Paul E. Cooley

They thought they'd escaped... After fleeing the doomed oil rig Leaguer and the creature that destroyed it, Shawna Sigler and Catfish are rescued by a shadowy government agency. Upon discovering that samples of the M2 substance have survived, they agree to join a classified project to study the creatures and find a way to destroy them. Ensconced in a secret underground lab, Shawna and three scientists who survived the events at HAL study the creatures while Catfish develops new weapons. Shawna realizes a troubling trend as the experiments progress: the M2 samples are evolving. Tying together the first three books, The Black, Arrival, and Outbreak, The Black: Evolution adds to the M2 mythos and leads to a fiery conclusion.

The crew of the deep-sea exploration rig Leaguer discovers oil sweeter, purer, and easier to refine than the fields in Saudi Arabia. To confirm their own analysis of their trillion dollar find, a test barrel is flown from the drill site off the coast of Papua/New Guinea to Houston Analytical Laboratories (HAL). As the unsuspecting scientists at HAL await the arrival of the oil, they ready their lab for what they know is an important job. They've seen the test results from Leaguer; this find could be history. While the barrel is on its way to Houston, an "infection" breaks out on the far-away rig. As life aboard the rig descends into chaos, the scientists at HAL make their own discovery--what Leaguer found isn't oil. Trapped in their labs, the scientists must find a way to fight a creature that defies chemistry, physics, and biology. The Black: Arrival, a parallel story to the Amazon Horror Best-Seller The Black, is a page-turning suspense novel that will fill you with claustrophobic dread. Now that The Black has arrived, will humanity survive?

Across a thousand battlefields and a million wars, there is always a question. What do you do when all the chips are on the table? Do you run? Try to find salvation in the arms of an easy peace? Or do you stand and fight? Send your enemies into whatever hole they crawled out of? On Deadly Ground has ten stories handling that exact question. Each character faces the impossible in different ways, but all will be tested before the day is done. Can they earn a heroic victory amongst the endless eternity of space, or are they doomed to fall into obscurity? A Mother's Love by J. R. Handley & Jaime DiNoteFog of War by John MierauA Family Affair by Michael MortonHighwood's End by Nathan PeddeTime Dogz by Tim C TaylorHuman Compatible by Paul E CooleyPoster Child by Tyler E. C. BurnworthAscendancy by Theodore HodgesGuardian First by Matthew A. GoodwinContours of War by R. Max Tillsley

The Sol Federation Marine Corps vessel S&R Black was sent to recover an ancient derelict from the farthest edge of the Sol system. What they found could spell the end of humanity. Days after escaping the derelict ship Mira and Pluto's destruction, Black Company is pulled from stasis hours from Trident Station only to discover the solar system has gone silent. Nearly empty on both ammunition and fuel reserves, taking refuge at the silent, apparently dead station is their only choice. When they arrive, they find they are far from alone, and humanity's future lies in their hands. Derelict: Trident, the suspenseful, action packed fourth and final installment of The Derelict Saga, reveals the AI conspiracy, the true threat the exo-solar creatures pose to humanity, and the emergence of true non-carbon sentient intelligence.

The Sol Federation Marine Corps vessel S&R Black was sent to recover an ancient derelict from the farthest edge of the Sol system. What they found could spell the end of humanity. Trapped aboard Mira, Corporal Kalimura and her squad face hostile alien creatures while desperately searching for a way to escape. The crew of S&R Black, meanwhile, discover the alien infested Mira has brought back something else from outside the solar system, and it may mean the end for them all. Derelict: Destruction, the third installment of The Derelict Saga, is an action-packed mashup of suspense, military sci-fi, and space opera horror. Destruction continues to unfold both the exo-solar threat to humanity and an insidious AI conspiracy.

In the midst of an historic drought, the real heat has just begun. When Houston Arson investigator Emy Aninzo discovers a strange symbol at the site of a burned historical landmark, she begins investigating a series of fires that have taken place over decades. As she digs deeper into the case, assisted by her boss and an HPD detective, fires with inexplicable causes begin to assail the city. Each site contains the same mark. Houston has a serial arsonist plaguing the city. While Emy and her colleagues attempt to track down the criminal, as well as explain the seemingly impossible heat of the fires, they come to the conclusion that the arsonist may be insane, and possibly possessed. Ghere's Inferno, part police procedural mystery, part urban fantasy, and all thriller, will keep you turning the next page until the last fire burns. Paul E Cooley, author of the bestselling The Black series and The Derelict Saga, wraps ancient mythology around an eerie contemporary tale that will leave you burning for more.

Trey Leger has spent a lifetime battling mental illness and the imaginary demons from his childhood. Even now, years later and with a growing family, he still can't walk past an open, darkened closet without seeing...it. The shadowy silhouette. The burning emerald eyes. The Closet Man. Now, there's a new ice cream truck roaming the neighborhood and Trey believes its driver is a monster. While the neighborhood children see a friendly man serving the treats, Trey sees a frightful demon behind the wheel. With burning yellow eyes. The Ice Cream Man. But is this real, or just another symptom of his ever-present struggles with balancing his medications? While battling his growing uncertainty of reality, Trey investigates to determine if the creature is merely a symptom of his mental illness...or something far more terrifying. Nominated for the 2011 Parsec Award Best Novel, Closet Treats is filled with harrowing imagery and monstrous dread.