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Sergeant Hunter Maze, a decorated female soldier in the elite US Army’s Special Forces, returns to her city after years of serving abroad. She yearns for her hometown’s familiar streets and faces, but she is confronted with a dark reality. Violence and drugs have overtaken the once-vibrant community, leaving Hunter shocked and heartbroken.
Determined to restore order and safety to her home, Hunter takes on the dangerous task of dismantling the drug trade and bringing its perpetrators to justice. But as she delves deeper into the corrupt underworld, she discovers that those responsible for the chaos are people she once knew and trusted. Navigating through treacherous territories and working under black ops, she must take down the man who killed her father, testing her loyalty.
As Hunter fights for justice and vengeance, she uncovers disturbing truths about the extent of corruption and greed fueling the drug business. Her sense of duty clashes with her desire for retribution as she struggles to remain true to herself amid grim realities.
But when Hunter discovers that human trafficking is also a part of this insidious trade, her mission becomes even more complicated. With innocent lives at stake and time running out, Hunter must use all her skills and training to take down those responsible before it’s too late. Will she overcome her inner turmoil and complete her mission, or will the darkness of this new world consume her?
The Fundamentals of Olympic Taekwondo
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The Foundation of an Olympic Athlete is more than a book about Taekwondo—it is a blueprint for building champions in sport and in life. Drawing from decades of experience as a U.S. Army veteran, Master Instructor, and coach of Olympic athletes, Edward E. Givans reveals the principles that transform ordinary students into extraordinary competitors.
This book explores every stage of an athlete’s development, from discovering young talent and building a strong technical foundation to developing flexibility, confidence, discipline, mental toughness, and resilience. It emphasizes the critical role of parents, coaches, mentors, and support systems in helping athletes reach their highest potential.
Through personal stories, coaching experiences, and lessons learned while guiding athletes such as Olympians C.J. Nickolas and Faith Dillon, Master Givans demonstrates that Olympic success is never built on talent alone. It is forged through years of disciplined practice, sacrifice, perseverance, and unwavering character.
Readers will learn why fundamentals matter more than shortcuts, why character must always come before championships, and why the greatest coaches understand when to guide, when to challenge, and when to let others help an athlete continue to grow.
Whether you are an athlete chasing Olympic dreams, a parent supporting your child, a coach developing future champions, or simply someone striving for excellence, The Foundation of an Olympic Athlete offers timeless principles that extend far beyond the competition floor.
Because in the end, Olympic medals may celebrate a moment—but the foundation you build will shape a lifetime.
Behind the Black Belt
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“Behind the Man Belt” is not about the belt itself—it is about the human being hidden behind the title of Master, Black Belt, Soldier, and Coach. The story strips away rank and prestige to reveal a man shaped by deep trauma, discipline, sacrifice, and hard-earned redemption.
At its core, the narrative explores how external symbols of success—military medals, black belts, titles—can mask profound internal wounds. belt represents discipline, mastery, and authority to the outside world, but behind it stands a man carrying unresolved childhood abuse, combat trauma, survivor’s guilt, racism, addiction, and broken relationships.
Taekwondo becomes both salvation and a mirror. As a boy, martial arts offer safety, structure, and control in the midst of chaos. As a man, they become a calling—but also a pressure. Wearing the belt means being strong, unbreakable, and disciplined, even when the man inside is hurting. The contradiction becomes central: how does a warrior ask for help when he has been trained never to fall?
David: God’s Soldier
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David: God’s Soldier reveals David Mayers as a man torn between military duty and divine calling. Though chosen by God during his special forces service, David often questioned why he—with his bloodstained hands—had been selected. His greatest victory against “untouchable” enemies came only after a night of agonizing prayer, wondering if God had abandoned him.
David privately wrestled with their unwavering faith, even as he struggled with his own doubts. His periods of exile weren’t merely external but internal—moments when his soul felt distant from God even as he continued fighting in His name. David’s repentance after moral failures wasn’t immediate but came through painful self-examination. The narrative ultimately shows a soldier whose strength emerged not from perfect faith, but from continuing to serve despite his conflicted heart.
FBI: Black Sheep Squad
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The story follows James “Casper” Carter, a former elite military operator whose life is destroyed after he defends his family from a cartel-linked attack and exposes corruption within law enforcement. Instead of being treated as a hero, James is arrested, erased from public records, and imprisoned in a hidden government facility known as the Black Site.
There, he and five other highly skilled prisoners—Dr. Zhoe Sharma, Nathan Miller, Vincent Vance, Daniel “Fuse” Mercer, and Mara Quinn—are forced into the Black Sheep Protocol, a secret FBI program that turns condemned or erased people into deniable weapons. Under the control of the ruthless Warden Martin, they are offered a grim bargain: carry out dangerous off-the-books missions against traffickers, cartels, corrupt officials, and other untouchable enemies—or remain buried alive in prison while their families remain vulnerable.
The team is not made up of traditional heroes. They are damaged, dangerous, morally conflicted people who have all been betrayed by the institutions they once served. James becomes their reluctant leader, determined to protect civilians, keep the team alive, and secretly map the prison’s weaknesses so they can one day escape Warden Martin’s control.
A major opposing force emerges in Viktor Vane, a brilliant former intelligence analyst who builds power through information, blackmail, hidden networks, and manipulation. Viktor believes every person and system has a vulnerability, and he rises from government analyst to unseen criminal architect by exploiting secrets, corruption, and institutional weakness.
At its core, the novel is about betrayal, survival, moral compromise, institutional corruption, loyalty, and the cost of doing the right thing when the system itself is broken. The Black Sheep Squad must decide whether they are still protectors—or whether the government has turned them into the very monsters they once forgot.
After sacrificing his freedom to expose the mistreatment of America’s veterans, former Special Forces Master Sergeant James “Ghost” Carter is sentenced to federal prison. The country he once fought for now considers him a criminal, and Ghost believes he will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
But the government has other plans.
Ghost is secretly recruited into the Black Sheep Squad, a covert unit made up of highly trained prisoners—former soldiers, intelligence operatives, law-enforcement officers, hackers, and specialists who crossed the line while pursuing people the justice system could not stop.
Their targets are the untouchable: human traffickers, organized-crime leaders, corrupt officials, international terrorists, and powerful criminals protected by money, influence, and connections.
The deal is simple. Ghost and the others carry out missions the FBI cannot officially conduct, and they may someday earn their freedom. If they fail, they return to prison. If they are captured, the government will deny they ever existed.
But Ghost quickly discovers that the greatest danger may not be the criminals they are hunting. Someone inside the government is manipulating the Black Sheep Squad, feeding them false intelligence and protecting the very people they have been ordered to destroy.
Forced to lead a team of dangerous men and women who trust neither one another nor the government controlling them, Ghost must transform a collection of prisoners into an elite fighting unit.
James Carter once fought for his country.
Then he fought against a system that betrayed its veterans.
Now, as the leader of the Black Sheep Squad, Ghost will fight the enemies the government cannot touch—and uncover the ones hiding within it.
UNC
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The manuscript follows Carter King, a young man from Oakland whose life begins in crisis. At nineteen, Carter is addicted, broke, and hunted by a ruthless street figure, Lil’ P, over a $400 debt. Facing death, Carter is saved by his sister Kim, who gives him her rent money and urges him to flee the city rather than surrender to the streets. Her sacrifice sends Carter onto a bus out of Oakland and toward the U.S. Army.
In the Army, Carter undergoes a brutal transformation. Basic training, discipline, withdrawal, and military structure strip away the frightened boy he once was. He becomes a Ranger, learning to convert fear into focus and pain into endurance. Over the next twenty-one years, combat hardens him into a highly capable soldier, respected and feared by others, but emotionally detached from himself. The military gives him purpose and control, yet it also turns him into a weapon who no longer knows how to live outside the mission.
After retiring, Carter returns to Oakland, now a middle-aged veteran carrying both skill and trauma. The city has changed—gentrification, decay, and enduring street violence exist side by side—but the emotional ghosts of his past remain. He reconnects with Ms. Brown, a maternal figure, and with Kim, who has become a nurse and community anchor. Through them, Carter begins to understand that coming home is not just about confronting old enemies, but about learning to belong again. The neighborhood gradually begins calling him “UNC,” positioning him as an elder, protector, and possible mentor rather than merely a survivor or soldier.
Carter’s return also brings him back into conflict with Lil’ P, who has grown from a local predator into a powerful criminal kingpin. Lil’ P controls the community through fear, tribute, drug distribution, and intimidation. Carter begins quietly disrupting his operation, using his military training not as a blunt instrument at first, but as a precise tool. His actions create unease in Lil’ P’s structure and awaken hope in the neighborhood.
The emotional center of the story is Carter’s bond with Kim. She represents the life he could still reclaim—the possibility of healing, family, and service rooted in love rather than violence. She challenges him to stop seeing Oakland as a battlefield and instead see it as a home worth defending and rebuilding. For a brief time, Carter begins to soften into the identity of “UNC,” helping kids, reconnecting with community, and imagining a life beyond war.
That fragile peace is shattered when Kim intervenes to protect a young boy from Lil’ P’s men and is killed. Her death destroys the possibility of simple reconciliation and reignites the warrior Carter has been trying to contain. Grief transforms his mission from quiet disruption into vengeance. He rejects the slow machinery of official justice and returns to the tools and mindset of war, determined to dismantle Lil’ P’s empire completely.
By the later visible chapters, Lil’ P realizes that Carter—the boy he once terrorized—is now the trained predator threatening his kingdom. Lil’ P escalates, becoming increasingly erratic and violent, while Carter’s legend as “UNC” spreads through the neighborhood. After Lil’ P’s downfall appears to leave a power vacuum, Carter is confronted with the harder truth: destroying the enemy is only the first step. Ms. Brown pushes him toward reconstruction, urging him to help rebuild a neglected community center and give the neighborhood something lasting in place of fear