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Most of the stories and poems in this audiobook were compiled from handwritten notes in journals I've been keeping for several years. The title story, "The Waterfall", is a powerful study of loss, acceptance, and growth. In "Butterflies", a young boy learns a lesson about acceptance and appreciation of what he has been given. "The Lighthouse" is a moving tale that's as close to poetry as prose and offers a beautifully upbeat ending. "Grandma Brown" is a nostalgic and emotionally moving tale of familial love.

A collection of six short stories based on the adventures of Richard St.Clair, who went from small town politics to national politics and his best friend Bobby Morrow a federal undercover agent. The action is nonstop as these characters take you on a journey from rural Pennsylvania to the exciting and seductive Caribbean along with other characters such as Carmine the mafia kingpin, Mike the mechanic, Sarge, and farmer Terry Lee.

Baxter Parish, Louisiana, is a bloody place where family tradition is stronger than the law and pride more valuable than life. Thirty-year-old Jesse Tadlock returns home to Packwood Corners to claim his inheritance after a peaceful, if not dull, 12-year Army hitch. With a steady job, a past love back in his life, and his own land, he thinks he's outlasted the legacy of violence that has haunted his family. But then a neighbor turns up at his door with a loaded rifle on his arm and a bloodthirsty pit bull in tow.

What would you do if the world burned around you while the sky rained down gasoline? John Hilt fled to Mexico, hoping to escape the police investigation centering only on him. If he could get away for a while, perhaps Detectives Tremock and Merchent would look elsewhere. Perhaps the cops' heat on him would dissipate.

Given the consistent movement away from God's values in America today, this audiobook provides biblical directives on how believers are to act in a morally corrupt society. It clarifies EVERY believer's duty concerning loving others, while at the same time taking a stand. What makes this audiobook unique is its effort to present a scriptural basis for Christian American citizenship today, rather than the Christian tradition of our nation. With over 185 scripture quotations, the audiobook is unmistakably for those who believe the Bible.

I woke up with a headache a bottle of aspirin couldn't cure. A musty, oily odor hung in the air. Stale and stifling like a damp basement. The room was dark. I tried pulling myself up. No good. My hands were cuffed to heavy pipe running along the floor and my ankles were taped together. I half pushed and half pulled myself along the pipe to the wall. It was damp and metallic. Definitely not a police station. Unless the cells were in a medieval dungeon.

Angels announced Jesus' birth to shepherds living out in the fields guarding their flocks. The shepherds hurried into Bethlehem to see the newborn Messiah and left a nine-year-old shepherd behind to tend the sheep. An angel came back to Earth to comfort the boy and accompany him on a special mission to aid the three wise men.

Richard St.Clair believes his small Pennsylvania borough is the perfect place to wade into political waters. Richard may be ill prepared to be mayor in the small borough with the big-city problems. How far will he have to go to dig out the corruption in this place he calls home?

John Hilt's life may look perfect, but his problem is growing; he can't stop killing. And his dead friend, Harry, absolutely loves it. John, lost in this murderous obsession, doesn't see the world collapsing around him. Police officers Alan Tremock and Susan Merchent think they found their man and will do anything to take him down. They're connecting the dots, and realizing wherever John Hilt goes, people die. Only one issue, though: Harry wants John to kill them, too.

London, 1886: When a stranger with peculiar head injuries is admitted to Bethlem Asylum, the doctors are confounded by his permanent inability to recover his memory. Without any form of identity and suffering bizarre nightmares, the stranger soon finds out that he is somehow linked to a deceased nobleman who bequeaths him a farm in the Southern African Cape Colonies. After an attempt is made on his life by a clandestine order of assassins, he flees to Cape Town.

The Bank of California's sovereign competence, encompassing the West, depended on the personal attainments of William Ralston, her principal officer and capitalist. His delirious liabilities unsettled the advancement of the bank.

From Dayne Sherman, the critically-acclaimed author of Welcome to the Fallen Paradise, comes a gothic treatment of the American South: a hard-charging depiction of religion, family, friendship, deception, and evil. Zion is a mystery set in the rural South, the story of a war fought over the killing of hardwoods in Baxter Parish, Louisiana. The tale begins in 1964 and ends a decade later, but the Hardin family, faithful members of Little Zion Methodist Church, will carry the scars for life.

A team of CIA contractors travel to Southeast Asia to investigate a series of bombings that have taken the lives of Tier One Advance Force Operators. When the mission fails, intelligence specialist Sean Havens is sent to the jungles of Burma to determine the missing soldiers' whereabouts. On the ground, Havens learns of an unlikely axis of Russia, China, and Iran that may have plans beyond illicit trafficking. But is this a ruse to mask a global financial market manipulation to fund elections and buy alliances?

Caesar Wells takes the mantle of The Named's leader, and after six months of intense preparation, begins his assault on The Genesis, intent on destroying the artificial intelligence that enslaves humanity. Others around Caesar have intentions as well, though. Those inside The Named that don't trust Caesar. Those inside The Named that would rather him die than lead. Caesar, focused only on his end goal, can't see the signs of rising insurrection all around him.

Terrorists are coming into the United States across the Southern Borders. They're being assisted by the drug cartels and others. When the fanatics begin suicide bombings in shopping malls, one man forges the clues into links that form an escalating chain of terror. The enigmatic Frost, a former Special Operations soldier, knows that soon, Americans will be confronted by a weapon of mass destruction, aimed at its heartland business and trading center; Chicago.

The first volume of a series and it contains 31 daily devotions. Each Christian devotion contains one poem written in the Haiku style of poetry, a quoted Bible verse, and a short prayer. This type of devotional was created for those folks who are always on the go.

Pick up where Hammerhead left off and follow Nick Bradshaw as he and other Government Agents address a new global threat. A few months after the operation in Mexico, Nick Bradshaw has taken a new job at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. On the other side of the world, Don Powers has uncovered a new weapon that threatens not only the United States but other peaceful nations across Europe.

Wild Bill Burnham, the Gulf Coast's leading billboard shyster, rakes in millions every year and doesn't care how he gets it. Now he's rigged a trial on the wrong guy. Payback time. A MIT hacker and a former Navy SEAL are on a rampage to rip every dime from Burnham's bones. He's only the first. They want millions more, and they know the lawyers who have it. Zeus is a cunning master of the hacker playbook. Lucky possesses special forces skills for vigilante-style assassinations. They both have a flair for the dramatic.

In this fast-moving thriller, the president sends special operators into Mexico to apprehend the head of one of Mexico's largest cartels. The operation is codenamed Hammerhead. FBI agent Nick Bradshaw is thrust into a key operational role as he and American special operators race to stop this global threat. When the operation unexpectedly goes sideways, Bradshaw elicits the help of a CIA agent from the Special Activities Division. Together, they traverse the border to eliminate this looming threat.

Mayhem pursues J.C., an aging and washed-up pool player, who steals cash from an unprofessional, sexually deviant hitman named Black Berry. He wants it back. The money, however, belongs to Juan Hernandez and the Mexican Cartel. They want it back. With Black Berry hot on their heels, J.C. and his thirteen-year-old pool playing prodigy son, Kid, head for the small town of Upland, Arizona.