After living in large and medium sized cities all over the U.S. and England we found ourselves in a very small town in central Illinois. Instead of a choice of food stores I found one store, which didn't carry many products I was used to buying. That started the adventure. Often there was someone who would stop me and point to something and ask, "What is that and what do you do with it?" So I found myself standing in the aisles explaining what something was and giving out recipes.O...

Finalist in the 2009 New Mexico Book Awards ContestPirates are attacking commercial shipping, seizing the cargoes and killing the crews. These are shocking acts reminiscent of ancient times not heard of in this more civilized era. Who is behind this nefarious scheme? And why?Jesmond Kalleni and Selene Donovan are soon working with FIS and The Kesnor to find out what is going on and who is responsible for these outrages.Don't they know that no one messes with the Kall...