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Independent authors sharing their expertise and stories with readers worldwide.
Carter Hayes
Cybersecurity Author and Security Practitioner
Carter Hayes spent over a decade working across IT security roles — from network administration to security consultancy to leading red team engagements for enterprise clients. Along the way, he earned his OSCP, CISSP, and a handful of CompTIA certifications, and realised that the study materials available to candidates were often either too shallow or too dense to be useful under exam pressure.
That frustration drove him to write the kind of guides he wished he had: clear, technically accurate, and built around how security professionals actually think. His catalogue covers the full range of modern cybersecurity practice — CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 exam prep, Kali Linux mastery, API security testing, Active Directory attacks and defense, cloud penetration testing, and offensive scripting with Python and PowerShell.
Whether you are sitting a certification exam, building your first home hacking lab, or hunting bugs professionally, Hayes writes for people who learn by doing. Every book is designed to be read once and referenced forever.
Marshall Hope
Business Strategy and AI Integration Specialist
Marshall Hope has spent his career at the intersection of business leadership and emerging technology. With a background in management consulting and digital transformation, he has worked with organisations ranging from mid-sized family businesses to listed corporates — helping leadership teams understand what technology can actually do for them, and what it cannot.
When large language models began changing how knowledge work gets done, he saw the same pattern he had seen with every technology shift: executives were being asked to make major decisions based on hype rather than understanding. He started writing to close that gap.
His books cover AI implementation strategy, prompt engineering for business professionals, AI governance and algorithmic auditing, and the ethical questions that arise when organisations deploy AI at scale. He also writes on faith and leadership — exploring how values-driven decision-making holds up in an AI-shaped world. If you lead a team, run a business, or advise people who do, his catalogue is written for you.
David Shepherd
Christian Author and Pastoral Writer
David Shepherd writes for Christians who are serious about their faith but do not have time for dense academic theology. He came to writing through decades of pastoral work — listening to people wrestle with doubt, burnout, anxiety, and the quiet question of whether their faith is actually working in their everyday life.
His books are practical, readable, and grounded in scripture — without being preachy. His devotional ebooks have helped thousands of readers build consistent prayer habits, rediscover rest in the sabbath tradition, and navigate anxiety through scripture-based reflection. He also writes on faith and family, helping Christian parents raise children with a genuine, resilient faith in a secular world.
Shepherd’s catalogue spans 30-day and 40-day devotionals, theology for everyday life, marriage and family from a biblical perspective, and honest engagement with topics like doubt, digital distraction, and faith in the workplace. If you want your faith to make sense on a Monday morning, his books are a good place to start.
M.H. Blackwood
Cozy Mystery Author
M.H. Blackwood has been reading cozy mysteries since long before she started writing them. She grew up on village mysteries, amateur sleuths, and stories where the detective was just an ordinary person who noticed things others missed — and she never entirely outgrew the pleasure of a well-placed twist in a cosy setting.
Her debut collection, Midnight Cafe Mysteries, grew out of a simple idea: what if you could get the full satisfaction of a cozy mystery — the puzzle, the characters, the reveal — in a single sitting? The five micro mysteries in that collection are set in the Midnight Cafe, where the coffee is good, the regulars have secrets, and the staff have a talent for noticing the wrong thing at exactly the right moment.
Blackwood believes that short fiction does not have to mean shallow fiction. Each story in her collection is crafted to give readers a complete experience — atmosphere, character, and a mystery that actually holds together. If you have got an hour and you want to be charmed and surprised, her books are written for you.
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