Ranger's Apprentice: Halt's Peril (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 9)

Ranger's Apprentice: Halt's Peril (Ranger's Apprentice, Book 9) Review

The false prophet of the Outsider cult escaped, and Halt is determind to stop him before he crosses the border.

The Lone Star ranger; a romance of the border

The Lone Star ranger; a romance of the border Review

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Elijah Fire (LRRP Rangers Vietnam)

Elijah Fire (LRRP Rangers Vietnam) Review

**PROWL: All five volumes of this series are now available in one book entitled PROWL.  What is more, these Vietnam short stories are now available in paperback as well as eBook.  Buy PROWL and get all five short stories and save (eBook .99 paperback .95).**

A short story--a vignette of a LRRP team in the mountains of central Vietnam. "Elijah Fire" is the fifth installment of a series entitled "LRRP Rangers Vietnam".

A Bible verse about the prophet Elijah serves as the epigraph--"If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty." 2nd Kings 1:10--and introduces the theme of calling down hellfire when the meager firepower of a four-man LRRP team was insufficient. The short story includes brief episodes of calling for artillery rounds, Phantom jets, and Cobra gunships.

The LRRPs of Vietnam (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol) were the cavalry scouts of their war, traveling by helicopter rather than mustangs into remote and hostile territory. The mountainous jungles of the central highlands were especially inhospitable, filled with snakes and wild animals, and criss crossed with the tributaries of the Ho Chi Minh trail that lay hidden beneath the thick, triple-canopy jungle foliage. It was the job of small teams of LRRPs to penetrate the ridges and valleys of the rainforest to track and identify enemy activity. The LRRPs had little firepower and relied on wits and subterfuge to trespass into Charlie's domain.

This is not an action-adventure series nor is it a glorification of the Vietnam War experience. The short stories are less about patriotism and heroism than about the gut-wrenching reality for the Vietnam combat soldier. The mood of the stories is dark and somber rather than triumphalistic--a hauntingly honest and brutally truthful retelling in which combat soldiers are celebrated for simply doing their best to get by, not as supermen but as young recruits who often acted heroically but sometimes foolishly in circumstances not of their own choosing. One reviewer commented "the bond and the folly of immortal combat ring loud and clear from the page, and the story is told with all the realism, language and pathos of experience."

With the release of his piece of historical fiction in 2010 entitled "A Wretched Man, a novel of Paul the apostle", the author has acquired a reputation for evocative storytelling that "brought to life a distant time and place with such humanity and liveliness", in the words of one reviewer. Similarly, the author's series of LRRP short stories will transport the reader to the highlands of Viet Nam in 1969-70: riding on helicopters for an insertion into an LZ; trekking slowly and surreptiously through triple-canopy jungle; and disappearing into the safety of a clump of brush.

Volumes I, II, III, and IV have been published and may be purchased here. The opening installment is entitled "Eleven Bravo" and tells the story of a newbie grunt infantryman on a torturous twenty-three day hump through the jungle. "Here Comes Charlie" is the second installment of the series and begins with a helicopter insertion into remote territory and ends with a LRRP team encounter with NVA. "Cat Quiet" is the third installment. With striped face paint and tiger fatigues, four LRRPs creep through the jungle, but not everything is as it first appears. "Chasing After Wind", the fourth installment, explores twists of fate in the context of a barracks poker game, a wind that blows where it will, and a malevolent joker in the deck.

The author refers to the series as "autobiographical fiction". They are based on true incidents, but the stories are told with literary embellishment. The author served with K Company, 75th Infantry (Rangers) in the central highlands of Vietnam in 1969-70, and he was twice awarded a bronze star for valor in combat.

Montana Red: A Ranger Sam Burrack Western Adventure

Montana Red: A Ranger Sam Burrack Western Adventure Review

The Ranger Lives for the Hunt. The Outlaw Lives for the Killing. Now They Are About to Come Face to Face at Last. Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is a man of courage with a lightning-quick draw. His goal is swift justice, and his aim is as sure as death. With a .58 caliber rifle behind his saddle and a list of outlaws next to his heart, he tracks his prey relentlessly, alone, and to the bitter end. No one under the badlands sun would put the Ranger’s skills to the test like Montana Red Hollis, a man more brutal than any beast and more cunning than any desperado the Ranger has ever hunted. No one is safe from the wrath of Montana Red and, until the Ranger took up the search, no one was brave enough to stop him. Now, on the high badlands where the fastest gun rules and only the strongest survive, a bloodthirsty killer is about to meet his match. From master storyteller Ralph Cotton comes an extraordinary story about lawmen and the lawless—and of gun justice in the rugged American West.

Surrender (A MacKinnon's Rangers Novel)

Surrender (A MacKinnon's Rangers Novel) Review

Unlawfully charged with a crime and now fighting for the hated British, Iain MacKinnon disobeyed orders and endangered his brothers and his mission to rescue a woman. And though he sensed Annie was hiding something from him, it was too late to hold back his heart...

Inside the LRRPs: Rangers in Vietnam

Inside the LRRPs: Rangers in Vietnam Review

Vietnam was a different kind of war, calling for a different kind of soldier. The LRRPs--Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols--were that new breed of fighting man. They operated in six-man teams deep within enemy territory, and were the eyes and ears of the units they served. This is their story--of perseverence under extreme hardship and uncommon bravery--and how they carried out the war's most hazardous missions.

Red Ranger Came Calling

Red Ranger Came Calling Review

Using glowing, hypnotic images and a funny, provocative text, the narrator relives his father's most amazing childhood Christmas. A moody young boy sees himself as the "Red Ranger from Mars, " his hero from the movie serials, and cannot picture life without the gift of a Red Ranger bicycle. Full color.

Rawhide Ranger (Harlequin Intrigue)

Rawhide Ranger (Harlequin Intrigue) Review

Texas Ranger Cabe Navarro was full-blooded Comanche--his ripped frame even recalled history's greatest warriors. Raven haired and eagle-eyed, Cabe trespassed on sacred land to investigate ritual murders, only to fix his full attention on the daughter of a local rancher.

They were on opposite sides of the law, and their initial attraction could have killed the case dead. But when Jessie Becker became a prime target for foul play, all bets were off. Knee-deep in dangerous territory, Cabe made quick decisions to keep her alive--and almost at arm's length. He knew she needed his brand of protection, as a Texas Ranger and as a man. And that he was helpless to fight it when the line between the two started to blur....

One Ranger Returns (Bridwell Texas History)

One Ranger Returns (Bridwell Texas History) Review

No Texas Ranger memoir has captured the public's imagination like Joaquin Jackson's One Ranger. Readers thrilled to Jackson's stories of catching criminals and keeping the peace across a wide swath of the Texas-Mexico border--and clamored for more. Now in One Ranger Returns, Jackson reopens his case files to tell more unforgettable stories, while also giving readers a deeply personal view of what being a Texas Ranger has meant to him and his family. Jackson recalls his five-year pursuit of two of America's most notorious serial killers, Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole. He sets the record straight about the role of the Texas Rangers during the United Farm Workers strike in the Rio Grande Valley in 1966-1967. Jackson also describes the frustration of trying to solve a cold case from 1938--the brutal murder of a mother and daughter in the lonely desert east of Van Horn. He presents a rogue's gallery of cattle rustlers, drug smugglers, and a teetotaling bootlegger named Tom Bybee, a modest, likeable man who became an ax murderer. And in an eloquent concluding chapter, Jackson pays tribute to the Rangers who have gone before him, as well as those who keep the peace today.

The Army Ranger's Return (Harlequin Romance)

The Army Ranger's Return (Harlequin Romance) Review

A soldier's second chance…

As nervous as a teenager about to go on her first date, Jessica Mitchell waits for Special Forces Ranger Ryan McAdams—her best friend for the past year— whom she's never met! They've been pen pals while Ryan was away fighting for their country and Jessica was secretly fighting her own demons back home.

She knows widower Ryan's fears of returning to civilian life and his hopes of reconnecting with his son. Now she can't wait to meet him face–to–face—to hear his voice and see his smile…

The Lone Ranger Chronicles

The Lone Ranger Chronicles Review

The First Ever Collection of New Lone Ranger Prose Stories! The masked ex-Texas Ranger and his Native American companion Tonto fight injustice in the Wild West! Stories include meetings with The Cisco Kid, Wyatt Earp, and Doc Holliday, as well as the origin of Tonto and the origin of Silver! Authors include Spur Award-winner Johnny D Boggs, James Reasoner, Alex Award-winner Mel Odom, Anthony Award-winner Bill Crider, Matthew Baugh, Tim Lasiuta, Joe Gentile, Paul Kupperberg, Denny O''Neil, Kent Conwell, David McDonald, Thom Brannon, Troy D. Smith, Chick Dixon, and Richard Dean Starr.

Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks

Ranger Confidential: Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks Review

The real stories behind the sceneryof America’s national parks

 

For twelve years, Andrea Lankford lived in the biggest, most impressive national parks in the world, working a job she loved. She chaperoned baby sea turtles on their journey to sea. She pursued bad guys on her galloping patrol horse. She jumped into rescue helicopters bound for the heart of the Grand Canyon. She won arguments with bears. She slept with a few too many rattlesnakes.

 

Hell yeah, it was the best job in the world! Fortunately, Andrea survived it.

 

In this graphic and yet surprisingly funny account of her and others’ extraordinary careers, Lankford unveils a world in which park rangers struggle to maintain their idealism in the face of death, disillusionment, and the loss of a comrade killed while holding that thin green line between protecting the park from the people, the people from the park, and the people from each other. Ranger Confidential is the story behind the scenery of the nation’s crown jewels—Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Great Smokies, Denali. In these iconic landscapes, where nature and humanity constantly collide, scenery can be as cruel as it is redemptive.

The Lone Ranger Volume 4: Resolve SC

The Lone Ranger Volume 4: Resolve SC Review

The Ranger and Tonto head for their final confrontation with the villainy that is Butch Cavendish. Along the way, love is found, life is lost, and the Ranger learns the true meaning of "Resolve". Collects issues #17-24, along with a complete cover gallery by artist John Cassaday.

Amanda's Texas Rangers [The Lost Collection] (Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting)

Amanda's Texas Rangers [The Lost Collection] (Siren Publishing Menage Everlasting) Review

[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Western Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M] Amanda Keller's only goal was to help her mother and sister escape her father's abuse. She certainly didn't need the two hard-nosed Texas Rangers meddling in her business. Texas Rangers Zane Owens and Rand Sloane have their own mission. When they catch the raven-haired beauty about to shoot a man, they don't believe a word of her lies but have no choice but to let her go. Once they find her again, however, all bets are off. Amanda has no option but to lie to them and escape, only to find herself in more trouble than she bargained for. Soon, they not only rescue her, but outmaneuver her and make her an enticing offer of their own, one that would give her the escape she's looking for. But feelings have a way of sneaking in when she least expects it, turning her world upside down. In a town where their relationship isn't accepted by all, living the way they are could be risky indeed, especially when men are willing to do whatever they have to in order to satisfy their greed. ** A Siren Erotic Romance

100 Ranger Greats: Superstars, Unsung Heroes and Colorful Characters

100 Ranger Greats: Superstars, Unsung Heroes and Colorful Characters Review

In 1926, hockey fans welcomed the New York Rangers to the NHL. Since then, more than 900 players have worn the colors of the Rangers and won the devotion of fans in New York and beyond. 100 Ranger Greats is about the best of the best of these players—the legends of yesteryear and the heroes of today, the men whose accomplishments on the ice have thrilled fans for over eight decades.

But who are the best? Of the 900-plus players, who are the ones that stand out in the team’s storied history? Many are easily recognizable by even the most casual of hockey fans—Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier and Jaromir Jagr are just a few of these superstars – but no team is made up of its stars alone. There are always the players who aren’t as well known in the public eye but who bring skills and character that make the whole team buzz and help to win championships. They might have played in the earliest days of media coverage—no websites, blogs or internet radio to raise their profiles to household names. Players like Andy Aitkenhead, Arnie Brown or Lorne Chabot to name just three.

Through research and personal interviews, and with the addition of over 200 color and black and white photos, 100 Ranger Greats presents personal profiles that combine statistics with personal and often humorous stories so that the reader gets a real understanding of that man’s life as a player in the National Hockey League and with the New York Rangers.

A richly illustrated history and a fascinating and entertaining look at a cast of colorful characters, 100 Ranger Greats is for the young fan who wants to learn about the New York Rangers history and the veteran looking for stories about the players they grew up with. For every Rangers fan who wants to know their team and its history better, this is the book.

The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers - Or, On the Trail of the Border Bandits

The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers - Or, On the Trail of the Border Bandits Review

The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers - Or, On the Trail of the Border Bandits is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Frank Gee Patchin is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Frank Gee Patchin then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

U.S. Army Ranger Handbook

U.S. Army Ranger Handbook Review

This handbook offers the techniques and tactics that make Army Rangers the best soldiers in the world. These highly-trained, easily-deployable, and widely-skilled infantrymen specialize in airborne assault, raids, recovery of personnel and equipment, and airfield seizure, among other difficult and dangerous missions. Drawing from over two centuries of bloody lessons learned in special operations combat, this guide gives modern soldiers the best advice possible. In straightforward language and a no-frills style, it covers deception, stealth, communications, escape and evasion, ambush operations, perimeter defense, counterintelligence, and much more. Handy and concise, this manual was designed so Rangers could easily carry it into the field. Now it is the ultimate resource for anyone who wants to know how Rangers think and work.