A story about betrayal, and where following an impulse can lead.

During the Second World War the American forces in the Pacific engaged in the greatest series of amphibious assaults ever known against tenacious Japanese foe. Many of the assaults turned into brutal bloody encounters, marred often by a lack of experience in these difficult operations against extensive prepared positions; Tinian proved to be the most successful of all of the seaborne operations of the Pacific War.Contains 66 photos and 13 maps and charts."TINIAN is a small is...

Donan had no family, no home, no food. Until the Order of the Black Falcon takes him in, and trains him as a spy and assassin. Now his future, his duty, is to save the kingdom from the growing threat of a war over the throne. An attempt on his life by his own guild proves that no one can be trusted. Being branded a traitor proves that he is too close to the truth. Betrayed and bitter, Donan is determined to expose the real traitor, but, hunted and alone, it's a race against time. Until a s...

Valdaur's golden age under the Marthalen Kings is a fading memory, brought to an end by the tyrannical sorcercer, Bathlemar. His reign was ended by an alliance of wizards of the High Council and the noble houses, but after over a century, it seems his corruption still lingers over the kingdom. With Valdaur now ruled by an aged and weakening king, and with a sickly prince due to inherit the throne, a sense of both desperation and opportunity raises the specter of civil war.Born into...

On the outcome of the Battle of Saipain hung the fate of the Pacific War, if the Japanese were to lost this island then the Home Islands would finally be in range of serious American bombing. As the fanatical resistance of the Japanese was raised to fever pitch by the exhortations of the high command, whilst the Marines who had learnt hard lessons on assault landings knew that the capture of Saipan could shorten the war immeasurably; so was set one of the bloodiest battles of the entire Pa...

Love, lust and loss, sex and skullduggery, conquests, failures, foibles – these are the elements of calypso, the stories in song that personify the islands of the West Indies. The three stories in this volume deal with lust in the Caribbean -- lust for another man's wife, lust for another man's yacht, and parrot lust.Man Smart -- Captain Petrullo is the proud, if not arrogant, commander of a 500-man army unit stationed in Passion Point. Each day he struts up Ponce de Leon Boulevard...

Sparks fly when Miss Straight Arrow meets Sergeant Sexy but neither can avoid the flame. An emotional second-chance novel from the RITA® Award winning author of Bad Blood!Matt Simmons is over Army doctors poking him. But when his sister won’t stop nagging him to see their old babysitter, now a sought-after physical therapist, he gives in just to get some peace. He’s not used to asking for help but he won’t qualify for the Special Forces unless he does something dra...

A haunted man. A murdered friend. A deadly enemy.Dan Taylor’s career as a bomb disposal expert in the British Army ended when an IED killed three of his team and left him scarred for life. Years later, and on the brink of self-destruction, Dan struggles to cope with the nightmares that haunt him.Until the day an estranged friend leaves a voicemail message for him, moments before he is assassinated in cold blood.Plunged into a global conspiracy, Dan ...