Brian Braun, a local Dallas photographer, believes he's hit Pulitzer pay-dirt when he receives an unusual call for an extraordinary photo shoot from a U.S. Senator. Afterward, however, Braun comes to realize his photographs have done more than record history. He's recorded one of the greatest hoaxes and politically devastating scandals that breeches beyond the boundaries of Watergate. The hoax is perpetrated on the American people by a private security firm that specializes in high profile political murder. Relying on his own streetwise wits, Braun has less than forty-eight hours to stay a step ahead of a highly motivated death squad and keep from being branded by history as the next Lee Harvey Oswald.
Painting a graphic, realistic picture, Letters, presents the Civil War through the eyes of two teenaged soldiers fighting on opposing sides...for different reasons. Behind the Confederate lines, we watch James Durrett, a young recruit of the 18th Alabama Volunteer Regiment, transform from a naïve, green recruit into a bitter, deadly, but staunch defender of his homeland. Across the battle lines, the drama unfurls through the story of one Harry Morgan, a loner with a reputation as the coldest and deadliest sniper in the Union's 96th Regiment, who didn't care who he shot...as long as he could carve another notch into the stock of his Sharps rifle. In the end, the final destiny of each young man crosses on the battlefield of Spanish Fort, Alabama...with only one walking away alive.
Texas State Senator John Doe, an amnesia victim from an accident twenty years earlier, is being blackmailed by the Mob for a crime of which he has no memory. The accusation? The cold-blooded execution of two policemen. In a last ditch effort to save his political career, Doe hires a Dallas private investigator, Harry Stumbaugh, to dig into his past for the truth. Unfortunately, as Stumbaugh's investigation into the senator's past progresses, every witness he interviews ends up dead. With each murder, the detective steps ever closer to answer the question on everyone's mind: Is Senator John Doe a victim or a serial killer protecting his future political legacy?
This is a book about war. A war against America's enemies, against racism, against the loss of fellow warriors in battle, and against the personal loss of family back home. This is the story of Major James Capers, Jr. (USMC Ret.) Jim was born to a family of sharecroppers in South Carolina who escaped to Baltimore, Maryland in the dead of night to escape the days of Jim Crow laws for a better life. Joining the Marines fresh out of high school, Jim had no idea that he was paving the road for future Marines, black and white alike. The first African-American Marine to receive a battlefield commission as a member of 3rd Force Recon, a new special forces unit designed specifically for the war in Vietnam; the first African-American Marine officer used on a Marine recruitment poster; co-leader of the first special forces team to attempt the rescue of American and allied POW's held in a North Vietnamese prison; a leader in Team Broadminded, whose missions were so secret, their military records from Vietnam were not declassified until 2006; nominated for the Medal of Honor; inducted into the Commando Hall of Honor for special forces; awarded the Bronze and the Silver Stars. This book is about a man who is a true American hero, though he denies the notion. Above all, Jim is a husband, a father, a patriot, a warrior who has dealt with the tragedies of his military and personal life, always depending on his faith in God to guide him through the storm.
Harry Morgan, a loner with a reputation as the deadliest sniper in the Union Army, didn't care who he shot -- as long as he could add another notch to his Sharps rifle. And so begins No Point in Dying Now, a Civil War drama that paints a graphic and realistic picture of war, as seen through the eyes of two teenage soldiers on opposing sides. Harry views the war as an opportunity to feed his desire to kill, regardless of the color of his victim's uniform; his loyalties are totally self-serving. On the other side, James Durrett serves the Confederacy with his brother, cousin, and hometown friends. The war transforms him from a naove, green recruit to a staunch and deadly defender of the South. In the end, the destiny of each young man will cross in the last and bloodiest battle of the war. Only one can walk away alive.
A Debt Unpaid is a novel of revenge, restitution, and the settling of a promise to a dying friend. A promise made is a debt unpaid. Sam Evans has one thing and one thing only on his mind: kill Harry Morgan. For three years he's chased down every possible lead that eventually takes him to a final showdown with the hired assassin who killed his best friend, James Durrett. Harry Morgan must confront his own demons-he must face the cowboy who dogged his trail for three years. The fate of each man will be determined by the showdown at the notorious Hell's Half-Acre in Fort Worth, Texas. A Debt Unpaid , the long-awaited sequel to the Civil War epic No Point in Dying Now, is Buz Sawyers' third novel. He is the author of Decades in Anadar, a collection of novellas about growing up during the '60s and '70s in a small West Texas town.
Decades in Anadar is a collection of short stories about typical, rascally young boys growing up in the small West Texas town of Anadar. They fill the slow summer days of boredom with adventures that will be remembered for a lifetime. Discover the secret truth about the loner in town with the mysterious past that frightens kids and grownups alike; experience the racism of the a60s through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy; and see how a small townas very existence helps mold and shape the values of a young boy into an adult. The stories are rich with unforgettable small-town characters that will touch and remind you of your own childhood adventures. This book does it all. It tickles your funny bone, stirs emotions, and resurrects fond memories that have long been forgotten.
In April of 1959, the dead, battered body of Rachel Combs was discovered in a shallow ravine near Concho Lake, a few miles north of San Angelo, Texas. Eight months later, another San Angelo Junior College student, Esmerelda Castillo, disappeared from sight after leaving her morning sociology class. Her body was never found, but the public and the detective assigned to the case believed the same thing, that a serial killer lived among their close-knit community. Ten years later, Esmerelda Castillo returns to San Angelo. Her ghost returns, that is, with one purpose: find her grave and the person who put her there. Otherwise, shead be doomed to the physical earth forever, never to cross over to the other side. Only those with the gift could help herathe gift of communication with the spirit world.
This is a book about war. A war against America's enemies, against racism, against the loss of fellow warriors in battle, and against the personal loss of family back home. This is the story of Major James Capers, Jr. (USMC Ret.) Jim was born to a family of sharecroppers in South Carolina who escaped to Baltimore, Maryland in the dead of night to escape the days of Jim Crow laws for a better life. Joining the Marines fresh out of high school, Jim had no idea that he was paving the road for future Marines, black and white alike. The first African-American Marine to receive a battlefield commission as a member of 3rd Force Recon, a new special forces unit designed specifically for the war in Vietnam; the first African-American Marine officer used on a Marine recruitment poster; co-leader of the first special forces team to attempt the rescue of American and allied POW's held in a North Vietnamese prison; a leader in Team Broadminded, whose missions were so secret, their military records from Vietnam were not declassified until 2006; nominated for the Medal of Honor; inducted into the Commando Hall of Honor for special forces; awarded the Bronze and the Silver Stars. This book is about a man who is a true American hero, though he denies the notion. Above all, Jim is a husband, a father, a patriot, a warrior who has dealt with the tragedies of his military and personal life, always depending on his faith in God to guide him through the storm.
Texas State Senator John Doe, an amnesia victim from an accident twenty years earlier, is being blackmailed by the Mob for a crime of which he has no memory. The accusation? The cold-blooded execution of two policemen. In a last ditch effort to save his political career, Doe hires a Dallas private investigator, Harry Stumbaugh, to dig into his past for the truth. Unfortunately, as Stumbaugh's investigation into the senator's past progresses, every witness he interviews ends up dead. With each murder, the detective steps ever closer to answer the question on everyone's mind: Is Senator John Doe a victim or a serial killer protecting his future political legacy?
Brian Braun, a local Dallas photographer, believes he's hit Pulitzer pay-dirt when he receives an unusual call for an extraordinary photo shoot from a U.S. Senator. Afterward, however, Braun comes to realize his photographs have done more than record history. He's recorded one of the greatest hoaxes and politically devastating scandals that breeches beyond the boundaries of Watergate. The hoax is perpetrated on the American people by a private security firm that specializes in high profile political murder. Relying on his own streetwise wits, Braun has less than forty-eight hours to stay a step ahead of a highly motivated death squad and keep from being branded by history as the next Lee Harvey Oswald.
Painting a graphic, realistic picture, Letters, presents the Civil War through the eyes of two teenaged soldiers fighting on opposing sides...for different reasons. Behind the Confederate lines, we watch James Durrett, a young recruit of the 18th Alabama Volunteer Regiment, transform from a naïve, green recruit into a bitter, deadly, but staunch defender of his homeland. Across the battle lines, the drama unfurls through the story of one Harry Morgan, a loner with a reputation as the coldest and deadliest sniper in the Union's 96th Regiment, who didn't care who he shot...as long as he could carve another notch into the stock of his Sharps rifle. In the end, the final destiny of each young man crosses on the battlefield of Spanish Fort, Alabama...with only one walking away alive.
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098951918X
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