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'Tame The Flame'presents a groundbreaking exploration of inflammation's dual role in human health, examining how this natural biological response can either protect or harm our bodies. The book masterfully breaks down complex immunological concepts into digestible information, revealing how chronic inflammation may be the hidden driver behind many modern diseases and health conditions. Through a well-structured progression, the book first establishes the foundations of immune system function and inflammatory processes before delving into their connections with common diseases. Drawing from extensive research, including studies from the National Institutes of Health, it illuminates the critical link between lifestyle choices and inflammatory responses. Particularly fascinating is the book's examination of how dietary patterns and stress levels directly influence our body's inflammatory markers, providing readers with evidence-based insights into disease prevention. What sets this work apart is its practical approach to complex science, offering readers actionable strategies for managing inflammation through diet, exercise, and stress management techniques. The book seamlessly integrates nutrition science, endocrinology, and psychological research, presenting a comprehensive framework for health optimization. Whether you're a healthcare practitioner or health-conscious individual, the book provides clear, scientifically-grounded guidance for implementing anti-inflammatory practices in daily life, all while acknowledging the evolving nature of immunological research.

'Tasty Tomato Lore'offers a fascinating journey through the evolution and cultivation of one of the world's most important crops, seamlessly blending scientific research with practical growing advice. This comprehensive guide traces tomatoes from their wild Andean origins to their current status as a global agricultural staple, producing over 180 million tons annually. The book uniquely combines botanical science, cultural history, and modern growing techniques, making complex agricultural concepts accessible to both novice gardeners and experienced horticulturists. The narrative unfolds through three main areas: the vast genetic diversity of tomatoes (with over 10,000 documented varieties), their rich historical significance across different civilizations, and evidence-based cultivation methods. Readers learn how understanding tomato diversity and cultural practices contributes to successful growing, while gaining insights into the plant's crucial role in global food security. The book's approach to presenting information balances technical accuracy with practical application, offering specific growing guides adapted to different climate zones and garden spaces. As the chapters progress from basic botanical science to advanced growing techniques, readers discover the fascinating intersection of traditional wisdom and modern agricultural science. The book explores everything from soil chemistry and climate effects to pest management, incorporating both time-tested Mediterranean and Native American growing methods alongside contemporary approaches. Special attention is given to sustainable gardening practices and the preservation of heirloom varieties, making this an invaluable resource for anyone interested in both the science and practice of tomato cultivation.

'Spark of Match'presents a fascinating exploration of how a seemingly simple invention revolutionized humanity's relationship with fire, weaving together chemistry, engineering, and social history. The book traces the evolution of match technology from dangerous white phosphorus variants to modern safety matches, revealing how this advancement fundamentally transformed both domestic life and industrial processes through reliable, instant fire-starting capabilities. The narrative unfolds across three distinct sections, beginning with the fundamental chemistry of combustion and early match development. Through careful examination of chemical patents, laboratory studies, and historical archives, readers discover the intricate oxidation-reduction reactions that make match ignition possible, while learning how engineers overcame significant safety challenges in match production. The book masterfully balances technical accuracy with accessibility, using practical examples to illustrate complex chemical principles for non-specialist readers. What sets this work apart is its comprehensive analysis of match technology's broader implications for society, supported by extensive research from industrial archives and scientific journals. The author demonstrates how this pivotal innovation influenced everything from cooking methods to industrial processes, while maintaining an objective stance on various match-making techniques and their environmental impacts. Through methodical presentation and clear scientific explanations, the book serves as both an educational resource and a compelling testament to how everyday innovations can reshape civilization.

From the nationally bestselling author of The Secret Token, the largely untold story of rebellion in Virginia that will forever change our understanding of the American RevolutionAs the American Revolution broke out in New England in the spring of 1775, dramatic events unfolded in Virginia that proved every bit as decisive as the battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill in uniting the colonies against Britain. Virginia, the largest, wealthiest, and most populous province in British North America, was led by Lord Dunmore, who counted George Washington as his close friend. But the Scottish earl lacked troops, so when patriots imperiled the capital of Williamsburg, he threatened to free and arm enslaved Africans—two of every five Virginians—to fight for the Crown.Virginia's tobacco elite was reluctant to go to war with Britain but outraged at this threat to their human property. Dunmore fled the capital to build a stronghold in the colony's largest city, the port of Norfolk. As enslaved people flocked to his camp, skirmishes broke out. “Lord Dunmore has commenced hostilities in Virginia,” wrote Thomas Jefferson. “It has raised our countrymen into a perfect frenzy.” With a patriot army marching on Norfolk, the royal governor freed those enslaved and sent them into battle against their former owners. In retribution, and with Jefferson's encouragement, furious rebels burned Norfolk to the ground on January 1, 1776, blaming the crime on Dunmore.The port's destruction and Dunmore's emancipation prompted Virginia's patriot leaders to urge the Continental Congress to split from Britain, breaking the deadlock among the colonies and leading to adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Days later, Dunmore and his Black allies withdrew from Virginia, but the legacy of their fight would lead, ultimately, to Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Emancipation Proclamation.Chronicling these stunning and widely overlooked events in full for the first time, A Perfect Frenzy offers a striking new perspective on the American Revolution that reorients our understanding of its causes, highlights the radically different motivations between patriots in the North and South, and reveals the seeds of the nation's racial divide.

Forestry is a multifaceted profession that involves the management of forests with the aim of achieving a range of objectives, including timber production, ecosystem services, and conservation. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the field of forestry, encompassing key areas such as agroforestry, silviculture, forest mensuration, forest management, policy and law, and forest statistics. The chapters cover a wide range of topics, including forest product utilization, protection, biotechnology, forest ecology, biodiversity, environment, and engineering. The book also discusses the physiology of trees, tree-seed biotechnology, wildlife management, and the processing and disposal of forest produce. Unlike other introductory forestry texts,Key to Success in Forestry provides a balanced approach, encompassing statistical, ecological, and social aspects of the field. The book aims to provide readers with a global and comprehensive overview of the exciting fields of study that centre on forests, with the hope of inspiring further exploration and understanding of these fascinating areas.

Features 47 trails in the greater Tucson region Includes an ID guide to common desert plants and animals and an overview of the region's longstanding cultural history Trail info for families with kids, dog owners, bikers, and runners Surrounded by five mountain ranges, with high points ranging from roughly 4,700 to 9,400 feet, the growing metro region of Tucson, Arizona, has a dramatic mountain view in every direction. Within the city limits lies a spectacular abundance of accessible nature, including a wide variety of trails: pedestrian paths, singletrack trails, mountain parks, and river walks.Urban Trails: Tucson covers 47 hikes, in the city limits and Pima County Parks, on the Arizona National Scenic Trail, throughout Saguaro National Park, in Madera and Texas Canyons, and so much more. Author Sirena Rana shares tips and tricks for recreating safely in the desert environment and covers plants, animals, history, archaeology, geology, and the Indigenous people of the region, as the Tucson basin is one of the longest continually inhabited areas in the United States. Sidebars sprinkled throughout offer local information, including a glossary of trail terms, Tucson's rich gastronomic history, Southeastern Arizona's status as a hot spot for birding, the local annual rodeo, and the famous Gem and Mineral Show.

A searingly intimate exploration of marriage, motherhood and desire from a bold New Zealand talent. Georgie's marriage has stagnated. But in a Florida almost claustrophobic with life, there's no room to attend to it: forests burn, termites abound, teeth break, and there's something in her husband's eye. Then she finds a body in the woods.As the repercussions of her discovery and a doomed affair come to land, Georgie is forced to confront her past, examining the often heartbreaking power of the things we witness and the scars they leave behind.

Does your organization have the capacity to respond to risk it has not anticipated or prepared for? Is its approach to risk explicit and understood by employees? Does it have a robust risk culture? Do employees take responsibility for managing risk? If your response to these questions is guarded or uncertain, this book will have value for you and your organization.Organizations and leaders in a widening risk environment face four realities which challenge their ability to manage risk: (1) the two-dimensional nature of risk—risk itself and behavior in response to risk, (2) the diversity of attitudes and behavior in relationship to risk, (3) the influence on behavior of cognitive, psychological and contextual factors that are part of social dynamics and (4) the compounding effect of social dynamics that make risk difficult to manage. These realities add up to a conundrum: The challenge for organizations and leaders lies not in risk itself but in social dynamics that shape behavior in response to risk.Whether triggered by an internal problem or external event, risk management failures often result from a lack of understanding of causative factors and behavior in response to risk. Effective leaders make risk a core part of their agenda. They put people at the center of strategy and face challenges head-on that impact their organizations'ability to manage risk. Among the challenges are:◾ the toll on organizational resources of a growing array of risk factors◾ risk'blind spots'in the organization warranting attention◾ cultural weaknesses and vulnerabilities elevating exposure to risk◾ employee disengagement from risk and responsibility for managing it,◾ variation in attitudes and behavior that make risk difficult to detect and mitigate,◾ turning risk into advantage by envisioning it as an opportunity or strength in contrast to a threat or weakness.Leading Organizations in Hazardous Times: The Social Dynamics of Risk builds capability in risk management by enhancing leader understanding of risk behavior and factors contributing to risk culture. It encourages leaders to invest in continuous learning to navigate asymmetries of attitude and behavior, managing, and leadership style that underlie organizational success and failure.

Environmental Health: Foundations for Public Health brings together diverse voices and perspectives to examine our most pressing public health issues today. This foundational textbook introduces readers to a wide range of the knowledge, skills, data, and resources needed to ensure environmental health at local and global levels. Whether students are heading into careers in governmental public health, research, advocacy, or other sectors, this textbook covers topics that relate to us all: climate change, energy, air, water, food, waste, and much more. Designed for graduates and advanced undergraduates, this textbook presents the field's basic concepts, related policies, and scientific tools in an accessible way. Readers learn about regulatory science, how environmental health science informs environmental protections, and where gaps remain, particularly in promoting environmental justice. Each chapter examines ways that structural racism and discrimination have shaped environmental health inequities that persist today. Readers can dig deeper to examine how environmental health and justice can be achieved in our communities, workplaces, households, and other built and social environments, as well as our healthcare systems. Drawing on countless historic and contemporary case studies, Environmental Health: Foundations for Public Health facilitates a learning experience that inspires students to reimagine the foundations of environmental health for all. Key Features: Provides a variety of learning tools, including discussion questions and learning activities, related to engagement, advocacy, and the exploration of environmental health in our daily lives Presents'In Other Words'boxes to reframe key or complex concepts and promote accessibility Humanizes the realities of pressing environmental health and justice concerns Includes access to a five-episode companion podcast series—The PFAS Chronicles—on the challenges and solutions of preventing and combating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or'forever chemicals'Qualified instructors have access to expanded Instructor Resources featuring chapter PowerPoint slides, a Test Bank, a Sample Syllabus, and an Instructor Manual to supplement students'dynamic learning and interaction with the text

An oral history and critical genealogy of “accountability,” the complex abolitionist concept that pushes us to ask: just what do we mean by “community?'A concept just short of a program, accountability has been taken up as a core principle within leftist organizing and activity over the past quarter century. While it invokes a particular vocabulary and set of procedures, it has also come to describe a more expansive, if often vague, approach to addressing harm within movement work. The term's sudden, widespread adoption as abolitionist concepts began to circulate broadly in recent years cast light on certain shifts in its meaning, renewing the urgency of understanding its relation to militant leftist history and practice. After Accountability gathers interviews conducted by members of the Pinko collective with nine transformative justice practitioners, socialist labor organizers, incarcerated abolitionists, and activists on the left, and also includes framing essays by the Pinko collective in which its members situate and reflect on those illuminating conversations. An investigation into the theoretical foundations and current practice of accountability, this volume explores the term's potential and limits, discovering in it traces of the past half-century's struggles over the absence of community and the form revolutionary activity should take. Contributors: Kim Diehl, Michelle Foy, Peter Hardie, Emi Kane and Hyejin Shim, Esteban Kelly, Pilar Maschi, and Stevie Wilson, and Pinko collective members Lou Cornum, Max Fox, M.E. O'Brien, and Addison Vawters.

Inventive and dynamic, Nicole Callihan's fourth poetry collection, SLIP, navigates midlife with stick in hand and tongue in cheek. As Ellen Bass writes, Callihan “ turns recurrent obsessions like children, husband, mother, laundry, time, art, and body into poems of elastic syntax and shapes - - psalms, prose, lyric, narrative.” Whether looking back at her girlhood, counting out almonds, or singing herself (yet another) birthday song, Callihan's luminous linguistics send us on an expansive journey. Sometimes dreamlike, sometimes raucous, these poems teach us how much can be held in a life and on the page.

Protecting Forests for the Future delves into the critical factors, agents, and events that influence forest ecosystems. We provide an in-depth understanding of forest health, discussing the impact of diseases, biotic and abiotic injuries, pathogens, and insects. Our book also covers effective management techniques to mitigate these challenges. We explore forest fires, examining their dual role as both destructive agents and tools for ecological succession and management. Additionally, we discuss phenomena like forest decline and insect management, providing specifics on pathogen-induced afflictions, their symptoms, causes, and solutions. This book serves as a comprehensive guide, offering basic knowledge about forest ecosystems and their broader implications on society and the environment. We present a thorough analysis, with clear explanations and practical recommendations, making it an essential read for anyone interested in forest conservation.

It is written in a lucid style describes methods and techniques relevant to understanding forest ecology, Well labelled illustrations, diagrams, tables and figures amply support the text wherever necessary. It provides basic principles of forest ecology and conservation in a simple and easy language. The book is also supported with a comprehensive glossary and index in the end. This book would be an invaluable asset for the scientists, students, teachers and foresters working in the field of forestry, environmental sciences, plant science and botany.

Do you long to feel closer to God? Are you searching for a faith that's more than just going through the motions?Let's be honest: we often feel distant from God. We spend a lot more time looking like we're faithful than living out of lifegiving relationship. Our souls ache from the lack of intimacy. Something is missing. We know life isn't supposed to be this way. What we really want is to know God and be known. We yearn for honest, ongoing connection with God as a real person.In Befriending God, Tanya Godsey invites us to move beyond religious performance and into authentic relational intimacy through:Biblical character studies illuminating how we can encounter God in the struggles, questions, and complexities of our lives;Vulnerable, powerful examples of God's relational transformation in the context of a marginalized community;Practical guidance for setting aside faulty cultural norms that keep us from friendship with God;Discussion questions and reflective exercises.If you are craving a genuine connection with God that transcends religious to-dos and cultural currents, Befriending God will help you experience transformation and renewal in your spiritual journey. Discover the joy of knowing God intimately in every season, heartache, and ordinary moment.

| Altamente recomendado por CHOICE, julio de 2021 Vol. 58 No. 11 En el contexto del cambio climático, el crecimiento de la población mundial y el colapso de los sistemas ecológicos, los incendios forestales suelen ser un acontecimiento catastrófico y traumático. Su impacto puede incluir la pérdida de vidas, lesiones que cambian la vida, estrés psicológico a largo plazo; aumento de la violencia doméstica; destrucción de propiedades, negocios y ganado; inseguridad en la vivienda a largo plazo; aumento de las primas de seguros, de los costes de extinción de incendios, legales y sanitarios; así como cambios significativos y pérdidas de especies en el entorno natural. “Sintiendo el calor: Perspectivas internacionales sobre la prevención de la ignición de incendios forestales” es la culminación de más de una década de investigación sobre los incendios forestales y provocados, y adopta un enfoque interdisciplinar para comprender el tema de forma exhaustiva. Este libro revisa los conocimientos internacionales actuales y presenta nuevos hallazgos sobre los factores de riesgo políticos, espaciales, psicológicos, socioecológicos y socioeconómicos. En él se argumenta que si queremos invertir la tendencia al aumento de la incidencia y la gravedad de los incendios forestales, hay que utilizar todos los enfoques de prevención, ampliando la dependencia de la modificación del medio ambiente. Tales medidas de prevención van desde la importancia crítica de reducir los gases de efecto invernadero hasta el tratamiento de los factores psicológicos y socioeconómicos que provocan los incendios. En particular, se aboga por un enfoque coordinado y colaborativo entre sectores, que incluya la coordinación a nivel local, estatal y nacional, así como un organismo internacional. La obra resultará de interés para investigadores y estudiantes de distintas disciplinas e intereses, planificadores y responsables políticos, servicios de emergencia, asesores y organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG), así como para el sector agrícola y forestal.

A hybrid of short works exploring the 1859 Carrington solar flare A flood of illumination, a cosmic cataclysm frozen in time—the Carrington Event of 1859 was the most disruptive solar flare in recorded history, an electromagnetic storm that wiped out telegraph systems across the world and which, if it were to occur today, might well destroy anything on the planet with an electrical circuit. Candace Nunag's A Solar Flare is a hybrid of short essays, research notes, poems, graphite rubbings, and instant photographs, as well as bits of flash fiction, all simultaneously contemplating technology and memory, while preoccupied with the 1859 solar flare. The ghost of the Carrington Event haunts A Solar Flare with the promise of definitive answers about the narrator's many severed connections: her digital, supernatural, eastern, western, and analog past. It is an attempt to illuminate the path of thought, wending its way through the tangles of rumination and irreconcilable spaces of wonder.

Tennessee Summits will guide readers to the very best hikes to vistas, overlooks, and lookouts situated on summits across the state. Readers will enjoy curated trails selected for their breathtaking views from the top. Tennessee may not have 13ers or 14ers like Colorado, but their beloved vistas are wildly spectacular. The elevation of the summits featured in this guide may range from over 3,000 feet to more than 6,000 feet, highlighting a variety of stunning views from different elevations and surroundings. Hikes will range from easy to more difficult routes, and the summits featured will range from rocky overlooks and vistas to summits with lookout towers that enhance the views from the top. From the 360-degree views offered by Clingmans Dome, the highest point in Tennessee and Great Smoky Mountains National Park, to Mount Leconte and Chimney Tops, to the Kettlefoot Lookouts Tower atop Doe Mountain, this guide features some of the best vantage points and views Tennessee has to offer. Organized geographically, this book will feature a variety of hikes to amazing views for hikers of all skill levels. All of the information from our core hiking series – key specs, maps, color photos, detailed hike descriptions, and miles and directions – will provide readers with all they need to know to plan and do these hikes to the best views from summits in Tennessee.

Literary critic Ryan Ruby uncovers the secret history of poetry in a mock-academic verse essay filled with wit and wisdom.One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2024Prophet. Entertainer. Courtier. Criminal. Revolutionary. Critic. Scholar. Nobody. Epic in sweep, Context Collapse is the secret history of the poet—from Bronze Age Greece and Renaissance Italy to the cafés of Grub Street and the Latin Quarter, from the creative writing departments of the American Midwest to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley. Cheekily introducing academic discourse, media studies, cybersemiotics, literary sociology, and heterodox economics into his blank verse study of poetry, Ruby traces the always delicate dance between poets, their publishers, and their audiences, and shows how, time and time again, the social, technological, and aesthetic experiments that appear in poetic language have prefigured radical changes to the ways of life of millions of people. It is precisely to poets to whom we ought to turn to catch a glimpse, as Shelley once put it, of the “gigantic shadows futurity casts on the present.”

Tensions between police and diverse communities in both the US and UK require innovation about ways to improve relations. While police diversity is often discussed as a potential solution, these discussions lack theoretical and empirical support. This volume presents an original discussion of race, gender, sexual orientation and class diversity and shows that police diversity can have meaningful impacts on the decision-making, outcomes and legitimacy of police forces. Drawing on theoretical and empirical research including interviews with diverse police leaders, this book examines how police diversity can help shift traditional policing cultures. It also considers obstacles to police reform, revealing how championing meaningful diversity can positively impact the lives of policed communities.

James C. Scott reframes rivers as alive and dynamic, revealing the consequences of treating them as resources for our profit Rivers, on a long view, are alive. They are born; they change; they shift their channels; they forge new routes to the sea; they move both gradually and violently; they can teem (usually) with life; they may die a quasi-natural death; they are frequently maimed and even murdered. It is the annual flood pulse—the brief time when the river occupies the floodplain—that gives a river its vitality, but it is human engineering that kills it, suppressing the flood pulse with dams, irrigation, siltation, dikes, and levees. In demonstrating these threats to the riverine world, award-winning author James C. Scott examines the life history of a particular river, the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) of Burma, the heartland and superhighway of Burman culture. Scott opens our understanding of rivers to encompass their entirety—tributaries, wetlands, floodplains, backwaters, eddies, periodic marshlands, and the assemblage of life forms dependent on rivers for their existence and well-being. For anyone interested in the Anthropocene and the Great Acceleration, rivers offer a striking example of the consequences of human intervention in trying to control and domesticate a natural process, the complexity and variability of which we barely understand.

Energy, Agriculture and Healthcare are key areas which address the development of the nation. Technology related to automation, computing, data analysis, sensor, AI/ML, and IoT drives growth in these sectors. The conference provided a single and integrated platform for researchers working in these areas with a focus on the use of IT tools. It specifically focused on research in energy, agriculture and healthcare. It was organized in hybrid mode, which encouraged researchers all over the world to participate and interact with peer researchers.

What are the practical implications of truly caring about yourself and others, of approaching each day with an open mind, an open heart, and a desire to reduce the suffering of all living beings? Can we learn compassion as a way of life, as an antidote to violence and cruelty? In The Seven Virtues of Highly Compassionate People, social scientists Nancy Guerra and Kirk R. Williams provide easy-to-follow steps to help you understand the what, the why, and the how of compassion. They bring together cutting-edge research, inspiring spiritual teachings, and their own life experiences to help you bring compassion front and center in your life. Not only is compassion good for you and those around you, but it is the key to a more peaceful and just world.“The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license. Funded by The Living Peace Foundation.”

A sweeping family saga following one woman's struggle to protect her culture and her family amidst the backdrop of a military occupation.In the foothills of the Himalayas, the picturesque mountain village of Poshkarbal is home to lush cherry and apple orchards and a thriving community—one divided by a patrolled border. Aisha and her mother Noorjahan live on the outskirts—two women alone in a world dominated by men. As the village midwife, Noorjahan teaches Aisha how to heal using local herbs and remedies. Isolated but content, Aisha is shocked when Noorjahan decides it is time for her to attend the village school as few girls do. Despite the taunting of her classmates and the teacher's initial resistance to having her in the class, Aisha becomes a star student, destined for college. When Aisha's hand is bequeathed to a local boy in the village, she is forced to abandon her dreams of college. She comforts herself by staying on her ancestral land, creating a nourishing life with her children and husband. But her mother's secrets come back to haunt her and her marriage and the growing military presence in Poshkarbal force Aisha to make impossible choices in order to save her family and preserve the independence Noorjahan fought for. What follows is a family chronicle brimming with life, love, and humor, about sacrifice and honor, and fighting for your home and culture in the face of occupation. A deeply moving novel about one woman's love for her family, this is an epic investigation of colonialism, militarization, and the loss and innocence on the journey to creating home. Spanning 1969 to 2022, Call Her Freedom is a love story that untangles family secrets and heals generational wounds, announcing Tara Dorabji as a thrilling new voice in fiction.

“The defining account of an era in business history.” —Evan Osnos, National Book Award–winning author of Age of Ambition The unputdownable first Western biography of SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, financial disruptor and personification of the 21st century's addiction to instant wealth, from the former editor of the Financial Times. As Wall Street swooned and boomed through the last decade, our livelihoods have—now more than ever—come to rely upon the good sense and risk appetites of a few standout investors. And amidst the BlackRocks, Vanguards, and Berkshire Hathaways stands arguably the most iconoclastic of them all: SoftBank's Masayoshi Son. In Gambling Man, the first Western biography of Son, the self-professed unicorn hunter, we go behind the scenes of the world's most monied halls of power in New York, Tokyo, Silicon Valley, Saudi Arabia, and beyond to see how Son's firm SoftBank has defied conventional wisdom and imposing odds to push global tech and commerce into the future. From the dizzying highs of Uber, DoorDash, and Slack to the epic lows of WeWork and tech-infused dogwalking app Wag Son and SoftBank have been at the center of cutting-edge capitalism's absolute peaks and valleys. In the process, Son, son of a pachinko kingpin who grew up in a slum in Japan, has been a hero, a villain, and even a meme-ified hero to the internet tech- and finance-bro set all at once. Based on in-depth research and eye-opening interviews, Gambling Man is an unforgettable character study and alarming true story of twenty-first-century commerce that will stick with you long after you turn the final page.

An unsettling investigation teaches two deeply suspicious people how to trust in the next thrilling novel of the Lost Night Files trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz.Amelia Rivers, a member of the Lost Night Files podcast team, hires private investigator Gideon Sweetwater to catch the stalker who has been watching her. Amelia suspects the stalker may be connected to the shadowy organization responsible for the night that she and her two friends lost to amnesia—a night that upended their lives and left them with paranormal talents.Gideon suspects that Amelia is either paranoid or an outright con artist, but he can't resist the chemistry between them. He takes the case despite his skepticism. For her part, Amelia has second thoughts about the wisdom of employing the mysterious Mr. Sweetwater. She is wary of the powerful attraction between them, and deeply uneasy about the nightmarish paintings on the walls of his home. She senses they were inspired by his own dreamscapes.Amelia knows she doesn't have time to find another investigator, and Gideon is forced to reckon with the truth when he disrupts what was intended to be Amelia's kidnapping. Now the pair is on the run, with no choice but to return to the haunting ruins of the old hotel where Amelia's lost night occurred. They are desperate to stop a killer and the people who are conducting illegal experiments with a dangerous drug that is designed to enhance psychic abilities. If they are to survive, they will have to trust each other and the passion that bonds them.