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In a desperate gamble by the Confederacy, a plan is hatched to win the Civil War in its opening months. The mission fails during what is now known as the greatest locomotive chase in history. According to history, all of the raiders involved in the chase were captured. Some were executed as spies, some served time in prison and some escaped and were later awarded the first Medals of Honor issued by the United States. But History is sometimes wrong. There was one who was never discovered. He survived to live a long life but due to a war time injury his memories concerning his participation ...

The Ridge at Misty Meadow Who has not heard of the heroic soldiers of the civil war? The die-hard confederates defending their State’s Rights and the loyal union troops dedicated to preserving the nation. History rarely mentions the others, like Baxter Robinson, a simple southern farmer, loyal to his country but more so, to his family. Baxter has no time for politics, he has no interest in owning slaves and as you will see, he is willing to die for what he believes is right. The story continues in 1921, with the struggles of his granddaughter. Maggie is a progressive minded and headstrong...

The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, a brooding tale of old England has forever found a place in literary history. Noyes was a genius. He easily, in two pages or so, created the life, love and death of two lovers. Only two pages is all he needed to describe the adventures of a thief, his love, and his death. The poem tells you about Bess, even Tim, but who was the Highwayman? Bess, his lover, was clearly described. We even have a glimpse of Tim who also loved Bess and obviously hated the outlaw. But who was the Highwayman? Why was he a highwayman? And what about the others? Hell, at one dark ...

The brutal murder of Carl Miller, a recluse senior citizen, in a small South Georgia town, sends the Chief of Police and a freelance writer on a quest to uncover who would do such a thing, and why. Their investigation sends them to the Golden Isles of Georgia, where they discover a little-known coastal community that has guarded Miller’s secret since the end of World War II. Here among the legends of pirates and the superstitions of another culture, they come face to face with a ruthless killer that will do anything to find and recover what he believes to be his own father’s legacy.

Riley is retired. Or, rather he’s escaped from the dark side of the world. The side he can’t talk about. He enjoys his life away from it all. Just he and his wife Carol in the North Georgia Mountains. When Carol dies, he is devastated and sinks into despair. His life turns into one rum-soaked night of misery after another. Then from his past comes a stirring of old memories. A close friend from his other life has committed suicide. Or, was it murder? His old agency, that never really existed, is also curious about his friend’s death. They like to keep up with their former “...

It is 1942. A young moonshiner, from the North Georgia Mountains, where he has conducted his own war against Revenuers and rival moonshine operations, is drafted into the Marines during World War II. LC Tudor finds himself stationed in the Bahamas, among palm trees, tropical sun and intrigue. LC unwittingly falls in with a disgruntled OSS spy, who has now taken the new identity of Nolan Barley. Nolan is fresh from an assignment in Casablanca, where he barely escaped from ruthless Nazis after aiding in the rescue of a Czech Freedom Fighter and his wife, who was also the love of his life. ...

The story begins in 1838, during the Cherokee Indian Removal in Murray County, Georgia. It continues into the Civil War, when a mysterious scar-faced man murders Reese Owens’ family and leaves Reese for dead. Confederate Major Tom “Polk” Edmondson and the North Georgia Scouts stumble upon Reese and doctor him back to health. Reese remains with Polk during the final year of the Civil War as he continues to search for the mysterious killer of his family. After the war the killer comes to realize Reese is still alive. In his twisted mind, he believes Reese is the only one remaining who ...

In the eastern part of North Georgia, there is a mountain range at the southernmost point of the Appalachians. It is not a very big mountain, less than 3,000 feet high. It is a land where the Cherokee lived, thrived, and died, for hundreds of years. Atop this mountain are the remains of a stone fort. Some say they are the ruins of an ancient religion. The Cherokee say it was there long before they arrived, which would have been before the tenth or eleventh century. They believe these ruins were built by the Moon Eyed people. Others believe a Welsh explorer named Madoc built them. Madoc set ...

After Jamie Brackton’s rescue by the pirate Bonty Labelle, (See Comes the Highwayman, 2020) Jamie convinces Bonty to end his pirating ways and instead smuggle guns to the Americans during the war of 1812. Alas, unable to escape his past Bonty soon finds himself locked in a cell in Savannah, Georgia. His captor, an American Naval Officer, tells Bonty and Jamie that unless they help in locating the lost daughter of Vice President Aaron Burr, Theodosia Burr Alston, they will hang Bonty for his past crimes as a pirate. It seems that In January of 1812, a small schooner departed Charleston, ...