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An Evil Shadow - A Val Bosanquet Mystery    by A. J. Davidson
Price: Free! 69320 words. Published on March 9, 2010. .

Fans of Harlan Coben and James Patterson will enjoy this book. Val Bosanquet, a former New Orleans detective, is offered a job as Chief of a campus PD. A Haitian child killer he helped convict for the murder of her mother has just been enrolled at the university. Val stumbles across new evidence. Corporate corruption and Voodoo make for a volatile mix in the Deep South.
Entangled    by Thomas W. Baker
Price: $0.99 USD. 62240 words. Published on June 29, 2010. .

Jason Angle throws himself into helping accelerate the invention of the first quantum communication system. His continued work threatens the plans of an ambitious Vice President, who places Jason in the middle of her board game. Jason realizes that the only way to save the project is to continue the work in secret, or he'll lose the chance to lead the future of all communications.
Power Trip (a Wandering Koala tale)    by Jeff Thomason
Price: $3.96 USD. 52110 words. Published on August 1, 2011. .

After six months of no luck following college, René finds the perfect job at The Power Company doing what he graduated in. But a newly hired manager has a mysterious agenda. Employees disappear with no warning, and René is caught in a massive explosion leaving 8 million without power during record-breaking heat wave! René gets framed. Only the intervention of a silent wanderer can save him.
The Anah'jari File    by Douglas Armentrout
Price: $5.99 USD. 93110 words. Published by Borderline Publishing  on September 7, 2011. .

The energy of big cities grates against Dak Newman's ultra-sensitive psychic abilities. His agent convinces him to leave the peaceful comfort of Idaho to speak at a Washington D.C. conference on economic policy. At the conference, the daughter of the ex-CEO of Braxton Oil Company seeks him out. She plays on Dak's anti-corporate leanings to help her dig deeper into the company's dark past.
Children of the Stainless Steel God    by George Rivers Bridger
Price: $0.99 USD. 22210 words. Published on November 12, 2011. .

When you’re a slave, death may not be the worst thing that can happen to you... Created to be the assassins, spies, soldiers and general playthings of the upper echelons of a society with little or no consideration for life, a group of genetically enhanced psychic (or Esper) teenagers plan to escape the clutches of their amoral creators and carve a fate for themselves of their own choosing.
Children of the Stainless Steel God 2: The Demon’s Eye    by George Rivers Bridger
Price: $2.99 USD. 42730 words. Published on January 30, 2012. .

Travelling alone through the desert in an attempt to be reunited with her friends, escaped teenage Esper, Z, faces threat after threat of a variety she had never anticipated. Between encounters with desert marauders, treacherous traders and agents of a rival company to that which created her she finds an enigmatic alien artefact that could take her to a new level of consciousness... ...or death.
Deliverables    by Tom Spears
Price: $9.90 USD. 90800 words. Published on June 30, 2012. .

Roger Follansbee doesn't know what to do. He's director of IT at ESS, a battery company with a new technology that will revolutionize the world of electrical energy storage. The company is pursuing a license with a German conglomerate when Roger gets a call from Geoff Sommers of the CIA, demanding he work with the Agency to gather information on the deal -- a possible national security risk.
Children of the Stainless Steel God 3: ProtoEsper    by George Rivers Bridger
Price: $5.99 USD. 75520 words. Published on February 16, 2013. .

Like a spider in the centre of its web, lies the mighty building of Midgaard Polycorporate, master (by proxy) of all that exists upon the frontier planet of DBL 968. But all of this is about to change, as the teen Esper, Z, has arrived upon Midgaard’s very doorstep, with the intention of challenging the corrupt corporate entities power and rescuing her fellow Espers from Midgaard’s ruthless grip.
Heir Apparent    by Tom Spears
Price: $9.90 USD. 105790 words. Published on March 2, 2013. .

Patience may be a virtue, but wait too long, and it can cause the thing most desired to slip away. The CEO Killer won’t allow that to happen. Actions speak louder than words – and two brutal murders have already spoken volumes, leaving the business elite of Kansas City trembling in their palatial offices, each fearing they're next. Ex-CIA agent Joel Smith is hired by one terrified CEO to make
Citizens DisUnited: Passive Investors, Drone CEOs, and the Corporate Capture of the American Dream    by Robert A.G. Monks
Price: $2.99 USD. 50770 words. Published by miniverpress on March 9, 2013. .

Robert A. G. Monks has been a CEO and board member of large public companies, the head of the Labor Department's ERISA agency, and an entrepreneur/founder of companies including proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services. In this book, he shows how corporate executives divert shareholder assets to undermine democracy and enrich themselves, putting both capitalism and democracy at risk.