ROBERT J. MULLER

Tomb Raider meets Tales of the City in a murder mystery set in a very different San Francisco colonized by the Egyptian Empire. Cheryl MacIntyre, an American expatriate, thinks her boss on the Menmenet homicide squad is missing the obvious in the celebrity chef murderhis wife Neferaset did it. After investigating, shes sure, but shes forced off the case. When she continues pressing the wealthy Neferaset, shes ousted from her job with the medjau. Shesmu za-Akhen, a dynamic young chef on the rise, has betrayed his murdered mentor by sleeping with Neferaset. He knows she didnt murder her husband, but he cant prove it. When the medjau question her, Neferaset ends the affair but wont say why. Shesmu and MacIntyre both pursue maat but strike sparks over Neferaset. The flames ignite an attraction between the two, but the murder and Neferaset get in the way. When MacIntyre discovers Neferasets secret life at the Temple of Seteh, a banned god, tensions mount, driving MacIntyre and Shesmu even further apart. Tomb robbery, murderous attacks, and ancient treasure force them into worlds that threaten not just their love but their careers, their lives, and even their souls. The first novel in the Menmenet trilogy of alternate history mysteries, The Jackal of Inpu tells the story of how a lonely American transplant and a dynamic young Remetjy chef find love in an exotic city full of fog, mystery, and romance despite the many obstacles in their path. Menmenet is the capital city of the Taan-Imenty Republic, a country on the West Coast of North America colonized by the Egyptian Empire in the 18th century. Click the Get It Now button to enter the world of Menmenet!

In a very different San Francisco, a detective and her chef partner follow the money amidst gangsters and temple priests dead set against them finding it.Cheryl MacIntyre aids her friend Henutsenu when the Temple of Bastet arrests her for sacrilegious murder. But in Menmenet, the temples outrank the cops. The frustrated MacIntyre puts her own life in danger as she recklessly dives into the middle of a gang war between the local Aztec mob and encroaching Russian mafias from Russkaya Amerika.Shesmu wins the Best New Chef award from the Menmenet Rames Society. When he tries to collect his award check, he discovers a vast swindle. The con sucks in an old family friend, and Shesmu seeks to help. Then Henet Baket revenue agents step in to accuse Shesmu himself of tax evasion and money laundering.The two cases merge as MacIntyre and Shesmu follow the money. Then things turn dire. Russian gangsters bomb Shesmus restaurant. An Aztec crime lord insists MacIntyre help him fend off encroachment by mafias from Russkaya Amerika. Then the Temple of Bastet threatens to execute Henutsenu. Staying out of jail shifts to survival when gangsters, money-laundering tycoons, and corrupt police stage attacks on the pair to obstruct their pursuit of maat. The second novel in the Menmenet trilogy of alternate history mysteries, The Lion of Bastet tells a story of corruption and murder in Menmenet, the capital city of the Taan-Imenty Republic, a country on the West Coast of North America colonized by the Egyptian Empire in the 18th century.

Murder, money, mystery, and metaphysics come together in a collection of riveting alternative-history thrillers.The Menmenet mysteries take place in a very different San Francisco colonized by the Egyptian Empire. A city of fog, temples, and mystery, Menmenet and the country of which it is the capital, the Taan-Imenty Republic, sit in an uneasy tension with the First Peoples nations and the United States to the East. They get along well enough with the Aztec Republic to the south, but the Russians from Russkaya Amerika to the north are a constant source of trouble.Shesmu za-Akhen is a celebrity chef in Menmenet. Hutyt-er-Semetyu Cheryl MacIntyre is an emigrant from Boston in the United States trying to make her way in the homicide squad of the Menmenet medjau, the enforcers of maat. The trilogy of novels in the Menmenet Series tells their story.The Jackal of Inpu tells the story of how Shesmu and MacIntyre met, a romantic mystery full of murder and misplaced religiosity.In the second novel, The Lion of Bastet, the lovers follow the money amidst Aztec and Russian gangsters and temple priests dead set against them. The novel combines romance, police procedure, and religious conflict in a murder mystery that comes to a stunning conclusion.The third novel, The Bull of Mentju, takes Shesmu and MacIntyre far out of their comfort zones. Shesmu confronts the mystery of his missing father in the high mountains to the east, encountering First Peoples shamans and their gods, while MacIntyre confronts a more prosaic problem: the United States is mounting a secret attempt to take over the small country with genocidal intent. Ancient gods and modern armies clash in this military and political thriller.Enjoy all three novels in this box set of alternate history mysteries.

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Ancient gods and modern armies clash in a riveting alternative-history thriller.Cheryl MacIntyre loves her work on the Menmenet homicide squad. Then shes firedfor being American. When she plunges into Taan-Imenty politics to get her job back, she finds only an endless well of corruption.Shesmu za-Akhen, her lover, cant help her because he gets a frantic call from the mountains of Washeshu, the small country to the easthis foster father has vanished. The quest to find him takes Shesmu deep into a world of indigenous spirituality that compels him to confront his personal demons.Tahefnu, a young Miwuk woman, lives in an idyllic mountain valley south of Washeshu but questions her future. She undertakes to guide Shesmu in his search for his Coyote-spirit father but loses her own Hummingbird spirit when she confronts the Remetjy gods. When a Spetsnaz team from Russkaya Amerika captures the pair, Shesmu must abandon his quest to save Tahefnus life and his own.Furious at Shesmu for deserting her in her time of trial, MacIntyre goes it alone at the Temple of Mentju while Shesmu and Tahefnu hike through the valley of the dead. As MacIntyre rises through the ranks of Mentju, she uncovers a shadowy plot at the highest levels of the state. NATO countries to the east plan to invade the republic with the help of the plotters. Discovered, she flees for her life and joins the Remetjy Republican Guard in the mountains to fight for her adopted country. MacIntyre, Shesmu, and Tahefnu join forces. But with a powerful army poised to invade and the gods against them, their future looks bleakand shortunless they can get the gods on their side.Set in a North America divided between the North American Treaty Organization of the United States, Numunuu, and the Plains Federation and the Taan-Imenty Republic colonized by the Egyptians, the third novel in the Menmenet trilogy of alternate history thrillers confronts MacIntyre and Shesmu with political conspiracy, war, genocide, and their own demons in a world dominated as much by the gods as by men.

California is breaking away. One woman has to decide whether shell break with itor die trying.Set in a near-future, seceding California, Death of a Golden State is a high-tension military and political thriller about a homegrown coup, rogue National Guard units, and a war for Americas future fought on its own streets.As tanks choke the freeways, choppers vanish from "exercises," and emergency broadcasts declare martial law, the Golden State becomes a battlefield where the enemy wears the same uniform as the heroes.Colonel Chazz Silver, battle-scarred from Iraq and now Chief of Staff of the California Army National Guard, thinks shes investigating a routine irregularity.Instead, she stumbles into a covert operation: a charismatic governor plotting secession, a "logistics-obsessed" general quietly positioning armor, and secret arrest lists bound for a resurrected Manzanar.When Chazz refuses to look away, her own chain of command turns on her, and surviving the next 24 hours means out-flying Black Hawks, outgunning corrupt cops, and outsmarting men who know every move shell makebecause she trained them.Hunted across bases, highways, and deserts, Chazz must choose who to trust: a Marine lover with classified connections, an airman mechanic who overhears too much, or the D.C. establishment thats already written California off.Every alliance is a gamble; every hesitation costs lives.And as improvised rebels strike tanks in San Francisco and federal forces hover at the edge of the map, one colonels next decision could ignite a civil waror stop it cold.Perfect for fans of The Hunt for Red October, this is a ruthless, boots-on-the-ground coup story where loyalty, love, and duty collide under the rotors of attack helicoptersand the final order Chazz gives may save the Unionor bury it with her.

When the code you built becomes the weapon used to destroy you, who do you trust and who do you kill?The Blockchain Killing is a razor-edged techno-thriller set in the surveillance-soaked startup culture of San Francisco, the dark webs invisible corridors, the seductive shadows of Paris, and the politically volatile streets of Islamabad. At the center of it all: a brilliant software engineer who discovers that the most dangerous weapon in the world isnt a gun. Its the code he wrote himself.Alec Chenais built tools that governments kill for. When the woman he loves turns up dead, he finds himself burned by the very agency that hired him, framed for crimes he didnt commit, and hunted by people who dont leave witnesses. In this world, trust is a vulnerability, loyalty is an exploit, and the truth has been encrypted beyond recognition.With his clearance revoked, his company gone, and his identity in ashes, Alec chases justice across three continents. Every lead lands him deeper in the kill zone. The deeper he digs, the more he questions which side of the firewall he belongs on. And the people willing to help him always want something in return.Because in this world, every ally is one offer away from becoming the enemy.A web of billionaire ambition, global espionage, and cold-blooded murder tightens around Alec with each page. When the final pieces of the puzzle lock into place, the stakes arent just personal anymore. Theyre existential.Perfect for fans of Daniel Suarezs Daemon,The Blockchain Killing is a propulsive, globe-spanning thriller that asks the question every hacker eventually faces: when the system is the enemy, what are you willing to sacrifice to bring it down?The answer will cost more than Alec ever imagined. And when he finally learns the full truth about AJs death, what was ordered, why, and whats coming next, hell have to choose between justice and survival.Only one of them is still possible.

At George Washingtons Mount Vernon, someone has committed the perfect crime. Except nothing at Mount Vernon is ever truly perfect.Murder at Mount Vernon is a richly layered historical mystery set at the iconic Virginia estate in the spring of 1789, the weeks immediately before George Washington accepts the presidency of the fragile new nation. Narrated by his witty and conflicted aide Colonel David Humphreys, this whodunit blends political intrigue, moral reckoning, and edge-of-your-seat detective work in the tradition of C.S. Harriss What Angels Fear.When the battered body of Julius, an enslaved overseer, is pulled from the icy Potomac River, Washington faces an impossible choice: bury the evidence to protect his political future, or pursue justice and invite chaos. He chooses justice, but only barely. What begins as a single murder quickly unravels into something far more sinister: a ring of theft and night-walking, enslaved spies feeding information to shadowy white handlers, and a web of secrets stretching from the slave quarters all the way to the corridors of British imperial ambition.Humphreys questions the terrified, tight-lipped enslaved people of Mount Vernon, chases a runaway witness through the taverns of Alexandria, and navigates the treacherous politics of Virginias antifederalist faction, while Washington wrestles with the question of whether a man can build a free country on the backs of enslaved people. The deeper Humphreys digs, the more bodies appear.Then assassins open fire on the road to Muddy Hole Farm. Suddenly its clear this isnt just a plantation murder. Someone powerful wants this investigation buried.With each answer, a deadlier question emerges: Who is the white man pulling the strings, and how close is he to the man who is about to become the first president of the United States?Perfect for fans of historical mysteries that blend moral weight with mounting dread, where the crimes of the past refuse to stay buried.

In the darkest corners of the galaxy, the deadliest weapon is a childs mind.Hyperkill delivers a gripping space opera across the lawless fringes of the Galactic Syndicate. This high-stakes sci-fi adventure plunges you into a universe of cutthroat pirates, shadowy assassins, and cosmic betrayal. Perfect for fans of Enders Game who crave a gritty, espionage-fueled thrill ride. But infiltrating a pirate crew is only the first step into a much more dangerous trap.Covert operative Pavan Khadorov thrives on secrets and clean escapes. Shanghaied onto the pirate ship Ravager, his mission skews into locating a rumored super-weapon capable of destroying hyperspace travel. He expects cold steel and advanced technology. Instead, he finds sixteen kidnapped children. These captive youths form a collective consciousness that shapes the very fabric of space and time. They create miraculous energy shields and bend reality with a simple thought. Pavan suddenly faces an agonizing choice between his strict mission protocols and his dormant humanity. Can a hardened spy risk his own life to save innocent souls from his own government?The Syndicate decides to annihilate the children to protect their empire. The mysterious pirate captain weaponizes them for galactic looting. Pavan must forge an uneasy alliance with an alluring pirate to orchestrate an impossible mutiny. But everything Pavan tries just drains the children of their precious energy. Their vibrant minds face extreme exhaustion and permanent burnout. Time is running out rapidly as the enemy tightens the noose around the rebel ship. And Pavans brilliant but jealous wife, on the run from the Syndicate she can no longer tolerate, needs his help as well. Will Pavan pull off these ultimate rescue missions before the children break under the immense pressure or his wife dies under torture?The galaxy teeters on the brink of total collapse. Pavan has one desperate gambit left to play: pushing the young collective mind to pierce an entirely unknown, volatile dimension. Opening that forbidden doorway might save them all or tear the entire universe apart. When the hypershield drops and the lethal ion cannons start firing, who will survive the final jump?

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