Harvey Stanbrough
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This is the ninth book in the Future of Humanity (FOH) series. After a long journey, it's time to set the ship down on the new human home world, which General Amanda Lowrey has named, appropriately, Terra 2.
There is Landing Site Eden, where she will attempt to set down a ship that was never meant to land. There are the satellite sites, each 50 miles from Eden, to the north, east, south and west.
There are the advance teams, whose only job is to...
2) The Storm
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Harold Sloan is the chief terraformer on Galen, a planet in another solar system.
Harold is also a man who lives very much within himself, and he loves nothing more than his work. Or so he believes.
Which is worse? The work-stopping storm that sometimes rages outside his annex apartment window? Or is it the internal storm, the one he can never escape?
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Although it was the first novel written in the series, with the advent of three prequels, Leaving Amarillo actually is Book 4 in the Wes Crowley saga. The titles are arranged chronologically, but each also is a stand-alone novel. Wes Crowley and Otis "Mac" McFadden are lifelong friends. Wes is a year younger and has always looked up to Mac, so when Mac joined the Texas Rangers in the 1870s in the Texas Panhandle, Wes goes along as usual.
But placing...
4) About Town
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"The Old Jenkins Place" is an odd compound on the outskirts of a small, religious community. Very fitting for all sorts of rituals. In "Paper Hearts," a story reminiscent of Hemingway's work, a waiter works his way through a shift at an all-night café. On the table in the back booth he finds a pair of paper hearts. But when exactly did he find them? In "Finding Harold," Mavis sets out to find her husband, who's been gone longer than she thinks he...
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The young new guy is more defective than detective. But his snitch gave up the information so he's in charge. It ought to be a routine takedown, albeit of a rising Mafia star. But old age and treachery will overcome youth and vigor every time. On both sides of the law.
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Long before he went into private practice as a P.I., Stern Talbot was a detective for the LAPD. Some cases are better than others, not so rattling. Not so sleep-depriving. Not so insane.
But the evidence in a brand new missing persons case echoes the evidence in a three year old cold case that ended with a missing body. Now it's time to figure things out and close them both. How could Stern know what was waiting at the end of the line? The twists...
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Georgette Tilden, wife of Blackwell Ops operative Jack Tilden and an operative in her own right, returns to tell her own unique story.
A deadly combination of charm, looks, and skills, Georgette will disarm, disable and drop you - you won't have a chance to blink.
TJ Blackwell, the owner of Blackwell Ops, has always encouraged his operatives to work solo. In fact, most of them don't even know who the other operatives are.
Way back in Book 1, TJ...
8) Loose Ends
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What deep personal fantasy can sustain an unrequited love for forty years? How can a jilted lover watch and learn and plot and plan, yet miss the most valuable lesson of all?
Come along on this tension-filled journey of intrigue, suspense and atonement with city police detective Del Samuels and PI Stern Talbot. Help unravel the truth and discover the one glaring, major lesson buried deep within.
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The Wes Crowley Saga: Part One contains the first five novels from the Wes Crowley series in order, as well as the original book covers. This is effectively an electronic "boxed set" of five novels. The Wes Crowley Saga: Part Two contains the last five novels from the Wes Crowley series in order, as well as the original book covers. This is effectively an electronic "boxed set" of five novels. The overall Wes Crowley Saga spans almost 50 years. It...
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This is a collection of ten intense short stories.In "Pete & Repeat," c'mon, everyone knows the old non-joke about Pete and his buddy, right? Still, seems like there's always one more young'un wantin' to put an old timer to shame. Only it doesn't always happen just that way."The Breath Formed" is a far more sober story from the point of view of the hunted. There is a "big sound," the explosion that accompanies a gunshot from a high-powered rifle,...
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Three of these five stories feature Charlie Task. Ever wonder what goes into making a psychopath? Find out in "The Odd Task." Ever wonder what it might be like to sit down in a psychopath's home and interview him? Check out "A View to the Curious." In "A False Sense of Finality," a bereaved mother comes to a realization... again. In "The Ethics of Murder" Charlie returns to his hometown to visit with an old friend at a high school reunion, at the...
12) Terminus Loop
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The basis of life as we know it is carbon. Suppose the nucleus of every carbon atom is a sun. Suppose one electron "planet" swirling around that nucleus supports life.
And suppose a group of scientists theorize that, like space, time is a maleable factor in the universe. And that even the term "universe" depends strictly on the vantage point. In the future on Earth, with Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle disproven and set aside, the way is clear...
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Solana "Soleada" Garcia in a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry.She lives in Mazatlán where she works out of her small apartment-as a professional assassin for TJ Blackwell and Blackwell Ops.Despite her diminutive size, her disarming nickname-which translates as "Sunny"-and her unusually calm demeanor, she is also among TJ's best.And now he has hand-picked her to go after fellow operative Charles Claymore "Charlie" Task, who has...
15) Granny Mose
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In these five short stories you attend a writers' conference and meet an unbearable woman; move out in the woods with a couple good ol' boys watching a storm close in and talking about what happens at the momen of death; meet a hard-luck woman who gets mixed up with the mob; are subjected to a miniature mosquito-like creature; and drop deep into the swamps to meet Granny Moses.
17) Ice Scream
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CAUTION: Ice Scream is a tale of sheer terror and horror. It's the first chapter of my current WIP, a novel about a serial killer. It contains necessarily harsh mental images. That being said, here's the professional skinny: A young woman wakes confused and alone from a nightmare. Or is she waking INTO a nightmare?
18) Melanie Sloan
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Melanie Sloan is young, but accomplished. She is also a force to be reckoned with. Or one that will reckon with you.
As a former member of the Israeli Defense Forces, she attained a black belt in Krav Maga, a form of martial arts that is more martial than art, less for competition and more for dealing death swiftly and surely.
She's also a former runway model, all the attributes of which she still has at her disposal.
From her home on the French...
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This is a collection of five short stories. In "Pete & Repeat," c'mon, everyone knows the old non-joke about Pete and his buddy, right? Still, seems like there's always one more young'un wantin' to put an old timer to shame. Only it doesn't always happen just that way. "The Breath Formed" is a far more sober story from the point of view of the hunted. There is a "big sound," the explosion that accompanies a gunshot from a high-powered rifle, from...
20) The Fight
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What are the consequences of a fight gone wrong? As you're queued up in line waiting for your pay, you have time to consider that. The other guy's still lying on the floor.
Nobody seems to notice. Even the boss.
Finally, when the others are paid and gone and it's just you and the boss, you understand.