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In the treacherous woods of Tate's Hell, a missing child sets off a race against time. Join county sheriff Pratt Harlowe on a heart-pounding search for a missing child in the treacherous woods of Tate's Hell. When a little boy disappears one evening along the shore of the Apalachicola Bay, the tight-knit coastal community is thrown into chaos. As the search intensifies, Harlowe must contend with unpredictable weather, the rugged terrain of Tate's Hell, and small-town politics that threaten to derail his investigation. As the investigation deepens, Harlowe uncovers a web of secrets and lies ...

On a peaceful cattle ranch outside of El Paso, Texas, Stewart Rigby works as a cow hand, the most excitement faced each day is a stray calf or a call from one of his girls' softball coaches that they have added a scrimmage game to the schedule, "can Aly make it tonight?" Stewart has traded his life as a soldier for one of driving a tractor, worming cows, and brushing horses. He left behind his past existence of sniper in Britain's Special Air Service (SAS). Then one day, drones appear in the skies over the ranch and explosions are touched off on the outskirts of El Paso. Stewart faces a ...

It’s the 3rd December 1945. The Vampire is about to make history. She's already the fastest fighter aeroplane in the world. Her pilot, Lt. Commander Eric "Winkle" Brown, if successful, hopes to, in the Vampire, make the first landing of a jet aircraft on an aircraft carrier, ever. The story highlights the risk, the danger, of this never-tried-before endeavor. it is a story of courage, bravery, and Christmas hope.

A drone attack on a capital city! Two thousand pounds of explosives hurtling towards London! Time is running out! A fast-paced story of adventure, bravery, comradeship, and love. From the author of Don't Call it Murder! The Chance I'll Take, Balloon Fall, and Ghost Truck! Another unusual, short story you won't be able to put down!

Etta, a working mother, grapples with her career as a lawyer, running a household, caring for her older children as well as a new baby. Alone she faces an internal crisis--continue juggling all her responsibilities or go in a new direction?

A former Royal Marine and veteran of the Afghan war confronts his past and seeks solace and meaning at Christmas time. A story of inspiration and hope.

"I was quite nervous. My first time. The other chaps were laughing about it, boisterous, trading banter as young men do. Meantime, I waited, imagining the things that could go wrong, going over what was expected of me." Denis Edison is twenty-two years old, a pilot in the Royal Air Force, a combat veteran. He is about to embark on a new adventure into the unknown! Flying Officer Edison will soon encounter the Vampire! An unusual short story from the author of Balloon Fall and Don't Call it Murder!

In a place of indescribable beauty, a wanted man hides in an old fish camp that floated downriver in a storm. With his pursuers closing in, he must decide what do to and how to make his escape. Complicating matters, the fellow is a young father who must decide what is best for his child--seeing her dad behind bars or a life on the run without her. The story is set on the Forgotten Coast of Florida.

Lieutenant Baird, commander of a Star-Reacher, explores an abandoned Crystal City on a faraway little moon.. What he finds shocks and mystifies him. Then something shocking is uncovered. Will the secret enigmas of the long abandoned Planet-State ever be solved?

From the author of "The Chance I'll Take" and "The Big Window" comes an original coming-of-age tale set Between the Wars. A young boy growing up in 1930's Munich and trying to find his place in his family and society meets an unexpected fork in the road. Feeling the disapproval of his father, the boy fears he is without a true purpose. His life takes this strange and fascinating turn when he encounters a giant! The arc of his life will be, quite possibly, forever altered. Will he follow the path of darkness or beauty that lays at that crossroads? A story of hardship, hope, and ultimate ...

A young woman with a shiner on her eye flees danger in Phenix City, hoping for a better life. An abusive boyfriend and the local law pursue. She may face new dangers hitchhiking south. Will she find the new life she longs for?

The year is 1949. Britain plans to launch the first man into space. It is Project Megaroc. An intrepid test pilot prepares to board this untried spaceship on a remote launch pad in Equitorial Africa. Will the hopes of the British Empire prevail!? Or will the flight end in disaster?

A baby is snatched from his mother's arms and carried away by a terrorist! Will his family ever see him again? Baby Yonatan is taken from his idyllic "Land of Oz" during the 7 October attacks. He soon finds himself captive in a dark tunnel many meters below ground. His mother is a hostage, also, and separated from him. A nation fears the worst! A powerful general takes a special interest in the case and works to find the baby at impossible odds. Will he find Yonatan before it's too late? If they do, will a rescue effort seal his fate—and plunge the entire Middle East into war? As the ...

An oddly beautiful, warm room with a giant window looks out upon the sea. A man and a woman must face a fateful decision in the room. There is untold beauty in this place. The couple have a complex history. The man is a veteran, a pilot who has seen action. His wife, a beautiful woman he met during the war. Will they settle the rift that lies between them or go their separate ways?

A pilot and veteran reflects on a surprise gift with profound implications for the meaning of his life, his career, and the ghostly memories of his past combat experiences.

The balloons fell. The trains derailed. The shelves went bare. We got sick. We died. Survival in the midst of an unknown threat, one that appears on the brink of ending life as we know it.

A group of men fight dangerous conditions in a logging operation in the Malaysian Rainforest. They face even more risk as 'the company,' which controls nearly everything in sight, plans to clear cut new sections of ancient trees. And they begin to wonder about one of their crew. Does he bear a dark secret?

A woman's body, a smashed Packard, a half-empty bottle of booze, a dark rainy night sixty years ago. The police said it was a case of drunk driving. But things weren't always as they seemed in Florida's sleepy little capital. The woman-Jo Ellen-had a past and enemies. No one wanted to ask the hard questions. The case went as cold as winter in North Florida, filed away in the dusty basement of the Tallahassee courthouse-until, Jo Ellen's father, Milo Harbert, began receiving photographs from his daughter's past. He demands the case be investigated properly. He goes to a brand-new agency: the...

Mysterious drones swarm the night sky over New Jersey filing the population with trepidation and causing young and old to wonder what it means. Some thought aliens. Some thought one enemy nation or another. Others pondered conspiracy theories that seemed to get stranger by the day. The government offered little in way of explanation. The clock is ticking, unbeknownst to all. With time running out and the drones continuing to fly, will the mystery be solved and calamity averted?