A Pakistani intelligence officer secretly communicates with a Mexican drug cartel. A lobbyist is assassinated in the suburbs of Northern Virginia. A US Senator receives death threats from a shadowy group. There is a connection. And Max Fend has only days to discover what it is. The chase leads CIA asset Max Fend from the Pacific coast of Mexico to the plains of Wisconsin, home of the largest air show in the world - Oshkosh. Beneath the drone of old warbirds and sleek aerobatics aircraft, Max and his partner Renee uncover clues that point to a global conspiracy. A conspiracy that traces back to the start of the war in Afghanistan, that explains the explosive growth of opioid use around the world, and creeps into the highest halls of power. With the clock ticking down on an ambitious assassination plot, Max and Renee must uncover the truth, before it's too late...

The Oshkosh Connection

Andrew Watts

Point Whiskey Publishing

Pawns of the Pacific (War Planners)

***From USA Today Bestselling Author Andrew Watts comes a high-octane thriller made for fans of Lee Child and Vince Flynn.*** When Charles Fend announces the Fend 100 aircraft, the world's first fully autonomous commercial airliner, he is praised for being a pioneer in aviation history. The Fend 100 will bring a new dawn of commercial flying to the world. One where human pilots are replaced by AI machines that will navigate over 100,000 flights per day. The first flight is expected to be a celebratory spectacle - the Fend headquarters crowded with news teams, technology lovers, and aviation enthusiasts. The atmosphere is jovial, everyone eager to celebrate. Until something goes terribly wrong. A mysterious cyber attack on the Fend network creates questions and chaos... Who is responsible? Is it the wealthy ex-KGB agent, Pavel Morozov, who has shown up from a past Charles had long-forgotten? Or is it Charles' son Max, the top suspect on the FBI's short list? Just who is Max Fend? Is he the man that the media makes him out to be - the wild playboy son of an aerospace tycoon? Or is he what the FBI suspects - an international criminal, mixed up in a Russian espionage game? And the biggest question of all - why is there a top secret personnel file on Max Fend that even his FBI investigator isn't allowed to see? GLIDEPATH is a race to uncover the truth, before it comes crashing down from above...

Glidepath

Firewall (The Firewall Spies)

Product Description When a scientist at the world's top AI company is murdered, a covert CIA operative must recruit a former love interest to help uncover the killer."A sleekly crafted, brilliantly paced techno thriller." -Steve Konkoly, WSJ and USA Today bestselling author of the Ryan Decker seriesNations and corporations alike are racing to dominate the world's artificial intelligence industry...by whatever means necessary.With its genius CEO and breakthrough technology, the Silicon Valley-based Pax AI Corporation is one of the hottest companies in the sector. But when one of their top scientists is murdered at a prestigious tech conference, company executives and foreign spies are all on the suspect list.In the aftermath of the killing, CIA officer Colt McShane has been assigned to a joint counterintelligence unit based in San Francisco. The unit's leadership believes that an international espionage ring has been stealing classified technology from Pax AI.Now they want Colt to use his past relationship with Pax AI executive Ava Klein to penetrate the company's inner circle, and uncover the mole.But as Colt learns more about Pax AI's classified programs, he discovers just how powerful-and dangerous-their new technology can be. As the struggle for AI dominance grows ever more competitive, the factions vying for power are becoming desperate to achieve victory.In the fight for absolute power, there can be only one winner. Each side has their own spies and secrets.Whose side will win? And what secrets will they reveal?With FIREWALL, USA Today bestselling author Andrew Watts brings you a fast-paced, cerebral mystery that's part spy novel, part technothriller, and sure to keep you guessing every step of the way. Review "Murder, espionage, and technology collide at breakneck speed in this tightly plotted and fast paced thriller. I absolutely loved it." -Jason Kasper, USA Today bestselling author of The Enemies of My Country﻿"A sleekly crafted, brilliantly paced techno thriller. Watts takes the reader on a spine tingling ride through the dark, serpentine world of high-tech industrial espionage-where the difference between winning and losing means seismic shift in world power." -Steve Konkoly, WSJ and USA Today bestselling author of the Ryan Decker series About the Author Andrew Watts is the USA TODAY bestselling author of numerous books, including The War Planners, Glidepath, and Firewall. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in 2003 and served as a naval officer and helicopter pilot until 2013. During that time, he flew counter-narcotic missions in the Eastern Pacific and counter-piracy missions off the Horn of Africa. He was a flight instructor in Pensacola, FL, and helped to run ship and flight operations while embarked on a nuclear aircraft carrier deployed in the Middle East. He lives with his family in Ohio.

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Severn River Publishing

The Facades Handbook is a textbook for practitioners of architecture, as well as structural and environmental engineers who wish to broaden their study beyond the information provided in the “Walls” chapter of the Modern Construction Handbook. The six chapters examine facades from the standpoint of the primary material used in their construction, from metal to glass, concrete, masonry, plastics and timber. Each set of three double page spreads explains a specific form of construction which is accompanied by drawn and annotated details. Throughout the book, built examples by high profile designers are used to illustrate specific principles. As is the case in the Modern Construction Handbook, the techniques described can be applied internationally.

Modern Constuction: Facades (Modern Construction Series)

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Springer Vienna Architecture