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Formed by an elite cadre of government officials, the five member Black OPS team goes where the law can’t - to seek retribution for acts of terror directed against Americans anywhere in the world. Book 1: The strident call to action comes from Cuba as an unprecedented wave of violence against Americans that Castro’s inheritors can’t-or won’t- control. When the U.S. offers of military support are turned down, the five member Black OPS force is dispatched on a clandestine down and dirty mission... In the tradition of Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan and Warren Murphy's Destroyer classic paperback book series!
Formed by an elite cadre of government officials, the five member Black OPS team goes where the law can’t - to seek retribution for acts of terror directed against Americans anywhere in the world. Book 2: The Black OPS team has dealt with foreign terrorists aboard, but now the carnage is the bloody handiwork of Americans as Los Angeles turns into a powder keg in an interracial war that threatens to sweep the county. Deployed to infiltrate the gangs, to trace the weapons flooding L.A. to their source, the Black OPS commandos uncover a trail of diabolical horror leading to the gruesome vision of social engineering.
Formed by an elite cadre of government officials, the five member Black OPS team goes where the law can’t - to seek retribution for acts of terror directed against Americans anywhere in the world. Book 3: The Black OPS team’s priority is to rescue a hostaged group of archaeological students, including the niece of the Secretary of State. Blood has already been spilled, and the students face an ever-receding future that will be terminated by torture and death. But the five member Black OPS team have emerged from deep cover to take on the terrorists at their own game.
In the tradition of Blue Thunder. Torn apart by violent crime, 1999 America was in big trouble. Armed criminal cartels terrorized our cities, dealing drugs and death wholesale. Local police were outgunned and overrun by the explosion of terror, so the President unleashed the only force able to save the country: the U.S. TACTICAL POLICE FORCE. An elite army of super cops with ammo to burn, they powered down on the hot spots in sleek high-tech attack choppers to win the dirty war and take back the streets of America! Book 1: The battle lines are drawn when a Seattle crime gang hijacks a Trident missile to threaten the entire West Coast of the United States. Hot off a night mission to interdict illegal arms, Capt. Buzz Corcran and his TPF Dragon Flight strike team target an old Puget Sound prison island as the terrorists’ fortified headquarters, swooping down to blast the enemy and stop the missile's detonation.
Torn apart by violent crime, 1999 America was in big trouble. Armed criminal cartels terrorized our cities, dealing drugs and death wholesale. Local police were outgunned and overrun by the explosion of terror, so the President unleashed the only force able to save the country: the U.S. TACTICAL POLICE FORCE. An elite army of super cops with ammo to burn, they powered down on the hot spots in sleek high-tech attack choppers to win the dirty war and take back the streets of America! Book 2: Smoke blackens the skies along the Texas Gulf Coast as several U.S. offshore oil rigs explode in huge balls of fire. The devastation is the first step in a crazed terrorist plot to cripple the United States.. Thousands will die and billions of dollars will be lost unless they can be stopped. Captain Buzz Corcran of the TPF and his squadron of super skycops power into action, leaving a trail of death behind them as they track down the savage killers in a firefight to save America!
Torn apart by violent crime, 1999 America was in big trouble. Armed criminal cartels terrorized our cities, dealing drugs and death wholesale. Local police were outgunned and overrun by the explosion of terror, so the President unleashed the only force able to save the country: the U.S. TACTICAL POLICE FORCE. An elite army of super cops with ammo to burn, they powered down on the hot spots in sleek high-tech attack choppers to win the dirty war and take back the streets of America! Book 3: New Year’s Eve, 1999. Hidden in a super fortress high in the Colorado mountains, an illegal satellite defense relay station prepares to take over an orbiting military platform in order to destroy a nuclear plant in Southern California. Millions will die and the entire Southwest region will be turned into a radioactive wasteland unless the terrorist plot can be stopped. It’s up to the TPF to uncover the plot in time while searching for two team members who have crashed in the winter mountain wilderness.
Torn apart by violent crime, 1999 America was in big trouble. Armed criminal cartels terrorized our cities, dealing drugs and death wholesale. Local police were outgunned and overrun by the explosion of terror, so the President unleashed the only force able to save the country: the U.S. TACTICAL POLICE FORCE. An elite army of super cops with ammo to burn, they powered down on the hot spots in sleek high-tech attack choppers to win the dirty war and take back the streets of America! Book 4: Crazed addicts have turned our cities into living hell as they kill each other for one last hit of the latest designer drug called EDGE. Super-thieves in high-tech choppers blast open banks, stealing millions each week. All signs point to a plot by the powerful LA mob. Unable to fight the threat alone, the LAPD sends for the only force able to stop it: Captain Buzz Corcran’s strike force of skycops. Exploding into action, the squad must win the bloody battle in the air and the streets before crime destroys America forever!
The year is 2030 and the world is in a state of political and territorial unrest. The Peacekeepers, an elite military force is created to combat it. Armed with all the tactical advantages of modern technology, battle hard and ready when the free world is threatened - the Peacekeepers are the baddest grunts on the planet. Book 0: The rugged desert terrain of the Middle East is a high-tech battlefield for black gold. Fighting to control the monopoly of oil is a ruthless Arab alliance - up against a coalition of major Western industrial nations. As the war escalates, so does global unrest, and the Peacekeepers are dispatched. Their job is not to appeal to peace, brotherhood or goodwill. Times have changed, but war remains the same - strike first, strike hard and give no quarter. But in the changing battlefields and shifting alliances, the Keepers must first identify the enemy. If they make the wrong move, the world stands to be crushed by the destructive juggernaut of nuclear war.
The year is 2030 and the world is in a state of political and territorial unrest. The Peacekeepers, an elite military force is created to combat it. Armed with all the tactical advantages of modern technology, battle hard and ready when the free world is threatened - the Peacekeepers are the baddest grunts on the planet. Book 1: Violence shatters black-ruled South Africa, placing the white minority in deadly jeopardy. The Peacekeepers mount a lightning assault, successfully deflecting revolutionary shock troops, only to find themselves facing an army of Boer exiles determined to press their claims for the country and backed by money, fanaticism - and four neutron bombs.
The year is 2030 and the world is in a state of political and territorial unrest. The Peacekeepers, an elite military force is created to combat it. Armed with all the tactical advantages of modern technology, battle hard and ready when the free world is threatened - the Peacekeepers are the baddest grunts on the planet. Book 2: Echo Company’s transport plane crash-lands in Laos under fire from a renegade Han jet fighter. With only their Light Assault Rifles functioning, they head for the border...and encounter an astounding sight: a village of descendants of American POWs from the Vietnam War. With the enemy biting at their heels, Echo Company and sixty refugees are thrust into jungle guerrilla warfare at its most relentless and primitive. But they’re Peacekeepers - strip them down and put a rock in their hands, and they’re still bad news.
The year is 2030 and the world is in a state of political and territorial unrest. The Peacekeepers, an elite military force is created to combat it. Armed with all the tactical advantages of modern technology, battle hard and ready when the free world is threatened - the Peacekeepers are the baddest grunts on the planet. Book 3: The allied nations of South America are poised to attack Brazil for environmental crimes. The Peacekeepers are dispatched to stop the fighting.. Echo Company’s got the meanest grunts, but their opening salvos are met with superior resistance. Border claims, ancient disputes and outright greed all threaten to draw the rest of the continent into the conflict. The Peacekeepers have faced bad odds before, but up against a ruthless and bloodthirsty enemy - and with the specter of nuclear holocaust looming on the horizon - this operation has the potential of becoming their Alamo.
The village of Shepthorne England wasn’t being gripped, but rather strangled by a winter’s blanket of heavy snow and Arctic temperatures. The trouble began innocently enough with a massive pile-up of autos on frozen roads leading to and from the village. Then, from the sky, a military transport plane with its top secret cargo of devastation crashed down towards the center of the village. Hell was just beginning to touch Shepthorne and its unsuspecting citizens...
Now the military has come in to isolate the town and retrieve the plane’s cargo and any villagers are expendable in order to keep its deadly contents a secret from the rest of the world.
First of the Cabot Cain international thriller book series!
Over a half million copies in print!
Cabot Cain is a freelance operative who works almost exclusively for Interpol, Department B7, handling tasks that most others would avoid. These assignments are usually presented to him by his close friend, Colonel Fenrek. It is Fenrek that Cain uses to provide needed background information to discern the good guys from the bad. It is Fenrek that sometimes has to prod Cain into taking an assignment if it doesn't sound interesting enough at the outset. Cabot Cain is a big man. A really big man. He stands 6'7" and weighs in the neighborhood of 230 lbs. He remains in excellent physical shape due to an almost fanatical exercise regimen. And he has the brains to go with the muscle. Holding numerous degrees he prefers to use his mental attributes and physical strength instead of guns to get himself out of the tightest situations. And with each case, those tight situations end up being near brushes with death.
ASSAULT ON KOLCHAK
Cabot Cain accepts a mission he normally would shy away from, a vengeance mission. And this mission takes him to an impenetrable mountain fortress in a remote region of Brazil. Here, living in orgiastic luxury on the plunder of the past are Nazi war criminals, master thieves, and cut-throat professional assassins. Individuals who take their privacy deadly seriously.
Here Cabot Cain finds his prey: Vladimir Kolchak—Kolchak the Terrible, who carved a bloody legend across the face of Communist Europe. Plundering and murdering to satisfy his demented desires. And who is even now planning an encore at this very moment!
In the tradition of the Jack Reacher series with a hard hitting style of Mission Impossible.
ASSAULT ON MING
Cabot Cain is in over his head with the Oriental Underground on a mission for a gangster turned philanthropist with murder in his sights and a drug addicted daughter that needs protecting.
For Cabot Cain is enlisted by Interpol to head to Hong Kong and there he takes on a beautiful bodyguard and plunges into a dangerous hunt that promises to be the most threatening mission of his life! For in the secret hideaways of Macao and Hong Kong is a consummately evil man known as Ming. A man whose business is gambling and weapons smuggling, and working in the shadows of a Chinese Communist government. But in order to complete his mission Cabot Cain must avoid Ming’s brutal battalion of deadly assassins, stay one step ahead of benign law enforcement, and somehow get close enough to kill the evil genius himself who is safely protected on his private island fortress!
ASSAULT ON LOVELESS
The order comes down from Interpol and soon Cabot Cain joins his friend Colonel Fenrek in the frantic search for Major Loveless, a ruthless mercenary soldier notorious for his disregard of human life. Without any clues and with only a vague description of this callous killer, Cain is off on a trail that takes him from the streets of Lisbon to the very depths of the ocean floor, where he will come face to face with his enemy in deadly underwater combat. For getting Loveless is imperative before he has a chance to unleash a deadly nerve agent upon an unsuspecting city if ransoms are not paid.
ASSAULT ON FELLAWI
Cabot Cain heads to Arabia to secure the release of an American stewardess kidnapped by Ahmed Fellawi. A powerful slave trader with even more powerful friends. His specialty is acquiring beautiful woman and selling them off to the rich oil lords for incredible sums of money.
Now Fellawi is making a play that will set him up for life; the abduction of a plane load of beauty pageant contestants and make them disappear right under the noses of the world authorities.
But Fellawi did not count on the meddling of one Cabot Cain, and Cain has made it his mission to shut down this slaver for good.
ASSAULT ON AGATHON
For twenty years the world thought the devious leader of the Greek guerillas was dead. But he’s alive—as Interpol soon finds out when one of their top agents, Colonel Fenrek, is savagely kidnapped.
Agathon and his ruthless men have been robbing banks to supply themselves with money for their operations. But now they are missing the code numbers to their secret Swiss account to access the millions...and they intend to get it!
When Maria Christophorous meets Cabot Cain on a lonely country road, she shows him the corpse in her car truck—a man she’s killed trying to find Fenrek. But that’s only the beginning...the rest is up to Cain!
ASSAULT ON AIMATA
The most dangerous, skillful, and reckless freelance troubleshooter in the world returns, with a beautiful Interpol agent named Maite by his side and a mission: locate and destroy the source of a deadly international menace!
Somehow, a ruthless criminal mastermind called Aimata can unleash at will an unstoppable plague of insects, which devour and destroy acres of crops. The world may perish from famine—unless Aimata’s demands are met!
The order comes swiftly from Interpol, and soon Cain and Maite are pursuing the trail of destruction from France to the lush jungles of Tahiti—where the sinister power-mad gangster Aimata counts his blackmail money—and plans his next move!
For fans of THE LION KING and THE JUNGLE BOOK. Set in the amazon jungle, a jaguar named Bichu, is wounded by a poacher’s bullet and wants nothing more to get back to her mountain lair so that she can die a peaceful death. But to do so she must evade and survive not only the natural dangers of the jungle, but also the cunning of a proud and stubborn Indian who is determined to catch and kill her after coming across her trail. For a jaguar’s hide can bring great wealth and standing for the Indian in his village. At the Indian’s side is his 12 year old daughter who has great admiration for her father and witnesses his unyielding determination. However as the chase, seen through the eyes of both man and beast, draws to its climax and the moment of truth draws near, both hunter and hunted have come to develop an extraordinary and totally unexpected respect for each other.
During WWII a British officer was sent to East Africa to align and coordinate with the native tribes a guerrilla campaign to attack and harass the Axis forces. In his possession were secret government documents outlining certain allegiances and a strongbox containing gold bullion to pay for those allegiances. Unfortunately the officer was captured by a group of Italian soldiers and killed; and the whereabouts of those documents and gold undetermined.
Now, 13 years later comes word that one of those Italians has turned up and is being held prisoner by an African warlord. A branch of the British Foreign Office is tasked to get their hands on that Italian and find the gold but more importantly the sensitive and compromising documents, and to do it they will send in Ian Metcalfe to make it happen.
Rogue’s Gambit is a fast-moving novel of action and suspense, of strange and violent adventures in the post-war years, written by a veteran WWII British intelligence officer.
During World War II Alan Caillou was on a British Intelligence deep penetration patrol in the Western Desert of Africa when he was captured by the Italians in February 1943. This is the story of his capture and subsequent escape after being sentenced for execution for being a spy; brilliantly told as to his experiences during that time. It can be considered not only as an escape book but as a prison book as well. For fans of such prison war films as The Great Escape, Stalag 17, and King Rat.
"Something very much out of the ordinary run." - Times Literary Supplement
"This book is a record that arouses admiration, raises many a smile, and shows a fine sense of the dramatic." - Manchester Evening Post
"An Intelligent and unusual book, full of good reading." - Punch
Novelization of the Academy Award winning screenplay of the epic motion picture starring Charlton Heston and Sir Laurence Olivier.
In 1883, a Holy War rages across Egypt. The Mahdi, devout prophet of Allah and leader of countless thousands of armed tribesman, is about to descend upon the city of Khartoum, in the Sudan. A city that has become the arsenal to Egypt and that the Mahdi pledges to kill ever man, woman, and child within it. William Gladstone, Britain's Prime Minister, vows that he will not send British troops to defend the city. Instead he would sacrifice one man and enlists the reputable General Gordon to smooth over the situation in Sudan after a brutal battle has left several British men dead. Gordon, savior of the Sudan who broke the slave trade several years prior, a man of righteous courage who would defy even the Prime Minister of England to rescue the people he loved. For he was a man who had lived for them and, if need be, would die for them . . . so instead of acting as an ambassador, he motivates the city to prepare its defenses and takes command of its small vastly outnumbered army.
This novelization contains numerous scenes and subplots not seen in the released motion picture.
First in the Colonel Tobin covert military mission novels!
Colonel Tobin’s private army is on the march... against enemies plotting a third world war in the Middle East!
Tobin and his army have been hired to stop a potential missile strike against several major Israeli cities. Should it occur the resulting aftermath could very well light the match that will see the start of World War III. And how do the perpetrator’s plan on pulling this off? They will secretly transport a Russian-designed submarine across the desert and launch it into the Dead Sea were it can secretly hurl its explosive deadly cargo at the unsuspecting nation.
So here comes the seemingly invincible Colonel Tobin with his hand-picked, hand-trained collection of the hardest, strongest, most efficient mercenary fighters in the world. Men who live, work, fight, drink, and love like the devil himself; an odd band of angels who fight for their own reasons...and together are the best damn bunch since the dirty dozen!
The world’s toughest fighting force is out to stop a war...or start one...
Colonel Tobin’s private army is on the march... against enemies plotting to overthrow a South American government!
BRAZIL ERUPTS... A country that finds itself caught up in the throes of a bloody revolution. The regular army cannot cope with the well-armed outlaws, guerrillas, and native tribes with poisoned arrows of this fanatical force.
And so the word goes out: “Get Colonel Tobin!” – and his hand-picked, hand-trained collection of the hardest, strongest, most efficient mercenary fighters in the world. Men who live, work, fight, drink, and love like the devil himself; an odd band of angels who fight for their own reasons...and together are the best damn bunch since the dirty dozen!
The only men on Earth who can stop a revolution...or start one, if necessary.
Colonel Tobin’s private army is on the march... to take on two armies in central Africa!
JUNGLE SLAUGHTER...It was the only way. Colonel Tobin and his hand-picked warriors bought themselves a job that demanded total victory—the enemy must be wiped out completely...eliminated!
Only one complication in the battle plan: There were two enemies!
One was General Guevara Lincoln, the giant ex-Black Panther and his army of African rebel tribes. The other was Major Dogger, the brutal South African mercenary leader and his legion of cutthroat soldiers.
Tobin. Guevara. Dogger — a triangle of violence that splashes across the Congo with a bloodbath battle seemingly on a primal level. The end results surpassing even the grisly days of Stanleyville and Biafra. With the future of central Africa's people and rich resources at stake.
Colonel Tobin’s private army is on the march... against a tribal uprising in Afghanistan that will engulf the entire country and region in violence and bloodshed!
RULE OF THE SWORD...The private army of Colonel Tobin will fight any battle on the enemy’s own terms if need be, even if they have to face a maniacal leader who believes he’s the incarnation of Genghis Khan, hell bent on destruction.
The avenging angels launch their current campaign in Afghanistan, a land torn between cruelties of the past and promises of the future, and that has been unconquered for centuries with never-ending tribal strife. It’s going to be hard, brutal combat for a better way of life for its people in the latest mission of Tobin’s war against injustice.
The Action/Adventure series continues in the tradition of Don Pendleton's Executioner and Warren Murphy's Remo Williams books.
FLORIDA EVERGLADES INSURGENCY
- Simon Kirby, head of the Committee for Anti-American Activity, an anarchist.
- Carolyne Southby, a radical with violent tendencies, who manufactures bombs.
- Flagstaff, an unforgiving Seminole Indian, an expert in the Florida swamps.
- The Old Man, he lives by hunting alligators, thinks he’s still fighting Spaniards.
An odd assortment, with this in common: they are well armed, some are well financed by foreign agencies, they have an undying hatred for the American way of life, and they are not alone in the Florida glades. But now they face Tobin’s Army...
So here comes the seemingly invincible Colonel Tobin with his hand- picked, hand-trained collection of the hardest, strongest, most efficient mercenary fighters in the world. Men who live, work, fight, drink, and love like the devil himself; an odd band of angels who fight for their own reasons...and together are the best damn bunch since the dirty dozen!
ONE MAN’S WAR
It hadn’t been planned that way. But in a war, plans don’t always work out—even Colonel Tobin’s plans.
Kidnappings of American businessmen in South America have increased. If the demands for ransom money and release of political prisoners were not met, the victims are brutalized and executed. It could not go on. Foreign investment in South America was dropping off, economies were teetering... Colonel Tobin is called in—for a secret military assault. The target is Mexico, where the terrorists are believed to be hiding in the Sierra Madres. The terrorists are lead by one of the most ruthless men in South America, thought to be dead. He has brain and brawn on his side, and the rugged Mexican terrain.
Tobin attacks...and does not succeed. The hostages are not released, and Tobin’s Army loses some its most effective fighters. There is no way the Colonel can accept this. He orders another assault on the camp. He himself will lead the it. And it may very well be his last war...
THE CAMBODIAN CONNECTION
A beautiful Israeli Intelligence agent named Clara Abbyad is in trouble. Halfway around the world Paul Tobin is restless for action after the horrendous deadly Mexican mission which took the life of his father, the inimitable Colonel Matthew Tobin. And now Colonel Tobin’s famous Private Army is no more. Only a few widely scattered survivors remain, still in touch with Paul and yet peacefully marking their time when the call perhaps may come again.
Upon learning of Clara’s danger and remembering his Sinai tryst with her well, Paul Tobin is en route to Cambodia, along with Rick Meyers and Cass Fragonard joining him from London and Australia.
Meanwhile, an ex-American Major now turned mercenary named Garonsky has stolen a highly sophisticated U.S. missile and wishes to sell his prize to the highest bidder. Every military leader in South East Asia is eager to find Garonsky and his missile. This super weapon could very easily change the balance of power in this part of the world.
When both Garonsky and Clara fall into the hands of a sadistic Cambodian general, Quong Trek, Paul Tobin’s one last mission objective has become two. And which one is his priority is quite clear.
The first in the Mike Benasque thriller series!
THE PLOTTERS: A whirlwind novel of chase and daring about a down-at-the-heels newspaperman who gets caught in the crossfire of a South American revolution.
A high government official falls ill with a terrible and dreaded disease.
An American citizen vanishes without a trace from a lonely railroad station.
A parachutist drops through the silent night into the shelter of a dense forest.
Only the plotters know that these isolated happenings are all part of a master plan. A daring attempt to overthrow a cut-throat dictator who does not hesitate to maim or murder anyone who makes a try for freedom.
For Mike Benasque the terror began with the stroke of midnight. He is an American newspaperman bumming around Caracas, out of a job, out of money, and out of luck. One evening two gentlemen approach him and offer a great deal of money for his willingness to take a small part in their scheme. Despite being a newspaper man and always skeptical, Benasque finds himself agreeing to become the central vital figure in their plot without ever knowing their true endgame. A plot that ultimately turns out is both daring and desperate, and that could bring Benasque financial freedom but more likely sudden death.
“Suspenseful . . . exciting . . . one dramatic climax after another” — BOSTON HERALD
“Almost unbearable suspense" —NASHVILLE BANNER
“First rate” — ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
The second in the Mike Benasque thriller series!
What you don’t know may kill you.
Intrigue and adventure were Benasque’s specialties—whether at glittering embassy balls or in the treacherous shadow-world of the waterfront. So when the debonair publisher of The Outspeak asked him to get a line on a vicious group called the Companions, he accepted. The pay was good and the prospects were fascinating.
He knew, for instance, that his contact in Marseilles was the same man he had suspected of betraying their underground unit to the Nazis during the war. And he knew that his own predecessor—mysteriously vanished—was the ex-SS officer who had captured the unit. What he didn’t know was that the Companions were waiting for him—with an assassin.
The third in the Mike Benasque thriller series!
Mike Benasque is back—this time living in Rome with two beautiful sisters, one of them his mistress.
Out of work and low on cash, Mike, his girl Karen and her sister Simona, are looking for action. They find more than enough when Karen, a free-lance photographer, gets an accidental shot of an attempted murder.
This innocently gained photo marks their first step on a trail of international intrigue—a trail that leads to their abduction and to mortal danger. And for Mike and Karen, a Roman romance ends on an inhospitable desert in Israel in the midst of an Arab-Israeli border battle.
The fourth in the Mike Benasque thriller series!
When you want to move diamonds you don’t hire an army, you hire a woman.
From Paris to Athens—A life and death race across Europe.
Christine Andress was the courier, as beautiful and hard as the gems she carried, as ruthless and cunning as the master criminals she was up against, and as passionate and vulnerable as a woman in love can be.
Michael Benasque was the journalist along for the ride. But with twelve million in diamonds strapped to his crotch it was going to be the wildest ride of his life.
First in the Ian Quayle spy novels series!
Ian Quayle is a low level agent within a branch of MI6. He is a playboy, a gentleman, a lover, and a genius at research. He is totally fluent in five foreign languages and quite comfortable in several others. He expertly handles his beloved Mini-Cooper 'S' at speeds well over 100 and can get a great table at any decent restaurant on the Continent. Of course, he is incredibly handsome, which is why women throw themselves at him constantly, despite the complaint by his sometime lady friend, Wendy, who maintains he hasn't a clue how to satisfy a partner. This natural attraction only helps his inflated ego.
Now after 16 years of being a researcher, Ian Quayle is picked to go into the field to investigate the assassination of a prominent Italian general in Rome, the probable work of a terrorist band. But he soon finds himself on the firing line and in over his head against a secret and deadly organization of information traffickers that has manipulated world events for the last 200 years. And a group that will do anything to maintain its secrecy.
Second novel in the Ian Quayle Spy Series!
An upcoming summit of Intelligence leaders from all over Europe has attracted the attention of a particularly deadly terrorist group calling themselves the Swords of God and their mysterious leader who has vowed to destroy the proceedings and eliminate the participants. It is the job of Ian Quayle, a researcher within the bowels of MI6, to discover the identity of this leader and help keep them from succeeding.
But this time Ian Quayle has stuck out his neck too far and the Swords of God have targeted him and those closest to him for termination before their leader’s identity can be made public.
From the bustling streets of London to the dark alleyways of Cairo, Ian Quayle is a man on the run for his life!
High Octane World War II Action!
First in the Dekker's Demons Series.
It was a mission even Colonel "Wild Bill" Donovan called suicide!
Book 1: It called for parachuting behind enemy lines, into a country crawling with Nazis, and bringing out the man code-named Catinat - the mysterious leader of the French Resistance. Allied troubleshooter Josh Dekker had handpicked the squad: an Algerian murderer with an appetite for unwilling women; a young hashish smuggler on the run; a British weapons whiz expelled from the army for an unmentionable offense; a sullen Pole with a deep and deadly anger. And Jill, the nubile fighting coach for the Free French, a martial master with a crushing grip on Dekker’s heart. They were a nothing-to-lose crew, ready to barrel in, bring out their quarry - or pay with their lives.
A World War II Espionage Thriller!
TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN A BOOBY-TRAPPED SUITCASE - IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ARMED GERMAN CAMP...
Book 2: The French Resistance needs it, and Josh Dekker and his deadly crew has to get it. And, as if that weren’t enough, Colonel “Wild Bill” Donovan has another explosive surprise for them: a mysterious allied agent captured by the Germans after his parachute drop. The suitcase is caught in a treetop, the agent is being tortured by the Nazis, and nothing, and no one, is what it seems. But Dekker, the beautiful Jill Magran, and the rest of the Demons have to bring back the money and the man as a secret mission escalates into a wild, free-for-all. full-tilt guerrila war.
BASED ON TRUE EVENTS
One of the bloodiest “little wars” in American history, that saw the deaths of 4,200 U.S. soldiers, serves as the background for this story of high adventure and brutal combat.
The year is 1898 and the setting is the island of Sulu in the Philippines. The Spanish-American War has just ended and with its victory over Spain, the United States has gained possession of the islands. However, American troops are now fighting a series of savage and brutal guerrilla skirmishes with rebellious local tribes who wish independence. The most feared and fearless of these are the violent Moros, headed by a chieftain of unusual intelligence and cunning named Jokiri.
Three years later with no victory in site, the U.S. has sent out patrols into the jungle to locate Jokiri, but he has laid a treacherous ambush for one group of these foreigners. Surrounding a group of Army officers who fall into his trap, he slays and beheads all of the soldiers except Captain Shay Sullivan, whom he takes to his camp. There Sullivan faces unimaginable torture and death unless he turns traitor to his country and teaches the Moros American war tactics.
THE WALLS OF JOLO is the story of what happens to Shay as he matches wits and does battle with Jokiri. His only weapons being courage, and the fearless love of the Spanish beauty who tries to help him, Medina, Jokiri’s beautiful adopted daughter.
Adapted into the Warner Brothers action/adventure motion picture of the same name starring Academy Award nominee Robert Mitchum and BAFTA Award Winner Jack Hawkins. The novel contains numerous additional scenes, subplots, and characters not depicted in the feature film. For fans of such films as The Ghost and the Darkness, and Beast.
RAMPAGE: Two renowned big-game hunters, a German Otto von Abart and American Harry Stanton, embark on a dangerous mission into the steaming jungles of Malaya. Their assignment: to capture prize specimens for the Munich Zoo in Germany. Neither man realizes that the trip is to prove the ordeal of their lives, an ordeal inflamed by the presence of von Abart's beautiful mistress Anna.
As the trio battle their way through the treacherous jungle, what began as a professional rivalry soon turns into a personal rivalry as well, and the two men engage in a strange combat that can end only with the destruction of one of them. Always between the two men is Anna, watching, waiting as much the prize as is the black killer leopard both hunters covet and pursue.
BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS.
THE STIRRING EPIC OF HIGH ACTION AND BRAVE MEN RIDING INTO HELL.
The Crimea, Russia, 1854. The armies of England, France and Turkey join forces against the iron-clad onslaught of Imperial Russia. This will be a battle to decide the fate of Europe, and every man who lifts a saber brandishes history in his clenched fist...
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE pulses with drama and passion of that mighty encounter. Heroes and cowards, madmen and valiant lovers spring to life from its action-swept pages. Here is a novel equaled in power only the legendary adventure which inspired it: six hundred brave men’s charge into hell.
In the tradition of Blade Runner, Robocop, and I, Robot. In mid-21st century America – over-populated cities harbor ordinary citizens who are oppressed by money manipulators, drug pushers and daily violence. And beyond the cities lay vast wastelands of chemically polluted regions teaming with outlaws and mutants. Law enforcement, as it has always been, is seemingly on the brink of collapse against the ever increasing tide of lawlessness, corrupt political officials, and a system that favors the criminal and not the victims. However U.S. Justice Marshal Thomas Jefferson Cade is one of a new breed of law enforcers. Teamed with his Cyborg partner, Janek, an infuriatingly logical masterpiece of engineering, they take on the criminal elements and deal out sentences that the rules of the law does not find so black and white. Book 1: Cade investigates the rumored disappearances of the Darksiders in New York City. A population of people that have shun society and moved to live underground. But the stakes are raised when a female investigative reporter, and Cade’s sometimes companion, also disappears the case becomes personal.
In mid-21st century America – over-populated cities harbor ordinary citizens who are oppressed by money manipulators, drug pushers and daily violence. And beyond the cities lay vast wastelands of chemically polluted regions teaming with outlaws and mutants. Law enforcement, as it has always been, is seemingly on the brink of collapse against the ever increasing tide of lawlessness, corrupt political officials, and a system that favors the criminal and not the victims. However U.S. Justice Marshal Thomas Jefferson Cade is one of a new breed of law enforcers. Teamed with his Cyborg partner, Janek, an infuriatingly logical masterpiece of engineering, they take on the criminal elements and deal out sentences that the rules of the law does not find so black and white. Book 2: Cade and Janek investigate a series of murders and discover a conspiracy involving a multi-billionaire industrialist and military renegade with visions of taking over the U.S. Government. Amos Sinclair is a powerful enemy and has an army of combat androids doing his dirty work. In a high-speed death race the bad guys play very dirty but Cade has something new to teach them.
In mid-21st century America – over-populated cities harbor ordinary citizens who are oppressed by money manipulators, drug pushers and daily violence. And beyond the cities lay vast wastelands of chemically polluted regions teaming with outlaws and mutants. Law enforcement, as it has always been, is seemingly on the brink of collapse against the ever increasing tide of lawlessness, corrupt political officials, and a system that favors the criminal and not the victims. However U.S. Justice Marshal Thomas Jefferson Cade is one of a new breed of law enforcers. Teamed with his Cyborg partner, Janek, an infuriatingly logical masterpiece of engineering, they take on the criminal elements and deal out sentences that the rules of the law does not find so black and white. Book 3: Cade and Janek are assigned to nail Loren Brak, a renegade drug dealer who is eliminating the competition to become number one and heading West from New York City to create his own empire. With Brak’s shock troops facing them, mutants roaming the wastelands in-between, the Marshals follow the corpse laden trail to LA – and enter the kill zone with guns loaded.
Nature gone Wild! Les Mason, reporter for the Long Point News, is close to finishing an explosive expose on the Long Point Nuclear Plant. But before he can slot the final piece of the jigsaw into place, he dies an agonizing death as the result of some sort of strange sting. The local doctors are baffled — and suddenly there are similar cases that follow. Now Chris Lane, Les's girlfriend, and organizer of the Long Point Protestors that oppose the operation of the nuclear plant, discovers Mason’s notes, and decides to find out for herself what the plant could possibly be hiding...
The explosive sequel to Neil Hunter's Scorpion novel! The colony of deadly scorpions at Long Point Nuclear Plant that killed scores of locals was eradicated. Or so people thought. Over a year later, entomologist Miles Ranleigh receives a worrying telephone call. A man has been fatally poisoned by toxic venom, identical to the Long Point scorpions’ — but far more powerful. Miles and his companion Jill Ansty must race to destroy the fresh infestation. But this is a new strain of scorpion. Mutated and irradiated. They’re larger, more savage—and infected with a deadly virus fatal to humans. And they’re breeding...
From acclaimed fantasy and science fiction writer Roland J. Green.
For fans of STARSHIP TROOPERS, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, and WARHAMMER.
The first in the STARCRUISER SHENANDOAH science fiction military series!
THE GUARDIANS OF PEACE GO TO WAR.
In the twenty-sixth century, the United Federation of Starworlds is sworn to protect the many planets under its sway at any cost. So when the call for aid is received from Victoria, a world divided between the Federation and its most powerful competitor, the Freeworld States Alliance, Captain Rose Liddell orders the battle cruiser Shenandoah repaired and redirected into space at breakneck speed. But as the Shenandoah reaches the Victoria system, it discovers a situation more explosive than anyone had been prepared to face. Someone is manipulating Federation and Alliance forces alike...someone ready to use hijacking, terrorism, and a starship with advanced militaristic capabilities. And unless they can find out who this unknown opponent is, the two superpowers might find themselves firing the opening missiles in a war neither wants—yet neither can prevent!
From acclaimed fantasy and science fiction writer Roland J. Green.
For fans of STARSHIP TROOPERS, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, and WARHAMMER.
The second in the STARCRUISER SHENANDOAH science fiction military series!
REBEL STRIKE
Both Federation and Alliance forces had considered the resolution of the conflict on Victoria a diplomatic triumph. But now an unknown force struck a double blow, taking out an Alliance cruiser and then bringing down the ship which the Federation battler cruiser Shenandoah sent out to investigate the disaster. While Federation, Republic, and Alliance forces quickly zeroed in to prevent a three-way confrontation, a rebel army struck the first devastating blow in a campaign to overthrow the Republic’s government. Suddenly a world at peace was transformed into a planet on the brink of destruction. And in the shadows was a manipulating alien enemy out to overturn the balance of power between the Federation and the Alliance...
From acclaimed fantasy and science fiction writer Roland J. Green.
For fans of STARSHIP TROOPERS, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, and WARHAMMER.
The third in the STARCRUISER SHENANDOAH science fiction military series!
THE DIPLOMACY OF WAR
Was being tested to the limit as terrorist actions on the planet Victoria threatened to pitch Federation and Alliance forces alike into the all-out combat neither wanted. But the greatest danger came from the lizard-like Merishi and the enormous Baernoi, who were manipulating all the human factions for their own benefit. The Merishi would do anything for a profit, while the Baernoi would willingly sacrifice humans and Merishi alike for political power. But there were also unidentified forces who had struck two deadly blows, dropping a fusion bomb with devastating effect and staging a direct attack on Victoria’s government house. And suddenly Victoria rocked with a chain reaction of destruction and death that could overwhelm them all—in an explosion of violence that could prove beyond the power of the Shenandoah’s troops to stop...
First in the Wandor fantasy adventure series!
From prolific fantasy author Roland J. Green!
IN THE ANCIENT DAYS...
“...There was a King of the blood of the Sthi, and he wore Five Crowns and all the world owed him homage and lived at peace with one another. Then the Years of Darkness came upon us, and men became as beasts, and the world we know today came into being. But from those days to this there has been among us a prophecy that a King shall once more rise to wear the Five Crowns and bring men to peace.”
This is the message brought by High Priestess Kayopla to Bertan Wandor, House Master of the Order of Duelists. Is Wandor the man chosen by destiny to claim the throne and restore peace? Only by setting out on an incredible quest, alone and unaided against the Dark Forces threatening his world, can Wandor discover the truth. It is a quest rich in adventure, combat, mystery and imagination, in the highest traditions of heroic fantasy.
AND THIS IS WANDOR’S TALE....
Second in the Wandor fantasy adventure series!
IN THE ANCIENT DAYS...
“Go and seek these: the Helm of Jagnar, the Axe of Yeroda, the Spear of Valkath, the Sword of Artos, the Dragon-Steed of Morkol. Go among all peoples and through all lands and against all who torment and distress men, wherever you find them barring your passage.”
Thus had spoken the mystic voice of the vast Wall of Flame, deep underground. Over a year had passed since Bertan Wandor had won the love of the Firehair Maiden, Gwynna – and the loyalties of Strong-Axe, Fear-No-Devil, and the mighty Cheloth of the Woods. Now Bertan Wandor would again embark on his dangerous journey to prove that he was the rightful heir to the High Throne of the Hills.
His epic mission across a war-torn medieval landscape, begun in WANDOR’S RIDE, continues in this stirring chronicle of a lone crusade to bring peace and justice against the forces of witchcraft, evil, and corruption.
Third in the Wandor fantasy adventure series!
IN THE ANCIENT DAYS...
“There was a King, and he wore Five Crowns and all the world owed him homage and lived at peace. Then the years of darkness came and men became as beasts. But it is said a King shall once more rise to wear the Five Crowns and bring men to peace.”
The sacred quest beckons once more, and mighty Bertan Wandor, Master of Duelists, must wage an unremitting battle as sea raiders attack the shore of the Viceroyalty and his beloved Gwynna is taken captive. Her fate destined as a sacrifice. Ambitions for power are whipped to a fury by the arch villain, Black Duke Cragor, his sorcerer Kaldmor, and their sinister allies the Beast Wizards of Yand. And as the prophecy unfolds Wandor races against time to vanquish the minions of darkness and save Gwynne...
The heroic crusade undertaken in WANDOR’S RIDE and WANDOR’S JOURNEY continues in this climactic chronicle of love and war played out against a vivid and fearful landscape of sorcery, intrigue, and blood-stirring valor.
Fourth in the Wandor fantasy adventure series!
IN THE ANCIENT DAYS...
“There was a King, and he wore Five Crowns and all the world owed him homage and lived at peace. Then the years of darkness came and men became as beasts. But it is said a King shall once more rise to wear the Five Crowns and bring men to peace.”
Deep within the blackness catacombs beneath the city of Kerhab, Wandor the Swordsman and his beautiful Gwynna receive a terrible judgment. For their reluctant part in the unjust war against Kerhab, they must now capture the dreaded Dragon Steed of Morkol—a great winged creature possessed of wondrous and deadly powers. Something not accomplished for a thousand years.
Alone in their desperate quest to find the beast—and bring peace once again to their embattled world—Wandor and Gwynna set forth on adventures as perilous and heroic and as fantastically imagined in WANDOR’S RIDE, WANDOR’S JOURNEY, and WANDOR’S VOYAGE.
“Roland Green...has mastered the art of writing continuously fresh and picturesque series of character novels...entertainment it is.” – Chicago Sun-Times
First in the PEACE COMPANY novel series by Roland J. Green.
For fans of Starship Troopers, Battlestar Galactica and Warhammer.
Introducing the toughest band of combat infantry the future has to offer.
If you seek peace—prepare for war.
A rule as true in the 24th Century as it is today. When 75 planets—from savage tribes to outlaw tyrannies to star-spanning mega-powers—totter on the brink of the hell that began the day Earth destroyed itself. When only one military outfit has the experience, strength, and firepower to deliver rapid deployment justice to the galaxy—the Planetary Union Peace Force.
This is the frontline. Peace Company Group 14, New Frontier Seventh Peace Brigade. The 900 shock troops of the battle-cruiser Ark Royal. Knife-honed vets, men and women, commander to crew. Elite commandos ready to wage and win war, anytime, anywhere. Under any conditions. On any world.
Second in the PEACE COMPANY novel series by Roland J. Green.
For fans of Starship Troopers, Battlestar Galactica and Warhammer.
Peace Force hits the jungle of planet Greenhouse...to stop an inter-species bloodbath.
Trial by fire...in the Mountains of Steel!
Megatrouble is brewing on the planetoid hellhole they call Greenhouse. Two rival nations, long-separated by 700 kilometers of vermin-infested jungle, are about to be connected by a mountain railroad—and a bloodbath is predicted. Terrorist attacks and racial hatred already threaten to sever this desperately needed lifeline.
This is a job for the commandos of the battle cruiser Ark Royal. Only the Peace Company have a chance of coming between the shaggy renegade Hrothmi and the ancestral enemies. Because in the war-torn galaxies of the 24th century, firepower is the price of peace.
Third in the PEACE COMPANY novel series by Roland J. Green.
For fans of Starship Troopers, Battlestar Galactica and Warhammer.
It’s the 24th century. God isn’t dead yet.
And Hell is just another word for war...
Religious fanaticism threatens final destruction for the planet Zauberberg. The Church battles the Anti-Clericals for internal control of Triple Federation territory. Overhead, the unholy light of the Thorshammer meteor shower begins to shine—disrupting global communications. And in the north country, the Game Master has trained a band of guerrilla zealots to take bloody advantage of just this moment...
This is a job for the Peace Force. Once again, the Ark Royal offloads Sergeant Parkes and his commandos into a grueling megabattle. And this time, the Game Master is armed with more than firepower!
“The best new military SF series since Drake’s Hammer’s Slammers” – John F. Carr, co-author of Great Kings’ War
“This series seems to be catching the true flavor of the military experience...Fast-paced” – Robert Adams, author of the “Horse Clans” series
“First-rate military fiction!” – John Maddox Roberts
“Roland Green is the only person I know who knows more about the military than I do.” – Jerry Pournelle, bestselling author of Footfall.
Graphic Novels
Based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells. Sherlock Holmes is called out of retirement to London in 1908 to solve a most baffling mystery: The British Museum is missing a perfect specimen of a Martian from the failed invasion of 1899. Did it walk away of its own accord or did someone steal it and if so, why? Holmes ponders the facts and remembers his part in the war effort alongside Professor Challenger during the War of the Worlds invasion which were chronicled in H.G. Wells’ classic novel. Meanwhile, Doctor Watson has problems of his own when his wife, Jacqueline, steals a scalpel from his surgical tool kit and returns to her old stomping grounds of Whitechapel, the London area of the infamous unsolved murders of Jack The Ripper!
"Doug Murray and Topper Helmers bring us a ripping yarn combining some of the most beloved characters to ever come out of turn-of-the-century London.” - AtomicAvenue.com
Take to the skies over Europe during World War I as ace fighter plane pilots engage in battle with primitive machines that are held together with canvas, wire, wood, and metal. These adventurers, who were drawn to the conflict, came from as far afield as India, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, would fight to defend their homeland, fight for nationalistic pride, and fight for personal glory. Based on historical facts and well researched, each individual pilot’s story is thrillingly told in this volume series that serves both as an astonishing read and a fitting tribute to courage, audacity and sacrifice; capturing the kinetic mayhem of the dogfight while briskly illuminating life on the ground on and off the base. Each story becoming much more than the number of victories scored, as vital as that might have been to the final outcome of the war. Volume ONE features the true exploits of England’s Edward ‘Mick’ Mannock, Ireland’s George ‘McIrish’ McElroy, and India’s Lal ‘Laddie’ Roy.
“Chris’s gorgeous art is complimented by great scripting that captures the danger of air warfare perfectly, and pulls no punches when many of the pilots make their final sortie….International Aces is, quite simply, one of the best produced independent war comics I have ever seen.” - John Freeman, Downthetubes
Take to the skies over Europe during World War I as ace fighter plane pilots engage in battle with primitive machines that are held together with canvas, wire, wood, and metal. These adventurers, who were drawn to the conflict, came from as far afield as India, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, would fight to defend their homeland, fight for nationalistic pride, and fight for personal glory. Based on historical facts and well researched, each individual pilot’s story is thrillingly told in this volume series that serves both as an astonishing read and a fitting tribute to courage, audacity and sacrifice; capturing the kinetic mayhem of the dogfight while briskly illuminating life on the ground on and off the base. Each story becoming much more than the number of victories scored, as vital as that might have been to the final outcome of the war. VOLUME TWO features the true exploits of Italy’s Francesco Baracca, France’s René Fonck, and Belgium’s Willy Coppens.
Take to the skies over Europe during World War I as ace fighter plane pilots engage in battle with primitive machines that are held together with canvas, wire, wood, and metal. These adventurers, who were drawn to the conflict, came from as far afield as India, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, would fight to defend their homeland, fight for nationalistic pride, and fight for personal glory. Based on historical facts and well researched, each individual pilot’s story is thrillingly told in this volume series that serves both as an astonishing read and a fitting tribute to courage, audacity and sacrifice; capturing the kinetic mayhem of the dogfight while briskly illuminating life on the ground on and off the base. Each story becoming much more than the number of victories scored, as vital as that might have been to the final outcome of the war. Volume THREE features the true exploits of Russia’s Aleksandr Kozakov, Austro-Hungary’s Godwin Brumowski, and Germany’s Manfred Von Richthofen.
Take to the skies over Europe during World War I as ace fighter plane pilots engage in battle with primitive machines that are held together with canvas, wire, wood, and metal. These adventurers, who were drawn to the conflict, came from as far afield as India, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa, would fight to defend their homeland, fight for nationalistic pride, and fight for personal glory. Based on historical facts and well researched, each individual pilot’s story is thrillingly told in this volume series that serves both as an astonishing read and a fitting tribute to courage, audacity and sacrifice; capturing the kinetic mayhem of the dogfight while briskly illuminating life on the ground on and off the base. Each story becoming much more than the number of victories scored, as vital as that might have been to the final outcome of the war. Volume FOUR features the true exploits of Canada’s William Bishop, South Africa’s Andrew Beauchamp-Proctor, Australia’s Robert Little, New Zealand’s Keith Caldwell, and the United States’ Edward Rickenbacker.
From Harvey-nominated writer/artist Don Lomax, creator of the award-winning Vietnam Journal series comes Fire Team.
Cam Ky MacMurphy is half-Vietnamese, half- American, and feels as if he doesn’t belong to either race. His uncle, Nguyen Van Tan, raised him from birth and the two live in an area of LA that is controlled by a skinhead gang called “Future Shock.” The neighborhood lives in fear as the gang forces them to pay “protection” money. When Nguyen refuses, he and Cam are beaten and their store is burned to the ground. The police, for their part, don’t even bother to file a report. Then hope appears in the form of a ghost from the past. When Nguyen was younger, right after Cam was born, he worked with a U.S. Fire Team deployed in the last days of the Vietnam War. The team was comprised of six brave men who ended up sacrificing themselves trying to evacuate women and children from an about to be overrun command base. Now the Fire Team has come back from the dead to not only save Nguyen and Cam but to tell Cam that his American father is alive and fighting a guerrilla war in the Vietnamese jungles!
The acclaimed comic book war series from Don Lomax, nominated for a Harvey Award, is now presented as a series of graphic novel volume collections.
Vietnam Journal is a look at the Vietnam War through the eyes of a war journalist Scott Neithammer, a freelance reporter the troops have nicknamed "Journal". As an embedded reporter, Neithammer has a single minded focus and obsession to report the controversial war from the "grunt’s" point of view and to hell with the consequences. It chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line during the Vietnam War. BOOK ONE collects issues 1-4 plus short story "The 5.56 Blues".
Picked by Entertainment Weekly as "a graphic novel you should own" and recommended by the Military History Book Club
The acclaimed series from Don Lomax continues in this second trade paperback collecting the entire series. The four issues contained in this volume were originally published by Apple Comics (#5-#8) and issue 8 and 9 have never been reprinted before so this volume is a chance for long time fans to finally get the whole saga of “The Iron Triangle” in its entirety.
In BOOK THREE, Scott ‘Journal’ Neithammer returns to Vietnam, having recovered from his war injuries, but his expectations of being assigned to a safe area dissipate as he is dropped into the middle of a firefight in the Mekong Delta. Neithammer joins up with a new group deployed in the Vietnam War by the US Navy...the Seals. They’re not exactly happy with the older 'Journal' tagging along but orders are orders. The problem is 'Journal' can’t really figure out what the Seals’ orders exactly are. As preparations get underway for the Dak To engagement, 'Journal' ventures out into the jungle but ends up escorting a pregnant villager to safety only to discover she’s really with the enemy. And afterwards, as a battle rages towards occupying a hill that has no significant value, 'Journal' finds he has to deal with both choking gas and Vietcong snipers. Collects issues 9-12. Plus a short story titled “Dustoff” is included.
In BOOK FOUR, Scott 'Journal' Niethammer, lost in the jungle and on his own, sees firsthand the terror the Vietnamese villages contend with on an almost daily basis. But he comes across an U.S. army dog named Luther who faithfully serves. And as Operation Pershing unleashes 'Journal' hears a tale from a young soldier about an action soldiers didn’t usually talk about, especially to a reporter. It is a grey line between morality and loyalty and 'Journal' is also forced to deal with that situation. He also begins to put to paper the struggles of American prisoners of war held by the Viet Cong, as an American soldier, after brutal imprisonment by the Viet Cong, recounts his tale and 'Journal' finally understands how resilient the American soldier can be even at such a young age. BOOK FOUR collects issues 13-16.
In BOOK FIVE, the story of the Tet Offensive is chronicled by ‘Journal’. It is the biggest push the Viet Cong launched during the Vietnam War and one that almost brought them immediate victory. The American command realizes that the latest assault s a massive one as multiple targets are all hit at once. This escalates the war to an entirely new level. And with the Tet Offensive in full force, ‘Journal’ finds the civilian population are more than just tools in the war. As he, along with most of the other press covering the war, realize that although America are winning the battles, they were losing the war. And it is obvious that the Viet Cong would do anything to succeed….anything. And with U.S. troops making their push to Khe Sanh, ‘Journal’ gets a taste of the politics that have taken over the American involvement in the war as it cements the insanity of the entire conflict. Collects entire Vietnam Journal Tet '68 series.
In BOOK SIX, war correspondent Scott 'Journal' Neithammer arrives in Khe Sanh at the beginning of the bloody siege. American troops are completely isolated and under constant bombardment from North Vietnamese troops for over two months as the First Air Cavalry struggles to arrive on the scene to reinforce the exhausted Marines. The siege is ultimately broken as North Vietnamese troops withdraw with heavy American reinforcements on the way. But the aftermath signals a shift in U.S. policy and the Khe Sanh base is closed and dismantled. And in a surprise move to the American troops, President Johnson announces a restriction in bombing of North Vietnam. Aside from the Khe Sanh series, Book Six also includes two short stories titled "Special Ops: Phoenix" and "Zippo Raid".
In BOOK SEVEN, the United States military decides to launch an offensive into the A Shau Valley near the Laotian border. This has been a long time staging area that the Viet Cong have used for years to send men and supplies into South Vietnam from the enemy’s sanctuary in Laos. Meanwhile 'Journal' becomes fascinated with the story of a prisoner of war who belonged to a small tribe that has lived in the A Shau Valley for centuries. They have no sense of country, politics or ideology, only for their local people, but they are dragged anyhow into a war they couldn’t even comprehend. And as the battle at A Shau Valley continues even though Nixon has taken over as President of the United States, ‘Journal, always trying to stay as impartial as possible, can’t contain his rage when he finds the Viet Cong receiving medical supplies from United States protesters back home against the war. Also included in BOOK SEVEN is the collected Hamburger Hill serial series that appeared in Gallery Magazine.
In BOOK EIGHT, assembled here is the series story run BRAIN DEAD HORROR as it had originally appeared at the online site VIETNAM JOURNAL CONTINUUM. Featured are four tales depicting the full nature of war soldiers faced in Southeast Asia.
After 25 years Don Lomax's critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal series is back with all new tales of Scott ‘Journal’ Neithammer as he reports on the heartache and headache of the forgotten young soldiers on both sides of the Vietnam War. VOLUME ONE takes ‘Journal’ from late 1969, the Monsoon season, to May of 1970, and the beginning of the Cambodian incursion. As the war officially spreads into that neighboring country it tests the South Vietnamese Military on their capabilities of sustaining the war against the North Vietnamese Communists on their own. Along the way ‘Journal’ finds himself caught in the crosshairs of a juvenile sniper, and a private war for his own sanity as he is forced to fight a plague of rats at a forward firebase. And from a bitter sweet tryst in a back street bar in Saigon, to rolling into Cambodia with an untrustworthy cameraman new to his craft...the action never stops and questions about Neithammer’s career choice continually lay just below the surface.
VOLUME TWO. It is 1969 and Scott “Journal” Niethammer returns to report on the seemingly endless conflict and this time he heads into Cambodia as the incursion of that country is well underway by United States and South Vietnamese military forces. He is accompanied by a slightly erratic photographer with the unhealthy attitude that he is impervious to enemy fire when behind the camera’s lens. While in Cambodia they meet a pistol packing, single-minded Nun and dozens of ethnic Vietnamese orphans who have been delivered a death sentence by Cambodia’s new acting Prime Minister, Lon Nol. With Journal’s help they make a desperate race for the border and salvation. Now wanted by the Judge Advocate General’s office for questioning, Journal retreats back into Cambodia hoping the farce will all blow over. But he meets a female reporter as much an outcast from the mainstream media as he. Their similarities create a bond until the war finds a way to force the heavy hand of horror into their fledgling relationship. And lastly, racism and drugs rear their ugly heads as rear echelon United States troops are moved forward in a support capacity for the line troops. Their real world prejudices and minimal training threaten to rot the core of the effort from the inside out. And the ever present enemy awaits any opportunity to hand the Americans a sound defeat should there be a misstep in their favor. Collects Vietnam Journal: Series Two comic issues #6-10.
VOLUME THREE. July 1970. Scott "Journal" Neithammer has been reporting first-hand on President Nixon’s military incursion into Cambodia to root out the North Vietnamese Army’s. However, this all comes to an abrupt end when he is kidnapped by over-zealous Military Police and returned to South Vietnam to face the Provost Marshall’s wrath. The incident sparks Neithammer’s unexpected journey back into the dreaded A Shau Valley where the 101st Airborne Division, once again, attempts to bloody the noses of the NVA. Just one year earlier, their Brothers had fought a prolonged and divisive battle in the A Shau Valley on Hill 937, Dong Ap Bia Mountain—aka Hamburger Hill. This brings us to the siege of Fire Support Base RIPCORD. This is a story of over-confidence, arrogance, and revenge on the part of Military Assistance Command Vietnam in Saigon, coupled with an under-strength U.S. force sent to face an enemy who outnumbers them ten to one. RIPCORD was the final large unit battle in the waning days of the Vietnam War for the United States. The troops were expected to face a massive enemy presence, have minimal or no casualties, and receive limited ordinance and support, while vanquishing a highly motivated and well supplied enemy. RIPCORD is also the story of the senseless waste of young American lives. Nevertheless, it recognizes the extreme heroism of the lowly infantry grunt, average age 18-years-old, who was expected to complete an overwhelming task. Collects Vietnam Journal: Series Two issues #11-15.
HARVEY AWARD NOMINEE comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Desert Storm Journal comic series and brings back his central character from his critically acclaimed VIETNAM JOURNAL books.
August 1, 1990, Saddam Hussein, with his eye on the rich oil fields of Kuwait rolled his army into that neighboring country with the intention of annexing Kuwait as a province, while claiming its riches for himself. War was brewing once again on the American horizon. Scott 'Journal' Neithammer comes out of retirement to cover the first Persian Gulf War. He finds himself also caught up in the war between the Pentagon and the press! Fed up with press restrictions, he heads off into the desert on his own - and gets an unwelcome firsthand taste of the full fury of modern American firepower! Collects issues 1-4 of DESERT STORM JOURNAL.
HARVEY AWARD NOMINEE comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Desert Storm Journal comic series and brings back his central character from his critically acclaimed VIETNAM JOURNAL books.
January 1991. The ground war to oust Saddam Hussein by United States and coalition forces from Kuwait has begun. Scott 'Journal' Neithammer has come out of retirement and finds himself and his photographer lost in the desert and many miles behind enemy lines. It soon becomes evident that danger takes more than one form as they are captured by Iraqi forces. But with escape comes the realization that friendly fire can make you just as dead as Saddam's army. Collects comic book issues 5-9 of DESERT STORM JOURNAL series.
Based on the true story of an American spy in Vietnam as told to Don Lomax by agent Robert Durand who chronicles the tale.
Durand was a member of a black-ops team, code-named "Shining Brass." This graphic novel depicts the horrific atrocities witnessed and performed by the once naive special forces member as he attempts to perform his duties and understand the true meaning behind the madness. Durand’s group was under the command of a combined force, comprised of every branch of the services, and headed up by the ever-popular Central Intelligence Committee. This book is a journey into a shadow world of treachery and deceit—and reveals the way lives of Americans were traded about carelessly during the war in Vietnam.
For those that enjoy the world of model railroading!
THE BOYS IN THE BASEMENT cartoon strip was conceived, written, and illustrated by award-winning comic book creator Don Lomax. Don made a career of working in the train industry and with Burlington Railroad before and after serving his country with a tour in Vietnam. THE BOYS IN THE BASEMENT strip appeared as a series within the pages of Model Railroading magazine. It takes a humorous look at the world of model trains from the perspective of three men, Merle and his friends Lenny and Earl, and their obsession and love with the hobby. As they attempt to build the perfect model railroad layout in Merle's basement. Rail enthusiasts and those who love them will appreciate Lomax's talent to humorously depict what it is like to be a train aficionado.
Survive! is a grim look at life after the events of a Third World War. Nuclear fallout has hit the U.S.A., and the Miller family were prepared...they have an underground bunker, and plenty of food and supplies. But they must protect themselves against the less fortunate, who are proving to be more and more desperate as starvation and radiation effects take hold, becoming literal zombies before their very eyes.
"Don Lomax's writing is excellent and extremely detailed, and I imagine this is one of the better takes on the reality of a post-apocalyptic society." - comicclassics.org