Action/Adventure Stories

Readers have told me that they enjoy my fond remembrances from my days in Sodom-and-Gomorrah-by-the-Potomac. You might think that I am making this up. All I can say is - believe it... There is nothing here that isn't part of your present day reality. None of the operations, or agencies, their mission, or gear are a figment of my imagination. They all operate exactly as I describe them and they are doing it as we speak. Frankly, I don't know whether to be proud, or terrified... Enjoy!

A swashbuckling tale set in the Age of Discovery. Join Dom Pedro de la Vega, a young Portuguese nobleman and adventurer and follow him as he sails in search of adventure, fame, and revenge. / (Reviews)

Tom and his father could never see eye to eye on almost any subject. Jack was a 'my way or the highway' sort, but when Jack issued an ultimatum on Tom's final day of high school, Tom chose to hit the road. Five years later he went in search of the answer to a hundred year old mystery, following the clues left by a man who died of pneumonia while ranting about 'a wall of gold, beyond the mirror.'

Absence of Living Book
College life is great until it isn't.

A Story in the Damsels In Distress Universe
John was chosen by the Great General Hero Samuel to be his replacement. The problem is that John is a Lawyer from Earth and the rules that apply to being a Hero are open to interpretation. Can the rules for being a Hero remain when you let a Lawyer loose to challenge them? Will the Hero that Samuel saw in John emerge? What of Beth and her role as Caretaker? The questions from Time Waits for No One are answered and new challenges are revealed.

A Story in the The Traveller Saga Universe
After learning about magic from Sar'ha Chris finds that he is now the target of various people, including a dark mage with murder in his mind - Can Chris survive his attacks? A sequel to The Traveller

Becky Thatcher was a young woman whose claim to fame consisted of putting one hand in front of her and then the other. A tough row to hoe, but when you are up the well-known creek without a paddle, it suffices. After that, as the Chinese would say, she lived in interesting times. / (Reviews)

A Story in the Damsels In Distress Universe
Al Adams is on his way back to Chaos for another rescue, and to do more about setting up his base of operations. This time he has a problem, he's being asked to make a rescue that all the other Heroes have knocked back as a fancy form of suicide! The Damsels are captives of Dragons, a protected species he can't hurt. The Dragons are big, and dangerous. What can he do? He's their last hope, dare he refuse, like the others have?

'Once a Marine, always a Marine.' was the code he lived by. His dictionary had no definition for 'impossible:' an exceptional man who wouldn't let his superiors stop him from doing what he saw as his duty, even if it's by himself after being retired. The story is told by his niece who's concerned about how the authorities are trying to rewrite his life for their own purposes.