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A blend of contemporary rock and roll fiction mixed with the ancient tradition of myth. In the genre of Zen and the Art, it's a significant book of our era that explores the role or even need for religion in modern times, especially as it clashes with the creative.

Experience a novella within a novel:

Whiskey Myths

The story Whiskey Myths is contemporary with an edgy, experimental structure. Van Blackmar lives in the Valley of Dregs and Skidders -- a slow death of a place. She sits alone in her room with only books and her music. Whiskey Myths is her favorite album by the band BloodFire. The band's story is also told through rock lyrics, journal pages, even a manifesto.

Restless - A modern myth

Van writes to escape, and her novella appears in full text interspersed through her own story. Come on a journey with the Dregs and Skidders, the introverts, Old Woman Vera, Copperman and Julian Wiseblood.

Melanie has finally met the man of her dreams after a lifetime of tragic loss. But a shameful family secret is holding her back from getting too deeply involved. On the brink of nearly losing this glorious chance for happiness, Melanie learns that sometimes it is only after our darkest secrets are revealed, can we finally be free to discover the light of true love.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Perils of Candy Cuthway:

A young and vibrant woman finds herself ensnared in a web of fantasy, as circumstance leads her to an intriguing confident stranger who transforms her life with the delights of style, romance and vanity. He places the rare sweet nectar of life at her feet. But is he devine or merely a distraction from her main mission?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

This short story was written by Richard Shekari; a singer, song writer, and poet. Author; The Broken Wings of Forgiveness, Saving Rose Green, Anna the Human. Richard is a Humanitarian and an Architect by profession. Currently in Abuja, Nigeria (West Africa)

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The fulfillment of a childhood promise leads to the shocking discovery of a friend's death and likelihood of his having been murdered. Haunting memories and compulsion cloud our hero's mind and eventually drive him headlong into an obsessive search for the truth. He leaves medical school and moves to the rural Pennsylvania coal town where the body was found in an attempt to ferret out the killer and exact retribution.

The town itself is largely a collection of hillbilly riffraff and their kin. The local watering hole is called The Miner's Shaft and is the hangout for those he suspects as being involved with the murder. At The Shaft he meets Sally. She is the bartender and although a native of the town, her views are diametrically opposed to the bigoted sentiments of the bar's patrons.

With Sally's help and good acting the protagonist cozies up and infiltrates the 'good old boys' at The Shaft.

He soon is invited to go hunting with his new found 'friends' and after several nerve-racking expeditions he is asked to join the 'hunting club'.

Shortly thereafter he discovers the true nature of the 'hunting club.' It is a front for the "Defenders of Our Nation', a group of armed antigovernment radicals. It is an invitation he can't refuse!After attending several fiery rallies he joins the D.O.N.

Little does he know of the sinister mission in which he will participate. Can he escape involvement? Does he ever answer the questions

Siam Storm-A Thailand Adventure

Please enjpy the first adventure in the popular Siam Storm Series.

When a small golden box containing dental remains of the Buddha is stolen and its guardian monks murdered; it is the surviving combatant monk, Pon's, duty to recover the holy item and avenge his brother monks. Pon leaves his secluded monastery in the Cardamom jungle to search of the man responsible. He enters Cambodia, where he finds the employer of, Dam, the man who committed the crime, but Dam has already fled, taking the box.

Spock, Stu, and Nick are three lovable English rogues who are enjoying a holiday of a lifetime in Thailand. While enjoying a raucous night out, they accidently stumble across the holy box and, unaware of its sacred contents, replace them with Nicks knocked out dentures.

Pon, after pursuing Dam to Pattaya, located on the south-eastern seaboard of Thailand, runs into Spock, Stu, and Nick. Calamity follows and they all get swept up into a new kind of adventure.

The fun has just begun...

P.A.T.H - Paranormal Assisted Treasure Hunters -Book 1

Churchill Potts is a powerful psychic and Keeper of an earth bound portal. His team, comprising of two psychic guides, find treasures hidden by lost souls during their lifetime and give them to their living descendants.

After Church gets a visit from the demonic spirit of the twentieth century's greatest despot, the team has to discover the link between Adolf Hitler and the current US President.

With help from the spirit world, the PATH team have to solve the riddle that could split the delicate fabric that exists between the spirit and mortal world. They become embroiled in a plot that was planned during World War 2 and is about to be instigated. Should they fail, the edict that Hitler deemed for a thousand year rule by his Reich may come to fruition. Apart from having to locate and fight the demon along with its minions, they also need to discover why there is a spirit guide in the White House.

Return of the Reich

Ben Bakewell is a baker with a unique gift, putting him at the top of the culinary world. More commonly known as Cake, he meets Ravuth, a Cambodian man residing in England. Ravuth fled his home many years ago to evade the Khmer Rouge who captured his family.

As a youngster, Ravuth discovered a plant, which many years later he found made an extraordinary cake spice. After many years of searching for his family, he employs Jed Culver, a disgraced DEA agent, now working in Cambodia as a Private Investigator. Thanks to Jed and modern technology, Ravuth gets possible evidence of his family's whereabouts. However, with Jed's bitterness for his old employer, and after discovering the harmless plant is not as it seems, it leads him along a deadly path to find the plant.

Ravuth and Cake journey to Cambodia to embark on their search, encountering twists and turns along the way.  

Spice takes you from the glitz and glamour of the fashionable London restaurant scene to the wild untamed jungles surrounding the Cardamom mountain region of South East Asia, as the participants race to locate the remarkable plant and find Ravuth's long lost kin.

A kidnap and ransom demand lead our hapless heroes into a pursuit through Vietnam. Pon is tested to his limit, as he must choose between his faith or save the most precious thing in his life. Fortunately, Spock and Stu are there to help and bumble through yet another adventure in South-east Asia. Our heroes become trapped and held by a ruthless band of mercenaries, led by an ex-Iranian Commando with a penchant for violence, and an arrogant English con-man. The group are funded by a wealthy Sheik who is hell bent on revenge. Our little pumpkins have to find an underground hide out within the maze of the Chu Chi tunnels, escape captivity, rescue a damsel in distress, restore order, and find a good drinking place in the hustle and bustle of Hanoi.

In this, the third novel of the Siam Storm series, we find Stu Spock and Pon face their most difficult challenge yet, as they are not only facing a cunning astute adversary, but also have to wrestle their own demons within. They learn a very important lesson...don't drink Heineken.

Chalice - Siam Storm 2 - A Cambodian Adventure

Professor Norman Rumble has spent the last few years in his dark, lonely world. Life for the old professor has just been a mundane routine since his beloved wife passed away, he just dedicated himself to his research. However, thanks to his tireless work he now has a chance to get his life back. He just needs to find some way to test his theory.

In Chalice, the hilarious sequel to the Siam Storm Adventure; our hapless heroes go to Cambodia to once again recover the sacred Buddha relic.

This time they must thwart plans that could change the human race and turn Spock and Stu into fruit based drinkers.

The chase takes them from the warm sandy beaches of Sihanoukville, on the southern coast of Cambodia, to Siem Reap and the spectacular Angkor Wat temples. They encounter many obstacles along the way and face many calamity's, such as warm beer. Our team has to find an underground citadel, recover the holy box, elude some unsavoury characters, spend time chillaxing on the beach and find some decent bars in Cambodia...will they succeed? 

Protector - Siam Storm 4 - The Final Adventure

Siddhartha Gautama, before become, the Buddha, had a family. Known by very few to exist, his descendants had been safeguarded throughout the centuries by monastic Buddhist orders, the Tinju being one.

When a descendant and his injured protector arrive at the Royal Palace in Bangkok, it is Prime Master Pon's duty to find out who is murdering the descendants. His investigations uncover a plot by a rising savage terror group, so he assembles a team of combatant monks from around the world. Each order of monks has to bring their unique fighting skills to bear to combat the deadly threat.

With Spock and Stu as usual getting underfoot, the team have to locate the terror group and stop the killings. Leaving our lovable rogues behind to cause mayhem in Bangkok, they assigned them the task of looking after the surviving descendant and his protector.

Protector follows the hazardous journey through unfamiliar terrain as the team races the clock to stop further killing of their brethren, only to discover things are not always as they seem.