Overkill is the fifth book in The Zone Series by James Rouch.  In this one, the team heads through the dangerous Elbe region to Hamburg, Germany as part of a relief force; however, when they get there they have been decimated.  They join the defenders of a surrounded Hamburg trying to beat back the Russians.  [...]

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Savage Territory is the fourth book in the Matt Jenson: The Last Mountain Man Series by William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone.  In this book, Matt Jensen grants a dying friend, Lee Marcus’, wish to take a bankroll to Marcus’ brother in St. Louis.  Jensen must head to the Arizona Territory when Marcus’ brother [...]

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The Assassin is the 13th book in the Casca Series by Barry Sadler.  This is the first of the Sadler Casca books that I have read.  These things are pretty hard to find, but I won an eBay auction for one at a reasonable price.  This book was pretty good, but I’m a reader not [...]

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Violence of the Mountain Man is the 36th book in the Last Mountain Man Series by William W. Johnstone.  This one was written by J. A. Johnstone.  Reece Van Arndt just can’t get any luck.  He is an outlaw so he doesn’t deserve any.  Smoke Jensen has put Van Arndt in jail before and now [...]

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The Drifter is the first book in The Last Gunfighter series by William W. Johnstone.  The Last Gunfighter is Frank Morgan.  Frank was pushed out of Colorado and his ranch by a rich man.  Now Morgan is a drifter with a reputation as a lightening fast gunman.  Frank has drifted to Barnwell’s Crossing, New Mexico [...]

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I have always loved quotes.  Ben Franklin has the best, but there are also good ones by Mark Twain, Yogi Berra and a slew of other folks throughout the United States.  Some of the best quotes on leadership, government and responsibility come from United States President.  Wit and Wisdom of the American Presidents, A Book [...]

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The Old Whistler Gang is the 71st book in the Gunsmith Series by J. R. Roberts.  In this book the Gunsmith must stop Gage Striker, an outlaw who busted out of prison, from bringing the wrath of his old gang down on Bone City, Wyoming.  As you can imagine, Clint will stop the outlaws one [...]

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Deep Fathom by James Rollins is one of the most farfetched books I have read in a long time.  It is a combination of Atlantis (in the Pacific) with a little bit of Bermuda Triangle rolled in with some Navy Seals, revenge, dark matter, crystals, and archaeology thrown in for good measure.  The hero, Jack [...]

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Tell Me Your Dreams by Sidney Sheldon is a murder mystery.  This is decent read, but not Sheldon’s best.  A couple of young women get involved in a murder trial with lots of medical twist and turns.  If you like CSI (which I do), then the medical mystery stuff is pretty interesting.

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Rebels and Hostiles is the 59th book in the Mack Bolan Series by Don Pendleton.  In this book, Mack Bolan, posing as Jack Vance, must infiltrate the militias of the Pacific Northwest (Brotherhood of Patriots) in order to stop foreign interests from helping the militias with bigger terrorist actions.  Bolan goes undercover and becomes a [...]

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