Born to an affluent family in 1836, Hylan B. Lyon claimed ancestors among Irish rebels, patriots of the American Revolution, and slaveowners in his native Kentucky. Biographer Dan Lee chronicles Lyon’s military career, which began with service in the Third US Artillery after his graduation from West Point in 1856. Lyon first saw action in the Third Seminole War. Later stationed at Fort Yuma in California, he went on to fight in the Coeur d’Alene War. Witnessing the execution of Yakima chie...

Captured by bandits, sold at auction to strange orcs, and dragged halfway across the realm…I never thought I’d say this, but being kidnapped by a band of pillaging bandits wasn’t the low point of my life.No, that came when a massive, scarred orc king decided I was his mate and refused to let me leave his cave.I’ve been brought to their underground palace, and their king refuses to let me go - he expects me to accept their customs and doesn’t underst...

Danny Cain thought a six-year stint as a United States Marine Corps Military Policeman was enough. Add to that plenty of action on the front lines of the Korean "police action" with UN troops, and he was ready for something new, a change of scenery. Mrs. Ruth Able provided the change.Forming a private investigating team, Danny and Ruth face deadly action in 1955 Kansas City, Kansas, working to locate a serial killer wiping out homeless American veterans with a most unusual murder w...

An audaciously naughty, saucy and humorous story for adults. Six women and one very amply endowed man frolic in a rooming house.George W. Melandorph, an accountant, is small in stature, but has an extraordinary gift. He runs from job to job to escape women hounding him for his male "equipment". His attributes hinder his search for a woman who loves him for "who I am, rather than what I have".Settling in the fictional small Northern Indiana town of Woxland, George once again b...

Is white-collar crime victimless? Often, it becomes a very deadly game when the powerful become greedy.This is the story of two young beginning reporters trying to survive in 1959. Together, they fight heroically, wade into the murky waters of widespread official fraud, corruption, murder, and engage in a new war against domestic abuse and violence!On his 19th birthday, Toby Miller has already experienced a lifetime of tragedy. There are always consequences to actions, and ...

Kira Murphy is a liability: always has been. She might be small but her personality and heart are not: a sexual health doctor with a foul mouth, pink streaks in her hair, a bizarre world view, a reputation for being ‘pathologically social’, and a huge crush on the current Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth . . . she’s weird and lovable in equal measure.The last thing Barclay Lucas needs is a liability. He’s made it into the cabinet with single-minded determinat...

Cain and Able Mysteries, Volume 2 -- Danny Cain and Ruth Able pursue a double cop killer and a missing farming community librarian in this second volume of the crime fighting duo's adventures. Dodging rifle bullets and suffering a kidnapping is routine for these two detectives who work under contract with law enforcement to solve the most elusive criminals. Action takes place in the heart of north-central Illinois farming country in Ca. 1956, when there were no personal computers or magica...

A little flutter, a dizzy spell, an imperceptible narrowing of the arteries and then the rest of your life is a series of doctors advising you against things.On the outskirts of Hanoi, a late night motorcycle ride leads to an encounter in a cluttered kitchen where no-one quite belongs.Duyên is a young woman reluctantly returning to her roots. Murph is coming to see his old mate, Bob, whose shady past is slowly catching up with him.Dan Lee's wry new play dra...

"Shadow Grass" is a story of two private investigators, working as Cain and Able Investigations, who face the complicated and complex chore of finding the killer of citizens in a small crossroads town near Kansas City, Missouri.The perpetrator does more than kill a victim, the murderer tortures the poor soul with sharp garden tools.As in other Cain and Able Mysteries, Danny and Ruth find themselves targets of deadly attacks on their lives."Shadow Grass" is the 3rd in...

Three exciting adventures in one volume. Action, Romance, Cops, Killers, Journalist, all define the meaning of "Hero"."Black 'till Daylight"--A police officer, eluding cop killers, faces a fate worse than death itself."Old Man, Cop"--Features cop tales, told by an Old Man, while small town officers elude death at the hands of a gunman bent on massacring church school children, a quarrelling couple, and a sniper."Josh Jones, An Unwilling Hero"--Our most popular E-book, ...

--"Age 6" is the tale of an Indiana boy nearing his seventh birthday. He is escorted by an older family friend on a five-day, often mysterious, outing via steam locomotive.Would you like to be turned loose in a toy factory distributor showroom to play? Or, could you be left alone at the lunch table while German spies try to figure out how to nab you so you will not expose them to the authorities? What about being trapped and kidnapped from a men's room 500 miles from home? Is it jus...

Five stories in this single volume, exciting and poignant. Action, Romance, Adventure all encompassed in this ca. 1955-60 volume, including: "The Trickster", tribulations of graduating seniors; business success, music, performing arts, love lost and love found in "Music Maestro"; the excitement following two investigative reporters in "Quiet One"; a murderous chase in the forest, building a community theater musical success in "Limelight"; and, a challenged young man brings a community tog...