Emmett Casey is a man desperately trying to outrun his own history and his family's heritage. He seeks forgiveness but knows there is no redemption in it. The long road of life now behind him in which he has attempted to atone for the sins of the past while they still haunt his dreams and waking thought, Casey fights his way toward respectability as he lives his life for those that can no longer live it for themselves. No longer young he recalls his past lives and the youthful energy that ...

How do you question a man who is already dead?Harry Beech is dying, but he is dying too soon.When he does his secrets will die with him and Harry has a lot of secrets that he's been keeping.Harry was the fixer, the arranger and the confidant for the Chicago crime scene.Everyone trusted Harry with their innermost secrets and Harry kept them all.But the world and his lifestyle finally caught up with him one fine spring morning and he was sentenced to consecutive life sentence...

The mean streets of inner-city Chicago and the high-rise housing projects are a tough place to grow up unless you learn to swim like the other fish. Emmett Casey is a quick study but a slow learner, and he learns most of his lessons the hard way. As he navigates through the guilt and shame instilled by the Catholic nuns and priests, he learns that he can only trust his own instincts and the example that his father sets for him. He struggles to function in a world where he is far too smart ...

Mick (Little Mick) Casey, a tail gunner in WWII, comes home from the war a hero in everyone's eyes but his own. Scarred by the horrors he has witnessed, Little Mick does what many returning veterans do in order to cope—he learns not to feel. Stepping back onto the civilian streets, he assumes the perception of normalcy. He marries, has a family, and tries to make a life in inner-city Chicago.A poignant tale of how a father's inability or unwillingness to heal creates a love-hate re...

Annie Abbott has always felt the quiet pulse of magic in the world—the life in stone and star, wind and water. But when her awakening power erupts in a battle that shakes the realms, the cost is devastating. Annie now lies suspended between life and death, her magic sealed behind a shadowed veil no one can reach.Across a blistering desert refuge, elves, dwarves, druids, and queens keep vigil, waiting for the girl who once stood against darkness itself. Without Annie, the alliance c...

Curl up in your favorite chair and enjoy an evening of literary wine-tasting and savor a sampling of tales from our publishing house. This perfect blend of stories allows you to explore the diverse offerings available at Indies United Publishing House.Highlights:*Lisa Orban brings us inspiring life-tales that give us a new perspective.*Maj Scott Meehan shows us a side of Saddam Hussein's capture that we never saw in the papers.*Timothy R Bal...