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A 9/11 Conspiracy Novel

 

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Date Published: 05-12-2023

Publisher: Workbook Press

 

 

As early as December of 1998, the CIA reported that Osama Bin Laden and his
Al-Queda organization prepared for direct attacks against the United States
using hijacked aircraft, prompting the FBI to place Osama Bin Laden on its
Ten Most Wanted List.

In an effort to recruit the best possible Operations Officers to take on
these dangerous terrorist organizations, the CIA approaches a young,
intelligent, and exceptionally beautiful blonde-haired, blue-eyed Sherry
Aspen and sends her into Afghanistan to locate whatever terrorist cells are
hiding there and report these locations back to Langley. But as Sherry soon
discovers, she is but a mere pawn in a much larger game of intrigue and
espionage.

Despite all that she has to give up to obtain the most relevant information
to protect the United States, the CIA turns a deaf ear to what she finds in
the Middle East, except when she learns of a terrorist plot to attack the
Twin Towers in New York City just months after she is deployed. As a result,
Sherry is on the run, not from any of the terrorists in the Middle East who
may want to kill her, but by the CIA itself.

In this exceptional work of historical fiction, Harvey Havel outlines a
conspiracy theory in the form of a novel that questions whether or not the
tragedy that took place on September 11th, 2001 was really based on the
actions of only one man and not more powerful forces at work, such as the
CIA. By following Sherry Aspen on her mission through such places as
Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Israel, Havel takes us on a thrilling ride that
uncovers what may have been the real reasons behind the 9/11 attacks in
which nearly 3,000 innocent American civilians perished. For anyone
interested in alternate perspectives of what might have caused the 9/11
attacks as well as those who crave high-caliber literary fiction, this
important and carefully-crafted novel is a still very timely and a definite
must-read.

About the Author

Harvey Havel

Harvey Havel has been a short-story writer and novelist for over thirty
years. His first novel, Noble McCloud, A Novel, about a young, struggling
musician was published in November of 1999. He now has nineteen books which
include novels, short stories, and two collections of essays on current
affairs and political matters. His latest book is a serialized novel, The
Queen of Intelligence: A 9/11 Novel, has just been released through Kindle
Vella on Amazon.com in 2021.

Havel is formerly a Lecturer in English at Bergen Community College in
Paramus, New Jersey. He also taught writing and literature at SUNY Albany
and the College of Saint Rose, also in Albany, New York.

He currently lives there with his pet cat, Marty, and has many more books
in store for his many fans in future.

His readers are encouraged to leave their honest comments about his work
anywhere his fine books are sold.

 

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Historical Fiction

Date Published: May 21, 2024

Publisher: Acorn Publishing

 

 

Colonist Benjamin Waite, a devoted husband, father, and skilled military
scout in King Philip’s War, reluctantly obeys orders to guide an
attack against a camp of Algonquian Natives.

After the catastrophic event, Benjamin is burdened with guilt and longs for
peace. But the Algonquians, led by the revered sachem Ashpelon, retaliate
with vengeance upon Ben’s Massachusetts town of Hatfield, capturing
over a dozen colonists, including his pregnant wife Martha and their three
young daughters.

Hatfield 1677 is a tale of three interwoven yet diverging journeys of
strength and survival: Benjamin, driven by love and remorse to rescue his
family; Martha, forced into captivity and desperately striving to protect
her children; and Ashpelon, willing to risk everything to ensure the safety
and freedom of his people.

Based on the lives of the author’s ancestors, this riveting and
unforgettable novel gives voice to three vastly different experiences in
North America during a time before the creation of the Declaration of
Independence. Then, the land was but a wilderness and a battleground;
equality was not yet perceived as self-evident; and liberty and happiness
were nothing more than dangerous pursuits.

About the Author

Laura C. Rader

Laura C. Rader earned a BA in psychology from San Diego State University,
where she minored in history and took creative writing and literature
classes. She drew on those passions in her thirty-year career as a history
and English teacher of elementary and middle school students. Now, a
full-time historical fiction writer, Laura also enjoys studying genealogy,
attending neighborhood book club meetings, taking forest walks with her
Rough Collie, and visiting her adult daughter in Brooklyn. Originally from
California, Laura lives twenty miles north of  Raleigh, North
Carolina.  Hatfield 1677 is a work of historical fiction inspired by a
story Laura discovered about her ninth great-grandparents while researching
her family’s genealogy.

 

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It’s 1943 on the American home front, and Ella’s pent-up, common-law
husband finally decides to leave their farm and enlist. Ella must either
depart their seafaring town in coastal Delaware to pursue other dreams
inland or try to save their farm. Their grade-school son, Reese, won’t
budge, and Ella sees that farmers have a patriotic duty to stay on the
land.

The bay and ocean waters before them have been preyed upon by German
U-boats, and their village has become a refuge for survivors. When an
officer from a surrendered German submarine is sent to her as part of POW
farm labor, can Ella embrace the help in order to survive? And what happens
when Dieter becomes more than a hand to her, amidst prying eyes and under
her beloved but conflicted son’s watch? How will she choose when her
explosive husband returns from Europe wounded from infantry duty against the
Germans?

In ELLA’S WAR, we travel a journey amongst women and men whose lives are
deeply altered by the circumstances of WWII. What heroic or questionable
choices must they make to be true to themselves and come through the great
conflict?

 About the Author

Rusty Allen

Rusty studied creative writing at the University of Virginia and has been a
full-time freelance writer for most of his career. He owns The Writers
Studio, a marketing/copywriting practice located just outside of
Philadelphia. He led the Advanced Novel Writing Group at the Writers
Room/Writers Corner, a writers co-op in Doylestown, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania, and is a member of the Rebel Writers, a highly select novelist
critique group that was highlighted in Writer’s Digest in the article
“Plotting a Novel Group”.

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Date Published: November 6, 2023

 

 

Journey through the timeless tapestry of friendship, family, and love, set
against the rich backdrop of Virginia Beach. “Elephant Bones”
tells the story of two inseparable friends, Joellen Bower and Emily
Harrington, born a day apart in the sunlit month of July. Their lives are a
testament to the unbreakable bonds formed under the shade of great willow
oaks and the roots of the watery bald cypress trees in a place known as
Elephant Bones.

Nestled in the Pungo borough of Princess Anne County, Elephant Bones
becomes more than just a playground for the girls. It’s a treasure
trove, a sanctuary, and a testament to the history of the region. For
Joellen and Emily, it’s a realm of memories, dreams, and promises
– from burying tiny treasures in the sand to growing up amidst the
stark contrast of wealth and hardship.

Brought to life by the whims of Emily’s father and the history of the
Harrington Plantation, Elephant Bones becomes a symbol of the American South
and the intricate web of lives, tales, and legacies interwoven through its
soil. As the girls mature, the treasures buried beneath the sands of time
emerge, reshaping their destinies in ways neither could have imagined.

Dive into this evocative tale and bear witness to a friendship that
challenges the tides of change, history, and fate itself.

About the Author

Michael Gleason

Michael Gleason is an old author with a new start. He and his wife,
MaryAnne wrote and worked on several novels together before MaryAnne
succumbed to cancer in 1998. The writing team constructed the outlines and
partial stories to several books and published two of them under
MaryAnne’s name.

Like many, Michael was crushed by the loss of his wife of 20 years. Shortly
after her demise, he sold their 5-acre home in the Great Bridge area of
Chesapeake, VA, and returned next door to his hometown of Virginia Beach
where he resides today.

For 20 years, Michael stored his and MaryAnne’s writing projects on
the top shelf of his home’s garage and only returned to it in 2020. He
then finished his and her novel entitled Forbidden Justice which was
released on Amazon Kindle in February 2021.

Now remarried, Michael lives happily with his wife Terri and their Boston
Terrier, Abbey, who greets visitors vivaciously at the front door.
Abbey’s motto is “Every stranger is just a friend she
hasn’t met.”

Michael holds a BA and Master’s Degree from the College of William
and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, where he minored in English literature. While
living mainly on the east coast of the U.S. including Maryland, Washington
D.C. (where he was born), Brunswick and the Golden Isles in Georgia, Michael
has enjoyed the opportunity to spend some time in Europe, including a summer
studying at the University of Graz in Austria.

He invites you to read his newest novel entitled, FORBIDDEN JUSTICE and
would love to receive an honest assessment of his endeavor. He can be
reached at michaelgleason6999@gmail.com.

 

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Date Published: 11/2/22

 

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Tragedy disrupts the idyllic life for the Kohanow family in 1939. Living on
their small dairy farm in Poland the Jewish family immediately becomes
embroiled in the tragic events of World War II. Sent to separate prisons,
the family loses track of each other but the only child, Jozef, survives the
holocaust. After the war he begins rebuilding his life in Poland and
eventually immigrates to America.

In Wisconsin Jozef marries and raises a fine family of his own. But the
after affects of the war trail him there and have a significant impact on
his grandson, Caleb. The young boy grows and develops a vengeful attitude
toward those who mistreated his grandfather years earlier in Germany. After
the death of Jozef, Caleb decides it is now up to him to satisfy the demands
of justice.

This gripping story follows Caleb’s early life and brings the reader
to the point where Caleb is ready to carry forth the rightful sentence. But
conflicts enter Caleb’s mind and he must decide the proper step to
take. The choice will certainly affect the young man for years to
come.

 

About the Author

David Sebra

David Sebra grew up in Richmond, Virginia and has over 300 years of
heritage in the Commonwealth. As a child he had an aversion to both reading
and writing. That gradually changed when he went to college.

He earned a BS degree in engineering and spent many years in the defense
and aerospace industry. David transformed into an accomplished technical
writer during that career and then turned his focus to teaching. He is a
former Brigham Young University, Idaho Online Instructor.

Now writing is his passion and he has published two works in 2022. There is
certainly more to follow. David currently resides in Southern California
with his wife of 50 years.

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