The year is 1825, the year that the government of President James Munroe signed the Treaty with the Mandan Indians. The Indians are still trying to understand what kind of people these are who place such importance in documents that are just words on paper But the effort to come to some kind of agreement with these usually nomadic peoples weighs heavily on Washington politicians. Young Sam Ogden has just completed his first Mountain Man Rendezvous, where he has become a celebrity for this skills with hatchet, knife and rifle. He and his mentor, Clyde Patterson, have committed to spending the...

This new novel, "The Serial Killer's Profile," is the fourth in the Carey Hart Detective series and presents a challenging new environment to the former Boston Police Detective. Her Private Investigation Agency, the Hart-West Agency, first founded in Boston, is now getting established in the capital city of Washington D.C. Politics and intrigue will be the order of the day for the new Agency as they become "fixers" for the wealthy and politically connected of DC. Thanks to their own connections, Carey Hart and Jack West have been invited to take part in the Quantico FBI Profilers' Training...

It is 1840 and the Oregon Trail continues to be a problem for those wanting to migrate to the rich lands of the West, beyond the Rockies. The Pathfinder, John Charles Fremont has funding for an expedition to map the way west. He needs a guide and his previous experience tells him that Jeremiah Warner, known as the Mountain Man, would be his best choice. It seems as though this might be a perfect reprieve from the vendetta of the Crow Bear Clan Warriors who have sworn to kill the man they call the Warlock, Jeremiah Warner. The high mountain adventures continue unabated in this ninth volume of...

The high mountain adventures continue unabated in this tenth volume of the Mountain Man Series. In the late summer of 1840, Jeremiah Warner had completed his commission as part of the Fremont expedition exploring the Oregon Trail all the way to the far side of the Rocky Mountains. As the expedition wound down something tragic happened, an attack by a band of Crow warriors on the expedition. A dying warrior told the Mountain Man that his family had been killed by the Bear Clan, the fierce and determined warriors of the southern Crow nation who had been trying to kill Jeremiah for almost two...

In this work of contemporary fiction, Federal Agent Joe Maki is in charge of field operations for the Boston, MA Homeland Security Office. His responsibilities include the oversight of a city that is rich in tradition and extremely diverse in its population. That comes with the territory when you have an internationally renowned university like Harvard that just happens to be the oldest functioning institute of higher learning. Add to that MIT and Boston University along with fifty-one other institutions of higher learning and you have outspoken diversity on steroids. This does not make the...

"That be you Jeremiah?" Came the shout from the door of the small building that served as the Coburn trading post. The voice was that of a big man, his beard shaggy and unkempt showing traces of his breakfast, dripping with coffee. "You come some long way from the mountains, them Crow warriors still after you? Heard they did in your family, shame that " Tom Coburn said as he spit on the ground." The story of Jeremiah Warner continues, as the Mountain Man series brings to life its 11th installment. For readers who are new to this character and his life in the high mountains, this book will be...

"Well, sure as hell, the two of them jumped to their feet and started flailing away at one another, knife and tomahawk. The Indian was obviously what, back in Washington, we would have called a street fighter. He snarled and growled and looked as mean as an old wild mountain cat. But Jeremiah kept right on at him, giving no quarter in the fight. In a matter of minutes both men were covered with blood, their own blood and that of their adversary. You see that scar on Jeremiah's jaw on the left side there, damn, it healed up nice Jeremiah That one came from the knife of Broken Arrow, saw it...

Since he first met John Charles Fremont, the Mountain Man has been going from one adventure to another. They have logged thousands of miles together as they pushed the boundaries of the American wilderness further west. Their destiny has now crossed that of the ultimate expansionist politician, President James Polk. After a grueling campaign centered around expanding America's boundaries to the Pacific Ocean, Polk's victory meant a mandate for expansion. When Jeremiah Warner heard the call by his President, he dedicated himself body and soul to the cause of western expansion. The President...