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The fifth audiobook in the series of short stories of and about people in and around the Tidewater Chesapeake region - along with a few stories from other regions when the writers travel or are deployed overseas.

The murder was brutal. The scene resembled a slaughterhouse. "We need Nate Burns," Jack Mill said and set about getting the medically retired detective to Vegas. Such a simple request will lead Nate not only on a manhunt across the country but also back in time 30 years, where he will struggle to understand the implications of the Cold War.

Adventures in prose from around the Chesapeake tidewater region told by an erstwhile and eclectic collection of writers. Ringmaster Ken Rossignol gathered together many of best and brightest of bards, poets, and tale-tellers to give their views, experiences, and fabrications in an entertaining way. Fans of short stories will enjoy the fourth book in The Chesapeake series and the valuable history told here of the Chesapeake region - with a few excursions led by the writers to other lands.

There was no doubt the man was dead. A bullet through the head will do that. But, who was dead? The man had no identification, no known address, no Social Security information could be found, and the fingerprint search came up empty. Detective Nate Burns, Albuquerque Police Department, knew two things. The man was dead and he was blood type O+. The most common type of blood in the country.

Geologist Alex Cave is trying to recover an alien artifact from the crater of a dormant volcano in the Aleutian Islands when things go horribly wrong. The device is stolen and taken to COBRA, a privately owned top-secret research facility south of Yellowstone National Park. His good friend Doctor Henry Heinz is kidnapped and forced to assist with the experiments, but their tests begin creating adverse effects throughout the park and threaten a super volcanic eruption, which will smother the Earth in a blanket of dust for a thousand years.

Step onto the promenade deck of the Sea Empress for a cruise of a lifetime and become part of the world's greatest series of murder mysteries and thrillers in the Caribbean. Marsha and Danny Jones retired from law enforcement and thought it would be just the thing to break the boredom of retirement to be security consultants to protect the Seven Seas Company's finest ship from trouble. Terrorists, killers, and sinister crewmen all plan, plot, and purvey their own special brands of crime and death.

Geology instructor Alex Cave receives the urgent message from a friend in Northern Canada. "The polar ice sheet is mysteriously expanding by thousands of square miles in a matter of minutes!" He begins a desperate race to find the cause, and joins the crew on board the high-tech research ship Mystic, but Captain Dieter has other plans for the stealthy craft and changes course to an unknown island in the Bering Sea.

Alex Cave is leisurely cruising his sailboat in Puget Sound when a hysterical voice on an oil tanker begs for help on the radio! He sees the behemoth ship through his binoculars an instant before it is engulfed in a brilliant flash of white light, and when he responds to the mayday and arrives before the Coast Guard, he discovers the crew and 80,000 tons of crude oil have mysteriously vanished without a trace!

In Greek and Roman mythology, there are three goddesses who control human destiny and life: The first spins the thread of life, the second determines its length, and the third cuts it off. What forces come into play that decide where and when we are born and what family we are born into? James Harding was born into wealth and lives his life with riches beyond anyone's imagination. Not until he is diagnosed with a terminal illness does he realize all the riches and possessions mean nothing.

Step onto the promenade deck of the Sea Empress for a cruise of a lifetime and become part of the world's greatest series of murder mysteries and thrillers in the Caribbean. Marsha and Danny Jones retired from law enforcement and thought it would be just the thing to break the boredom of retirement to be security consultants to protect the Seven Seas Company's finest ship from trouble.

The sleeping gods have awakened before their time, disturbed from their slumber by a terrible force of corruption that has seeped into their resting bodies and twisted them into immortal beasts of madness and horror. A fallen cleric rises and takes arms against the tide of corruption, wielding the only weapon ever forged from the bones of an immortal, God Ender, a sword to rend the flesh of gods.

Terror has been stalking this ship for seven years. Now the world is upside down, and terror returns to the exotic islands and peaceful beaches of seas once hunted by bloodthirsty pirates. Join the Sea Empress for a fateful adventure. Will the world once again be safe for a vacation?

The world of men is crashing to an end. Xandrith has been stricken down, his body and mind corrupted in his attempt to gather aid for his world - and his friends have been lost, cast to the winds amidst the turmoil. What hope remains when all the land is crawling with darkness, and the few remaining survivors have been driven deep into the metallic clutches of man's last standing fortress?

The dragons had been created by ancient sorcerers deep beneath Firestorm Mountain. The most powerful of these deadly creatures was Gilmreth. After the Worldfire, the dragons escaped from the mountain to prey upon the few living creatures left upon the Earth. Over the centuries, living sources of food became harder to find and the dragons took to preying upon each other. In a small secluded valley, a few humans still struggle to survive. Just when their lives are finally turning for the better, the surviving dragons find them.

When Garret the horse rancher's thoughts turn to love and marriage, he is at a loss as to where to find a potential bride. He admires the tough women around him, yet wants a woman from the city. By chance, he's at the telegraph office and gets a letter from a relative back east, wanting to visit, along with her husband and a young woman. They all meet and Garret grows to love the spirited young woman but a few weeks later she tells him something which may change his mind forever.

This volume of candid interviews contains a sampling of hundreds conducted by Jean Henry Mead over a thirty-year period. Among them are photographers, artists, writers, ranchers, politicians, ranch hands, bunkhouse publisher, country singer, museum curator, and the nation's oldest talk show host.

Confessions of a Horseshoer offers a close and personal look at the mind-set of a professional horseshoer (farrier) who also happens to be a college professor. The audiobook, an ironic and playful view of the many unusual animals (and people) Ron Tatum has encountered over thirty-seven years, is nicely balanced between straightforward presentation, self-effacing humor, and lightly seasoned wisdom. It captures the day-to-day life of a somewhat cantankerous old guy.

The Western Mail Order Bride: Well, Hello Dolly - Is it Really You? is a wry look at how one battered by life older woman, her illegitimate daughter, and a whole lot of 'baggage' end up with an old rancher, who happens to also be a preacher out west. What will Gilbert do when he finds out about her past?

The Western Mail Order Bride: Preacher Man and Dinah with the Dark Hair, is a love story about a Civil War vet who is a preacher, and who decides to settle in a Baptist church in Phoenix, in the Arizona Territory. He's there over a decade and feeling quite lonely when an aunt from back east recommends that he meets up with a young lady she has under her wing. He agrees to meet them and Dinah goes to Phoenix. Now, all the preacher has to do is find out why she seems to be carrying a great burden of guilt and sadness deep within her.

The life of Ethan Aaron Douglas is chronicled as the ten-year-old joins his grandfather for a life on the Chesapeake Bay. With his grandfather as captain of a steamboat traveling between Norfolk, Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, the boy learns quickly about life on the water. From hurricanes to blue crabs, life on the Bay changes quickly. Learning Shakespeare and witnessing a hanging are just part of the life along the river.