Bob Price

11 booksSelf-HelpWellness & FitnessResilience & Grit

R.F. Price is a former intelligence consultant who spent years navigating the complex landscapes of global security and political risk. This background provides the chilling authenticity found in every chapter of She’s Bad. After retiring from the private sector, Price turned to fiction, crafting high-stakes narratives that explore the thin line between duty and betrayal. When not writing in a secluded cabin in the Pacific Northwest, Price enjoys competitive archery and studying historical cryptology. She’s Bad is a debut novel that marks the beginning of a gripping new series in the world of modern espionage. R.F. Price lives with a loyal German Shepherd and is currently working on the next Ava Mercer installment.

Books

STORM

A tactical operating manual for surviving the first hour, day, and week of life's greatest crises

Self-Help
Wellness & Fitness

The world as you knew it has ended. Whether it is a devastating divorce, a sudden death, the loss of your livelihood, or a medical emergency, you are currently in the Impact Zone. This is not a time for inspirational quotes or five-year plans. This is a time for survival. STORM is a tactical operating manual designed for the person standing in the wreckage. It ignores the fluff and focuses on the vital: how to breathe when the air feels thin, how to prioritize critical decisions while your brain is in shock, and how to maintain the basic operational functions of a human life when everything is falling apart. R.F. Price provides a no-nonsense framework for navigating the acute phase of crisis. You will learn to triage your obligations, automate your daily needs to fight decision fatigue, and build a cognitive shield against the anxiety of others. This book doesn't promise to fix your life—it promises to give you the stability tools to keep your head above water until the clouds break. When you are in the middle of the storm, you don't need a map of the destination. You need a compass for the next ten feet. This is that compass.

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We Were the Storm

Three friends, one missing girl, and the storm that refused to bury the truth

Literary Fiction
Mystery
Romance

Twenty-five years ago, Hurricane Elena didn’t just destroy St. George Island—it swallowed Lena Marsh whole. For Claire, Maren, and Elise, the storm has never truly ended. Now, a documentary reunion brings them back to the salt-crusted shores where their childhood ended and their secrets began. Claire is haunted by the life—and the man—she left behind. Maren is suffocating under the weight of an unspoken argument. And Elise, the island’s golden girl, is terrified that her carefully curated life is about to shatter. As a persistent film crew digs into the wreckage of 1999, they find more than just ruins. They find inconsistencies in the police reports and a powerful developer determined to pave over the past. When a series of hidden letters suggests Lena didn't drown but was actually hunted, the trio must face a terrifying reality: the girl they mourned for decades might have been running from something far more dangerous than the wind. In this sweeping tale of southern secrets and second chances, R.F. Price explores the wreckage of the heart and the resilience of those who survive the gale. The truth is rising with the tide, and this time, there is nowhere left to hide.

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The Last Dragon Rider

Ink, blood, and fire collide in an empire built on forgotten lies

Fantasy
Romance

Sophia Vey is a scholar of the old world, a woman who finds safety in ink and parchment—until the Empire of Oakhaven decides she is needed as a weapon. Forced into the brutal Crownfall Academy, Sophia must survive the Riders Quadrant, where the weak are incinerated by the very dragons they seek to command. While other students bond with hatchlings, Sophia is chosen by Vhaerith: an Elder Dragon of legend, chained in darkness beneath the school for centuries. This bond is not a blessing; it is a death sentence that marks her as a threat to High Commander Valerius Draken’s carefully constructed peace. To survive, she must rely on Iaren Cassick, a broken former rider who carries the ghost of his dead dragon like a shroud. Iaren is cold, dangerous, and the only person who can teach Sophia to master a power that threatens to burn her from the inside out. As a magnetic, forbidden attraction grows between them, they uncover a terrifying conspiracy: the Empire is systematically erasing history to hide the return of the memory-eating Veilborn. With the shadows creeping closer and the truth under fire, Sophia must decide if she is a scholar, a rider, or the spark that will set the Empire ablaze. The war for memory has begun, and the last dragon rider is the only one who can win it.

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The Summer Tides Between Us

A story of second chances, long-buried family secrets, and the tides that bind us

Romance
Literary Fiction
Mystery

Catherine Mercer's life in Boston is a wreckage of infidelity and corporate betrayal. Left with nothing but a bruised heart and a failing legacy, she returns to the rugged shores of Greyhaven Point, Maine, to settle her aunt’s estate. What she finds is Tidebound Books—a bookstore literally sinking into the Atlantic, burdened by salt air and heavy debts. Her return forces a confrontation with Gideon Thayer, the harbor pilot who was her first love and the man who has carried the weight of the town’s silence for twenty years. But the past isn't just haunting her heart; it’s hidden in the ink. While clearing the bookstore's attic, Catherine uncovers her aunt’s secret journals, revealing a terrifying truth: her father’s drowning two decades ago was no accident. It was a cold-blooded cover-up to protect a local empire. Now, Catherine must navigate a treacherous landscape of small-town corruption and rekindled passion. As the Vance family moves to seize her land for a luxury resort, Catherine realizes that saving the bookstore means exposing the very foundation of the community. With the summer tides rising, she must decide if the truth is worth the risk of being pulled under by the same dark waters that took her father.

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SCARS

Transforming your deepest emotional wounds into evidence of survival and sources of strength

Self-Help
Biography

Your wounds are not a weakness. They are the map of where you have been and the proof that you survived. In SCARS, R.F. Price delivers a raw and transformative guide to navigating life’s most devastating moments. Whether you are reeling from the impact of a broken relationship, the weight of professional failure, or the profound ache of loss, this book offers a blueprint for turning your pain into a source of enduring wisdom. Drawing from intense military experience and the universal struggles of the human heart, Price redefines resilience as a tactical skill rather than a mystery. You will learn to 'debride' the soul of toxic shame, identify the physiological weight of grief, and use your intuition to decode the world around you. This is not just a book about getting over the past—it is about integrating your history into a more powerful version of your future. Stop trying to hide the marks life has left on you. Discover how to wear your history with pride and find the grit to lead others through the dark. Your scars aren't just remnants of a battle; they are the foundation of your new purpose.

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Through Dark Glass

The system is the weapon, and to save the world, she must break it

Thriller
Mystery

Ava Lindstrom thought she had finally cut the head off the snake. With the master ledger of biometric doubles dismantled, the shadow network known as Eidolon seemed like a bad memory. But as global financial systems glitch and media networks go dark, Ava realizes the truth: everything she fought was just a pilot program. Enter The Continuum—a decentralized, self-sustaining architecture embedded in the very fabric of modern civilization. It isn't a group of men in a room; it's a global operating system designed to control human equilibrium. When her mentor, Garrett Webb, is framed for a catastrophic attack on the Federal Reserve, Ava is pulled back into a high-stakes gauntlet spanning from Zurich to New York. Hunted by the lethal enforcer Leo Vance and facing the brilliant, cold logic of architect Julianne Sterling, Ava discovers a devastating catch-22. To destroy The Continuum is to trigger a total societal collapse, plunging the world into a decade of darkness. Now, the woman who lived as a vengeful ghost must become a master strategist. She no longer seeks just to survive; she must decide what parts of civilization are worth saving before the algorithm decides for her. In this pulse-pounding conclusion to the series, Bob Price delivers a terrifyingly plausible conspiracy thriller that asks: how much freedom would you sacrifice for stability?

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Under Double Vision

In a world of manufactured truth, your own identity is the deadliest weapon.

Thriller
Mystery

Your name is a lie. Your face is a target. Your past is being rewritten by an enemy you cannot see. Ava Lindstrom was once an elite intelligence officer, but now she is a ghost. After the shadowy organization known as Eidolon erased her life and murdered her family, Ava went underground. She thought she had broken them in Romania. She was wrong. Across Europe, a wave of high-profile assassinations is leaving a trail of blood—and every piece of biometric evidence points to Ava. A lethal double, Katarina Volny, is moving through the shadows, wearing Ava’s identity like a custom-made suit to dismantle global security and trigger a catastrophic war between NATO and Russia. Framed for crimes she didn't commit and hunted by the very agencies she once served, Ava must navigate a fractured landscape of digital deception and attribution warfare. With the help of rogue operative Jace Porter, she tracks the conspiracy from the cold streets of Helsinki to the gilded halls of London. But as the line between her and her double blurs, Ava faces a terrifying psychological collapse. How do you stop a monster who has stolen your soul? To reclaim her name, Ava must decide if she's willing to sacrifice her humanity to destroy the truth itself.

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Running with Shadows

In a world of weaponized truth, the ultimate casualty is her own identity.

Thriller
Crime Fiction

The shadow war has evolved, and Ava Lindstrom is losing more than just her trail. Deep in the heart of Eastern Europe, the global conspiracy known as Eidolon is no longer just replacing people—it is rewriting reality. As Ava infiltrates black-market networks and rogue intelligence hubs, she discovers a terrifying new weapon: her own history. The biometric replacement program has turned inward, systematically altering digital footprints and planting fabricated memories until the line between her mission and her mind begins to dissolve. With Senator Elias Thorne’s influence crumbling in Washington and Jace Porter battling his own rising paranoia, Ava is more isolated than ever. Every step through the cold streets of Prague and Bratislava brings her closer to a truth she might not survive. Detective Miller Hayes is closing in on the trail of bodies she’s left behind, while the obsessed Callum Vane orchestrates a hunt for the only variable he can’t control. As her sense of self fractures, Ava must face a chilling choice. To stop a machine that can rewrite who she is, she may have to embrace the very darkness she’s fighting. But when the shadows finally consume her, will there be anything left of the woman who started this war? Running with Shadows is a high-octane psychological thriller that questions what it means to be human in an age of total deception.

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On the Border

In a world of stolen identities, the truth is the ultimate weapon

Espionage
Thriller

Ava Lindstrom is the Ghost of Kabul, a woman who specialized in disappearing—until her past came hunting for her. When a series of precision assassinations ripples across Eastern Europe, Ava recognizes the chilling signature of the Black Lantern, a shadow government she thought was dismantled. But this is something far more dangerous. A new cell, Eidolon, has weaponized stolen biometric data to execute the ultimate coup: replacing world leaders with surgically altered loyalists. In this high-stakes game of digital mirrors, fingerprints and facial recognition are no longer evidence of identity—they are tools of deception. From the gritty backstreets of Berlin to the high-security corridors of Warsaw, Ava must navigate a landscape where technology is a traitor and no face can be trusted. With her own biometric history being turned against her, Ava is forced to operate off the grid, stripping away her own humanity to preserve the integrity of the global order. As the clock ticks down to a world summit that could change the course of history, Ava must decide if she can stop a threat that lives behind the masks of her closest allies. In the age of digital ghosts, the only way to save the future is to become the most dangerous shadow of all.

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From Gap to Great

Stop chasing high-potential stars and start building a distributed leadership system that works

Business & Entrepreneurship
Self-Help

Is your organization trapped by the pursuit of 'superstars'? For decades, corporate wisdom has dictated that success depends on a handful of high-potential individuals at the top. But while companies pour resources into an elite few, the 'gap' between current performance and true potential continues to widen. The result is a culture of bottlenecked decisions, emotional constriction, and truth delay. In From Gap to Great, leadership expert Bob Price offers a radical alternative: a distributed leadership model that elevates every level of the hierarchy. By focusing on behavioral visibility and emotional climate, Price reveals how to measure the 'unmeasurable' factors that truly drive results—trust, transparency, and consistency under pressure. Through the groundbreaking Visibility Framework, you will learn to identify the subtle cues that signal organizational stagnation and replace them with high-velocity communication. Whether you are a mid-level manager or a C-suite executive, this book provides the practical tools to turn every leader into a cultural multiplier. It is time to move beyond the inspiration highs and build a championship-level culture that thrives on systemic strength. Bridge the gap, ignite your team, and transform your organization from good to great.

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She’s Bad

Betrayed by her country and framed for murder, a CIA operative becomes a ghost to survive.

Thriller
Crime Fiction
Mystery

They took her husband. They took her life. Now, they're coming for her soul. Ava Mercer was a decorated CIA officer, a shadow in the service of her country. But during the frantic final days of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, she stumbles upon Operation Black Lantern—a high-level conspiracy involving blood money, stolen gold, and a list of sanctioned targets that hits too close to home. Returning to Washington D.C., Ava expects a hero’s welcome. Instead, she finds a nightmare. Her husband and their dog have been brutally murdered, and the crime scene has been meticulously staged to frame her. Overnight, the hunter becomes the hunted. On the run from a national manhunt and a ruthless CIA kill team led by her former best friend, Ava must vanish. With the help of a disgraced NSA hacker, she begins a lethal game of digital cat-and-mouse to decrypt the truth. To expose the rot at the heart of the agency, Ava must abandon her identity, embrace her training, and become the very monster the Director fears most. In a world where everyone is watching, the only way to stay alive is to become invisible.

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