All young Zak Corbin wants is a robot -- in a time when nearly everyone has one. But there is great fear of the Corbin name. Doctor Elias Corbin was regarded as a famous builder of robots until he unleashed an attack on a military factory. Branded a madman and a traitor, Zak's uncle was sentenced to spend the rest of his days on Penitentiary Island. When fifteen-year-old Zak tries to build a robot of his own, mostly to get the attention of pretty sophomore Lisabeth Ryan, it leads to an adventure of gigantic proportions. Zak builds one of his uncle's banned robots, which he dubs Pogo, and he...

In the mid-1980s, Lottery Fever gripped the nation. States with lotteries saw larger and larger multimillion-dollar payoffs. When in September 1984, $40 million dollars were won in the Illinois State Lottery, imaginations exploded across the land. Across the border in Missouri, a persistent faction pushed for a Lottery. Tired of losing revenue to Illinois, a growing number of Missouri business and political leaders demanded a State Lottery. Unaware of his underworld connections, the Lottery Commission appointed Vincent Mancini as the Comptroller. As Comptroller, he controlled the movement of...

Sandy Kessler, an accomplished sailor, drowns while sailing on Lake Erie. The police rule it accidental, but her father, a former presidential advisor believes her death was suspicious based on a call he received from her before she set sail. He calls on his friend the president for help. In this second Joe Crane adventure, Crane finds himself up against his most formidable adversary yet: Larry Knight, a respected physician, an Ophthalmologist, at the same time leader of a large drug smuggling and distribution operation in Cleveland, and a cold-blooded killer. Crane, with the help of his...