The latest test subject in a covert government experiment, abandoned six-year-old Amy is rescued by an FBI agent who hides them in the Oregon hills, from which Amy emerges a century later to save the human race from a terrifying virus.

Fear, compassion, evil, courage, hope, wonder, the exquisite terror of not knowing what will happen on the next page to characters you care about deeply—these are the marvels that Dean Koontz weaves into the unique tapestry of every novel. His storytelling talents have earned him the devotion of fans around the world, making him one of the most popular authors of our time, with more than 200 million copies of his books sold worldwide.
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The first comprehensive history of medical experimentation on African Americans. Starting with the earliest encounters between Africans and Western medical researchers and the racist pseudoscience that resulted, it details the way both slaves and freedmen were used in hospitals for experiments conducted without a hint of informed consent--a tradition that continues today within some black populations. It shows how the pseudoscience of eugenics and...

Stiff is an oddly compelling, often hilarious exploration of the strange lives of our bodies postmortem. For two thousand years, cadavers-some willingly, some unwittingly-have been involved in science's boldest strides and weirdest undertakings. In this fascinating account, Mary Roach visits the good deeds of cadavers over the centuries and tells the engrossing story of our bodies when we are no longer with them.

All aboard to the next great adventure for Ciel and his demonic butler Sebastian! After hearing rumors of a peculiar society bringing people back from the dead the two board the luxury liner Campania on her maiden voyage to investigate.-from container.

San Antonio police detective Amara Alvarez discovers that a tragic accident involving a school bus full of kids may not be what it seems. One of the children may still be alive, and if he is, everything law enforcement believes about the accident is a lie.

The flying kids are back! In his sequel to the mega-bestseller When the Wind Blows, James Patterson tells the further adventures of those six endearing-and genetically altered-youngsters as they face a danger far worse than any they could ever have imagined...When FBI agent Kit Harrison and veterinarian Frannie O'Neill rescued this group of extraordinary children with wings, they had little idea what was to come. The six kids-Icarus, Max, her brother...

"Kai and Shay have gone their separate ways. As both teens continue to search for Kai's sister, Callie, Shay ends up at the Multiverse compound, a scientific cult in a remote area of Scotland. There Shay investigates the origins of the epidemic and a possible cure. And she discovers that her father, Dr. Alex Cross, has plans that jeopardize the lives of everyone in the community. Meanwhile, Kai helps his friend Freja evade capture--but he doesn't...