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The novel follows the adventures of a pirate crew under Captain Abigail Sanders, a woman of considerable skill, ability and ferocity. The tale picks up when her vessel, the Raging Gale, seizes a captive, a young woman named Hope Harvey on her way to the New World, who goes from hostage to ship’s musician as the brigands plunder the sea . . .
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The Sengoku Jidai was an age of nearly constant warfare in Japanese history, clans struggled endlessly against other clans and today’s ally might be tomorrow’s enemy. The proud Inuyama clan, once driven nearly to the brink of extinction by their hated rivals the Kurokawa clan, have finally grown in strength enough to face their enemies in a battle for their . . .
The moon launch. The Challenger disaster. The Lewinsky scandal. And global warming. Someone’s behind it all, and it’s not for anything as mundane as corporate profits or political power. Join Jack Crowley and Jim Patterson as they race to stop the conspiracy before it’s too late. And maybe, just maybe, save the world. . . .
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In 1970, a Spearfish Lake kid walked into a patch of jungle in Vietnam, and was never seen again. In an era when many people were tired of the war or just didn’t care, most were ready to forget about him—except for his friends, some of whom he’d never met, but who kept the faith anyway. . . .
There is nothing wrong with Absent Friend, but it is not good or even bad enough to be good. It’s simply okay. I’ve read eight chapters and midway through chapter 9 I decided that I couldn’t read anymore.
The pacing seems off, to me. The author introduces Mike who, I presume, [more . . .]
Nowhere in Wes Boyd’s FAQ or About pages does he tell us whether he’s ever served in the military. But Absent Friend, his story of faithful Army buddies on a search for a Missing In Action comrade, makes me wish I knew . . . and not just because I’m curious about the accuracy of the Army slang and military procedures used here. It’s [more . . .]