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Los Huerfanos

By: Gary L. Bridges

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Los Huerfanos takes its readers on a frantic journey, with rest stops in Baku, Azerbaijan; Tehran, Iran; Reynosa, Mexico; Cuchara, Colorado; deep south Texas, and a remote village at the base of Shirkuh mountain in eastern Iran. Irans Revolutionary Guard assassinates the president of Iran and plans a desperate attempt to destabilize the United States by forging a deadly alliance with a Mexican drug cartel. With Irans leadership in political turmoil, ultra-extremists exert their influence and rush to finalize the first Iranian nuclear weapon. Fortunately for the United States, a mid-level Iranian official is a deep under-cover mole who provides vital information (at an agonizing personal cost) to the United States CIA and to Israels Mossad. Steve Curry finds himself on West Peak, staring into a crashed, vintage World War II DC-3 aircraft, which happens to be carrying $100 million of U.S. currency. He later learns that the cash was on its way to a Mexican drug cartel as part of a shocking scheme to develop a gateway across the MexicoU.S. border, which would allow al-Qaeda extremists to enter the United States undetected. Fortunately Steve knows none of this as he waits on West Peak for reinforcements to arrive. Hes been instructed to hide the unexpected cargo of cash until the CIA decides what to do with it. An elite Army combat team arrives and, having determined that there are no bad guys sharing the mountain with them, set out on a risky night time excursion to deposit the mysterious cash in a hidden mountain vault. Even without bad guys, though, the night time journey delivers its own nightmare for the heavily armed caravan. On the other side of the world and in another time, the CIA and the Mossad work feverishly to extract the Iranian mole, who wishes to defect with his family as Iran dissolves into chaos after the Shah is deposed in 1979. Circumstances and plain old bad luck prevent Razzi, the Iranian mole, from leaving. Hes searching for his 13 year old daughter, who goes missing just before the family is scheduled to leave for the airport. Razzi believes that government agents have kidnapped her in an effort to make sure that Razzi doesnt leave the country. He stays behind to find her, beginning a life-long odyssey of searching and self-recriminations. His wife and their three other children make it to Amman, Jordan just in time. But they become trapped in a hell hole masquerading as a refugee camp. After the U.S. Army team and Steve hide the cash near West Peak, the CIA launches a brazen attempt to intervene even further into the Iran-Mexican plot to destabilize the United States. If successful, the plan will poison future transactions between Iran and the cartel and possibly trigger severe repercussions for both sides of the nefarious collaboration. Steve Curry ends up right in the middle of the subterfuge at great risk to himself. An even greater risk lurks inside Irans own dysfunctional leadership. The CIA learns that Chinese nuclear scientists are assisting Iran with their plans to develop Irans first nuclear weapon. The CIA scrambles to find a way to counter the Iranian/Chinese joint efforts at fulfilling Irans nuclear ambitions. Razzi continues to provide the CIA with important information from his position within Irans government. With his help the CIA uncovers al-Qaedas shocking and brilliant plan to smuggle al-Qaeda fighters into the United States through Mexico. If successful, the carnage and destruction will dwarf the devastating attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11. The CIA and the U.S. Army realize that they must bury their mutual mistrust of each other and work together to try and counter the planned attacks. The U.S. Army has only a few days to ramp up and train troops for their bold counter attack to obstruct al-Qaedas plan. The multi-faceted U.S. plot, if successful, will cripple the Mexican d

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1479744484

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The Cuchara Chronicles

By: Gary L. Bridges

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The Cuchara Chronicles

By: Gary L. Bridges

The Cuchara Chronicles is a work of fiction set in and around the very real mountain village of Cuchara, Colorado. Cuchara is nestled in the magnificent Sangre de Cristo mountains on Highway 12 (the Highway of Legends) between LaVeta and Trinidad. It is the story of a journey; a journey that requires the main characters, Lane Curry and his son Steve, to face the family past before they can find their future. That past is ripe with tragedy and mystery. Lane lost his wife in a tragic accident. Both Steve and Lane are struggling in their separate ways to deal with the loss of the woman who was the center of their lives. Neither of them is able to share his feelings, hence they both suffer in silence. It takes a life-and-death search and rescue mission deep in the high country to shatter the silence but the price proves to be very high. Lane´s world is turned upside down when he meets Mary, a divorced artist who is also running from her past. They struggle with their emotions as their mutual attraction grows. When Lane discovers that his grandfather, Sven Curry, mysteriously disappeared almost 100 years ago and possible suffered a violent death, he embarks on a mission of discovery. The mystery becomes deeper and darker when Lane uncovers a long-lost letter written to Sven just before his disappearance. A simple inquiry about the letter triggers a chain of events that threatens to tear the Curry´s future apart. With the help of a private investigator Lane teeters on the precipice of breaking the law as they uncover the family´s secret. Steve´s imagination is fired by the stories about Sven´s disappearance and the talk of lost gold. He and his big dog, Sampson, hike to Chaparral Falls, Sven´s last reported location. There Steve and Sampson encounter a snarling horrific nightmare. They may have found the key to Sven´s mystery but will it be worth the price?

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1425714048

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The Wahatoya

In the Valley of the Shadow

By: Gary L. Bridges

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The Wahatoya

In the Valley of the Shadow

By: Gary L. Bridges

If you're a first-time reader of the Cuchara series, you might want to take a few minutes to read this short section and get caught up on the characters and their stories. Better yet, read The Cuchara Chronicles, the first novel of the series, and Out of Purgatory: the Chronicles Continue. If you're a faithful reader and just want to be reminded of who's who and their parts in the continuing story, I hope that the next few pages will whet your appetite for what comes next.

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1462813003

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Sangre De Cristo

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Sangre De Cristo

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What do international intrigue, human trafficking, President Nixons 1972 trip to Peking, a rich shale oil and gas field, the remote Zhenbao Island, human DNA and a class ring found in the stomach of a mountain lion which almost attacked a little girl in Spanish Peaks, the hottest wildland fire ever experienced in Cuchara Valleys history, reopening the closed coal mines on Highway 12, and a CIA operation have in common? The answer: LaVeta and Cuchara, Colorado. Steve Curry and Maggie Bell team up to thwart a sinister and bizarre plot to take over LaVetas rich oil and gas fields.

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1503595846

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The Wagon Wheel Affair

By: Gary L Bridges

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The Wagon Wheel Affair

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Unknown by most, forgotten by many, a fifty-year-old secret buried beneath the Wagon Wheel Lodge in bucolic Cuchara, Colorado, threatens to erupt in a cloud of terror with unspeakable consequences for the United States. Ray Vernon, a WWII Medal of Honor recipient, literally holds the key to the secret. When Ray is murdered, his grandson, Stan, comes face-to-face with ISIS in an international race for the secret of the Wagon Wheel Lodge. Retired US federal agent Maggie Bell and her spouse, Steve Curry, a US Forest Service officer, are commissioned by the CIA and the DEA to investigate how a Mexican drug cartel and a large marijuana farm near the Purgatoire campground fit into the potentially deadly puzzle. Steve Curry goes undercover and is kidnapped by the Angel, a notorious Mexican drug lord. While being held at the Angels Mexican ranch, Steve and the Angel forge an unusual partnership to try to counter the terror that ISIS threatens to unleash on the United States. Meanwhile, Maggie deals with a young orphan girl who was abandoned in Cuchara, along with several other orphans when the cartel pulls up stakes. How does the community of Cuchara respond to a sudden influx of orphan children? Maggie has to make a heartrending decision that will affect her and Steves marriage for the rest of their lives.

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Book's by Gary L. Bridges

Los Huerfanos

Los Huerfanos

The Cuchara Chronicles

The Cuchara Chronicles

The Wahatoya

The Wahatoya

Sangre De Cristo

Sangre De Cristo

The Wagon Wheel Affair

The Wagon Wheel Affair

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