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Revelers crowd The Strip, dancing and singing to music blaring from the brightly lit casinos. They eagerly await the countdown to the new year. But, Jason Rourke, an ex-special operations soldier, knows of other countdowns on deadly bombs strategically placed to kill and maim innocent people. Jason picks up a fare at McCarran airport who does things to send tingles up Jason’s spine such as going places and seeing people who are suspect. Having served deep undercover in Latin American, Jason recognizes Hernan Diaz as someone with dealy intentions. He turns to Lupe Sonora, a local TV reporter, for advice and they see things leading to the conclusion that a terror attack is planned for New Year’s Eve. They take their findings to the authorities and are told, “We’ll take care of it.” Dismissed, the two cannot ignore the possibility and seek ways to stop the havoc. Blood in the Meadows is seen from the eyes of people on both sides of a single conflict, and gives interesting insight into the Colombian drug cartel as well as everyday life forthe people who live and work in Las Vegas. It is a story filled with romance, suspense, and drama right up to the last minute
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The Dragon Ships come and Eigan, a young shepherd flees a Priestess of Frieda who seeks his life. She murders his parents when they do not bring him before her. Eigan sets off into the unknown with his trusted sheepdog and a wizened, often addled, recluse. He carries a staff, a sling, a sword he must learn to use and a magical amulet of the Triple Goddess, Madrigan. On this perilous journey, he discovers he's not who he thought he was but one who will face monsters and bounty hunters to carry out a quest to undo what evil Gods have caused. FOLLOW THE RAVEN is the saga of a youth faced with magic, monsters, fairy folks and mythical creatures hidden in his world. It is a tale of fantasy mixed with science fiction aimed at youth of all ages.
| |  | | Lost Wagws in Las Vegas
A Taxidriver's Guide to - Slots- Gambling- Sin City
A basic guide for anyone visiting Las Vegas - or Reno for that matter.
Written by someone who was a professional slot machine player and Vegas cabbie, it gives a bit of history and many bits of information to make ones' stay enjoyable - and less costly. | |  | | The King's Highway
Timothy Beadle and Jaime the Cahita followed their beloved Father President Serra through the wastelands of Baja California. At his behest, they join Governor Portolá and Father Crespí north to explore the unknown lands of Upper California. Led by the stalwart Sergeant Ortega, the band encounters many obstacles but finally reach the place where Mission San Francisco de As is will someday stand.
Over the next 15 years, they toil to help Father President Serra establish nine missions and watch as the governors establish three military garrisons designed to hold back possible intrusion by Russian fur traders. They settle in the Carmel Valley and raise families while still doing everything possible to reach Father President Serra's goal of bringing The Word of God to the Native Americans he and his brother friars look upon as their children.
All too soon the frail and ever-suffering Father President Serra passes. Disciples, neophytes, and soldiers come from all over California to pass before their beloved friar's grave and all wonder if the dream will be carried on.
| |  | | The Sailor and The Carpenter
Timothy Beadle’s father indentures him to a ship’s captain and he soon is in Mid-Atlantic on his way to the far north-western shores of The New World. Padding the deck and climbing the rigging is exhilarating to the young English farm boy. The captain is a fair, God-fearing man who ensures Timothy also learns reading, writing and arithmetic. Strange islands and naked savages fill Timothy with curiosity and wonder.
Fate has more changes in store for Timothy. As the ships sails home with holds full of rich furs, a cyclone hits and Timothy ends up on the shores of Spanish California. Rescued by a young Indian boy, Jaime, and treated by the village medicine woman, Timothy is taken before grey robed priests, who offer him sanctuary when a local official tries to imprison him as a pirate.
Jaime had dreamed of Timothy’s arrival months before. Both sense the blood bond that ties them together and they unite in an effort, led by Father Junipero Serra, to expand the catholic faith and Spain’s control of the Californias.
| |  | | Waltzing in the Shadows
Waltzing in the Shadows is an epic tale of espionage when the Cold War began to thaw. It relates the cracking of the Iron Curtain and the rise of the Islamic Brotherhood and other radical Islamic groups. A US Army sergeant is assigned to the embassy in Vienna and befriends many Austrians, a girl working for the Austrian government among them. He learns he’s been caught up in a Honey Trap, an effort by a foreign intelligence service, to gain access to American secrets. His Austrian friends stands by him and their relationship blossoms into a life-long commitment. Readers will enjoy an American’s vision of beautiful Vienna and the life and pleasures of Austria. Waltzing in the Shadows is appropriate for readers of all ages who wish to relive or learn about such an interesting period.
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Literary Savannah
by Aberjhani
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 "The statues of Savannah's Monument Square are silent. The statue of the solemn girl in Bonaventure Cemetery—made famous in John Berendt's blockbuster book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil—can't speak. Only Savannah's literary monuments can g |
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