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Readers Favorite Award Winning Novel "Michael Segedy gives valuable insight into the minds of two young men and how jealousy and fear can be a deadly combination." Reviewed by Audio Book Reviewer "I don't know much about young adult fiction category, being long gone from that world, but someone gave me a copy of HAMPTON ROAD and I soon forgot about the genre.... Like any good novel, Hampton Road has its roots in real people, and these three kids are hard to forget. If I'd known about it, I'd have given this to my son." -Bjarne Rostaing, author of novelized version of the movie Phantom of the Paradise with Brian DePalma, Epstein's Pancake, and Breeders. "Segedy's young adult thriller, Hampton Road, is suspenseful and compelling. The reader, in many ways, becomes Billy as he tries to piece together what happened to his life and why he's in an institution. I loved this book. It's amazingly good and highly recommended." Jack Magnus, Readers' Favorite Hampton Road is a psychological thriller told from the perspective of three characters. Their overlapping narratives unravel a mystery that begins one fateful summer night and ends months later in a mental institution when a young man is forced to confront the source of his personal anguish. It is his sharp wit and flashes of humor that save him from despair. As time passes, his present life seems less and less real. Its center can no longer hold. Everything around him strikes him as surreal. The doctor, the hospital, the visits from his mother and girlfriend - even what he remembers of his own past - all seem to belong to someone else. He feels like an imposter, a phony, and a helpless prisoner. He distrusts the doctor and believes, more than wanting to help him, he wants something from him. And, that something has to do with Hampton Road.

The four essays I have included in this book, published in various English journals over the years, represent what were then original and effective approaches to teaching writing and literature.I hope a new generation of English teachers will find a some of the ideas contained in the essays of value today.

Finalist for best thriller in Readers' Favorite Annual International Award Contest Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Award. "Here is a seductive expatriate's tale, brimming with intrigue, politics, and humor." --Jake Halpern, author of Welcome to the New World, a New York Times Pulitzer Prize winner When American expat journalist Steve Collins sets off for the middle of the Amazon Jungle to cover a plane crash with a U.S senator aboard, he has no idea how his life is about to change. The Peruvian military is claiming the Shining Path rebel insurgency launched a missile attack on the aircraft, and the U.S. embassy is backing the military's claim. Steve's editor informs him that Jennifer Strand, a gorgeous, spunky young journalist embedded with the U.S. Embassy, will be accompanying him to the crash site. Although wide apart in their political views, they manage to set aside their differences as they attempt to unravel the mystery behind the senator's death. Their investigation places them at the heart of the conflict between the rebels and the Peruvian government. The shocking truths they discover take them on an adventure that transforms their perceptions of the world and of themselves.

"Here is a seductive expatriate's tale, brimming with intrigue, politics, and humor." -Jake Halpern, Pulitzer Prize winning author Best Adventure Novel in BIBA Awards Contest Finalist for Best Thriller in Readers' Favorite Annual International Award Contest Finalist in the National Indie Excellence Award. "Evil's Root is one of those unforgettable stories filled with characters that will stay with the reader for a long time." -Alice DiNizo, Readers' Favorite "Politics, power, money, drugs, the dynamics of international arms/drugs trade, greed, betrayal, sacrifice make this novel an exciting read." -Oliva Dsouza When American expat journalist Steve Collins sets off for the middle of the Amazon Jungle to cover a plane crash with a U.S senator aboard, he has no idea how his life is about to change. The Peruvian military is claiming the Shining Path rebel insurgency launched a missile attack on the aircraft, and the U.S. embassy is backing the military's claim. Steve's editor informs him that Jennifer Strand, a gorgeous, spunky young journalist embedded with the U.S. Embassy, will be accompanying him to the crash site. Although wide apart in their political views, they manage to set aside their differences as they attempt to unravel the mystery behind the senator's death. Their investigation places them at the heart of the conflict between the rebels and the Peruvian government. The shocking truths they discover take them on an adventure that transforms their perceptions of the world and of themselves. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Segedy's novel tells the story of Steve Collins, an expatriate American journalist living in Peru, who is investigating the death of a U.S. Senator who was allegedly killed by leftist-guerrillas. As he delves deeper into the story, Collins ventures into the jungles of Peru and becomes entangled in a web of schemes involving drug traffickers, guerrillas, diplomats, anti-terrorism operatives, and others who threaten to kill his story and perhaps, ultimately, him. Here is a seductive expatriate's tale, brimming with intrigue, politics, and humor. -Jake Halpern, author of the New York Times Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic story of a refugee family who fled the civil war in Syria to make a new life in America

Finalist in 2013 Foreword Book Award for best thriller/suspense and Silver Medal Winner of the 2013 Readers' Favorite International Book Award.As the novel opens, FBI Special Agent Rick Clark is struggling to recover from the death of his only daughter, followed by a divorce from his wife of twenty years. His mission is to track down the leaders of a domestic terrorist group allegedly committed to changing the political landscape. The group claims that "real change" occurs only when it is preceded by acts of violence, violence that clearly and tangibly demonstrates the urgent need for reform. To this end, EMMA targets CEOs of major corporations responsible for crimes against humanity.Under Agent Clark's radar is Brent Cossack, a disillusioned, former black ops officer who has decided to join EMMA's group of militant anarchists. Brent's reasons are both political and personal. For sure, he is no renegade black-ops commando gone bonkers. His motives for joining the terrorist group run deep. Crushed by his experiences as a clandestine officer in Iraq, he returned home and fell in love with a beautiful political activist, while trying his best to put his harrowing past behind him. Everything seemed just fine, until a terrible event in the young couple's lives pushed him over the edge. More than a political thriller, EMMA is a novel about love and loss as well as an indictment of a democratic society that seems to become less so each day.

"Well done, Mr. Michael Segedy, well done. Our Darker Angel is a thrilling, suspenseful, dark, heart pounding, page turning, terrifying, exciting, and shocking novel." Lorena Sanqui, Readers' Favorite Notable Mention in Shelf Unbound's International Indie Book Award Contest "When Our Darker Angel opens we meet Ali Cohen, a wealthy young woman, who's discussing her concerns about her friend Alan with her psychiatrist. Ali's childhood experiences in Jaffa and then Gaza City are fascinating to read and add an extra dimension to Segedy's thriller." Jack Magnus, Readers' Favorite In Our Darker Angel the mystery begins with FBI Agent Rick Clark's investigation into a series of murders committed by a terrorist group identifying itself as ARC, Anarchists for Real Change. Terrorism has become a personal issue with Clark. Two years earlier, his daughter perished in a bombing orchestrated by EMMA, an acronym for Emergent Movement of Militant Anarchists. The ARC murders bear a striking resemblance to the killings by EMMA, as they too target the rich and powerful and morally bankrupt. There is one notable difference, though. ARC uses the Darknet to hire lowlife assassins to do their bidding. While undertaking his investigation of ARC, Clark relies on the expertise, keen intuition, and psychological insights of Dr. Marty Robin, a forensics psychologist. Together, they research the backgrounds of the victims, while Marty attempts to construct profiles of the assassins. As Clark becomes more and more preoccupied with solving the ARC case, he is dragged down by personal ghosts. Fortunately, Marty manages to rescue him from his darkest hours and pull him safely to shore.

Three murders within eighteen months. Three that Special Agent Rick Clark and forensic psychologist Dr. Marty Robin knew of. How many other women the Bedsheet Serial Killer had raped and murdered was anyone's guess. This case was definitely beyond the reach of a single police department, and whether the local police force liked it or not, this was a case for the FBI. Clark and Robin would need all of the resources the agency had available to solve it. Marty's expert knowledge of psychopathic killers was the key to unlocking the case. Building a detailed profile on the Bed Sheet Serial Killer, and discovering the motive behind his horrifying acts of murder and perversion, would hopefully lead them to him.In the second half of the novel, Agent Clark is determined to crack another case, this time a more personal one. The grisly murder of a dear friend. He departs for Peru where his key witness has mysteriously fled. With the help of the Peruvian intelligence services and a beautiful Peruvian special agent, Clark hunts down clues that bring him into direct confrontation with those who possess the means and the will to crush any opposition. Mercilessly and completely.

"We are given front row seats into the killer's unsettling reasoning behind the killings Segedy plays on the listener's emotions to the point there is genuine empathy for the killer." This novel received the Audiobook Reviewer's Choice Award. This award is given only to those books that deserve higher than the standard five-star ranking system. "One of the best thrillers I have read in many years. The suspense nearly killed me and I guarantee any reader will struggle to tear themselves away from it. It has the whole range of ingredients needed to keep a reader hooked - great story, great characters and suspense beyond anything I have experienced in a long time. Add a dose of terror and you have the perfect mix." Anne-Marie Reynolds, Readers' Favorite The Bed Sheet Serial Killer begins with FBI Agent Rick Clark and his forensic psychologist sidekick, Marty Robin, investigating a number of brutal serial murders committed within a three-year-period. All of the victims are women, and though they share few physical traits, their backgrounds are similar in one important way. One important way, that is, in the twisted brain of the serial killer. While Rick and Marty speculate on personal events that may have created this moral monster, the reader becomes, if not sympathetic to the perp, at least more understanding of the role the past plays in creating a cold-blooded killer on a mission to save lost souls.

"The details are where this story shines, from the napkin shifting in the breeze of a ceiling fan to the accent of Neva. As the story unravels, we learn so much about the characters that you feel every triumph and victory, and every devastating truth of those Agent Clark loved and lost." Natasha Jackson, Readers' Favorite "Segedy is a talented wordsmith and storyteller who has a knack for keeping the audience transfixed." Reviewed by Audiobookreader This thriller begins with Special Agent Rick Clark recovering from a traumatic loss that has turned his world upside down. Determined to discover the truth behind the grisly murder of his dear friend, he departs for Peru where his key witness has mysteriously fled. With the help of the Peruvian intelligence services and a beautiful Peruvian special agent, Clark hunts down clues that bring him into direct confrontation with those who possess the means and the will to crush any opposition. Mercilessly and completely. This is a powerful story about courage, commitment, and personal loss. But it is also a story about regenerative hope and how it can restore one to wholeness. From tragic ashes, a fate battered phoenix arises and promises justice for its victims, and healing for a noble, tortured soul.