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Above the Fray, a Novel of the Union Balloon Corps, Part One    by Kris Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 112300 words. Published on November 10, 2009. .

At the start of the Civil War, Nathaniel Curry is a fifteen-year-old telegraph operator in Richmond. He travels to Washington to see a balloon demonstration and finds himself accidentally assisting in directing artillery fire on a Confederate emplacement - the first use of an aircraft in warfare. A pariah back in Virginia, Nathaniel joins the Union Balloon Corps, the world's first air force.
Above the Fray, a Novel of the Union Balloon Corps, Part Two    by Kris Jackson
Price: $3.99 USD. 154310 words. Published on November 10, 2009. .

Just as the Balloon Corps starts to gain respect among the generals, the command structure moves to destroy it. As the Corps collapses, Nathaniel finds himself suspected and threatened by both sides. Soon even his sweetheart turns her back on him. Eventually his only friend is Lincoln, and Lincoln wants him to do something that horrifies him.
Poppycock Place Series -Sky Sailing Heroes    by Cartune Fun
Price: Free! 32370 words. Published on November 21, 2010. .

NASA had a successful failure. Seven sophisticated Bio-Teks (5 "human-robots" and 2 "pet-robots"), were created for a deep space mission. The money ran out, the spaceship was cancelled and these colourful characters moved out to live in the community and report back their experiences yearly. They set up 5 small businesses in adjacent shops, happily mixing with the neighbours, in Poppycock Place.
The Eighth House    by Gerald R. Stanek
Price: $5.95 USD. 97220 words. Published on June 30, 2011. .

Explore New Thought principles in this coming of age novel set in a mythical world. Follow a young man's journey into mysticism and self discovery taking you to places you never imagined existed. Through Ancient Wisdom, Grandfather learns he must find a way to control his visioning process.
Clear to Climb    by Paul Brockman
Price: $2.99 USD. 68460 words. Published on January 2, 2012. .

Recollections of the author's often amusing and sometimes hair-raising hot-air ballooning experiences. Glimpses into a twenty-six year passion with ballooning that pursues the author from the tranquillity of the English countryside to the Puget Sound region of Western Washington and the high desert of Nevada