Michael Cole Boeken

The brightest light casts the darkest shadow. Shadows can obscure the worst of horrors. No shadow is darker than those cast by time. No horror is worse than vengeance. Retired Marine Sergeant Rick Eilerman thought his past was behind him. But that allusion breaks when armed men capture him and his girlfriend in the dead of night. After awakening on a boat, he is reunited with the same fireteam he commanded in the military. Very quickly, it becomes clear that someone chose them for a reason. The team is brought to an island somewhere off the South American Pacific Coast. They are given supplies, weapons, and the promise of freedom, should they manage to kill the other occupant lurking on the island. Soon, Rick Eilerman and his team realize that this target is not simply a man. It blends in with its environment. Its teeth can rip the flesh from the bone. Its claws can impale a man's skull. It can dominate both the sea and the land. It is a damnation. A freak of nature. A hybrid.In the fight for survival, Rick Eilerman must uncover the horrible secrets to this island, and its linkage to his past.

In Northern Michigan, nature is about to reveal its deadliest secret. A series of strange events baffle the residents of a local resort town. People go into the water and disappear; lakeshore properties are mysteriously vacant; and a bizarre slimy mass accumulates within the weeds. When his customers begin to vanish without a trace, resort owner Greg Goodman unites with the local Sheriff to investigate the matter. Before long, they realize something is lurking in this lake-something that was not here before. The threat quickly escalates beyond the reach of the shoreline, forcing drastic government response, and attracts the attention of the mysterious organization N.E.C.T.O.R. led by Doctor Mike Wilkow.

Stay away from the trees! In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Kira Brine hires a group of friends to help restore her private cottage. The fun little endeavor quickly turns tense as they hear strange noises in the woods. Branches snap and leaves rustle in the distance. Animals seem uncharacteristically frightened, then mysteriously disappear as the hours go on. The tension escalates into panic with the revelation that something is stalking the group. Something large. Something unnatural. Its claws can slice through bone with ease. Its web will ensnare anything at the slightest touch. Its venom can immobilize a human within seconds. It is a corruption of nature; a genetically spliced nightmare; an Arachnoid. Now, it is loose, and it needs to feed.

Nuclear war has devastated the planet, reducing the landscapes to barren wastelands. The worst of them all is Tidal Valley. It is a place where giant mutations lurk, poisonous plants grow, and evil gangs roam. Between these evils is the rare Red Flower, capable of curing all disease.After contracting the deadly Blood Virus, the lone warrior Pearce has no choice but to trek through Tidal Valley. In his travels, he encounters a small family held at gunpoint by a scout group belonging to the worst of gangs-the Dirt Diamonds. When the guns turn on him, Pearce is forced to kill the scouts, but not before the rest of the gang is alerted.Now Pearce is faced with a new problem: being pursued by a hundred deadly gang members through the worst landscape imaginable...with three strangers seeking his protection. Battling both man and beast, Pearce must rediscover his humanity while surviving the Hunt through Tidal Valley.

Michael Cole offers a candid look into his experiences as Pete Cochran on the groundbreaking television show, which tackled societal issues such as racism, drug abuse, child abuse, and the Vietnam War. His memoir reflects on the impact of the series and the challenges faced both on and off the screen, providing a unique perspective on the cultural significance of the show and its relevance in addressing tough topics during its time.

The 80-foot Megalodon that caused so much terror is dead, but the bloodbath has only just begun.The Omega Fury has been sunk. Giant predators, awakened by the Gota ja’ Titan meteor, have taken over the mid-tlantic. Tensions increase as a titanic 120-foot megalodon is discovered near the Florida coast. With megalodon attacks on the rise, the military is forced to establish a base of operations on the island of Cielo Nublado.Police Chief Nico Medrano leads the evacuation effort while his ex-wife Denise Reta assists the military in tracking down the megalodons and the hyper- violent Kraken. Facing pressure from government figures, the military arranges an operation to lure the creatures away. In the process, they trigger the wrath of the Kraken. Intelligent, vehement, and incredibly powerful, it seeks to claim the territory for itself, and kill anything and anyone that dares to challenge it.With the body count rising, Denise and Nico have no choice but to conduct a strategy of their lure the 120-foot megalodon to the Kraken and allow nature to take its course.One outcome is certain—there will be bloodshed.

When a terrorist organization take control of an island research facility, Rob Cashen and his band of mercenaries are recruited to eliminate the terrorists and rescue the hostages. Upon arrival, they realize something has gone horribly wrong. Terrorist outposts are in ruins, guns and equipment are left abandoned, but no bodies can be found. In the ensuing investigation, Rob discovers the horrific consequences of genetic tampering.Hordes of giant scorpions have taken over the island. Their hunger is insatiable, their numbers are increasing, and their food supply is dwindling. Armed with razor-sharp claws and javelin-like stingers, they mercilessly slaughter anything in their path. Now the team must fight for survival as the horde of scorpions pursue them through the jungle.

After fifty years of hibernation it has awakened. Oak Grave Forest was a place of beauty. A paradise full of gorgeous wildlife. An outdoorsman’s dream. Until now. A string of disappearances puts the police on high alert. Animals are found mangled and stripped of flesh. People enter the woods and never return. Blood covers the autumn leaves. And the forest is unusually quiet. With dusk casting its gloomy shade over Oak Grave, Shane Alter leads a band of police officers into the forest in search of the missing persons. What they find, instead, is a carnivorous humanoid. Its eyes are full of hatred, its body full of hunger, and its blood full of murder.

A galactic civil war between the United Galactic Systems and the totalitarian Tarkadon Union has ravaged the galaxy.Deep in space, lightyears behind enemy lines, a U.G.S. special forces unit infiltrates the Tarkadon planets on the outer rim where civilian prisoners are being transported. After securing an enemy database, the squad leader, Captain Trent Livingston, discovers that the prisoners have been shipped to a mysterious lab on the dark planet of Glorric. With no other leads on the missing civilians, the team travels to the Tarkadon stronghold, ready to fight a bloody battle against a small army of enemy soldiers. Instead, they find abandoned outposts, strange bio-readings, and heavily decayed bodies. Upon securing the Tarkadon lab, they discover the results of genetic research gone awry. The Tarkadon experiments in biological warfare have backfired, and now the planet is swarming with the reanimated corpses of various species from across the galaxy. With enemy reinforcements closing in on the planet, the team races against time to destroy the lab and the outpost before the disease can spread across the galaxy. To do this, they must battle through wave after wave of the undead, advanced mutations, and ultimately an internal threat from within their squad.