A thrilling true story of courage and duty after 9/11—"an extraordinary read from cover to cover . . . Gritty, frustrating, brutal, exhilarating" (Midwest Book Review). Within hours after the World Trade Center attacks in 2001, ex-Green Beret Duane Evans began a personal quest to become part of the US response against al-Qa'ida. His determination led him to join one of the CIAs elite teams bound for Afghanistan. It was a journey that eventually took him to the front lines in Pakistan—first as part of the advanced element of a CIA group supporting President Hamid Karzai, and finally as leader of the under-resourced and often overlooked Foxtrot team. Evans's mission was to venture into southern Afghanistan, where the Taliban and al-Qa'ida held sway, and try to organize a cohesive resistance among the fractious warlords and tribal leaders. He traveled in the company of Pashtun warriors—one of only a handful of Americans...
About the Author: Duane Evans is a former CIA officer with field tours on four continents to include serving as Chief of Station, CIA’s most senior field position. He is the recipient of the Intelligence Star for valor and the Career Intelligence Medal. Prior to joining the Agency he was a U.S. Army Special Forces and Military Intelligence officer. He is also the author of the novel North From Calcutta. Views: 577
Single with no plans, Kate agrees to fill in at Thistle Do, the local small town flower shop. With everything organized on to-do lists for the week, Kate doesn't see anything that'd be a challenge. But within a couple of days, Kate not only realizes she has a brown thumb, but there's something wrong with the flowers.With less than a few days before Valentine's Day, Kate makes a last minute decision. She has to do whatever it takes, even if that means calling on her best friend's competition. Views: 577
A new coach is needed - but what can a wheelchair basketball champion teach Fergus and friends about cycling? Fergus is sure their new coach is going to be his ultimate hero, cycle champ 'Spokes' Sullivan, so when Grandpa introduces Charlotte Campbell, the children are all less than impressed. Charlie is the successful captain of the Paralympic wheelchair basketball team and has some interesting training methods. She gets the team doing yoga and wheelbarrow races, and enters them in the Wreck-It Run, a charity race where everyone creates their own adapted bikes from parts and must compete in pairs. Fergus is sure Charlie is off her rocker - how will this help them get faster for the International time trials? Views: 577
Eric attends a Scottish Country Dance class with his friend Amara to help her hook up with her crush-of-the-month. But the computer science grad student abandons his wingman duties when he finds himself interested in their dance instructor, Rob. Eric swears that's not just about how great Rob's legs look in a kilt. Soon he's scoping out Rob's Facebook page and following him to the local Highland Games in hopes of scoring a date.Previously published by Torquere Press as part of the Plaid Nights anthology, July 2015. Views: 577
Remi has always lived a seemingly perfect life. But at exactly midnight on the day she turns eighteen, she discovers nothing about her life is what it seems, and beneath her perfection resides a deadly darkness tied to a paranormal bloodline.
Remi is now cursed with reaper powers and struggles daily not to steal souls. And it doesn't help that she's drawn to Cameron, a sexy, charming, yet dangerous Grim Reaper.
Will she give into the evil? Or will she manage to find good in her curse?
Volume 1 in the Cursed Superheroes, Grim's Series. Views: 577
The decisions that we make, as small as they may be, set the course of our life. When Nora Clayton, a magnificent executive vice president of an important pharmaceutical Company in New York, has to fire ten thousand workers who will be substituted with sophisticated machines, she triggers the rage of Bonnie Larson, a woman who is invisible to society, but who comes from a long line of evil witches. After a long time of not having used her magic, she decides to curse Nora, who will watch how her life takes a 180º turn. The people she shares her comfortable life with don’t recognize her, her luxurious apartment on the Upper East Side no longer belongs to her and the only option she is left with is returning to Kutztown (Pennsylvania), her hometown, and to redo the inexistent relationship with her mother and live a life she had not chosen.
A story about parallel worlds, about the decisions we don’t make, about memories, life, love and, in the end, fate. A lesson on life in every page. Views: 577
‘Other Indie’ is a bi-annual e-zine in which the best in independent publishing is highlighted. This issue: Carrots by Colleen Helme! Also included, review of: Damnation Code by William Massa, A Daughter’s Gift by Jacqui Tam, Flight or Fight by Scott Bartlett, Zombies on the Rock: Outbreak by Paul Carberry,Kowloon Walled City, 1984 by Nicholas Morine, and 15 Minutes by Jill Cooper.‘Other Indie’ is a bi-annual e-zine in which the best in independent publishing is highlighted by authors and editors that have worked in the field for over a decade, in the hopes of helping readers break through the cluster of books they may not be sure about in an age when anyone can publish via digital formats. This issue's spotlight: Carrots by Colleen Helme, in which we review, interview Helme about her work, and include a short excerpt. Also included, review of: Damnation Code by William Massa, A Daughter’s Gift by Jacqui Tam, Flight or Fight by Scott Bartlett, Zombies on the Rock: Outbreak by Paul Carberry, Kowloon Walled City, 1984 by Nicholas Morine, and 15 Minutes by Jill Cooper, as well as an excerpt from 2016's smash hit, Call of the Sea by Amanda Labonté! Views: 576
Misty Epperson has her hands full with a toddler and a full-time job helping her billionaire brother, Ty, run The Epperson Foundation, a charitable organization he founded with his lottery jackpot. But all the chubby baby cheeks and conference calls in the world can’t drive away the emptiness hovering over her heart. She yearns for love, but Misty is wary. The last time she gave her heart away, it was returned to her battered and broken. When Misty meets Clydesdale wrangler, Travis Harper, she’s drawn to his quiet strength and easy smile. But Travis quickly makes his hatred of rich people known and Misty’s brother is one of the richest men in the state. When Ty interferes with the Clydesdale’s grazing pasture in the name of environmental protection, will Travis consider it guilt by association or can Misty break this sexy cowboy with the giant chip on his shoulder? Views: 576
