A straight line is not always the shortest distance between two points. Ed Lazenby knows that sometimes you have to aim at where your target's going to be rather than where it is at the moment. That was the last thing on his mind, though, when a neighbor he'd never spoken to before asked him to find her missing grandson. He was tired of people thinking he was a hero, just because he and his best bud, Ernesto Cardoza, had rescued their friend Violet Wertheim from kidnappers. But, he was also bored, so when Abigail Crumley came along with her request, he said yes. Ernesto, of course, went along...

"Stay away from the lake," the old man warned. "The devil lives in that lake." Bradley heard him, but he was compelled to go to the lake. When Bradley Matthews' wife, Lena, died he was cast adrift. An orphan, Lena, and his friend, William Lewis, also orphans, had come together in college and from that time had been inseparable. Now, all Bradley wants to do is get away from the tormented memories of what he's lost. He sets out on a journey to a small town on the Chesapeake, a place where he and Lena had created fond memories. He hopes this will help him come to terms with his loss and enable...

The Ninth Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers spend much of their time fighting renegade Indians, escorting settlers, or chasing outlaws. Sometimes, their duties are more mundane, especially in garrison. When First Sergeant Ben Carter and his men are assigned one of these mundane tasks, retrieving their regimental commander's piano mistakenly shipped to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, they expect to be bored. They could not be more wrong. Ride along with the Buffalo Soldiers on one of their strangest missions yet.