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Winner of "Best Non-Fiction 2020," here's the Amazon #1-rated new release in Commercial Aviation! Who didn't want to be a jet pilot as a kid? Yet for most, life gets in the way and charts a different course. But what if? Here's your chance to live the dream, the true story of a childhood passion for airplanes and flight to the rigorous military college that lead to Air Force pilot wings, to years as a USAF pilot in the Pacific and Asia, then into the cockpits of the world's largest airline, and decades as a captain. Live the struggle, the adventures, the flying, the ups and downs of airline...

The dark forces of Deep Space threaten a tenuous human Alliance weary of war and unwilling to fight a growing menace and a treacherous rebellion. Enter Gus Harcum, lone wolf, ex-military, Black Ops contractor with a ship, a ragtag crew, and more guts than sense--caught in the middle of an alien power grab as humanity stands once again on the brink of war. Come aboard, strap in, and hang on--it's a wild ride.

Named "Finalist, Best Fiction of 2017" by the N. Texas Book Festival, this critically acclaimed novel is a story you'll live and breathe rather than just read. The high price demanded of a nation embroiled in a far-off, unpopular war grips small town America where such sacrifice is ultimately borne. In the hardscrabble west Texas town of Conroy, folks prepare to send their favorite son off to that war, as a parallel battle of domestic violence erupts at home, explosive and relentless, forging bonds of strength and fortitude within the young generation struggling to surmount the violence and...

Voodoo Rush, winner of "Best Fiction 2018," N. Texas Book Festival: The Louisiana bayou explodes in a deadly drugs-for-guns deal gone wrong, with rival gangs, rogue DEA agents and an elite hacker squad pitted against each other in a flash-fire that stretches from The Big Easy to the Caribbean and back. Desperate men, bold women and a thread of Voodoo weave a vivid tapestry of heart-pounding action and tense adventure. Hang on—it's a wild ride. Special Bonus: this edition contains a sneak preview of the sequel, Moscow Mojo, set for release in early 2020!

Sanctuary Moon, Finalist (Third Place) for "Best Fiction of 2020": "Time is a thief and history a lie," says young Dr. Tessa Leonard, historian and survivor of the brutal Nazi takeover of Austria. But what if the past could be redone, if Keplerian math theory and cosmology could grant you access to the alchemy of time, fate, and destiny, and let YOU set things right? Join Tessa Leonard and mathematician Troc Ang on their harrowing firsthand experience of the Fall of Saigon in 1975 and the dreaded Nazi "Anschluss" in 1938. Who dies, who's saved, and at what price? This story from award-...