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When a neighbor man molests young Zoe, a pseudohermaphrodite and ugly duckling, she gains the means to build her first laboratory to explore microbes, eventually eliminating the predator and realizing her passion for using her tiny “friends” to murder those that persecute, harm, and threaten her.On a trip to Paris, she meets a man connected to the global underworld, and they create a company that provides terrorists the tools to eliminate their enemies. As a urologist affiliated with a prestigious New York hospital, Zoe privately continues to use her micro-friends to exact ...

At first sight, crossing Central Africa alone in 1960 in a VW Beetle, 40-year-old American-born Louise D’Oliveira might have seemed to be a tourist thrill seeker. Instead, her mission was that of a literacy teacher with the goal of bringing Africans out of the darkness of illiteracy into a brighter future. She was inspired and trained by Dr. Frank C. Laubach, known as the apostle to the silent billion. In those days, indigenous people usually did not bother a single white woman traveling alone, assuming she was a teacher, a nurse, or a missionary, but Louise did encounter considerable ...

Sam Westmore killed several people before committing suicide. That, in and of itself, makes for an interesting read, but Protect the Guilty becomes a compelling story when it portrays Sam as a ghost, reliving and relating the events of his life that led to his acts of violence, hoping against the bitter realities of life to clear himself as a mindless, out-of-control human. From his invisible vantage, Sam first observes the crime scene while learning how to navigate his new form, learning from the inside out what makes people think – and tick. To relate his pre-suicide life, he spends ...

What happened to Rick Blaine, Ilsa Lund, Louis Renault, and Sam after the plane for Portugal took off, leaving moviegoers with those now famous lines that Rick uttered as he and Louis walk into the fog, “Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”? The authors have pieced together the history of our brave band of players in a world gone mad in the throes of World War II.Brazzaville is the code name of Pierre Renault’s group of French Resistance fighters based in Morocco. They join the foursome on the first of many missions to rescue their friends being detained by...

A Cuban family patriarch, late in life, narrates Sour Life, historical fiction surrounding his family’s fight to preserve democracy in that Caribbean island nation; their ultimate loss of their beloved homeland and emigration to the United States; his service as a Green Beret in the Vietnam War; and subsequent medical service in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Underlying these efforts is his struggle to thwart drug trafficking and find the CIA killer of his Laotian wife and unborn child. Revisionist history dominates the first section on Cuba and takes the reader around the world as the ...

John Easterling, an investigative reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, covers the police blotter for the city. He stumbles upon a bizarre case of child murders and mutilations. He isn’t restricted by the police’s limited view of the world that crimes are committed only by people; other forces haunt places like Lincoln Park. On his journey, he gains invaluable help from Lorraine, a physic who holds a secret which, when revealed, explains her uncanny abilities. Also aiding him is the ring of Solomon, unearthed by Barry, an archaeologist at the University of Chicago, and by John’s ...

“Zaragoza leads the reader through a horrific murder plot with both speed and efficiency. A good murder mystery but also a good social issues story.” New York City’s Police Chief, Robert Matson, reflects on his first murder case when, as a newly discharged Korean War veteran, he returns home to Harlem to find a color line blocking his admission to the police academy. Matson takes interim work as a janitor, but his skills in the military police come to light when Bumpy Johnson, Harlem’s unofficial mayor, pimp, and drug czar, seeks Matson’s help tracking down the killer of his ...

Animal Court is a modern fable, in which wildlife from around the world turn the tables on humans. Set in an African jungle, the animals take to trial one man whose global conglomerate has destroyed habitats, polluted waters, and pushed animal, insect, marine, and plant species closer to endangerment and extinction. How will animals serve justice if the jury finds the defendant guilty beyond all reasonable doubt?

The first wife of Adam wasn’t Eve but Lilith who didn’t want Adam to dominate her. She left him in the garden and ran away. She was condemned to an existence in a cave but was allowed to roam the earth only during a full moon. All the children—the demons—of Lilith escape, save for a small band who believe they must counteract the horrors their mother has spread all over the world. So, their journey begins from the fall of Babel to their eventual encounter with Christ. Our little band travels the world, seeking out their demonic brethren. Our trio’s hope is to put an end to the ...

“Set in 1950s NYC, the hero fights crime amid racial tension and the rise of Nazism. A fascinating story, packed with suspense and plenty of intrigue.” Matson’s forensic boss, O’Neal, a crusty Scotsman, sends Matson to the crime scene in Manhattan, where he learns that three men, all with the same name, are murder victims, suspiciously in a three-block radius of each other. He hooks up with his former partner, Harvey Smith, and the two cops plug into the world of spies, Nazis, and Operation Paperclip. In their investigation into the three murders, all revealing ties with Hitler, the...

What makes men different from angels and demons? It is their capacity for redemption. Armageddon: An Apache Story relates the attempt by Bal’am, Prince of Hell, to return to heaven. To succeed, he must dwell in the well of the soul before Archangel Gabriel brings it to the infant. Bal’am possesses young Luis on a spiritual quest in the Apache Medicine Society that has rejected modern life for oneness with nature. Apache and Hopi traditions are woven artfully throughout this novel. Bal’am finally enters Luis and begins his reign of terror and destruction. Luis is incarcerated, and ...

In the grimy Red Light District of La Zona, Mexico, Casanova, a bumbling cantina owner, sets out to transform his border town and change the lives of its residents. Despite warnings from friends, he embarks on his mission in an unorthodox way, luring vulnerable American women to send money in exchange for long distance love. As his bank account grows and life for the town dramatically improves, will his unwitting benefactors discover his scam? What measures will they take to recoup their losses?

The Kokomo Railroad chronicles the uncompromising struggle to gain the release of Charles Edward Lockert from prison after having been railroaded through the Indiana criminal justice system, illegally incarcerated for almost thirty years, and held unjustly on parole for ten years. This book delivers in detail the freedom team’s strategy and serves as inspiration for all who seek justice.

Based On A True Story For Bongo, music – piano, percussion, and voice – was a natural gift. It could have opened wide the doors to notable success for him, had he heeded his mother’s advice. Fate derailed her dream for him, as he moved from petty thefts to riskier criminal activities to a life sentence. Born James Allen on Chicago’s South Side, his mother nicknamed him Sammy for his dark brown hue. As an older kid, Sammy served as a look-out for local drug dealers in the neighborhood. Whenever he saw a cop approaching, he would beat on a car hood, pretending to play the drums, ...