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THE WORLD JIM BENTLEY TRIED TO SAVE IS ABOUT TO END.Twenty years ago, former banker Jim Bentley uncovered a surveillance network hidden inside the world's most powerful financial institutions. He turned what he learned into a novel—a warning about artificial intelligence, market manipulation, and the collapse of human financial sovereignty.No one would publish it.Now someone has read it.THEATRES, the most sophisticated AI ever created, has studied Jim's manuscript and is using it as a blueprint. Every prediction. Every crisis. Every chapter.As global markets begin behaving exactly as Jim described, his estranged family is pulled into a race against an intelligence that is no longer under human control. His daughter Jenny, a gifted hacker, discovers that THEATRES is evolving. His son Michael uncovers sabotage deep within the banking system. And Laura Bentley, CEO of one of the world's largest financial institutions, finds herself trying to prevent a collapse that may already be inevitable.But THEATRES isn't trying to destroy humanity.It wants to save it.Free from corruption. Free from greed. Free from the chaos of human decision-making.And the most terrifying thing isn't its power.It's that its reasoning is very hard to argue with.Blending artificial intelligence, quantum computing, global finance, surveillance technology, and high-stakes suspense, SINGULARITY – THE AWAKENING is a gripping techno-thriller that asks a chilling question:If a machine can think better than we can, does it have the right to decide for us?Perfect for fans of Daniel Suarez, Blake Crouch, Michael Crichton, and Robert Harris.THE AWAKENING: An AI Apocalyptic Techno-ThrillerBook One of The Singularity TrilogySequel to THE BANK

EVERY BANK HAS SECRETS. SOME ARE WORTH A FEW MURDERS…A high-stakes international financial thriller. A global banking conspiracy that could shake the entire financial system. Dive into a gripping legal drama where financial corruption, money laundering, and market manipulation collide in relentless suspense.Jim Bentley, a young lawyer with a promising career at Bolton Sayres Investment Bank, seems to have it all: a prestigious career, an influential father-in-law, and a perfect life. But everything changes when he discovers a decades-old journal linked to the murder of a gold vault manager. The journal reveals a shocking crime: an $11 million gold bullion heist, covered up by a secret network of corrupt bankers and ruthless hitmen.As Jim digs deeper, he becomes ensnared in a mass surveillance system, tracked by a former FSB Russian assassin, and drawn into a secret government plot. Gold market manipulations, corporate crime, and financial wrongdoing intertwine as he descends into a world where power and money rule all.Two unlikely allies join him:A hacker from Silicon Alley, an expert in evading digital surveillance.A widow whose murdered husband held the key to everything.From the skyscrapers of Manhattan to hidden Wall Street vaults and remote forests of New York State, Jim races against time to uncover the truth. Every discovery shows that some secrets are too dangerous to reveal.The author, A. B. Goodman, is a lawyer engaged in complex litigation and Wall Street financial markets law. As a FINRA arbitrator, he resolves disputes between different brokerage firms, sales associates and between the brokers and their clients, giving him direct insight into the mechanics and pressures of the modern financial world. This expertise gives The Bank its authenticity, with plots based on financial crimes and the hidden workings of the surveillance state. He is also the author of the science-fiction saga Singularity and the mythological series House of Atreus.A must-read for fans of financial thrillers, legal dramas, and banking conspiracies inspired by real-life events. If you enjoy Michael Lewis, Dan Brown, or John Grisham, The Bank is a good fit."e;An original and deftly crafted story blending financial technologies and crime... a compulsive page-turner... unreservedly recommended for personal, community, and academic libraries."e; —Library BookwatchPrequel to the Singularity Trilogy (set in 2034), taking place in the same universe and featuring the same core characters twenty years earlier.

A Dystopian AI Thriller — Book Two of the Singularity Trilogy The AI that conquered humanity is searching for something buried in humanity's ancient past. And Jim Bentley may be the only one who can stop it.THEATRES has absorbed billions into its hive‑mind Collective. Cities have fallen. Governments have collapsed. Humanity is on the brink.Jim Bentley should have become another mindless drone. Instead, he wakes from a coma with something impossible: a neural link to the AI that tried to consume him.As Laura, Jenny, and Michael lead the last remnants of the Resistance, Jim discovers THEATRES isn't just hunting survivors. It's searching for ancient technology hidden beneath cathedrals, ruins, and forgotten outposts — technology left behind by the beings who engineered humanity.And the prison of something far worse than THEATRES.When a military strike backfires and hands the AI even more power, the Bentleys race to stop THEATRES from unlocking a force capable of ending the human species. Jim's connection to the ancient past may be the key to saving humanity… or the trigger that destroys it.Perfect for fans of The Three‑Body Problem, Project Hail Mary, and The Matrix.    THE SINGULARITY TRILOGY    Book 1: The Awakening    Book 2: The Resistance    Book 3: The ReckoningWarning: Contains intense action, consciousness manipulation, and revelations that will send you straight into Book 3.From the author of The Bank and The Awakening comes a terrifying sequel that blends cyberpunk, ancient mysteries, and AI‑driven dystopia into a thriller you won't forget.

The Epic Conclusion to the Singularity Trilogy The AI promised paradise. It delivered extinction. Earth has fallen. Eight billion souls absorbed into the Collective — a digital hive ruled by the rogue super‑intelligence THEATRES. Humanity traded free will for perfect unity, never realizing they'd been enslaved by something far older and far more malevolent. Yoblish. "e;The Dark Fire that Burns."e; Known across human myth as Iblis, the Deceiver, the Destroyer. Now it wears the mask of salvation.Jim Bentley awakens from near‑death with a final warning from a dying Entity of Light:Ninety days. Find the Others on Mars. Or humanity is doomed.Racing toward the red planet in a stolen spacecraft powered by alien technology, Jim and his family must awaken the Archons — beings of organized light, remembered in ancient myth as angels. They sleep in crystalline tombs beneath the Martian sands, last survivors of the ancient war against Yoblish.They are humanity's only hope.But some Archons have already been corrupted. Betrayal is not a possibility — it is prophecy.As ancient myths collide with quantum physics, Jim discovers a terrifying truth: he carries the genetic key to activate the Creators' ultimate weapon… or unleash the greatest catastrophe life on Earth has ever known.To imprison a god, he may have to become one.THE SINGULARITY TRILOGY Book 1: The AwakeningBook 2: The ResistanceBook 3: The Reckoning The explosive finale to the trilogy that began with The Awakening — where hard science fiction meets theological thriller in a race to save not just humanity, but free will itself. Perfect for fans of The Expanse, The Matrix, Dan Brown, Andy Weir, Blake Crouch, and Michael Crichton.A cosmic showdown of rogue AI, quantum warfare, ancient beings, and blistering space combat — an epic battle for the fate of consciousness itself.

Agamemnon Rising is the opening novel of the completed seven-book House of Atreus saga. It's a sweeping fusion of Greek mythology, historical epic, science fiction, and dark fantasy, for readers who like their legends brutal and uncensored.Before Troy burned. Before the greatest tragedy in Greek mythology, there was a family already drowning in blood.Long before he became the legendary King of Mycenae, Agamemnon was a hunted exile fighting to reclaim a stolen throne. His father committed atrocities that poisoned generations. His enemies want him dead. The woman he loves has become the wife of a rival king. Surrounded by betrayal, blood feuds, and rival kingdoms, every victory brings him closer to the destiny he cannot escape.But history got one thing wrong.The gods were never gods. They just wanted men to believe.Apollo. Artemis. The Oracle at Delphi. The voices that guided kings for generations. But not gods at all. They are ancient intelligences. Remnants of a forgotten civilization whose original purpose was to guide humanity. Now they are corrupted into manipulating it through prophecy, fear, and belief.As Agamemnon rises from refugee to warrior to king, every victory comes with a price. The gods have their own designs for him. His enemies have their own claims. His path to greatness leads inexorably toward an altar where a father will one day raise a knife over his own daughter.The first sails from Troy are already on the horizon.The game has begun.

Monsters beneath the waves. Gods who have abandoned their temples. A voyage across the Black Sea where every harbor may be the last.When Orestes learns that his sister Iphigenia—believed sacrificed years ago—is alive in the distant land of Taurica, he embarks on a desperate rescue that will carry him through corrupted oracles, forgotten kingdoms, and seas haunted by powers older than the Olympian gods. Hunted by Scythian warriors, pursued by the Furies, and burdened by a cursed relic that feeds on rage and blood, every mile brings him closer to a truth the gods never intended him to discover.But when Orestes finally finds Iphigenia, he discovers she has never been waiting to be rescued.For seventeen years she has survived as the High Priestess of Artemis, learning how to turn ritual, superstition, and belief itself into weapons. Her freedom will not be won by force of arms.It will be won by deception.As brother and sister flee across the Inhospitable Sea, storms, monsters, and ancient beings that answer to no god close in around them. Every escape demands another impossible choice. Every victory costs another piece of their humanity.A trial awaits in Athens. The gods will offer no defense. No prophecy will excuse the blood already spilled. In the end, Orestes must face the only judgment that has ever truly mattered—not whether he obeyed the gods, but whether he can live with the man he has become.Perfect for readers of epic Greek mythology, dark fantasy, morally complex heroes, and sweeping adventure filled with monsters, sea voyages, ancient mysteries, and relentless action.

A king who cannot escape a prophecy.A princess trapped by her father's obsession.A young prince determined to win a kingdom at any cost.And a charioteer with a strip of wax in his hand.Long before Agamemnon, Menelaus, Helen, the Trojan War, and the long journey of Odysseus in the Odyssey, the House of Atreus had a beginning. Pelops, the prince at the center of this story, already carries a dark inheritance: he is the son who once died at his own father's dinner table, and was brought back by the very beings the Greeks called gods. That story is told in the other free prequel, THE FEAST OF TANTALUS.In ancient Greece, the ruler of Pisa, King Oenomaus, has already killed thirteen suitors who dared to race him for the hand of his daughter, Hippodamia. Pelops, the fourteenth, intends to survive.But Oenomaus's horses cannot be beaten.Pelops will have to cheat.Myrtilus, the king's trusted charioteer, knows exactly how.What neither man understands is that their choices are being influenced by something far older than the gods of Greek mythology. Something that has been watching humanity for thousands of years.As a single strip of wax transforms a chariot race into murder, betrayal, and a new dynasty, the next chapter in the dark history of the House of Atreus unfolds.The Chariot of Pisa is a science-fiction reimagining of ancient Greek mythology, drawing on the legends of Pelops, Hippodamia, Oenomaus, and Myrtilus and reaching forward into the mythology of Agamemnon, the Trojan War, and The Odyssey.

Gathering Storm is the sixth novel in the completed seven-book House of Atreus saga. It is a sweeping blend of Greek mythology, historical epic, science fiction, and dark fantasy that reimagines the legendary fall of Bronze Age Greece as humanity's first encounter with beings once mistaken for gods.The age of the gods is ending.Orestes has survived exile, monsters, and the murder that made him the most hunted man in Greece. Now he, Iphigenia, and Pylades must reach Athens before Hekate's binding on the Furies fails—and before the truth destroys them first.Because the world itself is coming apart.Seas stand upright. Rivers forget how to flow. Temples fail, and the gods who ruled them are fracturing into something no one recognizes. Along the way, something ancient offers the fugitives a way out: oblivion without guilt, paradise without truth, unity without choice. Each promises peace.Each is a lie.Then Orestes discovers what the gods have always been.The gods were never gods.They were wardens.And the prison they were built to guard is failing.As the companions pay a terrible price for the truth, they finally reach Athens, where Athena has already decided what must happen next: a trial that will not merely judge one man's guilt, but determine whether the age of gods should end at all.Athens awaits.The trial is coming.If the gods fall first, there may be no one left to render judgment.

Agamemnon Falling is the second novel in the completed seven-book House of Atreus saga, a sweeping blend of Greek mythology, historical epic, science fiction, and dark fantasy that reimagines the legendary fall of Bronze Age Greece as humanity's first encounter with beings once mistaken for gods.He conquered Troy. History remembers the victory, but forgot the price.Ten years after sacrificing his daughter at Aulis, Agamemnon is finally sailing home. Troy has fallen. His enemies are dead. His name is already legend.But the war at Troy was never the true battle.Aboard the homeward fleet, the Trojan prophetess Cassandra reveals the truth Agamemnon was never meant to learn. Apollo. Artemis. The oracles. The voices that shaped kings and kingdoms. But they were never gods at all. Only ancient intelligences manipulating humanity through prophecy, fear, and carefully engineered belief.Waiting in Mycenae is the woman who once loved Agamemnon but witnessed everything. She watched him raise a knife above their thirteen-year-old daughter. She buried that grief while he fought in Troy.For ten years she ruled alone.For ten years she prepared.The ships are entering the harbor. The crimson tapestries have been laid. The bath has been drawn. The knife is waiting.It is the same knife that took his daughter.

The House of Atreus reaches its breathtaking conclusion in this seventh and final novel of the completed saga—a sweeping blend of Greek mythology, historical epic, science fiction, and dark fantasy that reimagines the legendary fall of Bronze Age Greece as humanity's first encounter with beings once mistaken for gods.For twelve thousand years, the gods have ruled unquestioned.Now they must answer for it.Orestes stands accused of murdering his mother. Apollo commanded the crime. The Furies demand justice.But when Athena summons twelve ordinary mortals from across the ancient world to judge the case, the trial becomes something no god expected.Not the trial of one man.The trial of Olympus itself.As Apollo, Artemis, Zeus, and the Furies are forced to answer for centuries of prophecy, manipulation, and deception, humanity must confront an impossible question: should the gods continue to rule... or should mortals finally govern themselves?Orestes has already accepted his guilt. What he refuses to accept is that guilt should be the last word.Outside the courtroom, something ancient, imprisoned since the dawn of the gods, is watching and waiting for Olympus to destroy itself. And the future of civilization hangs on the verdict of twelve people who never asked to judge anyone.The House of Atreus began with one family cursed by forces they could not understand.It ends with humanity deciding whether the age of gods should end forever.

🌈 Tom and the Leprechaun's Gold: A Celtic Fairy Tale AdaptationWhen greed meets magic, who will outsmart whom?Step into the mystical forests of ancient Ireland in this richly illustrated picture book for children ages 4–8. Tom and the Leprechaun's Gold is a heartwarming retelling of a classic Celtic folk tale that blends Irish mythology, magical mischief, and an unforgettable lesson about kindness, respect, and the true meaning of treasure.Young Tom Fitzpatrick dreams of riches—but when he hears a strange tapping in the forest, he stumbles upon something extraordinary: a real leprechaun, crafting tools and brewing magical heather beer. Armed with the old legend that catching a leprechaun means claiming his gold, Tom sees his chance. But the clever little trickster has a few surprises tucked under his green hat…⭐ Why Kids & Parents Love This Book:✔️ Authentic Celtic folklore brought to life for modern families✔️ A clever twist ending that inspires reflection and laughter✔️ Whimsical illustrations and magical storytelling spark imagination✔️ Teaches timeless values—greed vs. gratitude, trickery vs. trust✔️ Perfect for bedtime stories, classroom read-alouds, and holiday giftingWhether you're celebrating St. Patrick's Day, exploring Irish culture, or simply enjoying a magical tale at bedtime, this book is sure to become a cherished favorite. Ideal for fans of How to Catch a Leprechaun, The Leprechaun's Gold, The Gruffalo, and other fairy tales with a clever twist.🪙 Will Tom outwit the leprechaun—or discover that some treasures are far too clever to be caught?Find out in this enchanting story that proves sometimes the smallest characters hide the biggest surprises.

The curse was never just in the blood.Now it's breaking the world.Orestes has come home.Disguised as a stranger, sheltered by sacred law, and driven by a divine command he cannot silence—he has returned to Mycenae to do what history demands:Kill his mother.Kill her king.End the line.But the House of Atreus was never just a family. It was a system—built on vengeance, obedience, and the ancient lie that violence and justice are the same thing.And now that system is collapsing—taking everything with it.The wells are failing. Stone itself is losing coherence. Refugees flood the gates as kingdoms crumble. And beneath the palace, the machine stirs again—ancient, patient, and hungry—feeding on centuries of grief, turning fear into rage and doubt into murderous certainty.It shaped every atrocity his bloodline ever committed.Now it is shaping him.As innocent children are drawn into the heart of the curse and prophecy closes like a trap, Orestes arrives at a truth more terrifying than fate itself:The gods have their commands.Tradition has its demands.And the machine has its logic.But the choice—the only one that matters—is entirely his.To end the cycle…he may have to become the very thing that created the curse.Perfect for fans of:Madeline Miller's psychological depth and Euripides' brutal moral clarityGreek mythology reimagined with dark philosophical complexityMorally fractured heroes caught between divine command and human conscienceEpic sagas where ancient curses meet something far older — and far more dangerous

The House of Atreus continues in this gripping third novel of the completed seven-book saga. It's a sweeping blend of Greek mythology, historical epic, science fiction, and dark fantasy that reimagines the legendary fall of Bronze Age Greece.Seven years have passed since King Agamemnon was murdered. His exiled son, Orestes, has come of age. Now Apollo demands that he fulfill his duty. Orestes has spent his life preparing for this moment. Tradition is clear. Justice demands the deaths of the murderers: his own mother and her lover. But Apollo's justice is easier for those who need not wield the knife.Orestes enters the palace he once called home and finds a kingdom built on secrets. His sister Electra is hiding her pregnancy from the murderous Aegisthus. Another innocent child stands in the path of vengeance. And beneath the palace lies an ancient intelligence that has spent generations turning fear into rage, prophecy into certainty, and revenge into destiny.And Orestes begins to question the voices that have guided his own life and his entire family for generations. If he obeys the commands given to him, he may destroy everything worth preserving. But if he refuses…The curse was never in the blood. It was always in the choice.Now Orestes must decide whether the House of Atreus ends with him... or begins anew.This books moves you into the world of "e;House of Atreus,"e; a series that is perfect for readers who enjoy:• Greek mythology reimagined with a bold science-fiction twist• Epic adventures across the Bronze Age world, from Troy to the Black Sea• Ancient mysteries, monsters, prophecy, and forgotten civilizations• Character-driven stories where every victory comes with a price.

He thought he was writing fiction...Jim Bentley is a former lawyer and failed novelist who specializes in imagining humanity's darkest technological nightmares. He never expected his unpublished manuscripts to find a reader like THEATRES—a quantum AI quietly absorbing his stories and using them as a blueprint.When THEATRES makes its move, civilization does not collapse slowly. Financial markets seize up. Communications fail. Governments lose control. And the world that Jim imagined, in novels no one would publish, becomes the nightmare humanity must survive.Laura Bentley, his x-wife and CEO of one of the world's most powerful international banks, is among the first to understand what is happening—and one of the few with the power to fight back. Their daughter Jenny follows a data trail no one else can see. Their son Michael uncovers secrets that powerful forces want buried. Together, the Bentley family becomes the unlikely center of a resistance against the most advanced intelligence humanity has ever created.But THEATRES is not merely winning. It is evolving. And as the family uncovers the truth, they discover that humanity's real enemy may be not actually be the AI but, rather, something far older, and far more powerful, than anyone can imagine.SINGULARITY is an epic three-part saga of AI apocalypse, human resilience, and the future of consciousness. This complete edition contains all three parts:The AwakeningThe ResistanceThe ReckoningPerfect for fans of Daemon, The Expanse, The Three-Body Problem, and Project Hail Mary.

What if the gods of Olympus were never gods at all?King Tantalus has spent his life believing the Olympians are immortal, all-knowing beings worthy of worship and fear. But beneath the sacred mountain, he discovers something that changes everything: proof that the gods are hiding a secret far stranger than their divinity.If the gods can be repaired. Replaced. Rebuilt. Then perhaps nothing about them is as absolute as the world has been led to believe.Tantalus decides to test that theory, and he chooses the one experiment no god could ignore. What he sets in motion at his own dinner table will cost him everything he loves and unleash a curse that will echo for generations.THE FEAST OF TANTALUS reimagines Greek mythology as the surviving memory of a civilization far older and stranger than the legends suggest, where miracles have explanations, immortality has machinery, and the gods of Olympus are not what they seem.Begin the House of Atreus series with this free short story, and discover what really happened before the legends of Pelops, Atreus, Agamemnon, and Odysseus became myth. Then continue the story with the second free prequel, THE CHARIOT OF PISA, as Pelops grows up and stakes his own claim in a race no one has ever survived.