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The Mayans lived there for more that 2,000 years. Discovered in the sixteenth century by Spaniards, within a very short time span, they were gone. Moved? Disease? There are people who want to know. But now, the Copán River is erasing it! What pays for these field trips to such dangerous places is treasure. Lots of it. The noble mind will yearn for the answers, but gold calls to every heart. Anna Marie Requelle and James Kilroy find they are soon caught up in the temple searches, but they are well-trained archaeologists, too. No gold, no funding. It must balance. However, the place is ...

It’s tough being a daring explorer, tougher being a determined archaeologist, but tougher still when you keep ducking bandits' unrelenting fury! No slack for women, and strong they have to be to survive it and to master all the treachery. Not to mention the unexpected spears of deceit and trickery here at home! When gold is in the mix, the trust is out of the window... or tunnel... whatever... Determination ‘should’ overcome obstacles, right?Another thrilling ride from #TheStoryteller

A Texas Ranger in the late 1880s had a poor life expectancy. Too many outlaws, too lonely a vigil, and too many times, complacency. This last, the band of all law enforcement right up into this era. Billy Verde had a lonely trail to ride on patrol, and through he faced down many outlaws and Mexican trespassers, it was a dull job. Mostly. Until, one day, it was not. Then he discovered the afterlife. Maybe Purgatory, where the good and bad are somehow sorted out. He discovered Chance, an old Ranger who had been on the job in this odd world for more than fifty years, with a history no one can ...

Four snippets of history from the richest boomtown silver producing territory in the USA. But under the history were the human tales, some of love, some outlaws, and yes, the law. Learn a little history, and yes, #TheStoryteller will make it very interesting. Most now are almost ghost towns, some tourist traps, but life goes on.

Commander Shedonne Bronte rides a massive spaceship into the unknown for many years. Yes, many. She is awakened by an unknown hand, finds herself entangled with, of all things, Elves, Dwarves and vicious aliens! But she has something no one else has figured out. Courage, skill, and determination to overcome all obstacles, take advantage of every opportunity, and come up a winner! It isn't easy, but that is the stuff she brings to the outer universe. Can she save her friends, hold the one man that seems an unlikely mate, all while holding off the enemies and survive? Let's go find out! Enjoy...

There was a Blackfoot so important that it boggles the mind to have him buried in obscurity, lost among the wild tales of success and triumph, regardless of how inaccurate. A non-violet leader, a damned good warrior, and not afraid to kill, if he had to. But he was one of the very few who saw the futility of war against the white man. They tried to kill him, to wipe his People from the face of the earth, but he stood resolute and prevailed. And so, the Blackfoot remain unto this day. Fun to research, fun to write, but the truth herein may be stretched, too. Fodder for #TheStoryteller, right?

He had no idea who he was or where he came from. A cryptic note to himself from before the accident gave him clues. It might have been God who gave him a chance to rescue the woman who would stand beside him, help him, and yes, she could shoot, too. A blessing in the New Mexico desert where Mexican bandits, outlaws and Apache roamed free. The Sugaro Cactus, what he called the Bandit Cactus, stood in silent sentry over his clues, over his life, and eventually over his wealth.A strong, silent observer, a key to his destiny, the Bandit Cactus would tie all of this together, though Codger and ...

Ginger is a well-respected, top-notch security professional in the ether of the IT and satellite world. She can fix or break whatever she chooses, but her white hat has her on the positive side of hacking. Her husband, Detective Guy Fowler needs help. An extortionist is raking hundreds of thousands from victims, through performance and threat issues. Only one person can find him. Ginger gets into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game as she alternately locks the creep’s accounts, then teases him… or her… to meet for the keys. But the focus is beginning to point to Ginger’s best friend, ...

Detective Sergeant of Miami PD was thrust violently out of 1999. Held in a life sustaining coma, a subject of experiments and bold attempts for hundreds of years, her brain remained alive. Alive yes, but not aware through it all. Two centuries later, though the medical community was demanding she be unplugged, a very specialized Doctor of Cybernetics, a relatively new field in the late twenty second century, made a daring decision. Valerie Harper endured some terrifying times, some dreadful therapy, and eventually, she walked out of the Grogain Institute of Cybenetics, a new woman… inside...

A semi-fictional story of the horror and disbelief that filled the residents of sunny California back in the day. Cops and parents were on the lookout, many more heavily armed than the police, but the killers had to be stopped. The state with the second highest number of serial killers, so- called runaways, and trouble far beyond the norm. Someone had to do something and that was the boutique PI firm of two dedicated investigators. They were willing to dig and dig until they corralled the perps. Often, the cops wrote off the missing teenagers, girls as well as boys. But girls indicated ...

Captain Avery Wilcox of the New Orleans PD, has a tough road ahead of her. Perfectly honest, faced with those who are not only criminals, but clever enough to mask themselves or even hide under the umbrella of the Chicago Mob. Leave one tiny slip up, a random error, and all hell breaks loose. Now, of course, not many people believe in the mob, but she will set them straight. A strong woman, backed by a talented man, she will make a difference, even if it kills her. But then, that is damned hard to do. Hold on to your hat, it is daring ride. Enjoy. #TheStoryteller

Dissatisfied with the slow plodding investigative work of the police, Arnold Dirkson strikes out on his own to be proactive in crime stopping as a very dangerous PI in the WWII era. With the right friends, the love of a pretty writer, even the arrival of the FBI when he most needed them, he makes a difference. Whether the Fates or God, someone should reward him for his efforts, tilting at windmills. We wish him luck. He will need it. Enjoy! #TheStoryteller

She would have gone on her own if she could have funded it, but then Dr. Zack Adilone stepped in to help out. As often happens when millions of dollars are at stake, be it artifacts or gold, weaknesses in men are brought to the fore. But Gabriela and Zack are a formidable team, and they have been in the trenches, killed even, yet this will be their greatest adventure, their most dangerous yet. Grab a pack, a pith helmet and explore forgotten temples...

The out of place French were slowly being squeezed by the 1803 Louisiana Purchase. Andy did not like the ranch. Too many brothers, poor potential, dull, and he wanted out. Not a gunslinger, but close, he found a home in a US Army fort as a scout. Warned by his partners, older and wiser, beware Desert Fever, he fell for it, on one visit to a Comanche village. Now, he has to save the fort, the village, his family, and well, life is going to be a hell of a lot more exciting... Enjoy. #TheStoryteller

Derinkuyu is a location built over a mystery. Under that city are hundreds of underground chambers, big and small. It held the interest of archaeologists in its discovery in 1963 for a short time. No treasure, no artifacts, nothing much of interest. But not all of the scientific community is willing to write it off as a hideaway for Christians in a Muslim world. Dr. Laurin Thorner is willing to put her money where her mouth is in order to solve the mystery. She will manage to throw contemporary expert opinion right out of the window. If she survives it. Tag along. Lots of adventure and ...

In 1946, Yale has only recently even allowed women into their graduate program. But not so the man's world of archaeology.The smartest, most determined Ph.D candidate the University has ever known, Savanna Calloway, is the point of the spear. If she fails, women in science fields everywhere may fail.In this early era of search and discovery, Mayan Temples are not easily found in the jungle. Now, those that must stop her will do so at all costs. Where else but deep in the Yucatan jungles, far from home? Love and that determination can pull her through as one of the most famous, early ...

She hadn’t meant to see it. She did not want to remember it, and by God, she would as soon forget it… if she could. But, no one was going to believe her, either way. And there are those, unfortunately, who are compelled to be certain… Fortunately, when all other avenues fail within our government, there are those who step up from the shadows to provide the necessary security. Both are shocked. Brenda because her life is turned upside down, on the run, but with a man who could well define the ideal... if he wasn't so damned elusive. Jack, because of all those he babysat over the years ...

Before the Roman Emperor turned his focus to the east, the Arabic lands were a place of life, death, magic, and constant struggle to make ends meet. Or, meet your end. There were those who could help, either way. Sorcerers understood life, dismissed death as an inconvenience in those they lost, but they developed, over time, an uncanny skill to survive. And, already, there was a Church Order, not of Christianity, Muslim or anything recognizable who were determined to destroy the ‘evil’ Sorcerers. Of course, it helped that the Sorcerers were men, the Church Order all women hoping, or ...

A semi-fictional warning told in Police vignettes. In the wilderness, any hunter with any common sense knows the rule. If you do not represent a threat, the animals, even the predators, will leave you alone. If you must interface with them, you have to understand that they do not trust mankind and their hackles rise, forcing a violent confrontation. The hunter does not always win that fight. Now, replace the 'Hunter' with 'Police Officer' and the 'predators' are those people who do not have their civilized behavior as containment walls in place, so the animal is loose. But unfortunately, ...

Katherine Lincoln had it made. The perfect mentor, the handsome suitor, the money. Wow! But she was young and easily swayed. She was not sure what she wanted until, stripped of everything, she found it. In the early forties, Peru was a damned dangerous place. Now, she knows... A wild ride by #TheStoryteller, G. Weldon Tucker