Chapter excerpts from Captain PROLOGUE The fire was directly behind them and catching up. Ray could not only feel the on-rushing hot and acrid air that rolled over them from behind, but he could sense the flames and, every now and then, would catch a glimpse of that holocaust when he dared peek over his shoulder. “Hurry,” he said as he and Katie ran down the long, narrow valley in northern...
Chapter excerpts from Airship Nine PROLOGUE There are countless alternate realities existing in the infinite and ever-expanding Universe. Those parallel states – those simultaneous states of being – are the depository of what one dimension might have been at a confluence of various critical cosmic factors. These simultaneous states of being are not ideas, nor dreams nor nightmares, but, rather, they are an objective existence that has grew...
Chapter excerpts from Skyfall …”Thanks for the good job.” As he spoke, Nicholetti raised the pistol slightly. He gently pressed the trigger once, the hollow popping sound of the weapon’s silencer filling the interior of the white Ford. Alex Caldwell took the single bullet directly between his eyes. He, too, was dead before his body had toppled forward into the dashboard. With that, Nicholetti took off the weapon’s silencer and jammed it back...
Chapter excerpts from Orbit Prologue After the supersonic Concorde airliner had been relegated to nothing but a historic artifact by the Fall of 2003, and with the fleet of NASA Space Shuttles executing their final missions before their phased-out retirement, there was suddenly a great deal of concern about a developing void on the commercial aviation and technological horizons. Mankind was, the high-tech experts all agreed, about to take a giant...
Chapter excerpts from Open Skies …Bridges was stirring slightly and groaning, which meant that he’d be getting to his feet in a few minutes. “Get in.” Zarrillo jumped into the motorized tug just as it began to speed away towards the deeper shadows. “Christ, slow this damned thing down.” “Shut up.” The man at the wheel jerked the tug to a stop as he heard the first of several new sounds from...
Chapter excerpts from Forced Landing PROLOGUE This book didn’t start out to be anything like what the end result has become. My original assignment had been to compile and then create a piece of historical fiction on the lives and contributions of various United States Secretaries of the Navy. My storyline was to begin with Joseph Hewes who – in addition to being one of the signatories of the Declaration of...