Last Bridge to Baghdad
by Jacques Evans
Price: $0.99 USD. 23180 words.
Published on April 30, 2012. Fiction.
During the Gulf War an Iraqi captain incurs a lifetime hatred for the West. In possession of a pistol, issued to SOCOM, he leaves Iraq and begins a career as a hit man for a drug cartel. After the captain threatens the cartel's accountant, he realizes his mistake and leaves before he feels the cartel's wrath. When he arrives in Pakistan, he joins al-Qaeda and SOCOM joins the hunt for the captain.
Location: United States
Member Since: Sep. 30, 2009
Jacques Evans
Biography
Jacques Evans retired from the U.S. Air Force and is a life member of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He has worked on numerous aerospace projects and spent years at Cape Kennedy as a member of the Apollo team. He resides in Southern California and is the author of action/adventure novels and screenplays. His favorite novelists are Nevil Shute and Patrick O'Brian.
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Books
Fraser's Run
by Jacques Evans
Price: $0.99 USD. 16600 words. Published on July 18, 2010. Fiction.
Fraser's Run is the story of a British and German pilot and an OSS officer during World War II. The British pilot is killed on a mission to support an OSS team in occupied France. Details of his death are sketchy. Thirty years later at a reunion of the British squadron, a German pilot and the OSS officer are invited to speak and a dramatic story unfolds regarding the death of the British pilot.
Price: $0.99 USD. 16600 words. Published on July 18, 2010. Fiction.
Fraser's Run is the story of a British and German pilot and an OSS officer during World War II. The British pilot is killed on a mission to support an OSS team in occupied France. Details of his death are sketchy. Thirty years later at a reunion of the British squadron, a German pilot and the OSS officer are invited to speak and a dramatic story unfolds regarding the death of the British pilot.
The Betty G's Gold
by Jacques Evans
Price: $0.99 USD. 19180 words. Published on June 23, 2010. Fiction.
There was no name on the C-46 but the crews who flew the Hump called her the Betty G. The airplane was identified by a painting of a scantily clad female on the side of the nose. In 1944 the Betty G encountered severe turbulence and crashed into the side of a mountain---attempts to reach the site were futile. Rumors circulated that gold coins for Chiang Kai-shek's payroll were aboard the Betty G.
Price: $0.99 USD. 19180 words. Published on June 23, 2010. Fiction.
There was no name on the C-46 but the crews who flew the Hump called her the Betty G. The airplane was identified by a painting of a scantily clad female on the side of the nose. In 1944 the Betty G encountered severe turbulence and crashed into the side of a mountain---attempts to reach the site were futile. Rumors circulated that gold coins for Chiang Kai-shek's payroll were aboard the Betty G.
South of Cayenne
by Jacques Evans
Price: $2.99 USD. 34940 words. Published on May 22, 2010. Fiction.
In 1949 after returning to the States, a Berlin Airlift crew crashes in an unexplored area of Brazil. Only two of the five-man crew survive. The information is closely held---only President Truman and a select few know the cause of the crash. On national security grounds, the information is classified 'Top Secret' and sealed for fifty years.
Price: $2.99 USD. 34940 words. Published on May 22, 2010. Fiction.
In 1949 after returning to the States, a Berlin Airlift crew crashes in an unexplored area of Brazil. Only two of the five-man crew survive. The information is closely held---only President Truman and a select few know the cause of the crash. On national security grounds, the information is classified 'Top Secret' and sealed for fifty years.
Flight to Dungavel
by Jacques Evans
Price: $4.99 USD. 63540 words. Published on October 8, 2009. Fiction.
In 1933, a ten-kilogram sack of diamonds is loaded aboard a biplane that crashes in an unexplored area of British Guiana. The crash site is populated by aborigines and is inaccessible. The fact that diamonds were aboard is closely held. In 1940, Hitler learns that diamonds were aboard the aircraft and orders the SS to recover them. Churchill learns of the plan and the plot continues...
Price: $4.99 USD. 63540 words. Published on October 8, 2009. Fiction.
In 1933, a ten-kilogram sack of diamonds is loaded aboard a biplane that crashes in an unexplored area of British Guiana. The crash site is populated by aborigines and is inaccessible. The fact that diamonds were aboard is closely held. In 1940, Hitler learns that diamonds were aboard the aircraft and orders the SS to recover them. Churchill learns of the plan and the plot continues...
Mizrahi’s Prison
by Jacques Evans
Price: $2.99 USD. 60960 words. Published on October 7, 2009. Fiction.
In 1942, the OSS is tasked with kidnapping a German officer from a neutral country. The officer, an atomic physicist, was inadvertently assigned to the Africa Corps. While flying back to Berlin, his aircraft was shot down and fishermen plucked the physicist from the Gulf of Adalia. According to international law, he was interned by Turkey. President Roosevelt greenlights a risky OSS operation...
Price: $2.99 USD. 60960 words. Published on October 7, 2009. Fiction.
In 1942, the OSS is tasked with kidnapping a German officer from a neutral country. The officer, an atomic physicist, was inadvertently assigned to the Africa Corps. While flying back to Berlin, his aircraft was shot down and fishermen plucked the physicist from the Gulf of Adalia. According to international law, he was interned by Turkey. President Roosevelt greenlights a risky OSS operation...
Von Weizsacker’s Diary
by Jacques Evans
Price: $2.99 USD. 31340 words. Published on October 6, 2009. Fiction.
In the last days of World War II, a B-24 sinks a German submarine in the West Indies. Weeks later, a fishing boat recovers a life raft with two dead men aboard. A diary is found in a waterproof pouch sewn into a dead German's jacket. The captain tosses the diary into a box. He turns the corpses over to the coast guard but keeps the diary--28 years later the diary turns up at a Florida flea market.
Price: $2.99 USD. 31340 words. Published on October 6, 2009. Fiction.
In the last days of World War II, a B-24 sinks a German submarine in the West Indies. Weeks later, a fishing boat recovers a life raft with two dead men aboard. A diary is found in a waterproof pouch sewn into a dead German's jacket. The captain tosses the diary into a box. He turns the corpses over to the coast guard but keeps the diary--28 years later the diary turns up at a Florida flea market.
The Czar’s Last Soldier
by Jacques Evans
Price: $4.99 USD. 59260 words. Published on October 5, 2009. Fiction.
Before his position was overrun a marine buried a 42.5 carat stolen diamond on the island of Corregidor. At a rural post office, 32 years later, Sam Gibbons and Roscoe Barnes are removing the old post office boxes when a letter falls to the floor. The letter, dated 1942, details the theft from a czarist officer. Sam and Roscoe hunt for the diamond and are thrust into an international legal battle
Price: $4.99 USD. 59260 words. Published on October 5, 2009. Fiction.
Before his position was overrun a marine buried a 42.5 carat stolen diamond on the island of Corregidor. At a rural post office, 32 years later, Sam Gibbons and Roscoe Barnes are removing the old post office boxes when a letter falls to the floor. The letter, dated 1942, details the theft from a czarist officer. Sam and Roscoe hunt for the diamond and are thrust into an international legal battle
The Mannerheim Line
by Jacques Evans
Price: $4.99 USD. 75110 words. Published on October 4, 2009. Fiction.
Jimmy Carson and Joe Lyons meet during the Spanish Civil War and fly together through three wars. In 1961, Lyons is killed when he is shot down at the Bay of Pigs. Unwilling to admit an American pilot was involved the CIA devises a cover story that Carson, who was not involved in the Cuban invasion, doesn’t believe. Years later he uncovers a bizarre incident that unravels the cover story.
Price: $4.99 USD. 75110 words. Published on October 4, 2009. Fiction.
Jimmy Carson and Joe Lyons meet during the Spanish Civil War and fly together through three wars. In 1961, Lyons is killed when he is shot down at the Bay of Pigs. Unwilling to admit an American pilot was involved the CIA devises a cover story that Carson, who was not involved in the Cuban invasion, doesn’t believe. Years later he uncovers a bizarre incident that unravels the cover story.
The Last Flight of the Blue Goose
by Jacques Evans
Price: $4.99 USD. 63320 words. Published on October 3, 2009. Fiction.
In 1942 the Blue Goose, a B-24 bomber, disappeared during a routine test flight from an airbase in Florida. After an intensive search, no trace of the plane or crew was ever found. Thirty years later, the remains of the copilot were discovered on a remote beach in northern Brazil---a bizarre Nazi plot is uncovered and the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Blue Goose is finally solved.
Price: $4.99 USD. 63320 words. Published on October 3, 2009. Fiction.
In 1942 the Blue Goose, a B-24 bomber, disappeared during a routine test flight from an airbase in Florida. After an intensive search, no trace of the plane or crew was ever found. Thirty years later, the remains of the copilot were discovered on a remote beach in northern Brazil---a bizarre Nazi plot is uncovered and the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Blue Goose is finally solved.
Kuchma's Dictum
by Jacques Evans
Price: $2.99 USD. 29570 words. Published on October 1, 2009. Fiction.
A Russian colonel tries to terrorize the U.S. into removing its troops from Europe so Russia can bring the breakaway republics back into the fold. He is part of a clique that includes General Kuchma who is running for president. Convinced that getting American troops out of Europe will ensure Kuchma's election, the colonel launches a series of terrorist attacks against the United States
Price: $2.99 USD. 29570 words. Published on October 1, 2009. Fiction.
A Russian colonel tries to terrorize the U.S. into removing its troops from Europe so Russia can bring the breakaway republics back into the fold. He is part of a clique that includes General Kuchma who is running for president. Convinced that getting American troops out of Europe will ensure Kuchma's election, the colonel launches a series of terrorist attacks against the United States
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