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Falcon On The Tower delivers the genre of Geopolitical Techno-Thriller ...fast paced, page turning plot. Jump on board & you won't want to get off! Fighting global terrorism, Bryan Craig heads up Pegasus, a London based counter-terrorism team and joint effort of the U.S. and UK. Combining financial tracking, psychological profiling, and the most sophisticated forensics lab in the world, Bryan embarks on a journey from London to the "Skytropolis" of Dubai and finally the high Hindu Kush Mountains, tracking a new group of fanatical Islamists. What are the ramifications for the West and Christianity as the new face of Islam is uncovered? Along the way, Bryan retraces footsteps of the old British Empire, and discovers clues to what may be planned, before a climactic, plot twisting, and chilling ending. Falcon On The Tower is insightful and thought provoking; a fresh, new look at a conflict centuries old.
A shadow haunts the sunny streets of Venice Beach, working his way through all the women and valuables he can handle. So far he's been lucky. But too much of a good thing makes a man careless; he gets sloppy, he lets down his guard. From bizarre arrest to explosive conclusion, Freak is a wild rollercoaster of a ride, featuring impossible escapes, a dizzying manhunt, and a gothic mini-movie of a courtroom confession, wherein you'll meet the real Nicolas Vilenov, slippery opportunist and soulless predator, bogeyman of a thousand suppressed dreams.
The FAA allows felons to get pilot's licenses; keeps critical air traffic control facilities unprotected; encourages unsafe flight and hides deadly mistakes. If you fly you need to know,
Signature is a futuristic sci-fi adventure recounting the political upheaval, social collapse, and revisionist reconstruction of 22nd Century Western civilization, as witnessed by a group of doomed intellectuals through a series of decoded holographic events. There's a price to knowing too much. What these men learn will impel them through a plague-ridden hell of madness, barbarism, and duplicity, in a world that may or may not be a multi-layered illusion.
A fascinating adventure unfolds as a 62 year old father and his 11 year old daughter set off on a thrilling ten day flight across the vast and rugged terrain of the American southwest. Join Ron and Kari as they fly across the blazing Mojave Desert to the rim of the Grand Canyon. Thrill at their landing on a rugged runway in the heart of the Navajo Nation. Be with them as they fly to the Rocky Mountains and then across the breath taking but unforgiving land of New Mexico and Arizona. A great book for adventurers of all ages.
Microcosmia pursues offbeat protagonist Cristian Vane, an emotionally troubled young liberal who's just come into the staggering Vane fortune. With his newfound wealth and responsibility, Vane sets out to put his cosseted life back together, but a series of gut-wrenching misadventures in the real world produce a complete nervous breakdown. The young heir surfaces with a fresh perspective: wealth is wasted on the wealthy; his bequest is a golden opportunity to do something magnificent in a heartless world. Sickened by a documentary featuring scammed Ethiopian famine victims, he sets off for Africa to build his utopia. Though Vane's misplaced magnanimity results in East-West friction and internal rivalries, he still manages to create his magnum opus, even as cutthroat pirates, a vile Eritrean colonel, and a doomed affair with a gorgeous, control-freak journalist push him over the edge. The tale concludes with an overwhelming assault by the Eritrean Army during the mother of all desert locust plagues.
A feast for readers with warped imaginations and high expectations. A haunted butchering under a full West Virginian moon. A vigilante superhero with a penchant for torture and due pontification. A tender tale of senior abuse and love's salvation. And more. Nothing shallow here, nothing trite. No lifeguards on duty, no buddies permitted, no water wings allowed.
Kevin Mikolajczyk, a slow and loveless Santa Monica teenager, ran away from home in 1967 to meet Haight-Ashbury's burgeoning Summer of Love. Along the way he lost his friends, his virginity, and his focus. Of greater importance, he lost his heart to a pretty, manipulative psychopath who used, abused, and dumped him at the first opportunity. Kevin, a profound epileptic, reached the fabled City and, after surfacing from a series of grand mals, was robbed, raped, and brutalized prior to being shanghaied by a busload of marauding Jesus Freaks. A must-read for all liberals, truth seekers, and species apologists in general.
The Fartian Chronicles: satire. The Other Foot: anti-correctness propaganda. Elaine: a sketch for the lovelorn. A Deeper Cut, and The Other Side: horror mini-dramas. The Book Of Ron: You guessed it.
The Physics of Home is an insightful and humorous journey into the everyday life of the stay-home dad, as seen through the eyes of a mechanical engineer. While proposing new engineering terms such as the Happiness Equation, Fig Newton's Law, The Law of Dollar Signs, and the Household Law of Conservation of Energy, it is a delightful analysis of the inner workings of the home and its staff.
Five poems wrestling with the Big Picture; the meaning of life and death, the aching transition-cradle to grave, night to day, blossom to decay. Figments with egos. Zip.
Father Ron Camarda was recalled to Active Duty to serve with the Marines during the Battle for Fallujah, Iraq (2004). At Bravo Surgical (Marine equivalent to a M.A.S.H. unit)he received over 1500 casualties and 81 deaths. When he returned home he found his work was not done. Walking with the widows and families left behind has been filled with great love and compassion. This is a walk with God into the war in the desert, only to find that the real war is within the human heart. The Afterward is by Colonel Mike Shupp, USMC Commanding Officer, Regimental Combat Team-1, Fallujah 2004-2005
The Opening addresses the age-old question 'what happens when we die' with a spiritual fantasy of immense charm and imagination. At once an insightful meditation on life's passages and a vision of unearthly realms, it creates its own enchanted worlds where characters connect with one another between here and the hereafter across the thinnest of lines. Joe St. John wanders out into a blizzard and falls through an opening that leads him to amazing, sometimes harrowing places where he encounters the major turning points in his life. Along the way, he revisits his missed opportunities, uncovers his life's core trauma, and is given mysterious geometrical symbols that hold the key to his future. As Joe's soul hovers between two worlds he will discover the truth about life and death, and be confronted with the ultimate choice: save his own life, or give it up for someone he loves.
Promised Valley Rebellion, the first book in the Promised Valley series of four novels by Ron Fritsch, is a story of forbidden love. The farmers' king refuses to allow the marriage of the coming-of-age prince to the daughter of the farmer who saved the king's life in the last war with the hunters. Her brother decides he has to help his sister and the prince, his boyhood friend, correct the flagrant injustice.That decision leads them and their allies into a youthful rebellion against the king and his officials, who rule the kingdom from their bluff-top town. The far more numerous farmers in the villages below, who despise the officials but not the king, and who admire the prince, are in a position to determine whether the rebels will succeed or face execution for treason.Kirkus Indie Reviews: "The story is very likely as old as human civilization. It encourages the reader to ponder the universal elements of the tale. A strange, primitive world that feels winningly real."Feathered Quill Book Reviews: "Promised Valley Rebellion explores human differences in many forms-physical, psychological, and cultural-with keen insight and tasteful honesty. Fritsch develops his characters with sensitivity and depth, and their youthful optimism and enthusiasm ring so genuine that only the most cold-hearted reader could resist rooting for them. Shining through the simple but expressive prose is an underlying affection for the human condition: vulnerable, frequently confused, but always capable of great heroism and love. This is ambitious fiction, at once entertaining and bursting with thought-provoking allegory."The US Review of Books: "Fritsch's is a good tale that feels real, with a strong promise and a good twist at the end. A good book to read by the fire in wintertime, Fritsch presents us with a primitive society, in the manner of Jean Auel's books, but with much more compassionate characters."Reader Views: "You'll enjoy Promised Valley Rebellion] if you like in-depth characters, a mystery that's not easily solved, and a subtle twist that could change everything."Promised Valley Rebellion was the winner of the gold medal in the Literary Fiction category of the 2010 eLit Awards competition, the first-place winner in the Gay and Lesbian and Transgender Fiction category of the 2011 National Indie Excellence Awards competition, and the winner of the silver medal in the Historical Fiction category, as well as a finalist in the General Fiction category, of the 2011 Readers Favorite Awards competition.
Dr. Ron McGaughey, known to his friends as Ronnie, has been turkey hunting for 46 years. He grew up in rural Mississippi and started turkey hunting at the age of 12. There were few turkey hunters at that time, and no videos or audio tapes to learn from, so he learned to turkey hunt by doing it At 58, he still spends 30 to 40 days afield each spring hunting turkeys across the South and Midwest. His 32 years of teaching and research, coupled with his 46 years of turkey hunting, uniquely qualify him to write "The Book on Turkey Hunting." His skills as a woodsman, his turkey hunting knowledge, and his experience in teaching are evident in the way this book is written. Do not expect a boring textbook because intermingled with the "how to" turkey hunt are numerous stories that illustrate and entertain. His attention to detail in describing the gear needed, turkeys and turkey behavior, calling, and the fundamentals of turkey hunting, make the book ideal for the beginner. His discussion of advanced tactics and his entertaining hunting stories will appeal to the seasoned turkey hunter. This book is for the beginner, the veteran turkey hunter, and anyone in between
