Jones Point by Sean Hagerty

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By day, we're your neighbors. Your boss. Your teacher. By night, we hunt the monsters who hunt our children.

As a Special Operations soldier, Dane Cooper was trained and tested to handle the toughest, most dangerous situations around the world. He was not, however, prepared for the abduction of his daughter.

That kidnapping sends him into a downward spiral, the depths of which are unknown even to Dane. But a lifeline is thrown to him by a mysterious cabal, which sees his skills as paramount to helping others.

Now investigating other grieving parents' cases, Dane must conceal his efforts from the zeal of an FBI agent hot on the trail of the vigilante cabal, a dedicated Virginia Bureau of Investigation team, and an elusive network of monsters at the center of it all. Punishing the wicked while searching for his little angel, Dane must also overcome the struggle with his own demons.

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Review genre: Fiction—Mystery/Thriller/Crime
Pages/Word count: 385 / 90,745

Flow, Flow, Flow Your Blood: Sing-Along War Poems by Paul Hellweg

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Flow, Flow, Flow Your Blood reimagines familiar nursery rhymes through a darker lens. With biting irony, Paul Hellweg juxtaposes the sing-song rhythms of childhood with the stark realities of war—violence, loss, and lingering trauma.

Sample Poems:

WOUNDED

Flow, flow, flow your blood
Gently in a stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is but a scream
Flow, flow, flow your blood
Gently in a stream
If you see an IED
Don’t forget to scream (Aaagh!)

YANKEE DOODLE

Yankee Doodle went to war
Riding in a Humvee
Stuck a peace sign on his cap
And called it all baloney

Chorus:
Yankee Doodle keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the mines and watch your step
And with the guns be handy

Content Warning: This book contains real-life war photographs that depict graphic violence, injury, and deceased individuals and may be disturbing or distressing to some readers. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Review genre: Poetry—Poetry Book
Pages/Word count: 59 / 2,174

It'll Buff Out: A Private’s Tales of War and Shenanigans with the 10th Mountain Division in Afghanistan: 2001-2005 by Daniel Pace

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This is not a hero’s war story.

It’s the unfiltered, darkly funny, sometimes ugly account of what the Global War on Terror actually looked like from the bottom of the food chain—through the eyes of a sarcastic, twenty-something infantry private who had no idea what he was getting himself into.

Set in the chaotic early years of Afghanistan, It’ll Buff Out follows a 10th Mountain Division infantry soldier as he stumbles from college bars to basic training to real combat, learning—often the hard way—what it means to fight a war that nobody fully understands yet.

This book is vulgar because enlisted life is vulgar.
It’s funny because soldiers cope however they can.
And it’s honest because pretending otherwise would be a lie.

If you’ve read "The Things They Carried," "Jarhead", or "Generation Kill," this book lives in that same uncomfortable space—where boredom, terror, brotherhood, stupidity, and loss all coexist.

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Review genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography
Pages/Word count: 419 / 156,000

Recollections of a Life Well-Lived by LeRoy Perry Ades and Leah Ades Cooper

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LeRoy Perry Ades was a child of the Great Depression, spending four of his formative years in foster care. He fulfilled his life's ambition of attending the U.S. Army Military Academy at West Point, NY, graduating in 1953. His twenty-year Army career included two tours in Germany, two tours in Saudi Arabia, three tours at Fort Polk, LA, and a deployment to Vietnam. His stories in this book span his childhood and military career and are interwoven with commentary and photos provided by his older daughter, Leah Ades Cooper. They tell of trials that formed his character, experiences with royalty and with Army privates, foreign cultures, reflections on combat, and how he came to terms with his placement in a foster home. In short, they are "Recollections of A Life Well-Lived."

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Review genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography
Pages/Word count: 335 / 59,614

Stealing Stealth by Brian L. Reece

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The only way to protect the ultimate secret is to steal it.

1977. Deep inside the secretive Skunk Works facility, the United States is forging its biggest advantage of the Cold War: Stealth technology. Invisible to radar, it will shift the global balance of power forever. But a traitor at the highest level is about to hand the blueprints to the Soviets.

CIA Officer John Olson has seven days to stop the leak. But his agency is compromised, the FBI is hunting him, and the official protocols are a suicide pact. Out of time and out of options, Olson realizes he can’t save the program by following the rules. He has to break them.

Olson turns to the only person capable of stealing the unstealable: Gabrielle Hyde. The brilliant, elusive con artist he spent a decade hunting is now his only hope.

Together, they must launch an elaborate con against the U.S. government itself. From the dusty streets of Africa to the high-security vaults of Los Angeles, they must outwit a ruthless KGB assassin and a vengeful FBI agent to pull off the greatest heist in military history.

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Review genre: Fiction—Mystery/Thriller/Crime
Pages/Word count: 472 / 127,000

Jungle Ghosts: Walking Point in Vietnam by Ed Mann

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"Jungle Ghosts: Walking Point in Vietnam” is a narrative nonfiction account of my tour of duty as an infantry soldier in 1969-70 Vietnam. It has been highly rated by readers, and a Vietnam Veterans Association reviewer who described it as a “beautifully written, exquisitely detailed Vietnam War memoir [… that] is almost a literary work of art, which I urge you to read, as no review can really do it justice.” He concluded his review by stating, “Read this book and you will almost experience Ed Mann’s war and may agree with me that it is one of the best Vietnam War memoirs you have ever read.”

At barely 20 years of age, I was a low ranking enlisted man stepping beneath a jungle canopy for the first time with “eyes wide with wonder.” I knew little about the war in the jungle or the deadly North Vietnamese soldiers we would find there, but what we experienced that day led me to a decision that would follow me throughout my year in Vietnam: that to survive I’d have to rely on my own judgement regardless of rank. You can judge the propriety and accuracy of that resolve as you read of the events that unfolded; events that will raise questions and concerns about America’s Vietnam War and the wars that followed, about the information gap that existed between the military bureaucracy that formulated the strategies and tactics that we were ordered to employ, and about the flaws in human nature and the disparate cost/benefits considerations between those in power and those of us most at risk that led to pointless casualties for those of us in the front lines of the war.

The book doesn’t lecture on those issues. My account of the months spent in the jungle speaks for itself, opening a window to a time and a place where men fought in a dim and leaf littered jungle earth that was hidden from the sky and capturing the hardships we faced, my inner thoughts and actions, and the fears and courage of my fellow soldiers in a way that will hopefully enable others to gain an emotional understanding of the depths of the fears, frustrations, and sadness that followed many of us home.

I’m no hero, I’m a survivor. I’ve written a deeply self-perspective account of how the adrenaline pounding danger I faced was seductive, how my brain changed so that I was able to reawaken long buried instincts that enabled my slow word-logic brain to quiet itself and let unfiltered jungle sounds, scents and images flow through me and nudge my conscious mind with the kinds of instinctual warnings that allowed our ancient ancestors to survive when humans were prey, and how I was able to manage my fear by accepting my anticipated inevitable death while walking point. In the telling, my favorite sections of the book relate my connection to and descriptions of Vietnam’s amazing tropical jungle whose voices, scents, sightlines, and feels were my lifeline.

My memoir ends with my haunting memory of my imperiled fellow soldiers looking up at me as a chopper is lifting me off the floor of the jungle for the last time.

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Review genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography
Pages/Word count: 325 / 135,000

Led by Love of Country: Hard Reset by Charles V Sasser Jr

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The Hook
When the digital gates of every federal prison in America swing open at once, it isn't a glitch—it’s a declaration of war.

The Story
On November 14, at 0200 hours, the "Great Release" begins. A sophisticated cyber-kinetic worm known as the "Hard Reset" strikes the nation's critical infrastructure, bypasses every security protocol, and weaponizes nearly two million incarcerated individuals against the state. This is the manifesto of Elias Thorne, a man who believes the only way to save the Republic is to burn its corrupt foundations to the ground.

As the nation teeters on the brink of a second Civil War, the mission falls to a different kind of patriot. Sean—a former Tier One operator—must navigate a landscape of weaponized fear and industrial ruins. From the frozen, lawless streets of Detroit to the high-security corridors of Washington D.C., Sean is hunted by the FBI and betrayed by a corporate elite that seeks to monetize the chaos.

The Stakes
This is more than a story of survival; it is a tactical exploration of duty, the weight of the "Gray Man" lifestyle, and the thin line between revolution and ruin. In a world where the prison population has become an unconventional army, one question remains: When you burn down the world to save it, do you deserve to survive the fire?

The Authenticity
Written by a retired U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major and Airborne Ranger with 30 years of service, Led by Love of Country: Hard Reset delivers unparalleled technical realism. It features authentic tradecraft—from thermal lances and chemical precursors to the psychological reality of high-level command—making it a terrifyingly plausible look at the fragility of modern civilization.

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Review genre: Fiction—Mystery/Thriller/Crime
Pages/Word count: 258 / 77,412

The Soul-Sung by Daniel Sheley

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Denny is a boy from the isolated settlement of Duskmere, known more for stargazing than accepting responsibility. When the sky splits and Draken fire falls on his home, Duskmere is erased in a single night. In the chaos, a dying Draken Watcher named Yverra finds him and entrusts an ancient world-song into his chest. The Song is the Veym’s ability to create change in the world. It is not meant for humans, and it does not settle gently. Denny survives the attack, but he wakes with something inside him that is trying to remake him from the inside out. Far from Duskmere,
Kaelari, a young leader among the Bloodstone people, is forced into authority as her own clan fractures under political pressure. A rival chieftain, Vaskor, pushes for dominance through brutality, while the ritualist Veridan works behind the scenes, seeking to control everyone. As scouts report unnatural fire, strange tremors in the Veym, and a “glowing survivor” moving through the wilds, both factions begin maneuvering to seize him. While an Ancient Draken Seeks to destroy him and the Song itself!

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Review genre: Fiction—Horror/Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Pages/Word count: 379 / 90,000

Oh Crap! It's Parkinson's, A Rebel's Guide to Taking Back Control of Your Life by Sara Whittingham, MD

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Dr. Sara Whittingham, an Air Force veteran, physician, and endurance athlete, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 46. Her response was immediate and intentional: learn, adapt, and keep moving forward.

Oh Crap! It’s Parkinson’s blends personal narrative with practical guidance to help readers navigate life after diagnosis with clarity and purpose. Drawing on her background in medicine and military service, Sara breaks down complex concepts into accessible insights and emphasizes the role of exercise, mindset, and daily habits in living well with Parkinson’s.

Through honest storytelling and hard-earned perspective, she explores the emotional impact of diagnosis, the challenge of identity shifts, and the importance of building a strong support system. Her approach is grounded, direct, and action-oriented, encouraging readers to take an active role in their health and their future.

Written for people living with Parkinson’s, care partners, clinicians, and advocates, this book offers a framework for approaching a life-changing diagnosis with resilience, discipline, and intention. It reflects the mindset of someone trained to face uncertainty head-on and find a path forward.

Oh Crap! It’s Parkinson’s provides readers with the tools to understand their diagnosis, make informed decisions, and move through the experience with strength and purpose.

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Review genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography
Pages/Word count: 269 / 51,000

A Look Back in Time: Memoir of a Military Kid in the Sixties by Bernard N Lee Jr

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A Look Back in Time: Memoir of a Military Kid in the Sixties, Vol. III, 1st Edition

A young adult. A military family. A rousing high school adventure.
You can relive those high school days with Bernard N. Lee, Jr., a determined military-teenager, as he navigates the challenges he faces on his job at The Club, and in his classes at the high school. In this third volume of A Look Back in Time:…. Lee invites readers to relive his experiences attending Lawton High School in the sixties. This son, of a career soldier in the army, finds himself torn between working to pull his weight as a young man, and yearning to fit into a social environment that is “just out of his reach.”

Can you imagine what it felt like to be halfway through high school and then have to move? For Bernard, it was his eighth move with his military dad. He wanted this move to be different. He yearned to belong. He needed a place where he could finally “make his mark.”

In these pages, Bernard reflects on the people, triumphs, and challenges that made this time in his life so memorable. He shares these stories with honesty, sincerity, and passion.
Join Bernard on a journey full of adventure, surprises, nostalgia, and life choices, including:
• Joyful moments – when you meet the new neighbors and swap stories from all over the world.
• Nervous moments – when you enter a classroom for the first time in a new school.
• Life changing orders – when your dad says you must get a job to prove you are a man.
• Gut wrenching moments – when you discover your new car is gone… stolen!
• Thrilling encounters – when you make the track team and race all over the southwest.
• Life altering choices – when you must balance working, studying, competing, and leaving home for good.

Whether you are a military brat, veteran, history lover, or someone who remembers your unforgettable time in high school, A Look Back in Time:.., Vol. III, will warm your heart and stir your soul.

Travel back in time. Experience those precious moments. Rediscover those pieces of your own story along the way.

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Review genre: Children & Young Adult—Young Adult (fiction or non-fiction)
Pages/Word count: 280 / 73,460

The Tilted Palace: Weeds of Misfortune by Paul Alenous Kluge

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The story is one of solid history, a battle of minds and survivor's guilt more than it is firefights and napalm. Rudyard Kipling, the India-born British journalist and writer said it a century ago: "No one knows what the truth is until someone writes a story." The Tilted Palace is that story. The Vietnam War was the flashpoint for the 1960s and '70s. Civil rights, the draft, and "Don't trust anyone over thirty" was the times.

Jimmy Ray Crandall and his generation were the first to lose a war. That his nose is rubbed in that fact lives and breeds in his mind. They had not lost; just ask Jimmy Ray. He spouts the truth that America cannot hear. Tonight is 30 April, 1990, exactly fifteen years after the war ended. A stray dog interrupts the bottle of Jack Daniels and Jimmy Ray's intention with the .45 Cold, Model 1911, sitting and calling to him from the kitchen table. A preacher then gets into it. A woman.

Flashbacks portray teenage Viet Cong sappers and a nemesis Viet Minh or two from the previous Indochina war. Le Chang, a lowly charcoal burner cannot appease either side. Assassination is his response to a perverted South Vietnam government and a deadly Communist crowd, both corrupt and both using and taxing him. It is victimization for all.

Back in Vietnam after all this time, it finally comes together.

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Review genre: Fiction—Historical Fiction
Pages/Word count: 279 / 104,145

The Time Traveling Scoreboard by Robert P. Chappell, Jr.

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What if one scoreboard could show you baseball's past and change the future? Step inside Wrigley Field, where an aging scoreboard hides a secret, no one was meant to discover. In The Time Traveling Scoreboard, a devoted baseball fan stumbles upon a mysterious portal hidden within Wrigley's iconic scoreboard; one that opens windows into pivotal moments in baseball history. What begins as curiosity quickly becomes something more dangerous when the past refuses to stay buried. Blending baseball nostalgia, historical intrigue, and a touch of the impossible, this novel explores legacy, sacrifice, and the moments that define us, on and off the field. Perfect for readers who love baseball history and Wrigley Field lore, Time-travel stories grounded in realism, fiction driven by heart, memory, and tradition. If you've ever wondered what it would be like to witness baseball history firsthand, this journey is for you.

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Review genre: Fiction—Horror/Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Pages/Word count: 184 / 80,000

Assassin's Mace, A Jake Palmer Novel by Ron McManus

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Jake Palmer is weeks away from finishing a grueling two-year contract with the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command’s elite Task Force Orange in Islamabad. But instead of winding down, he and his partner, Alona Green, are thrust into their most dangerous mission yet: a covert operation deep inside Russia under false identities. With MI6’s Moscow Station Chief, Sania Reed, as their only lifeline, their goal is clear—extract Russia’s top hypersonic missile engineer and deliver him safely into U.S. custody. But when the mission uncovers intelligence with world-shaking consequences, the stakes rise beyond anything they imagined. Now hunted by Russia’s Federal Security Service and its most lethal operative, assassin Nikolai Ivanov, Palmer and Green must outwit an enemy who rarely misses. The consequences of mission failure could redefine the balance of global power and cost Palmer and Green everything.

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Review genre: Fiction—Mystery/Thriller/Crime
Pages/Word count: 363 / 89,000

Savage Remorse by Macklin Grey

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Chase Harper knows one truth—in the Congo, nothing is what it seems.

Haunted by war, Chase Harper fights with the Détachment—a mercenary unit bound by loyalty and survival. When a massacre shocks the world, the unit is framed for the crime, and the hunters become the hunted.

Betrayed and cut off from every ally, Harper fights to expose a conspiracy that runs from the heart of the jungle to the highest levels of government—where someone will do anything to bury the truth and start a war no one can control. As comrades fall, Harper must decide how far he’ll go to make it out alive—and what part of himself he’ll have to leave behind.

Savage Remorse is a relentless thriller of betrayal and endurance, from the award–winning author of The Black Raven’s Song.

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Review genre: Fiction—Mystery/Thriller/Crime
Pages/Word count: 445 / 112,000

Broken Destiny: The Story of Sergeant William M. O’Loughlin, United States Army Air Force by Mark Verwiel & Mario Acevedo

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In this remarkable biography of Sergeant William M. O’Loughlin, the author, Mark Verwiel, portrays thrilling aerial combat over North Africa, the Mediterranean, and Italy during some of the most savage fighting of World War II. Then came the fateful day when O’Loughlin’s squadron of B25 Mitchell bombers was launched to destroy the Isoletta Dam and break the formidable Gothic Line. What happened next to O’Loughlin was lost to history.

While casually perusing a family photo album, Verwiel discovered a vintage newspaper clipping of men who had fallen in battle. “Who was this?” he asked, and his father replied, “That’s your Uncle Bill.” This was the first that Verwiel had heard that one of his relatives had served, much less that he had been killed in action. So began a quest to learn about the man behind the name, and equally important, why his story had been all but forgotten.
William Maurice O’Loughlin was a product of the Great Depression and when the stormy clouds of war darkened the horizon, he volunteered for military service. Whatever his plans might have been, they were upended when he met Betty Cummings. After a whirlwind romance, he shipped overseas to begin his combat tour as an aircrewman, and he left behind a new bride, pregnant and hopeful.

O’Loughlin’s loss broke Betty’s heart and that of a daughter he was never to meet. His tragic death rippled silently across the generations until Verwiel and his family amassed the historical record and breathed life into O’Loughlin’s wartime adventures.

When we think of World War II, what comes to mind are the sweeps of armies across continents, the grand strategies of generals and admirals. But victory was only possible by the sacrifice of the ordinary man in uniform, doing his duty, and this is such a story.

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Review genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography
Pages/Word count: 286 / 54,034

Colored Pebbles by Del Staecker

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Del Staecker is an American writer of novels, novellas, short stories, and non-fiction in a number of genres, including suspense, crime, philosophical fiction, satire, and memoir. He is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (London) and Knight of Honor, Order of St. John (Malta). He was educated at The Citadel, Wheaton College, and The University of Puget Sound.

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Review genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography
Pages/Word count: 306 / 65,000

Red One: A Platoon Leader's Memoir From the Second Combine War by Troy Gordon

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Everyone remembers where they were when Luna was attacked. I was a cadet, months away from graduating and commissioning in the Army, and knew what those burning shipyards on Luna meant for my future.

The SOL Alliance went to war, but its virtually unchecked hunt for the extremists responsible for the attacks quickly floundered. Desperate for an expedient victory, our chancellor redirected the military to seize Lohtua, the origin system and heart of the Bothic faith, deep in Combine space.

I was there.

Written by a GWOT combat veteran, Red One is a story of leadership and survival as an unprepared military commits to an aimless war against an enemy it never understood.

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Review genre: Fiction—Horror/Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Pages/Word count: 576 / 160,520

I'm Alive: A Young Fighter Pilot's Diary of the US Navy Air War in Vietnam, 1964 to 1965 by Errol F. Reilly; Kevin Callahan; Christopher P. Callahan

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I'm Alive is the compelling diary of Lieutenant Junior Grade Errol F. Reilly, a 26-year-old US Navy fighter pilot, written aboard the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea during his first combat cruise in Vietnam. In writing that is colorful, perceptive, and at times both humorous and heartbreaking, "Rile" chronicles his daily experiences "living, playing, and fighting" within the context of the Navy's fledgling air war. Covering the period from December 1964 to October 1965, I'm Alive details an untested F-8 Crusader pilot's personal journey from "nugget" aviator to seasoned combat professional. Reilly's feelings quickly change from patriotic enthusiasm to frustrated disillusionment as he begins to experience the realities of deadly air combat over Vietnam. His keen observations provide rare insights into the evolving strategies and tactics of the US Navy. With historical context and explanatory notes provided by the editors, I'm Alive offers a bold, unfiltered narrative of the earliest stages of the air war in Vietnam, and a fascinating personal account of friendship, war, and triumph over adversity.

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Review genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography
Pages/Word count: 209 / 66,450

2121: EXODUS: Lupus Stella by Scott D. Rodriguez

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A veteran. A dead world. A ship full of strangers. And an arm that remembers things he never told it.

June 2121. Colonel Theo Daniel wants nothing but his Texas ranch, his coffee, and the silence the VA can't prescribe. Twenty-three years after a grenade on Mars took his arm and his best friend, the military has one more thing to ask of him.

When a resource war over the Moon's helium-3 deposits spirals into global nuclear exchange, Theo is thrust from retirement into the fight to save what's left of humanity. His sister dies sheltering children in an Austin school basement. His commanding officer stays behind so others can leave. A man he trusted turns out to be the reason the grid fell.

Now Theo commands the Odyssey — a colony ship carrying ten thousand souls through a wormhole to a planet fourteen light-years from the ashes of Earth. But Lupus Stella is not the empty paradise they were promised. The forest watches. The predators learn. An ancient civilization left a warning carved in stone — and the thing they warned about has already found the signal.

2121: EXODUS is military science fiction with literary bones. A story of sacrifice, found family, and the stubborn refusal to let the dark win — written by a veteran who knows what it costs.

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Review genre: Fiction—Horror/Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Pages/Word count: 292 / 76,581

Hill 119, Defending a Reconnaissance Marines' OP, Vietnam 1969-70 by Colonel Michael O Fallon USMC (Ret)

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A narrative account of Reconnaissance Marines in Vietnam. Small Teams launching daring deep Stingray patrols in the bush. On the Observation Post, Hill 119 defending for 600 relentless days and nights. Surrounded by the NVA with the constant challenge of determining friendly Vietnamese civilians from hard corps Viet Cong and North Vietnamese regulars. Their lifeline were the Marine helicopters that flew out bringing water, ammo, food, and their replacement platoon. In 1969 and 1970, Delta Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division manned the OP and ran patrols in Phu Loc Valley and Go Noi Island. This firsthand account of the Marines and Corpsmen who patrolled deep and occupied the OP describes their struggle to survive. Based on participant interviews and the detailed declassified debriefing reports compiled after each patrol returned to their rear base, at Camp Reasoner, Da Nang in the Republic of South Vietnam. This is their history!

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Review genre: Nonfiction—History
Pages/Word count: 449 / 261,656