At Huntsville, Alabama, NASA engineer Lance Shepard develops a unique diving helmet based on his study of hammerhead sharks. Forces in the federal government coerce him to make his technology available to U.S. Navy SEALS. As accidents in the Indian Ocean inadvertently begin revealing the outlines of Osama's plans, the SEALs get involved.

The presence of dangerous pathogens draws attention from the Centers for Disease Controls. Enter Amy Matsumoto, a capable CDC microbiologist who loves working in the field and has had experience in Islamic countries. Dangerous weapons are being stockpiled in readiness for hell to break loose. Only the terrorists know what's being planned, but individuals selected for martyrdom see only their part in the program. No one knows the full story. No one can comprehend what's being planned. Not the CIA. Not the US Navy.

On Mauritius, Nicolette Lamoreux, a Franco-Indian hotelier, is trying to expand her modest hotel empire and operate her drug business at the same time. Her bartender stumbles on the building arsenalÑand dies. The grand vision for the impending calamity comes from Osama, and he takes instructions directly from God. Only...sometimes the communication is confusing. And sometimes, it appears that God might change direction after the train is on the track.

Osama takes direction from Allah. Lance draws support from Tennyson. Amy looks to a dead Japanese microbiologist for inspiration. Niki gets help from bhang. On unsuspecting Mauritius, waves are lapping gently at the beaches.

Choppers Up! is a story of war and its futility, the young lives wasted and the devastation of landscapes and families. Warrant Officer Timothy D. Dundee is a very young helicopter pilot in an assault company in the US Army during the Vietnam War. His encounters give a graphic account of day-to-day life in combat. In his Army unit there is action, love, sex and simple military humor typical of that found in the jungles of Vietnam with men trying to do a job against impossible odds.

The parallel story of Vietnamese activist Dinh Chau and his sister Nguyen provides a fascinating contrast, showing life on the other side. It also highlights the conflict among the country's people and the uncertainity of their nation.

The Saigon River Massacre changes Timothy's perception of the "honorable" war. The order is given to destroy a Sampan (steamship) loaded with civilian women and children. The haunting memory of children in his gun sight changes Timothy's whole outlook on life. Clandestine "Spook" missions, in Cambodia add to Timothy's discomfort and loathing of this "unwinable" war in Vietnam.

Jose's presence in Vietnam was discovered by the small female army commanded by a beautiful Eurasian girl. Her father was a French ex-officer and mother a Vietnamese beauty queen. She and her comrades played Jose's records on their clandestine station. Nicknamed Suang, by the North Vietnamese, she and her girls frustrated the Americans, so they gave her the title "Lady Tigress". She fought a personal war against the Americans because they had bombarded her home killing her parents and all the household staff.

When Jose Gray's mission as a pianist backfired he demanded active duty, to fly the troop carrier chopper for which he was trained before arriving in Vietnam. Jose's chopper was shot at and force landed into a shallow swamp and all were captured by the Lady Tigress' army. His capture is the beginning of the entwining of their lives leading to adventures in Vietnam and Australia and ultimately to tragedy.

For Two Sovereigns is an historical adventure novel. It intertwines the historical accuracy of 18th century naval action with the training of a young RAF fast-jet pilot of the 1960s. The intertwining happens because the pilot, Peter Moore, undergoes a series of experimental hypnotic regressions which speed him back to the previous life of a young Cornishman, Jack Wilbraham. Jack has grown up in Lostwithiel, the capital of Cornwall. He becomes involved in smuggling with his father but eventually joins the Royal Navy and sees action notably during the evacuation of Toulon and the Battle of the Nile. A tragic accident leaves Peter permanently with the life memory of Jack. Will it affect his flying career? We learn of the two young men's family background, their lives and loves and how they lived their lives. We experience smuggling action and discover the intricacies of smuggling in the 18th century.

We accurately witness Peter learning to fly, progressing from the Chipmunk, through the Jet Provost and Gnat, to the Hawker Hunter and a 'posting' to the Far East. We learn the aircraft cockpit drills, witness the thrill of going solo, experience sea survival training, decompression training and jungle survival training. We witness Peter flying anti-guerrilla warfare missions over the Malayan jungle in support of the SAS. There is a breathtaking finale and a subtle twist right at the end. Pathway to the Stars follows.

Last Light is a novel about renewal of men and women in their sixties and late fifties who are joined together in an Ulyssean quest for physical and spiritual rejuvenation. The setting is the Canadian Armed Forces, in a fictional response to charges of age discrimination directed at the Forces' policy on mandatory retirement. Techniques for reversing the bioligical clock are applied to the members of a new infantry unit: the Grey Berets. The keys to renewal, however, are to be found ultimately in strong leadership, the mysteries of mind-body connection and the strength of the human spirit.

The novel draws mystical parallels between the events that take place in this story and the poem Ulysses, by Tennyson, as well as Dante's Inferno, on which the poem is based. It examines stereotypes on aging, leadership and courage by looking at them upside down. Elders go into combat as their children watch. The leadership of powerful, poll-driven politicians is challenged by a man guided only by his moral compass. Courage is expressed in restraint and self-sacrifice rather than the action-hero, guts-and-glory image so ingrained in the North American consciousness.

This is the story of the men in a Tank Destroyer Company in Europe during WWII. It follows the path of 613 TD Battalion in the mad race across Germany to beat the Russians to Berlin only to learn it was all in vain because Berlin had been promised to the Soviet Union at the Yalta Conference.

This book is full of soldier talk. It portrays the conversations between men in combat and in times of rest as well. Their fears and hopes. Their frustrations with being equipped with second rate weaponry and the pride of their accomplishments in spite of this disadvantage. The dirt, the smells, the sounds and sights of battle. The looting, drinking and fighting. The love and hate for each other.

The constant "ragging" on each other and the raunchiness of the humor is told in candid and direct language.

The shame in being afraid and the pride in overcoming it is told in a straightforward manner.

After long-time drug lord Pablo Cortez is murdered at his home in Cuba, a group of Army Rangers are brought together to train for and proceed to take down an even more deadly drug lord that has been linked to the murder. After the mission has begun, a terrorist attack occurs on U.S. soil and chaos ensues. As the mission status quickly deteriorates, the Elite Eight soldiers quickly discover that they are in the fight of their lives. They must work together to protect not only themselves, but their country. Can the Elite Eight soldiers make it out alive on their own, or will they need to find faith in a higher being to bring them home safe?

Set in the near future, the saga unfolds to reveal that Europe is on the verge of unifying and Russia has opened itself up to tourism. From this foundation, the narrator depicts the events, most of which are historical facts, that lead a man named "The Commandant" to gain power and put the entire world in danger. The "soldiers" use nuclear devices, major commercial airlines and airports throughout Europe, tourists taken hostage, and assassins, to take control of the European continent. As to be expected, world trade comes to a halt, and the US and Russia face a nuclear showdown as never seen since the Kennedy era. As events reach a climax, the Commandant pulls out all the stops to nuclear war. The President of the United States collapses in disbelief, while his staff wait to see what the Commandant will do next.

The Torch is the story of two young draftees who survive the vicious early war in Vietnam, only to return home where one drifts into a life of crime and murder, and the other meets personal tragedy. Jim Orletti and Lou Pizzatelli arrive in Southeast Asia during the spring of 1964, initially approaching their assignment as an adventure. That is their first mistake. Unknown to them, the war in their area of northern South Vietnam is about to undergo an explosive escalation. The two friends are assigned to the U.S. Army advisory team in the city of Hue, precisely where North Vietnamese Colonel Bui Xinh is planning a major attack.

Much of the story involves the experiences Orletti and Pizzatelli share with fellow Americans Captain Ed Welch and Colonel Bill Carlin as they attempt to prevent Colonel Xinh, assisted by his loyal Sergeant Hahn, from defeating the South Vietnamese Army. The scene ultimately shifts back to the United States, where Orletti and Pizzatelli struggle to fit into a society that feels only apathy and hostility toward them. They soon realize that the future may hold something quite different from what they expected.

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His best friend is also his own worst enemy.

Naval intelligence tests indicate he may have any school of his choice. After schooling, he ships out on a slow, plodding L.S.T. (Landing Ship Tanks).

The vessel is dogged by a Japanese sub during a typhoon. Lumber on the deck becomes slippery. A bulldozer slips over the side. It dangles, threatening to do what the sub cannot. Since the entire crew is down with sea sickness, Took volunteers to cut the huge dozer loose.

Instead, the storm tosses him over the side. Is his fate to become deep six shark bait? An empty twenty-man raft joins him and is home while two sharks volunteer to keep him company. He is close to going Asiatic.

Drifting along in the Japanese current, Took selects an island and makes it to shore through the pounding surf. It is occupied by Japanese soldiers and natives. Are the locals head hunters or cannibals?

He saves a native girl from certain death when the natives decide to toss her into a volcano. How does she become his valuable personal property?

The Japanese shoot down a B-25 and Took witnesses the atrocities on the airmen.

He is Court Martialled and sentenced to death by a firing squad for several reasons. Personality conflicts and a drunken defense attorney play a big part in his problems.

Can a Nisei, and the initials 'H.T.' save him?

The American Civil War deeply scarred not only the landscape but the hearts of the American people and left lingering secrets. The accidental discovery of one such Civil War secret by Georgetown University professor Ambrose Lapain, sends the professor on an all-out pursuit of fame and fortune, dragging others into the deadly whirlwind of events.
Though rooted in the infamous and bloody conflict of brother versus brother, the story nevertheless unfolds in modern times. Professor Lapain's passionate pursuit to uncover the mystery drives him to questionable ethical motives and disreputable alliances. Predictably, things get out of hand with dire consequences for Victor Johns, retired government employee and Vietnam veteran, and his family. Both Lapain and Johns will be tested in the crucible of good and evil, as they ride an unpredictable roller coaster of events.

War is so damn insane, and most views of war focus on the front line action. These 17 short stories provide a glimpse into the minds and lives of people who are part of the broader organization as well as those on the "enemy" side - their mind set and motivation for actions deemed beyond comprehension.

The scene for Quest for Glory is set in Southeast Asia - the Vietnam War, but it could be in numerous 'hot spots' around the world where professional-type soldiers are engaged in Special Operations. Quest for Glory offers only a faint glimmer of some of the duties and hardships endured by this special breed of men who ran and conducted long-range reconnaissance patrols during the late 1960s.

Sergeants Paul Garrett, and David Ryker, two veteran non-commissioned officers, are assigned to the US ninth Rangers for this express purpose, and wholeheartedly accept the challenge. Warrant officer Nguyen van Thanh, a veteran North Vietnamese officer of infantry troops, is responsible for training and deploying Anti-commando Unit teams to track down and eliminate all American ground reconnaissance patrols operating within the infamous A Shau valley.

After suffering numerous losses inflicted by ACU teams, Paul Garrett persuades an over-zealous commander to obtain permission from a three-star general officer to invade the ACU sanctuary located inside Laos, long recognized by everyone except the North Vietnamese. This act of committing an illegal military operation could cause untold damage to men and careers if exposed to proper authorities or news media persons.

This is minor concern to the Ninth Rangers when they finally get their chance to clash with the notorious ACU teams led by Warrant Officer Van Thanh, located inside Laos. Hundreds of men from both sides will needlessly perish because of other men's arrogance, egos, pride, and blind devotion to duty.

Quest for Glory is an action-packed novel with vivid descriptions of battlefield deaths and wounds Ñ not for the squeamish reader, nor will the reader witness favoritism shown by the Author toward any particular characters. All are treated as professionals. But the reader will experience identical feelings shown by these warriors from opposing sides when they fight Ñ just to live to fight another day. All are a 'Special Breed'.

When Alfie finally puffed his way to the top of the ridge and looked down, his mouth fell open and he stared in disbelief. The little landing field that had served so valiantly during the war in the South Pacific now lay in ruin. Smoke and dust hung over its pock marked surface in a dense cloud and across the way a broken cluster of palms burned out of control.

"Damn!" Alfie exclaimed as he sank slowly to his knees. "How the hell are we ever going to get off this place?" To Alfie the airfield was their only link to the outside world and now it was gone. Despair swept over him in a flash as he surveyed the tragedy in front of him. In his self pity he had completely forgotten about Dewey. Only a movement at the far end of the field brought him back to the present.

As Alfie remained motionless and squinted into the sun the movement became larger as it neared, and he could see that it was a man, no it was two men walking towards him.

"Damn, this isn't right," he said softy and began loading the shotgun. A few seconds later he saw that the man in front had his hands on his head and the man behind was Dewey with his big rifle pointed at the middle of the other's back. Quickly and cautiously he made his way down to his friend.

One of the major and unanswered questions of World War II and of the attack on Pearl Harbor was that President Franklin Roosevelt knew it was coming and let it happen so we could join England in her fight against Germany.
Only four people knew the real truth about the the attack on Pearl Harbor. The President, General Marshall and Deke Mahan, who became a party to the truth when it was discovered that he understood the Japanese, as well as anyone could understand the japanese.
And, who, then was shocked to learn that the President had someone very high in the Japanese government who could keep them informed of every move the Japanse made; someone who was a shadowy figure, fearful of his life and his family's, if he was ever discovered.
Deke's task was to capitalize on this information source, fighting the F.B.I., J. Edgar Hoover, and an agent, who thought he was a German spy and who went to extraordinary lengths to prove what he thought.
And, also at any cost, to keep the secret from becoming known to the American public, and even from the woman he loved!