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Before he slid into the MRI machine, Jake
Bronson was just an ordinary guy with
terminal cancer. But when an earthquake hits
during the procedure, Jake staggers from the
wreckage a profoundly changed man, now
endowed with uncanny mental abilities. An
ocean away, Luciano Battista wants a piece of
Jake's talent. Posing as a pioneering scientist,
the terrorist leader has been conducting
cerebral-implant experiments in a sinister
quest to create a breed of super jihadist
agents...and Jake's altered brain may be the
key to his success. But Jake refuses to play the
pawn in an unholy war--and when an
innocent woman and autistic child are taken
hostage to force his cooperation, he embarks
on a jihad of his own. Jake and his band of
loyal friends are thrust into a deadly chase
that leads from the canals of Venice through
Monte Carlo and finally to an ancient cavern
in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan-where Jake discovers that his newfound
talents carry a hidden price that threatens the
entire human race.
the widow and the orphan
Biography
Richard Bard was born in Munich, Germany
to American parents, and joined the United
States Air Force like his father. But when he
was diagnosed with cancer and learned he
had only months to live, he left the service.
He earned a management degree from the
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"Terrifically Entertaining"
letting the public believe they were
exploring
the solar system, while they worked
feverishly to refine the technology
needed to reach it.
The ship itself remained silent,
drifting.
Dr. Jane Holloway is content
documenting nearly-extinct
languages and had never
contemplated becoming an
astronaut. But when NASA recruits
her to join a team of military
scientists for an expedition to the
Target, it's an adventure she can't
refuse.
The ship isn't vacant, as they
presumed.
A disembodied voice rumbles inside
Jane's head, "You are home."
Jane fights the growing doubts of
her colleagues as she attempts to decipher
what the alien wants from her. As the derelict
ship devolves into chaos and the crew gets
cut off from their escape route, Jane must
decide if she can trust the alien's help to
survive.
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University of Notre Dame and ultimately ran
three successful companies involving
advanced security
products used by US
embassies and
governments
worldwide. Now a
full-time writer, he
lives in Redondo
Beach, California,
with his wife, and
remains in excellent
Richard Bard
health.
Richard draws on
his own experiences as a former USAF pilot
and cancer survivor to craft compelling
characters who risk it all for love and loyalty.
With breakneck international chases and
mind-blowing plot twists, his "Brainrush"
series earn s its moniker as the "entertaining
action-thriller with thought-provoking soul."
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Richard Bard’s Brainrush series
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WINNER of the Gold award in the
2014 eLit book in Fantasy/Sci-fi
NASA discovered the alien ship lurking in the
asteroid belt in the 1960s. They kept the
Target under intense surveillance for decades,
Jennifer Foehner Wells' debut novel rocketed up
the charts, pushing her into bestselling author
status within two months of its release. Fluency
went on to be featured on boingboing.net and to
win the Gold in
the Fantasy/
Science Fiction
category of the
2015 eLit awards.
Jen lives an
alternately
chaotic and
fairly bucolic
existence in
Jennifer Foehner Wells
Indiana with
two boisterous little boys and two semicrazed cats. Having studied biology, she is
possessed with a keen interest in science
and technology. You can find her on
Twitter, extolling science and scifi fandoms,
as @Jenthulhu. Find out more about Jen at
www.Jenthulhu.com
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