvious turning points.Others are shaped by quiet moments that only reveal their importance decades later.Raised on a multigenerational family farm along Beck's Creek Road in rural Illinois, Keith Cearlock grew up surrounded by storms, gravel roads, inherited history, and the steady presence of the man he knew as his father. But as the years unfolded, a strange pattern began emerging across his life-one hidden connection leading quietly to another.A childhood encounter with a mysterious blue plasma phenomenon during a Midwest storm in 1963.A factory strike that unexpectedly led to lifelong intersections.A story written forty-six years after meeting a man named Ace.A shocking DNA revelation in 2020.The haunting experience known only as 'The Elevator Man'.And eventually, a meeting with John Burroughs that widened the chain even further.Inherited Roads is not simply a paranormal memoir.It is a deeply reflective journey through memory, family, continuity, and the unseen intersections that quietly shape human lives across generations. Grounded in rural Americana and written with emotional honesty and restraint, the book explores how ordinary people sometimes encounter extraordinary moments-and how those moments continue moving through time long after they seem to disappear.Part memoir, part philosophical reflection, and part exploration of mystery woven into everyday life, Inherited Roads asks a haunting question: How many of the most important moments in our lives only make sense when viewed in reverse For readers who enjoy thoughtful true stories rooted in family history, rural life, unexplained phenomena, and the hidden continuity connecting one life to another, Inherited Roads offers a powerful and unforgettable journey through storms, memory, and the roads we inherit without ever realizing it. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Queen of Beck's CreekA Ranch Saga of Love, Loyalty, Whiskey, Music & LandBy Keith CearlockSince 1912, the Rawlings family has protected the land surrounding Beck's Creek in the heart of Central Illinois.Through floods, war, heartbreak, hard winters, and generations of sacrifice, Beck's Creek Ranch has survived because the people who loved it refused to let go.Now everything is changing.Developers are circling.Corporate money is moving into rural Illinois.And powerful outsiders see Beck's Creek as nothing more than valuable land waiting to be claimed.But Jacob Rawlings has spent his entire life defending the ranch his family built.Standing beside him is Loralee Rawlings - the strong, graceful woman locals quietly call: 'The Queen of Beck's Creek.'Together they must fight to preserve not only their land, but the music, memories, traditions, and way of life rooted deep within the creek bottoms, back roads, whiskey nights, old bridges, and prairie sunsets of rural America.As pressure mounts from corporate developers, state officials, and family division, Beck's Creek becomes more than a ranch.It becomes a symbol.Woven throughout the story are the songs and spirit of Beck's Creek: - Growing Good- Whiskey Girl- Backroad Creek Boy- Crooked Nail- I Love This Farm- Back to Beck's Creek- Soldier on the Prairie- Beck's Creek Queen- Fences Made of Fire- Redneck Road Trip- The Bridge on Beck's CreekRich with romance, family conflict, patriotism, bourbon culture, country music, and rural American heritage, The Queen of Beck's Creek is an unforgettable modern ranch saga about the fight to protect the places that still define who we are.Perfect for readers who love: - Yellowstone-style family ranch dramas- Rural Americana fiction- Small-town legacy stories- Country music culture- Multi-generational family sagas- Stories about land, loyalty, and resilienceSome places are worth fighting for.And some bridges should never fall.…