Grant Blackwood Books

The mission seems simple enough: extract a pharmaceutical magnate from Russian soil, a volatile man who holds the secret to a deadly bio-weapon. But nothing is as it appears to be. A conspiracy of world-shattering scope unravels as Tucker and Kane struggle to keep one move ahead of their deadly enemies. From the frozen steppes of Russia to the sun-blasted mountains of South Africa and Namibia, a biological threat millions of years in the making strikes out at the heart of America. All that stands in the way of a global apocalypse is one man and his dog. But can even Tucker and Kane thwart an ecological menace from the ancient past to save the world's future?

TRAITOR——OR HERO?Third Echelon's Sam Fisher is one of the deadliest men in the world. Even the FBI and CIA are in the dark about the black ops that he takes on. He's known as a Splinter Cell, and sometimes he's the only force holding the country together...Third Echelon is training new recruits who will be given a necessary but terrible mission. They must capture or kill one of their own, a man who's gone rogue and sold out his government...Sam Fisher, Splinter Cell®.

Set against the backdrop of a top-secret initiative by the National Security Agency, the narrative follows a highly skilled field operative tasked with safeguarding the United States from emerging threats. This operative operates in secrecy, utilizing a range of lethal skills, including espionage, theft, and assassination, to uphold American freedoms. The story delves into the moral complexities and high-stakes nature of modern national security efforts.

Well-heeled American corporations have long had a financial stake in undermining scientific consensus and manufacturing uncertainty. In The Triumph of Doubt, former Obama and Clinton official David Michaels details how corrupt science becomes public policy -- and where it's happening today. Opioids. Concussions. Obesity. Climate Change. America is a country of everyday crises -- big, long-spanning problems that persist despite their toll on the country's health. And for every case of government inaction on one of these issues, there is a set of familiar, doubtful refrains: The science is unclear. The data are inconclusive. Regulation is unjustified. It's a slippery slope. Is it? The Triumph of Doubt traces the ascendance of science-for-hire in American life and government, from its origins in the tobacco industry in the 1950s to its current manifestations across government, public policy, and even professional sports. Amid fraught conversations of "alternative facts" and "truth decay," The Triumph of Doubt wields its unprecedented access to shine a light on the machinations and scope of manipulated science in American society. It is an urgent, revelatory work, one that promises to reorient conversations around science and the public good for the foreseeable future.

HE'S A ROGUE AGENT-ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF FREEDOM.Officially, he doesn't exist. Working outside of the law and under the radar, Third Echelon special operative Sam Fisher takes risks the CIA and FBI won't take. And he's America's number-one weapon in the war against terrorism.An Old friend of Fischer's, a former Justice Department investigator, is found dead of radiation poisoning. Trace amounts in the man's body point Fisher to a poison so lethal that only a few countries produce it. Following the radiation trail, Fisher winds up in Kyrgystan, where a radical Islamic leader who dreams of the past will do anything in his power to ensure that the future is destroyed – by hitting the world where it hurts: oil.Only one man stands in his way. Sam Fisher, Splinter Cell®.

The Snow Maiden, an operative for a covert organization aiming for global control, becomes the target of U.S. Special Forces Captain Alexander Brent and his team. They must navigate a dangerous landscape filled with a ruthless terrorist faction determined to eliminate her. The story unfolds with high-stakes action and intrigue as Brent's team races against time to protect her while confronting formidable adversaries.

As part of a top-secret initiative called Third Echelon, National Security Agency special operative Sam Fisher has been given license to spy, steal, destroy, and assassinate to protect America. And he does...

A fortune lost for ages. A millionaire pursuing his destiny. Sam and Remi Fargo are about to encounter both.

HE OPERATES OUTSIDE OF EVERY LAW ... AND KILLS IN THE LINE OF DUTY.Few know he exists. But when millions of American lives are at stake, Third Echelon special operative Sam Fisher is the man to depend on. He handles covert missions either too sensitive or too risky for even the CIA or FBI. And he operates alone.Fisher is called off of a training exercise to intercept a cargo freighter loaded down with radioactive material and heading straight for the U.S. coast. He has minutes to disable the ship-or die trying. While he races to beat the clock, another attack has hit its target. As the residents of a small town in New Mexico start dying of radiation poisoning, Fisher weaves through a tangled web of clues to find the mastermind behind the strikes: one of the greatest enemies of the free world ...All in a days work for a Splinter Cell®.