The setting: Lincoln County, New Mexico in the 1875-1885 timeframe; the period of the Lincoln County War. The historical events of that period are accurately portrayed and the historical characters come alive in Marv Mercer's 61,000 word novel. Sam Houston Kincade, named by his father after the hero of Texas' war for independence. He was orphaned at the age of fifteen by Apache arrows and drifted from one ranch to another. He never thought of himself as a gunslinger but his all too readiness to go for his gun bothered him. However, when he signed on with John Chisum's cattle drive to Lincoln...

Three murders and two attempts on his life was not what USAF investigator, Major Charlie Snider bargained for when he was dispatched to the island of Taiwan to investigate alleged irregularities in the Air Force's Taiwan Contracting Center. This is a novel of conspiracy, bribery and murder in the quest for lucrative United States Air Force contracts in Taiwan: The big bonanza, a $200 million, five year contract. While Major Snider is en route to Taiwan, the commander of the Contract Center which he is to investigate is killed in an automobile accident; apparently from driving drunk. The...

Previously entitled "Yearning to Breathe Free." Han Yu-tai, and millions of university students like him, believed it when Mao Tse-dong proclaimed "let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend," but his and their naiveness was shattered by the People's Army in Tiananmen Square on June 4th, 1989. Fleeing China to continue his crusade against those in power, he is granted political asylum in Taiwan. However, he is betrayed and branded a dissident by the National Government for joining their political nemesis, the Taiwan Liberation Party. Han is arrested by the Taiwan...