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American financial and political powers collide and conspire in a breakneck thriller from New York Times bestselling author Stephen Frey. Andrew Falcon Jr. is the youngest hedge-fund manager to make partner at a powerful investment bank on Wall Street. His career is soaring, and his financial future is secured. But with fortune comes a high price. Just as Falcon thought life couldn’t get better, his niece Claire is kidnapped—yet her abductors have no interest in money. They want information. In exchange for Claire’s safe return, Falcon must dig deep into his firm’s affairs,...

Now in mass market from the New York Times bestselling author--a mesmerizing thriller where life and death are played out against the backdrop of America's favorite pastime.

Forced to retire from his job as a scout for the Yankees, Jack Barrett is just getting by in a small Florida town when his daughter drags him to watch the local minor-league game. It's a night that will change his life. Jack spots a remarkable player whose amazing natural skill on the field is overshadowed by his bad attitude and solitary habits. But the young man has a secret that will put all...

This collection provides the complete history of the graphic novel, including detailed analyses of its origins, rise and success.

The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel provides the complete history of the graphic novel from its origins in the nineteenth century to its rise and startling success in the twentieth and twenty-first century. It includes original discussion on the current state of the graphic novel and analyzes how American, European, Middle Eastern, and Japanese renditions have shaped the field. Thirty-five leading scholars and historians unpack both forgotten trajectories as well as the famous key episodes, and explain how comics transitioned from being marketed as children's entertainment. Essays...