Tom Fria

Alistair Duncan is nearly killed and it's unclear this is an accident or deliberate attempt on his life. He returns from hospital to find his girlfriend has thrown him out and he takes refuge with Jon, a War Gaming loner with perceptive insight into people. Ally's ex-wife goes missing and he is framed for her murder by a struggling painter with no talent who is having an affair with both Ally's girlfriend and ex-wife. Meanwhile an Asian policeman...

When news of an electrical disturbance reaches the Millers Fall Police Department, no one imagined the fate of the officers sent to investigate. Unable to contact their colleagues, the remaining officers plan their own search, but stop as the night sky turns to an amber haze. With five officers missing, Sheriff Mason Palmer is forced to investigate. Anomalies befall the town, worrying its residents. With no explanation of these events, Palmer's only...

The fires of a dream burned and stoked behind young Angus Faraday's eyes. He longed to be somewhere other than the four walls of his workplace. The anvil and the casting iron seemed to mock him silently whispering to his young ears that this would be the only life he would ever know. Such a possibility was not a terrible thing, mind you. Not for some men, however, young Angus Faraday could not accept such a fate. His spirit was bold, daring, and strong...

He opened fire on the men. He fired a single shot at Casim and the shot struck him in the head. The man was killed instantly and he did not manage to fire a single shot. The other three men were already moving to draw their guns, but the bounty hunter moved faster. He fired at one man and the shot hit him in the gut. The man dropped to the ground. Another shot ripped through a man's skull, and he was dead before he hit the ground. The bounty hunter's...

Levi Essen polished his old rifle. It was the same rifle he had used so many years ago when he was still a trapper. The rifle was heavy, cumbersome and downright clunky to use by today's standards. It was loaded up the old fashioned way with a jammer stick, some powder and an iron ball for ammunition. The gun had to be fired one shot at a time and reloaded after each shot. Such a rifle was definitely made obsolete by the Winchesters and the other...

During the early days when civilization was pushing its frontiers farther and farther West, there roamed a special breed of men. . . neither outlaw nor officers of the law, yet more feared than either. For reward money. . . they tracked down criminals, wanted Dead or Alive, and made themselves both judge and executioner in some lonely court of no appeal. They were called "Bounty Hunters".

The grizzly stared back at young Colter and gave a loud roar. Its roar echoed throughout the vast wilderness and the sound of the animal's fury made Colter's blood run cold. The young mountaineer had interrupted it from its grisly task of killing Fulton, but he wasn't sure if he had made it in time. Fulton was clearly in a bad way with blood pouring from his scalp, all over his face. And the young and inexperienced mountaineer had only his tomahawk...

It is 1904, and every day the coaches plying between Lynmouth and Minehead scramble theirway up and slither their way down the 1 in 4 gradient of Porlock Hill, the most feared hill in all of England. It takes six sturdy horses to drag a laden carriage to the top. There, the leading pair are detached and led back down into the village by a boy, a boy who knows how lucky he is to have been given such a responsible job at such a young age. But on this...

You Know How To Survive A Disaster? If the answer is "NO," then the Disaster Survival Handbook is a MUST-HAVE! This is a non-nonsense reference book on how to stay alive in man-made and natural disasters. Prepare yourself with the skills you need, because you never know when tragedy hits! If disaster strikes, the world changes. Everything we've come to rely on is in doubt, and we often find ourselves with only our wits to get us through. Chances...

Having known the author for many years, I was given the opportunity to proofread this book and it is so "on the button" to my own situation as to be uncanny. My alienation is comparable, and I suspect may well have many similarities with other alienations. The alienation process described as well as the characteristics of the alienator has so many reassuring parallels to my own experiences. The author has a complete understanding and explains alienation...