Cindy Bauer Books

AUTHOR: D.J. Stephens

 

HALO 

Action Adventure

 

HALO is a military acronym for High Altitude Low Opening referring to military free-falling. It is an insertion technique used for clandestine insertion into denied areas of interest. The operative exits an aircraft from twenty thousand feet or higher and free-falls to about one thousand feet before opening their parachute. Jeffery Barkil is a young soldier who, after completing his training as an airborne Ranger, is recruited by the CIA, after which he spends six months training to run "black operations" in Southeast Asia. The story takes place between the years 1958 and 1961, a period between the French surrender and expulsion from Vietnam, and the U.S. admitting they had troops in the country. Sergeant Barkil takes you on eleven harrowing missions including his time as a prisoner of the Viet Cong. You are taken from one mission to the next as Sergeant Barkil comes to terms with being a hired assassin while at the same time carrying out his missions and fighting to stay alive.

 

Bearkiller 

Action Adventure

Do you believe in reincarnation? On a solo elk hunt in the Rocky Mountains, Jeff Barkil discovers something very peculiar. Although he’s never even seen this place before, he seems to know all the landmarks. Somehow he’s able to guess exactly what is in the next valley or over the next hill. Dismissing these amazing perceptions as a fluke, he carries on with his hunt — until he is attacked by a vicious grizzly. Using a great deal of natural skill and determination, Barkil manages to kill the bear and survive. But he is badly injured; he feels close to death. While he is trying to clear his head, he discovers that he has traveled two hundred years back in time and a hunting party of Blackfoot Indians has taken him to their village to honor him for his bravery. Soon he is regarded as a splendid warrior and is given the name Bearkiller. In the boy’s subsequent adventures, stealing horses, and waging war against the Shoshone and the Sioux, he encounters and learns the landmarks he will recognize over two hundred years later as Jeff Barkil. The life of an Indian in the 1780’s was often brief. One day in a fierce battle, the old grizzly wounds are reopened and he is defeated. With blood pouring out of his body, Bearkiller lies down to die and wakes up in a Forest Service rescue helicopter as Jeff Barkil. As the events of his life as an Indian slip rapidly from his mind, Jeff Barkil wonders if what he experienced was real. Was he dreaming? Or was he reliving a past life? What will always remain clear is the image of a great grizzly standing over him, looking down at him as if from the top of a mountain, seeming to know his soul, somehow communicating to him without saying the words: “Until we meet again, Bearkiller.”

 

AUTHOR: Tim Quinton

 

The Sea Huntress

Action Adventure

 

Imprisoned by the rest of the universe after the Devastation, the Earth developed conditions much like those in the Dark Ages. From the ashes rose an evil empire that spread and quickly enslaved many of those who had survived. Some people tried to resist the spread of the empire. Others took a different route in maintaining their freedom. One of the rebels was Captain Ryan T. Lancaster, who commanded the world’s largest and most advanced submarine. His ship carried the skull and crossed bones upon its sail, just as the pirate ships of the bygone era. The captain had to be constantly vigilant against those who would see him and his crew brought in chains to the throne of the evil emperor. The captain sought freedom and peace, but it seemed that at every turn he was to face spies, saboteurs and flesh-eating creatures known as Rippers.

 

The Sea Huntress: Elizabeth's Revenge

Action Adventure

 

 

Of all the battles that Captain Lancaster has fought, this will be the most deadly. After she is rescued from No Man’s Land, the captain’s most vicious enemy, Elizabeth Turner, has taken command of the Sea Stallion; a ship with more advanced weapons and speed than even the Sea Huntress. She, however, has never been tested in battle, while the Sea Huntress’ hull shows the patched wounds from all of the battles she has fought and never lost. Elizabeth’s greatest weapon in this battle will not be the power of the Sea Stallion, though, but rather a member of the pirate ship’s own crew, someone whom she has secretly had control over and who will do her bidding for her.

 

The Seat Huntress: Pirate's Blood

Action Adventure

 

 

(this book has not been released yet)

In this, the 3rd installment of the Sea Huntress series, six years have passed since Elizabeth sought her revenge and failed. Captain Lancaster now finds himself under the threat of mutiny by some of his crew, and what had been the safe haven of Satan's Island has become almost a prison, under almost constant siege by Imperial Tolbrokian warships. As well, another threat has arrived on the island, when a bounty hunter seeking the captain's head finds a crashed space ship that could withstand the might of the pirate submarine. Amongst all of this, Captain Lancaster finds that his twin granddaughters have special talents, which could bring hope or new nightmares.

 

AUTHOR: P.J. Lawton

 

Lethal Option:

A ''Simon Says'' Detective Adventure

 

Private Investigator Winston Simon has been alone for a long time. He meets and ultimately falls in love with beautiful surgeon, Lana Elmore. They plan to marry but there is one stumbling block: Lana has lost one fiancé to violence and is determined not to lose another. She gives Simon an ultimatum. He must choose his job or Lana. But a deadly string of events pushes their plans to the back burner and drives a deep wedge between them. After completing several stressful cases, a physically and emotionally exhausted Simon finally reaches his decision. But is it too late? Unfortunately, Simon has made some deadly enemies. Does the pursuit of happiness always come with a price? For Simon, maybe it does.

Lethal Judgment:

A "Simon Says" Detective Adventure 

 

 

Relentless in his quest for retribution, P.I. Winston Simon is shot at, banged up, and literally blown away as he pursues the villains against whom he had sworn vengeance. Before he can reach his goal, however, he will have to face a long and complicated series of bad situations, as well as a list of bad people who would want nothing more than to put an end to his life. A serious injury nearly ends his comeback and any chance for the settling of scores he so desperately seeks. With another lengthy recovery completed, a series of cases contributes to his journey of revenge, culminating with a day of reckoning and final judgment filled with flames, blinding pain, and death. Is this life-changing ordeal finally over for Winston Simon, or is it simply the beginning? Only the passage of time will tell.

 

AUTHOR: Stephen L. Blain

 

Jim's Bahamas Adventure: Small Boats vs. the Devil's Triangle

Adventure

 

This is the story of Jim Spade’s humorous adventures and misadventures with eleven co-workers from an automobile plant in Michigan. They took a twenty-one-foot and two twenty-three-foot boats across fifty-nine miles of open ocean to Freeport, Grand Bahamas. They had to boat through the Devil’s Triangle in stormy weather to get to the islands. Most of them had never been on a boat trip before, but they were learning fast. They stayed on the island beaches sometimes, and at the hotel docks at other times. They went scuba diving for fun and lobsters in the clear waters. They already knew how to party; sometimes they partied more than they should have. They went to the casino and partied hard there. They tried deep-sea fishing, and water skiing in the ocean. Only time will tell if they had learned enough to survive their trip in the Devil’s Triangle.

 

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