2016 WATTY AWARD WINNER - HQ LOVE THE TERM SHEET is a fast-paced technothriller about entrepreneurship, startups, encryption, and the delicate balance between national security and individual privacy. Its complex characters explore thought-provoking questions about the role of technology in an ever-changing society. Step into the high-stakes game played by today's technology innovators, who push the envelope and risk it all. Get ready, this thrilling book gives you a taste of what startups are really like. _____________________________________________________ David Alexander, a young programmer in Portland, Oregon, loathed his job. Computer programming had always come naturally, but being an employee never suited him. So he tried entrepreneurship instead. After making a series of embarrassing blunders, David finally hit on a startup idea that stuck: encrypted chat. Sure there were alternatives, but as Edward Snowden has shown us, most of them (willingly or unwillingly) have backdoors for spies and bad guys. A new approach made David's app one of the most secure options out there, which caught the attention of many people, including Shawn Douglas from the Secret Service. Shawn Douglas worked with eight different presidents, preventing twenty assassination attempts, forty-three terrorist plots and two bullets. When he was promoted to a desk job overseeing and organizing travel, he picked up on a cryptic email thread that hinted at a threat to the President's life. In a race to unravel the conspiracy, Shawn and David both have to make some difficult decisions. Will Shawn stop the terrorists in time? Will David be able to navigate his startup out of a crisis and keep his entrepreneurial dream alive? Or will fate deal them both a crushing hand? Read the book to find out.

A young boy discovers his amazing ability, the power to absorb objects into his body. Now, five years after running away from all he knows, he must run once again to save a girl from those who wish to use her for their own purposes.

Andy didn't want to do it- but she had to. Working for a secret society that specializes in human research, she is forced to abduct people who are supposedly dead. But they are only dead to the rest of the world. What the world doesn't know is that everyone, even several minutes after their heart stops is still very much alive. Can they be brought back? Well, not with this generations medical skills. But what if this organization has more than your advanced medical research? Will Andy be able to discover the motive behind this secret organization? And can she ward off the evil that seems to repeatedly follow her- the target she saved that fateful night?

Lorendian, a small country north of Russia, is under attack by Radeskian, a neighboring country with which Lorendian coexists peacefully only by immense effort. Radeskian is mad with thirst for power, perhaps even going so far as to plant a spy within the royal circle. But none of that matters to Celeste Edulici, the eldest daughter of Lorendian's single most influential family. Aside from not having seen her father in a decade, Celeste is something of a mystery, even to those closest to her. A dark cloak hides her face from view all the time, whether hiding beauty or abnormality nobody knows. Her face hasn't been seen in public since her dad disappeared. Not once. So when the tables turn and a royal starts taking interest in Celeste, she's at a loss. Between the loss of a father, an oncoming war, and a prince fighting for her affection, will Celeste finally shed her cloak?

Gracie May Howards is a brat. She's mean, and she not very smart at all. But she has that personality that's strong that you can't say no to. She is rather naive when it comes to guys. She really doesn't know anything about love, about accomplishments, and feeling good about what you do, until she meets her arrogant, rude, straight forward, mean Tutor.

A mythical tale about a girl who must become the wind to avenge the crimes of her aunt; this story deals with a kingdom’s response to the disappearance of Helen of Troy. Faced with the expectations of her family, Iphigenia must make a difficult choice that will change the course of history.

When Jane is chased and knocked out one night, she discovers she has a power. Everyone attains this power, but only she can use it to it's full extent. Will she use her power to save the world, or will she be the cause of the prophesied Armageddon?