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Revenge is a dish best served cold. Okay, that sounds right. But if you pursue revenge, first dig two graves. First attributed to Confucius, but later determined to be from the Makado Clan in Japan around 1876. But people are people. Sometimes one has to live through Hell, grow a spine and promise to get even. Only when that promise is fulfilled, can one enter Heaven, here or up there. Let's play it out. Enjoy. #TheStoryteller

US Marshal Wolf is a true loner. A man with no life but the capture and kill of those that have it coming. Long past retirement, with twenty-five years in the saddle, he cannot stop. Stop to do what? But life has a way of getting a man's attention. During an assist for the Texas Rangers, he recognizes the rookie is his son from a passing encounter twenty-four years ago! Humanity resides inside the old man, after all. The mix from the rescue of a pretty young woman has Rocco's attention and for the first time, Wolf is feeling affection for another human being. He realizes that Rocco will ...

The Mayans lived there for more that 2,000 years. Discovered in the sixteenth century by Spaniards, within a very short time span, they were gone. Moved? Disease? There are people who want to know. But now, the Copán River is erasing it! What pays for these field trips to such dangerous places is treasure. Lots of it. The noble mind will yearn for the answers, but gold calls to every heart. Anna Marie Requelle and James Kilroy find they are soon caught up in the temple searches, but they are well-trained archaeologists, too. No gold, no funding. It must balance. However, the place is ...

It was that kind of era. Royalty did not mean much if one was at the bottom rung. Except, maybe as a prize to purchase. But then came the sea voyage, the destruction and the brand new life for a repressed, pampered young royal. And she came alive, finding ways to survive, finding a love she would never have expected, and a family made up of wonderful people. Would she ever get off of Snaggletooth Island? Maybe, but at what cost? A kind love story with the adventure needed to bring it all together. Enjoy! #TheStoryteller

Everyone dreams of sailing the galaxies and beyond, seeking that home for humans, for when Earth runs out of time. There are people working on it in this era, and this story is merely a few hundred lightyears out. Murphy's Law precedes that of the technical Engineers, everywhere. A paraphrase is, "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." The more you are surrounded by technology, the more headaches you will find. But several trillion miles from home, the choices to survive them are limited. The Intrepid finds a potential harbor, a port to put into, just as most of the systems aboard seem...

During the era of the Cold War, young men and women, some of them our best talent, educated, determined and fearless, were sent to live among the eastern bloc. That included Russia, East Berlin, North Korea and others. In Russia, especially Moscow, the KGB was the most feared agency in the world. Thorough, ruthless, and unstoppable. The secret agents (aka spies) were warned in advance, and given the chance to step away. Not everyone is cut out to live a double life. "If it becomes untenable, you have only two choices. Run quickly... or die. Choose wisely." A good ride featuring the four H's...

Jack Russel was a man of the law. A man who believed in right from wrong, and doing things right. So, when he found his perfect mate, he played it straight, and won her heart. She took him to her daddy's abandoned farm and landing. Jack gave up the law, took on the challenge to please his woman. He knew there were outlaws, brigands, rogue Grays and Indians out to end his efforts, but he did not realize the biggest threat of all. The Mighty Mississippi River. Defeating that threat took all he had. Can he rescue the landing and save all those so dear to him? Maybe. A fast, fun tale. Enjoy. #...

Tucson is clawing for a toehold in 1869 Arizona Territory. A mad Master of Death is taking over, unseen, unfelt. Hungry Wolf and Little One, of the Chiracahua Apache are themselves out of place, and not easily fooled. As the only Cousins of the Pale to this monster and his evil creatures, they can do what it takes to end him. Maybe. But they have so much to learn, and so little time. True, a 'Shifter's work is never done...

I am a hard-nosed, experienced Detective First. I have solved some of the most vicious murders you can imagine. But something changed. Suddenly the recently dead reached out to me, handing me what I needed to solve cases. However, that is not easy. How do I explain that I discovered the name of the killer from a ghost? As if a key had turned, I loosened up, found the lover I was missing, and then, even more surprising, she soon had the same skill. Not sure how that happened, but we welcomed it. The trick was somehow masking that ability while benefitting with it. We got very good at it, and...

He seemed a drifter. A no-account man in black in the severe environment of the desert. But that was the way he liked it. He was, after all, a hunter of men, and very, very good at it. But he had thought long ago to have left his heart on the battlefields of the Civil War. He was stunned to find helpless, religious folks under the threat of evil, and then, even more surprised, when one of them helped him discover his heart. He got it back. Now, he was in a different war for a hell of a lot better reasons… Enjoy- GWT #TheStoryteller

Dr. Heidi Dietrich comes from a strong line of Germanic determination, attitude and skills that are so necessary to trek the dangerous fields of archaeology. Ducking bandits, rogue military, corrupt officials and several battles a day, just to find a precious artifact in the Mesopotamia region of Turkey... where they hate women in any position of power. In fact, probably any occupation in that mid-nineties era. In that region, opinion has it that the best use for a woman is the fees they can derive from the sales, all the way to Central Africa. It is that kind of world. But she is of stern ...

I've been repeatedly asked how it came about. High Country Terror- Chicago Fury had a startten years back, a start that made Marcy Frame famous enough, but drove her toDenver. The vignettes are a little too true, for I, or my friends and partners, lived these stories. This book is dedicated to those who made it, those who did not, and thosethat have moved on. Not all of us are still here. I hope that those who are canremember the events in a cop's life... Others can learn from them... From #TheStoryteller, G. Weldon Tucker

In 1946, Yale has only recently even allowed women into their graduate program. But not so the man's world of archaeology.The smartest, most determined Ph.D candidate the University has ever known, Savanna Calloway, is the point of the spear. If she fails, women in science fields everywhere may fail.In this early era of search and discovery, Mayan Temples are not easily found in the jungle. Now, those that must stop her will do so at all costs. Where else but deep in the Yucatan jungles, far from home? Love and that determination can pull her through as one of the most famous, early ...

Ethiopia is a mixed environment for exploration... and survival. It has had its grand moments, tied in with Jewish history, temples, world wide travel and such. But there are far too many pockets where none of that reached and had not for centuries. Verona Romero is an established archaeologist with a second doctorate in anthropology and Ethiopia calls to her to prove her worth beyond the constant search for treasure. No, the promise, this time, was fame, finding the very beginning of humanity on the dark continent, following in the footsteps of giants like world-renowned ...

The Druids ruled in government, religion, and other positions of power until the Romans showed up in what was called Briton. With cruel intent, the Romans spread vicious rumors about sacrifice and butchery until the Druids were a diminished clan in hiding. The Romans thought they ended that reign, pulled out in the fifth century, and maybe so, but they opened the door to evolution. There were, at that time, hardly noticed, hundreds of Sorcerers playing low key and pulling strings from the shadows. If the two should meet... Fodder for #The Storyteller, of course. Enjoy.

The out of place French were slowly being squeezed by the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. Andy did not like the ranch. Too many brothers, poor potential, dull, and he wanted out. Not a gunslinger, but close, he found a home in a US Army fort as a scout. Warned by his partners, older and wiser, beware Desert Fever, he fell for it, on one visit to a Comanche village. Now, he has to save the fort, the village, his family, and well, life is going to be a hell of a lot more exciting... Enjoy. #TheStoryteller

Katarina was sold away to a man she did not know. Such was the fate of many a young girl in the 17th century.The marriage would combine the power of two families. Fate has other ideas. Not only is she saved from the old, wicked Count, she is found by a powerful man. But there is much more to her than she knows. Heinrich is going to save her - just in time. #TheStoryTeller

The secrets of Nicaragua were kept hidden for decades. The first ruin discovered brought puzzlement with no agreement. It would take a pair of serious, curious explorers to make sense of it. Then, they get wind of something even more intriguing, and it is a long hike into nowhere to find it. If they can find it. And all this time, Volcano Row, only partly extinct, requires the same over-the-shoulder watch as if looking for bandits or Indio. Life is cheap in the mid-twentieth century, true for most explorers of that era.

It’s tough being a daring explorer, tougher being a determined archaeologist, but tougher still when you keep ducking bandits' unrelenting fury! No slack for women, and strong they have to be to survive it and to master all the treachery. Not to mention the unexpected spears of deceit and trickery here at home! When gold is in the mix, the trust is out of the window... or tunnel... whatever... Determination ‘should’ overcome obstacles, right?Another thrilling ride from #TheStoryteller

Sky Light, pure Comanche, was too strong and too wild for the mission to hold her. In her ill-planned escape, she tangled with a man she would never have even thought about. He was a proud man, a strong man, and he looked the part, as Apache as they come. But he stepped up and helped. With his training and his love, he won her heart. As mismatched as they could be, they were not welcome in any Comanche village, but soon, she found herself, found her calling, and vowed to be free. Told from her last years, her memoirs. This is what our elders are made of: memories. A fascinating tale of love...