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Book Description
Publication Date: October 12, 2014
This book follows Bitcoin users as their value moves through the blockchain. These situations are based real life stories and provide insight into who is using Bitcoin, what advantages the platform offers and why people choose Bitcoin over conventional bank products.
Bitcoin is a new innovative version of electronic cash. The payment platform delivers a wealth of advantages for all users. For those without access to regular banking services, Bitcoin has proven to be extremely beneficial. However, just as anonymous cash notes are preferred by criminals to help conceal their activity, Bitcoin is also preferred by some of the world’s worst criminals. Every day, Bitcoin moves through the blockchain advancing freedom around the world, and every day Bitcoin also caters to anonymous criminal activity. With any electronic cash product, such as Bitcoin, it is impossible to have the good without the bad.
If you are reading the list of characters and situations below, and saying to yourself, “That could never happen, think again, it already has….” While this is a fictional tale, it is based on actual situations, people and events from today’s headlines and the author’s 15 years of digital currency experience.
The book also details some of the flawed actions of government agencies and prosecutors in their ongoing attempts to curtail illegal Bitcoin activity.
It is also necessary to understand that in today’s info-apocalypse world, those seeking to destroy another’s reputation or demonize a product, especially those in the media, will attempt to directly associate that party with terrorism, child pornography, money-laundering or drugs. This statement rings true throughout the past decade of digital currency media coverage.
Characters:
Seattle, Washington
Julia & longtime boyfriend Steven are in their late twenties and living just outside of Seattle. The couple recently became Bitcoin miners. They are enthusiastic Bitcoin supporters, attend local Meetups in the area and generously donate to causes supported by the Bitcoin community.
West Africa
James heads up the Africa Clean Water team (ACW), a non-profit drilling clean drinking water wells in Nigeria. His entire non-profit operation is funded through Bitcoin.
Raqqa, Syria
Amir was formerly a part of the “media wing” for al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). He is now in charge of the Islamic State’s social media campaign and western online recruiting. He also publishes the new modern Jihadist English language online magazine. For the past year, he has been funding new recruits using Bitcoin and been arranging new anonymous Bitcoin funding from certain wealthy parties living in the Gulf States.
Beverly Hills, California
Larry is a successful Hollywood film producer and studio owner about to divorce his third wife. Bernie is a prominent Beverly Hills attorney and one of Larry's best friends. Bernie introduces Larry to Bitcoin expert and accountant Todd Smith prior to an asset search linked to his pending divorce.
Beijing, China
Peter is a software engineer and designer working in Beijing, China for a large Bitcoin exchange company. Peter develops mobile Bitcoin software that allows coins to transfer instantly within the firm’s existing accounts at no cost and with no verification delays.
Southeast Portland, Oregon
In their mid-forties, cryptocurrency supporters Paul and Sarina own a popular Bakery in Portland, Oregon which accepts Bitcoin. Each week Sarina also compensates several employees paying them a portion of their check in Bitcoin. She transfers the Bitcoin through a mobile device using Peter's new software.
Great Falls, South Carolina
Charlie is a thirty year old intellectually challenged man living and working in South Carolina. Through no fault of his own, he becomes a pawn in a large US Government criminal prosecution.
12/12/14 Today's FREE & Featured . Kindle Book is Out >> Everyone Keeps Secrets by Katherine Greyson
Book Description
Publication Date: November 10, 2014
Glancing over my shoulder, I looked down the sheer fifty-foot drop into the deep, churning waters below. As my heart pounded, I tried to remain calm. One misstep now and a torturous death by drowning would end my life. Trapped between him and the water I struggled for a way to break free, but the menacing arch of his brow and fierce stance made it clear—do not cross him.
My heart filled with regret. Why hadn’t I seen through this facade? Was I rescued from an early grave only to die here at the edge of this dam?
I knew this was my last chance to escape, but before I could act, he moved smoothly toward me like a shark in the water. I tried to step back, but the icy steel rail stopped me cold. Staring into those dark foreboding eyes that reflected his murderous gaze a shiver raced up my spine. “You won’t bury your sins this time,” I said despite my fear.
He merely sauntered forward and smirked. “I already have. Remember—everyone keeps secrets.”
This new series is on sale for a limited-time to introduce you to up-and-coming author Katherine Greyson. We hope you enjoy!
Series Description:
In the picture-perfect community of Stony Creek hides a web of lies, passions, and secrets that simmer beneath the surface of small-town America. At the center of our story is young Simplicity Kendall, a girl whose life is anything but simple. She’s a modern, white-knight heroine whose sharp wit and inquisitive nature often lead her into perilous straits. Her dangerous adventures begin when she meets a handsome, mysterious young man who turns her world upside down—literally. Unable to resist a good mystery, she’s drawn to the enigmatic puzzle shrouded in a black leather jacket. However, when one turns over a rock, one never knows what they’ll find—a buried treasure or a poisonous snake. Desperate to protect his family, the young man is willing to risk life and limb to keep his riddled past a secret.
Surrounding our young heroine is an ensemble of family and friends each concealing their own dark secrets. Masks peel away and buried pasts are exposed as the sheltered walls of Stony Creek begin to crumble.
Romantic, thrilling, yet filled with drama and wit, Everyone Keeps Secrets is a character-driven series that captivates and hypnotizes. Told across multiple generations, this contemporary saga, with an intricately woven plot and equally enticing characters, draws you into another world and never lets you go. The series delivers equal parts mystery and romance, action and adventure that climaxes in an unexpected twist of an ending. It’s a highly addictive rollercoaster narrative set in one ordinary looking town in suburban America.
The series Everyone Keeps Secrets is a story of love, coming of age, the bonds of family, and the unraveling of a web of lies that surround a ghastly crime.
Description of Volume One, Keeping Secrets:
Our story begins five years ago where we meet our hero, William Crawford, when he is still a young, innocent child. Then we sprint forward to a seemingly ordinary day at Stony Creek High. However, fate intervenes as it draws our heroine into one harrowing escapade of an anything-but-average first day of school. Slowly the pieces of the puzzle are laid before us as we discover how many people in the sleepy town of Stony Creek are Keeping Secrets.
Volume One: Keeping Secrets is novella-length and is offered at this special introductory eBook price.
Volume Two: Facades Crumble, Our heroine’s backstory emerges. It’s available now for pre-order at $.99.
Volume Three: Hidden Pasts, Our hero’s backstory unfolds.
Volume Four: The Return, All the threads in the large tapestry began to weave together.
Volume Five: Resolution, The final climatic conclusion to the saga.
Please Note: This story unfolds over five volumes.
Book Description
Publication Date: December 5, 2013
Here is the 20th Anniversary Edition of this much beloved modern Christmas classic.
Perhaps best said by the former national director of Angel Tree: "The Special Guest is much more than just a well-written family story... it sprinkles the principles of forgiveness with the wonder that is Christmas".
A family dealing with a tragedy when an unexpected guest arrives for the holidays... A stranger who seems to have mysteriously stepped out of the past... A surprising chain of events that will teach the family about the miracle of forgiveness... A special gift left behind Christmas Day that causes the family to realize there are times, when needed the most, that help can come unexpectedly and unannounced... Sometimes from a perfect stranger...
This is a story befitting the most wonderous time of year. A time when we lift our heads from the day-to-day grind of life to look at humanity with our spiritual eyes. When we rejoice to hear the bells chime a message of hope for the world. When we look to believe there really is more to this world than just what we can see and hear with our natural senses...
Open THE SPECIAL GUEST and enter a world we all want to believe to be true. Someone once said, "To feel the brush of the supernatural is to experience, firsthand, the heavenly messengers at work around us." This beloved story will renew your faith in miracles. Even more important, it will renew your faith in your fellowman.
Introduction...
The story opens Christmas weekend with 16-year-old Scott Reid working his bagboy job at the local super market. After watching an elderly man sitting outside in the cold all afternoon reading, Scott decides to approach the stranger to see if he needs help. The man, who is dressed in clothes as outdated as his vintage automobile, explains he was passing through when his car broke down. Not wanting the man who calls himself Zachery to be stranded over the long holiday weekend, Scott invites him home. Soon after the guest arrives, unexpected events begin to unfold that will leave the Reid family to wonder if more than chance brought the stranger to their home. Finally on Christmas morning, they waken to a most unexpected surprise. It's then the family discovers the identity of their guest. What they learn is most surprising and mysterious of all. . .
20 years ago THE SPECIAL GUEST grew from a story first written by Lee Allen for his young children, to a local bestseller in hometown Richmond Virginia, and from there to a national besteller that included a movie project with CBS. The story's timeless message of forgiveness, wrapped in the mystery of a very special visitor, will warm readers' hearts today as much as it did for readers a generation ago.