The truth can be a dangerous thing.Terrorism, duty, and personal safety collide when Jake Pendleton, an investigator for the NTSB, is called to investigate an aircraft accident in Savannah, Georgia during the St. Patrick’s Day celebration. The accident, which at first appears to be quite run-of-the-mill, turns out to be anything but. Since Jake is not willing to pretend there are no suspicious circumstances and more than the usual share of rather unlikely “coincidences,” he sets of...

As the Doomsday Clock strikes 90 seconds till midnight, what is the state of Earth and its inhabitants and how are we leading ourselves toward extinction? Artificial Intelligence (AI) has predicted several doomsday scenarios for Earth. Read what AI has to say about our future and what, if anything, we can do to prevent our own destruction.A look at the fate of Earth from an Artificial intelligence perspective.

He's been in the business for 50 years—he makes 'toys' for spies.Former NTSB Investigator Jake Pendleton faces a dilemma as the line blurs between right and wrong. After his judgment comes into question, Jake is entrusted to his new mentor, an eccentric old man who sees beyond Jake’s flaws. A man who makes ‘toys for spies.’A man known as The Toymaker.Jake’s first assignment reunites him with Gregg Kaplan in a daredevil mission to rescue a fellow age...

Gregg Kaplan is not an ordinary man, but a man with special skills, courtesy of the United States Government.His assignment is to stay off the grid when he innocently stumbles into a blown witness protection detail in Little Rock, Arkansas. He simply could not walk away from the impending mayhem.After the dust settles, a mortally wounded Deputy U.S. Marshal makes him promise to personally deliver the witness to a U.S. Marshals Service safe site.Not just a promise, a...

There are two types of people: those who have been hacked and know it, and those who have been hacked and don’t know it.Former Naval Intelligence Officer turned secret operative Jake Pendleton finds himself in a pulse-pounding race to stop a cyber-terrorist from releasing a string of the most heinous cyber-crimes the world has ever seen. Crimes that could render the world’s advanced technology useless.Jake teams with his partner, Francesca Catanzaro, to track down their onl...

Sentenced to death at 17 by an all-white southern jury, Lewis Pearson, an African-American blind from childhood, defies impossible odds and escapes death row. Abandoned by his escape partner, he meets and cuts a deal with Cob, a grizzled hobo, to help build Cob a house in exchange for help on the run.Relentlessly pursued by a savage bounty hunter, the unlikely pair arrive at Cob's dream town in a remote corner of New Mexico, where Lewis finds more than just safety—he finds love.

Gregg Kaplan’s partner has vanished without a word.He is inexplicably kept in the dark by his employer, the CIA, and ordered to stand down or face the consequences. Refusing to follow orders, Kaplan strikes out on his own in search of Isabella Hunt, the woman he is in love with.Following a tip that led him across the country to a small town in Wyoming, he finds himself in trouble once again when two of the town’s bullies assault a young Native American woman. This time it l...

A hiker finds a journal deep inside a glacier that was lost during World War II. On its frozen pages are etched the secret locations of treasures lost since the 1940s. But something more ominous is scribed in the journal, something that threatens the Presidency of the United States.Jake Pendleton and his new partner, Francesca Catanzaro, work for an “off the books” intelligence firm and are summoned to the White House where they are instructed to locate and acquire the book. Jake s...

NEW VERSION! Revised 2017, larger format, color graphics.Chuck Barrett, bestselling author of his award-winning books DISRUPTION, BLOWN, Breach of Power, The Toymaker, & The Savannah Project, shares his experiences with Independent Publishing and offers his advice for writers in this no-fluff, offbeat, and candid guide.Publishing Unchained offers a glimpse at the options available for those authors wishing to self-publish or those who wish to take publishing to the next ste...

Gregg Kaplan is hired by a private investigator to track down a missing man whose last known location was France.He enlists Pete Moss, a retired Witness Security Deputy U. S. Marshal, to help him locate the man. What Kaplan doesn't know is that the man he's supposed to find is not who he was led to believe.As Kaplan is drawn deeper into the dangerous mission, he quickly uncovers the hidden agenda for the reason he was hired—the man is an exiled traitor wanted by the United ...

Times are tough in the late 60s and farms are failing in the tomato fields of NW Ohio. There's a strike by farm workers. If that weren't enough, a farmer turns up with a hole in his head and a union organizer is in the frame. The evidence? An unfortunate threat and breathing while Brown.Ray and Margaret Odle, veterans of the Kentucky coal wars, now middle aged private labor detectives, get the call from the union to investigate the murder and make sure the true perp is nailed. Whil...

Let The Midnight Special is a collection of related short stories about prisoners who escape their confines only to confront the harsh realities of conscience and consequences.In Spider a genius leads six escapees right up to the prison gate—but why does he then refuse to leave with them?In Spin Cycle the most gifted escapee of a pair is blind. Will his run end in betrayal by his feckless partner?The lead escapee in Marching to Canaan ...