They Both Think It

In a World Where Shadows Govern, One Man Stands at the Edge of Truth and Treachery

In the shadowy world of espionage, the U.S. government has a secret weapon: Penumbra Division — a covert bureau where the line between right and wrong blurs in the name of national security. At the forefront is Adam Knight, its most skilled contractor.

After returning from a mission with a bullet in his leg, the question looms: Can he still be the fixer the government so desperately needs?

When a renowned genetic scientist is killed during a vacation in Greece, Knight is called up to pursue the murderer, who himself was thought dead two years earlier. Knight’s pursuit for truth across the globe turns perilous, facing ruthless forces, determined to bury their secrets. Among them, a deadly assassin, fixated on stopping him at all costs.

The investigation turns into a race against time as Knight uncovers a clandestine weapons program that threatens global security and could shift the balance of power into dangerous hands.

What’s a sane woman to do when your overbearing brothers won’t let you live your life?

Easy — point blindly at a map, then pack up your belongings and your cat and leave.

It all seemed so much simpler in her head.

But now, in Billings, Montana and working as a housekeeper on a cattle ranch, Daisy O’Malley finds her luck has run out. Asa Mitchell, the superstar son of the sweet older man who hired her, has come home from a life of glitz and glam in Hollywood.

From the moment she creams him with a cupcake when he startles her in the middle of the night, they butt heads. Grumpy, obstinate, rude, he’s the exact opposite of his father.

But it doesn’t take long for Daisy to realize Asa’s stressed and on the verge of a breakdown. When the dangers from his old life invade the quiet and serene Stone Creek Ranch, and her brothers finally find her, they strike a deal to protect each other from the lives they want to leave behind.

Will the outside forces win, or will they get much more than they bargained for?

A true Vietnam War saga based on 50 interviews with veterans who were there and relatives of those who didn’t come home.

Winner of the 2023 PenCraft Book of the Year Award for Best Nonfiction

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2024 Amazon #1 Bestseller- Vietnam War History

“I served in Vietnam and reading Swift Sword is as close as you can get to reliving the terror of personal combat without actually being there.”
– Larry D., Vietnam Veteran

Monday, September 4, 1967…

Eyes peeled and moving quietly, Lance Corporal Jack Swan led 164 of his fellow US Marines from Mike Company, 3rd Battalion, Fifth Marines over the face of a bare, rocky knoll deep in the Que Son Valley of South Vietnam. The men knew every step could be booby-trapped and the enemy might be hiding behind any bush. Carrying unreliable M16 rifles that often malfunctioned, their job was to rescue an isolated company of fellow leathernecks besieged by the Communist North Vietnamese Army.

The sight of a serene, shrub-covered rice paddy greeted the Americans as they crested the knoll. “Too serene,” Swan thought as a bush quivered in the corner of his eye. “I think that bush just moved,” he whispered to his squad leader. “If it moves again, shoot it!” The shrub moved, Swan fired, and the bush went down.

Then, all hell broke loose…

A hailstorm of rocket-propelled grenades, thundering mortars, and AK-47 machine-gun fire strafed the exposed men from all directions. The Marines of Mike Company had walked into an ambush laid by over 2,500 well-camouflaged North Vietnamese warriors.

It seemed as if the Angel of Death was swooping down upon the Americans like a swift sword.

Instead of rescuing their fellow comrades, the Marines now faced complete annihilation. Outnumbered, out-gunned, and exposed, there was nowhere to hide. Would any of them survive to see the setting sun?

Rachel Rowan yearns for a new start. So, ready for change and up for a challenge, she has decided to relocate to the beautiful coastal town of Swaddle, California to pursue her lifelong dream of opening her very own bakery! And, as a self-professed “Queen of Cakes”, she can’t wait to show the world what she can do!

Sadly, not everyone shares her enthusiasm.

While the majority of the locals are thrilled with her new Comfort Cakes Bake Shop, Rachel soon learns that the owner of a local café is determined to ruin her. Of course, business is business, and a bit of competition may even make things interesting. But when Rachel finds a dead body in her kitchen just before the Grand Opening and she is accused of the murder, she quickly realizes that this is more than a little friendly rivalry!

Meet Rachel Rowan as she strives to prove her innocence in her first culinary cozy mystery adventure, Murder & Marble Cake!

The Paradise Resort is the ultimate in exclusive luxury island resorts. A private haven for only those deemed worthy enough to attend.

Landon Verger is a titan of industry, a man who casts a long dark shadow and founder of Paradise. The resort’s opening weekend should have been a celebration of wealth and excess, but without warning the resort has gone silent.

Sam Verger knows his father only too well; the great man casts a long and dark shadow. He also knows that Landon Verger’s enemy list is long and varied, any one of which would love to see his father dead. Sam seeks to employ professionals to investigate the island.

Mac is one such woman. A former Special Forces Officer, she works dirty jobs with her boys and doesn’t ask questions if the money’s right. She and her team have fought wars in almost every dark corner of the world. They thought that they’d seen everything that death had to offer, they were wrong.

What started out as a simple mission will quickly become the most desperate fight for survival they’ve ever faced and there’s only one thing that Mac’s sure of, not everyone is getting out alive.