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Two ships. Two captains. One part of a desire to conquer the world. The other with a desire to conquer himself. When the captains and their ships meet it will be a duel at sea of monumental proportions. A female spy has the ability to change the course of the duel between the ships. Which captain will she favor? A bleak, rocky island named Kerguelen will see the emergence of one captain as the victor and the other as his prisoner.

What if a Teaching Assistant witnessed a murder in the university cafeteria? What if he were preparing the last session for a class in the Experimental College that dealt with shamans and witchcraft? What if the murderer read the same book the T.A. is going to use for his X-college class? What if the T.A. asked an art student to make an illustration of Astaroth, a demon from the book the T.A. was going to use during his final X-college class? What if the art student hanged himself in the venue the T.A. was going to use for his last X-college class? What if Astaroth's words became a refrain ...

Shelley O'Shea is willing to kill to become a bestselling author. Janet Slade and her partner Pete Slocum try to solve a series of almost clueless murders. A break in the case revolves around a profiler's report.

Sophie Drucker, a career criminal who recently changed from Carl Drucker, opts for transportation to the penal complex Luna on the Moon rather than have her DNA “aligned” to remove all thoughts and images of violence. On Luna inmates are housed in individual pods. There are ten pods to a canister overseen by a warden. The warden reports to a commander who, in turn, reports to a Deputy Director on Earth. Rebecca Fordyce is the warden for Canister 1, a pod of which becomes Sophie’s new residence. Fordyce also becomes romantically involved with the captain of Lunik 2, one of the ...

Los Angeles and its nemesis, the San Andreas fault provide the setting for this sci-fi adventure. A probe lands in 2500 B.C. The alien occupant is trapped until the San Andreas fault rumbles to life. Angelinos wonder whether their usual way of life will be destroyed by the determined and dangerous alien. Only a desperate gamble can eliminate the threat.

Sweet Drop in Africa: Charity shows Emily Hobhouse's determination to ameliorate some of the cruelty the army has perpetrated in South Africa. She uses her writing skills to motivate relatives and friends to support the relief effort for the women and children who experience the horrendous living conditions in the concentration camps. The letters she receives from South Africa show the conditions in the camps are deteriorating faster than Emily had imagined. Emily decides to go to the camps. She travels to Cape Town and finds that getting to the camps is extremely difficult. Emily finally ...

Peter Dawes continues the search for Jack Rhodes by taking stagecoach and steamboat to San Francisco where Rhodes was shanghaied. Even before Dawes returns to San Francisco, Rhodes experiences a shipwreck and rescue by a very literate and murderous captain who commands the Arkadia, bound for San Francisco with a cargo of opium for Oyster Mike, known as an oyster pirate but in reality the man who controls the vice payoffs in the Barbary Coast. One danger that Dawes is unaware of is that the brother of the half-breed he killed in Susanville has returned to the frontier town. When Tug finds ...

Josh Colum appears as normal as any one of us but he has a deep subconscious memory of how his mother treated his father. Josh has layered that early part of his life onto all females in Sacramento and he formulates a plan to eliminate their seemingly inescapable hold over him. Coincidentally, Janet Slade returns to California’s capital. After seven years away from her original job as a public information officer with the Sacramento PD she has returned with political help from her father’s friend to the higher status of homicide detective.

Jim Garrett and Andy Grimes are ready to graduate from the University of Santa Clara. They have completed four years of R.O.T.C. and, along with their diplomas, will be commissioned as officers in the United States Army. The first order they receive is to report to the Letterman Army Hospital in the Presidio to undergo a physical check. Reporting to the hospital early, both are given quarters in the B.O.Q. Andy parks his graduation present, a 1950 Chevrolet two-door sedan, in front of his quarters. A night visiting San Francisco’s night life on the 4th of July appears to be a good way to ...

You've always wanted someone to give you an unbiased review of a book. These blogs will come as close to that ideal as any you might come across. Whatever bias appears is that of the book's author. These 65 "blogs" are short enough so that you can use them as stoplight reading. And the book would make an excellent gift for that friend or relative who is so pressed for time they can't read a book-length book. If you find this book useful please drop me a line via email. My web site is listed on the last page.

Fred Ball, the American Secretary of State, is kidnapped in Belize. American Special Forces attempt a rescue. The small but elite group of highly trained soldiers must overcome the difficulties of terrain, politics, mercenaries, and a nefarious plot hatched by various individuals in the governments of Mexico and Guatemala. A very powerful drug lord complicates the rescue by enlisting the services of a Belizean bandit, who, in turn, is set upon by both Mexican and Guatemalan soldiers. Washington and its politics are drawn into the maelstrom that Latin America becomes as a result of the ...

Peter Piper and his friends David Duncan and Clarissa Camp,The Dragon Trio, have contacted two of the rulers in the landof Faunia: the Coyote King and the Rattlesnake Queen. KingCoyote wants their help to ward off the threats to his throne and the Rattlesnake Queen wants them for her army of wraiths. So far in their adventures they have successfullyavoided become wraiths.

Peter Piper and his friends Clarissa Camp and David Duncan have avoided becoming wraiths. They will now deal with Princess Hawk, but they have the power of the green fuze to thwart any attempt to convert them into wraiths. Princess Hawk has devised new traps for them. Will they continue to escape becoming wraiths?

Arthur Tageman is now the head of the Redub Project for all of Megaworld’s legacy films. The Five Tines gang wants revenge for the death of Freddie Spiels. At least that’s how Arthur has characterized the anonymous threatening phone calls he’s received. As the redub project progresses, Arthur completes his application for a concealed carry permit. He also buys a pistol, bullets and a shoulder holster. Arthur juggles the redub project and the threats as well as he can. An indie production company requests Arthur’s presence at a pre-production conference for a movie with the working ...

Eighteen stories to entertain and enlighten. Rider, a rousing tale of a two-wheeler in the dead of winter. The Princess and the Knight, marriage at its best. One Last Chance, a look at compulsive gambling. The Saga of Doggie Zimmerman, an old sea dog who doesn't give a damn. Heartbreaker, a mother has to give up her child. One for my Master, night shift on a rice ship. Casey's Fort Zinderneuf, life mimics art. Columbia Dig, solving an archeological mystery. The Ordeal of Jane Manning, survival at all costs. Raney, occult powers that reshape reality. Kirby, a vacuum cleaner salesman who ...

Herlong, a wartime city in the high desert, had a diverse population that harbored bursts of temper, assignations that led to murderous plots, and past histories that were best left hidden. In the midst of the writhing psychological undercurrent the military authority offered a trip on the California Zephyr as a prize for the crew with the highest tonnage tallied. Though a possible explosion was a risk that was well understood, nonetheless when it occurred the place and time caught everyone totally unprepared. Looking at the explosion as one of the risks of life, the men who won the the ...

James Bowan, the first victim, is on the hunt for sexual gratification in 1979. He meets a strange woman in a bar. In his apartment she is quite interested in a scrapbook in which he's collected a variety of memorabilia. Raymond Turko is an inspector with San Francisco PD. He is assigned the Bowan murder even though it's technically his day off. His partner, Dominic Mazuti and he go to the scene of the murder to find out there isn't much there besides Bowan's corpse. As the story progresses we learn how Turko tries to fit information about Bowan into some sort of pattern. We also get a ...

Thomas Higgins works for the state of California in the Climate Agency. Numerous complications interrupt his relatively happy life. Foremost among them is his recurring dream that is set in the Middle East. Also high on the complication list is one of Thomas’ rules: he should never become intimate with a co-worker. However, sleeping with a woman prevents the dream from recurring. With that as a solution, he relents and takes a co-worker, Christie, as a roommate. Like Thomas, Christie is a bike-riding enthusiast. Aside from that shared interest she poses numerous challenges to his personal...

Jim McClain passes the Social Worker One test, completes orientation and reports for work in the Welfare building. He is tasked with two caseloads of Ward 10 self-committed patients. It is an unfair situation and one that Jim is willing to accept to keep his job. Ultimately, it will be one of the factors in his decision about continuing to work in the department. He meets Raney McLeod, another welfare worker, and they hit it off. She’s from Mississippi while Jim is from California. That geographic difference will impact their relationship. Jim’s first three weeks on the job go smoothly,...

Kurt Lederer’s study grant to observe Patas Monkeys in the Central African Republic has been approved. His grant also includes his friend Ted Simmons, an artist who will provide illustrations of the field study. They drive to the Metropolitan Airport in Sacramento. There they board a private jet that will take them to Washington, D.C. where Kurt hopes to meet with National Science representatives and obtain the necessary items to make their field study successful. A surprise awaits them as they are driven to Langley, Virginia where they meet Hector Guajalva, a CIA agent. After a ...