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Having lost two of the things he treasures most, retired Marine Shake Davis is at a low ebb. His give-a-damn meter is pegged on empty until he's contacted by a millionaire videogame producer whose wife has been kidnapped by a cutthroat band of paramilitary rebels in the deep, dark jungles of Myanmar-or Burma to Shake's way of seeing the world. The connection between a man who has just lost his wife and another man who stands to do the same if Shake can't or won't help, is karma. And it sends Shake on a long, twisted, and dangerous trek into territory that is involved in the longest continuous civil war in world history. Exotic Burma-Rudyard Kipling's inspiration and World War II battleground of Merrill's Marauders-is the scene of a mission that nearly costs Gunner Shake Davis his life. "Dale Dye uses words to paint a cinematic landscape. Shake Davis, a larger-than-life character, also possesses a realistic humanity and compassion that is incredibly relatable. It is an incredible read."- Keifer Sutherland, Actor, 24

Former Coast Guard officer Cole Williams is taking a big mental and emotional break. He''s hoping some time with an old buddy in the winter wilds of Newfoundland will calm the conflicts he''s feeling after a lifetime of running fast boats throughout the Caribbean on both sides of a brutal drug war. There is a lot for him to think about as he wanders through the fog and salty air of a remote seaside town. Cole is contemplating mistakes, misdeeds, and loss, trying hard to isolate himself from it all-but that can''t last. Before long, he''s up to his eyeballs in a dangerous plot involving drugs and guns that his old friend has discovered. Like it or not, Cole Williams must get back in a deadly game, operating as he always does in that little sliver of darkness between good and evil.

Waggoners Gap, a spiritual place with unique natural beauty and breathtaking vistas, overlooks the Cumberland Valley near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is also a pivotal locale in the sweeping story of two disparate families fighting for survival and success in the dark decades surrounding World War II.The Genero clan is at the heart of the story. The lives of Marta, Phillip, and their son and daughter, are inevitably affected by a richer and more influential family, the Monarchs, who control industry and employment for most of the people living in the shadow of Waggoners Gap. The generational confluence of these players begins during World War I, reaches through the Great Depression, and culminates in World War II when the Genero children enlist to support the war effort. Meanwhile, the lecherous younger Monarch takes over his family's booming textile business and secretly begins to siphon off profits while mistreating his employees, including the Generos. The saga winds from Waggoners Gap to army training bases, ships at sea, battlefields in Europe and the Pacific, and back again. These truly colorful characters develop and influence each other over the decades. Through it all, in spite of deadly hardships overseas and trouble on the home front, Waggoners Gap draws the players together and repels them like a spinning magnet.

In December 1945, two Japanese soldiers on Guam attempted to surrender to a patrol of US Marines. The marines, assuming them to be armed, shot and killed them. Another Japanese soldier witnessed the incident from the jungle. He fled, and his previous assessment of the treacherous Americans was enhanced. His zeal for retribution became ingrained in his psyche.In September 1946, four marines on a routine patrol on Guam seek renegade Japanese who had been stealing from the outlying villages. They're ambushed, and among the fighters is the zealous Japanese soldier. The incident brings about a chain of events that leaves the reader wondering . . . who are the true renegades? The marines or the Japanese?

Fahim Fazli is a man of two worlds: Afghanistan, the country of his birth, and America, the nation he adopted and learned to love. He's also a man who escaped oppression, found his dream profession, and then paid it forward by returning to Afghanistan as an interpreter with the US. Marines. When Fahim speaks, the story he tells is harrowing, fascinating, and inspiring. Born and raised in Kabul, Fahim saw his country and family torn apart by revolution and civil war. Dodging Afghan authorities and informers with his father and brother, Fahim made his way across the border to Pakistan and then to America. After reuniting with his mother, sisters, and one brother, he moved to California with dreams of an acting career. After fifteen turbulent years that included two unsuccessful arranged marriages to Afghan brides, he finally qualified for membership in the Screen Actors Guildand found true American love. Though Fahim's California life was happy and rewarding, he kept thinking about the battlefields of Afghanistan. Haunted by a desire to serve his adopted country, he became a combat linguist. While other interpreters opted for safe assignments, Fahim chose one of the most dangerous: working with the Leathernecks in embattled Helmand Province, where his outgoing personality and deep cultural understanding made him a favorite of both marines and local Afghansand a pariah to the Taliban, who put a price on his head. Fahim Speaks is an inspiring story of perseverance and patriotismand of the special love that one man developed for his adopted country.

Noncommissioned officers stand as the backbone of the United States Marine Corps. The corps is among the most lasting institutions in America, though few understand what makes it so strong and how that understanding can be applied effectively in today's world. In this insightful and thoroughly researched book, Julia Dye explores the cadre of noncommissioned officers that make up the Marine Corps's system of small-unit leadership. To help us better understand what makes these extraordinary men and women such effective leaders, Dye examines the fourteen leadership traits embraced by every NCO. These qualitiesincluding judgment, enthusiasm, determination, bearing, and unselfishnessare exemplified by men like Terry Anderson, the former Marine sergeant who spent nearly seven years as a hostage in Beirut, John Basilone, a hero of the Pacific front in World War II, and many others. To assemble this extraordinary chronicle, Dye interviewed Anderson and dozens of other marines, mining a trove of NCO heroes who comprise the Marine Corps's astonishing legacy, from its founding in 1775 to the present day.

At the site of a world-famous architectural marvel located in the heart of the mystical red rock country surrounding Sedona, Arizona, a young college student encounters an ancient secret that holds the key to the origins of the universe. Haunted by his epiphany over decades, unexplainablealmost miraculousevents overtake him, until he has a revelation that compels him to go on a dangerous quest to resolve the mystery.Archangel of Sedonadocuments the personal story of Tony, a veteran integrating his combat experiences with his metaphysical awakening in the Red Rock's atmosphere of infinite space and boundless silence. His hero's journey through both beauty and danger combines mystery, adventure, and spiritual discovery. Thereisnoserendipity.

A World War II veteran in the twilight of his life stands once again on the soil where he fought the Nazis when he was a young man. He remembers those long-gone days of terror and valor and thinks of friends who died before his eyes. In a voice tinged with age and emotion, he talks about what he saw and heard and felt. Why would he want to revisit the places where he saw hell erupt around him? For many veterans, the experience brings a sense of closure to memories that often have been locked away like an old uniform. They find healing in places where once they witnessed the worstand the bestthat humanity has to offer.Since 2004, The Greatest Generations Foundation has offered the opportunity for veterans to return to their battlefields at no cost to them. These voyages back to the battlefields are often emotional, providing aging veterans a long-overdue method of dealing with their war experiences, a chance to re-kindle pride in their service and sacrifices, and a venue to educate others.InReturn to D-Day, you can share in the stories of 35 such men, accompanied by John Riedy's striking photographs that capture the raw emotions of their return to a pivotal battlefield of World War II in Europe.These are tough men who did things in war that often seem impossible today, things that needed doing if the world was to shake free of Nazi tyranny. Standing on Normandy Beaches, once among the bloodiest battlegrounds of military history, they humbly reflect on those events with acute and incisive hindsight.These men changed the course of history.

He's unplugged and living the dream at a new Texas Hill Country homestead, but Gunner Shake Davis never really expected that to last. When he gets a phone call asking him to undertake a lazy look-see mission to determine the root of at-sea oil rip offs in the Gulf of Thailand, Shake returns to some old haunts in Southeast Asia. It starts in Bangkok, moves to a sea cruise in a commandeered junk, and winds up on Koh Tang off the Cambodian coast. And that backwater little spit of sand haunts Shake's memories from the days of the screwed-up Mayaguez rescue mission at the end of the Vietnam War. The bad guys on Koh Tang are oil pirates and just as deadly as the Khmer Rouge that nearly killed him back in 1975. A simple recon mission gets twisted, obscured, and altered-which brings Shake and his crew into a second Battle of Koh Tang Island.

She is most definitely a chip off the old Shake Davis block. In fact, her Dad is more than a little proud of his daughter, who is both a research scientist oceanographer at the famed Woods Hole Institute and a U.S. Navy Reserve officer. When Tracey Davis is called to do her annual active duty stint at the Navy's diving center in the Florida panhandle, her retired Marine father thinks its a great opportunity where his only child will be well-occupied-and out of harms way. He's right and wrong. Lt. (j.g.) Tracey Davis is well-occupied leading active duty sailors at the base Ocean Systems office, but she's hardly safe. When an old friend from her days working in Belize shows up looking for one of the girls they saved from sex traffickers in Central America, Tracey finds herself in very deep and dangerous waters-full of marauding sharks and deadly human predators. "Dye...is a superb storyteller who gets his details and language right....When you pick up a Dale Dye book, you know it will be professional, well-written, and a page-turner." -David Wilson, VVA Books

Living an idyllic life in the Normandy region of France, former Coast Guard officer and reformed drug smuggler Cole Williams wants nothing more than to put his turbulent past behind him. The lure of open seas still calls, but he's content to work at a bakery and spend quality time with the love of his life and a baby daughter they both adore. And then Cole's sordid smuggling transgressions suddenly surface like a marauding submarine. He's snatched back into a dark world where oceans are simply avenues for criminal enterprise. Blackmailed with threats of prison or worse, Cole is forced to join a small international team working to prevent the infiltration of terrorists into America. The plan is to plant him among smuggling rings running drugs, weapons, human beings, and any other lucrative cargo by sea into the U.S. via the Gulf of Mexico. Ensconced as a mole among brutal criminal bands, Cole must navigate dangerous waters to uncover a deadly plot that threatens thousands of innocents in his homeland.Cole Williams may not survive his return to sea, but he has no choice. To survive, he will have to swim with killer sharks or be eaten by them.Boland tells a thrilling tale...and he knows how to keep a reader turning the pages.--Timothy J. Lockhart, Virginian-Pilot

Shake Davis is back! Retired Marine officer Dale A. Dye returns with the seventh novel in his popular, award-winning "File" series: Aztec File. It's time to Shake, rattle and roll. When a former Marine and retired Texas Ranger drops by with evidence indicating terrorists are training south of the U.S. border, Gunner Shake Davis is more than a little interested in the back story. Determined to investigate the situation himself, Shake and his team head south across the Rio Grande where they discover a deadly connection between Middle Eastern terrorists and Mexican drug smugglers. Following a trail that snakes across Texas leads Shake directly into a deadly confrontation with a truck-bomber at a high-stakes rodeo in Ft. Worth. Shake's intervention prevents a large-scale massacre, gains him un-wanted nationwide recognition. . . and puts a skilled Zeta assassin smack on his trail. When the situation threatens his family, Shake Davis reverts to close-combat mode to stop the terrorists in a blazing gunfight that echoes across the Texas plains. "No one knows more about ground war and warriors than Dale Dye, and no one writes it better." -Stephen Coonts, New York Times bestselling author of Liberty's Last Stand.

Cole Williams seemed born to the sea, racing sailboats and crewing yachts during his time as a cadet at the Coast Guard Academy, but when he reported aboard a cutter patrolling the Caribbean nothing he did seemed to please the command. His motivation to do the right thing always seemed to land him in hot water. At the end of a cruise in which he served admirably during open ocean rescues and hot pursuit of drug runners, Cole is unceremoniously kicked out of the Coast Guard for what the command deems reckless behavior and a bad attitude. That's when a dejected and disillusioned Cole decides to go rogue and make a few runs for the druggies he's spent so long chasing at sea. The twists and turns at that point are devious and dangerous as Cole shifts from modern-day pirate, to criminal fugitive to mole for his old service and the Joint Task Force charged with stemming the flow of illegal narcotics. While seldom in the headlines, the southern border of the United States has been a battleground for decades where the men and women of the Coast Guard and dozens of federal agencies have fought many a battle to keep illegal narcotics off the streets. In his debut novel, Brian Boland shares a story born from more than a decade of experience fighting the war on drugs. 

In the midst of a major move from suburban Virginia (“too close to the flagpole”) to the Great State of Texas (“my kind of place and my kind of people”) retired Marine Gunner Shake Davis is contemplating the government’s proposed normalization of relations with Cuba – and he’s not happy about it.  By the time he arrives at the new Davis homestead in a quaint little town south of the Texas capitol at Austin, he’s convinced – by instinct and past experience with tenacious communist regimes – that America is making a big mistake in making nice with the Castro regime  When Shake learns that an American intelligence analyst with a brain full of highly classified information has gone missing in Cuba, he mistrusts the physical evidence that the man is dead and heads for Havana to conduct his own investigation from the Guantanamo Bay Navy Base while normalization talks are ongoing in Havana. When that investigation reveals that the American is being held hostage on Fidel Castro’s private island, Shake, Mike and a small team of Marine Raiders stage a daring rescue from the sea.