New American Truth

I had the great pleasure to meet Kung-Fu Master Wayson Johnny Tsai at a writers’ conference a few months back.  In truth I thought he was a tad out of place.  The room was full of “gun writers” and here sat a martial artist who looked for all the world like he’d be more comfortable [...]

Review by: Ralph Mroz With A Vengeance by Marcus Wynne Marcus Wynne has been a paratrooper, diplomatic bodyguard, Federal Air Marshal, close combat instructor, emergency medical technician, freelance writer, training and security consultant, and a cook. He’s traveled to more than 50 countries, many of them listed in Robert Young Pelton’s best-selling book, The World’s [...]

I was saddened by the death of Robert B. Parker earlier this year and as a long-reading fan of his Spenser series of novels, and as a new owner of a Kindle, I felt compelled to go back and make sure that all of the Spenser books were in my Kindle library. As I have [...]

While this isn’t a newly published book by any means (it was originally published in 1998), one of the primary characters – John Clark – is the only Clancy character to have had his own dedicated novel, that being Without Remorse. Published in 1993, Without Remorse is actually (chronologically) the first book of the Jack [...]

Manmade disasters – mass shootings, fires or hazmat events – and natural disasters, such as hurricanes and floods occur each year, sometimes with no advance warning. Knowing what to do when faced with an emergency can mean the difference btween life and death. In an organization, the Emergency Manager is responsible for protecting those within [...]

To say that I’m a bookish person is an understatement. I love to read – and I firmly believe that there is something to be learned in very book – even if it’s fiction. Some of my favorite authors do massive amounts of research for their fiction books and if you can “read between the [...]

I’ve been a Dean Koontz fan for a long time but even the best writers can’t keep all their readers happy all the time. Some of Koontz’s books (lately) haven’t really been what I’d hoped they’d be. Still, way back in 2006 I read the first two books of Koontz’s 3-book Frankenstein series. I finally [...]