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Super Bowl Fix? by Tad Hutton
Price: $3.99 USD. 43620 words. Published by Foremost Press on May 14, 2013. .
A Super Bowl isn't so much fun when crazy people are trying to destroy the Superdome. The crazies also attempt to fix the game itself, and, oh yes, to disrupt the halftime show just for the hell of it. The plot gets thicker and funnier as separate and zany conspirators bring out hilarious bureaucrats trying to put a whack-a-mole stop to the shenanigans.

All the Bishop's Men by C. P. Holsinger
Price: $4.99 USD. 68350 words. Published by Foremost Press on February 25, 2013. .
Something doesn't seem quite right when Lt. Nick Greer responds to a call of an apparent suicide of a Catholic priest. His gut feelings tell him there may be much more to the priest's death than anyone had imagined. In the midst of all this mayhem, he suddenly finds himself involved in an unexpected romance.

Swordpoint by David Crane
Price: $3.99 USD. 117910 words. Published by Foremost Press on January 26, 2013. .
Eugene Francois Vidocq was a thief, an adventurer, and a duelist who searched for his place in life with wit, sword, and passionate love affairs. Hunted by the police agents of revolutionary France and later the agents of Napoleon, he is forced to make the most important decision in his life to survive and become a man of respect.

The Satan Machine by David Chacko
Price: $3.99 USD. 59940 words. Published by Foremost Press on January 11, 2013. .
The attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II was like no other public attack in the extraordinarily violent twentieth century, but the event is still cloaked in mystery. THE SATAN MACHINE takes us down to street level to show how it all came about. And it isn't the way we thought at all.

Strands of Life: Book 3 of the Star Walkers Trilogy by Michael Cole
Price: $4.99 USD. 75300 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 23, 2012. .
When Eric Shade purchases a 16th-century letter written by a Spanish conquistador that provides information on how the legendary Star Walkers can be found, he sets out into the Amazon in search of them. Things become mighty complicated when Shade realizes that in addition to having to deal with mercenaries who are hell-bent on killing him, he must also contend with a tribe of cannibals.

Tunnels of the Deep: Book 2 of the Star Walkers Trilogy by Michael Cole
Price: $4.99 USD. 79820 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 23, 2012. .
Deceit and betrayal await a history professor and the beautiful student who convinces him to leave the safety of the classroom and enter the treacherous Amazon jungle. His inner strength is tested by a man who is every bit as much a predator as the giant anacondas that abound in the swampy marshlands they must cross to locate a tunnel.

Golden Disk of The Sun: Book 1 of the Star Walkers Trilogy by Michael Cole
Price: $4.99 USD. 73640 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 23, 2012. .
A jealous and troubled entrepreneur and his fiancée, a beautiful archeologist, hire Eric Shade, a guide, to lead them into the Amazon jungle in search of a priceless Incan treasure. The golden mirror purportedly lies hidden inside a maleficent mountain, a mountain where it has been rumored the mysterious Star Walkers live.

The Third Temple: Book 2 of the AntiChristo Trilogy by Stephen J. Schrader
Price: $5.99 USD. 40250 words. Published by Foremost Press on September 18, 2012. .
The most evil story ever told, the AntiChristo Trilogy continues. The lucky ones died in the cataclysm that ended man’s world. Now shock and horror pile on top of disaster with trip-hammer force decimating what’s left of humanity and ravaging the planet. Until the Antichrist, leading all the legions of Hell, rides in to save the human race from the vengeance of an angry and merciless God.

Elvis Rex by Larry Kickham
Price: $4.99 USD. 103060 words. Published by Foremost Press on September 17, 2012. .
An orphan uprooted by war, Anthony journeys to Kingdom City, the center of a would-be empire based on violence, slavery and a phony post-apocalyptic religion dictated by an ever-changing Now Testament, only to discover he's an Elvis, a clone of the long-dead pop star, the King of Rock and Roll.

Stephan's Journey by Joe McCord
Price: $6.99 USD. 79760 words. Published by Foremost Press on June 27, 2012. .
During WWII, a young German soldier winds up in Spain. He rescues a young woman whose father is a wealthy and powerful businessman in Barcelona. They both think Stephan is Spanish and the father hires him as a bodyguard for his daughter. Stephan's life changes entirely and a series of large and small adventures occur until the day comes when he is faced with revealing who he really is...

Planet of Men - Book 2 of Enigma by David Crane
Price: $2.99 USD. 84380 words. Published by Foremost Press on June 19, 2012. .
Escaping the wrath of powerful godlike overlords, Peter Blackwood finds a temporary place of safety on Freedom Island, the only place on planet Enigma where overlords cannot touch him. But the game designed by the alien red cloud is far from over. Once only a myth sustained for centuries, Blackwood is now a living symbol of rebellion against the tyrannical supermen...

The God App by David Chacko
Price: $5.99 USD. 98330 words. Published by Foremost Press on April 12, 2012. .
When Greg Louden is called in to investigate a theft of intellectual property at a software firm, he never dreams that lines of code are things that people will kill and die for. But when past crimes and huge amounts of money are involved, what people will do is measured by what they want. And in this case that's everything.

Planet of Gods: Book 1 of Enigma by David Crane
Price: $2.99 USD. 83130 words. Published by Foremost Press on February 28, 2012. .
Professor Peter Blackwood, a former Space Marine turned scientist, looks forward to retirement on a paradise resort planet. Snatching him from the hyperspace highway, a power alien intelligence catapults him light years away to a remote planet--Enigma. With his ship damaged and unable to escape, Blackwood encounters a human colony, a world controlled by the red cloud and . . .

The Same Lonely Songs by Philip R. Sullivan
Price: $4.99 USD. 62130 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 14, 2011. .
Like most of us, Cal Connors knew who he was, or at least thought he did, until he experienced too much change in too short a time. His ensuing crisis of identity led him to attempt a brand new life as a songwriter, hitching up with a country band in its wanderings from the Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico. It's not long before Cal's new world collides with a troubled person's old world.

The Wolf Tree by Philip R. Sullivan
Price: $4.99 USD. 82570 words. Published by Foremost Press on November 25, 2011. .
Why has Michael Manning left his big-city medical practice and retired early to a farm in rural Maine? And has he really--as viewed by Lesley Jordan, an attractive nurse in nearby Winchendon--reneged on his implied agreement to help his fellow man? An unexpected series of adventures arise as Michael tries to settle into his new community...

Anna's Passion by Nick Taddeo
Price: $5.99 USD. 66720 words. Published by Foremost Press on October 20, 2011. .
Anna’s Napa Valley winery has been suffering debilitating attacks, not from other competing wineries but from an intensely troubled young man. She must take action soon or she will lose everything: the winery, the land, the vines, and the equipment. Even her identity is being threatened. She must figure a way out.

A Peaceful, Easy Feeling by Philip R. Sullivan
Price: $4.99 USD. 69430 words. Published by Foremost Press on August 27, 2011. .
His childhood scarred by trauma, Patrick Sayer moved to rural Maine as a young man in search of a simple life close to nature. But now the paper-mill workers have gone on strike, and as money runs low, tempers run high. Patrick is unwittingly snared in the deadly struggle and becomes terrified when his own life is threatened by he knows not whom nor why...

Virus by Stephen J. Schrader
Price: $0.99 USD. 63680 words. Published by Foremost Press on July 31, 2011. .
Two powerful alien forces, the sadistic half-human Brotherhood and the savage Hivers, are determined to destroy all human life on Earth. All that stands between them and the achievement of their goal are the old Earth team and their Raider allies. Enemy actions force the Earth team to deploy on an emergency reconnaissance mission. When all is lost, and only one option remains, they seize it. They

Vector by Stephen J. Schrader
Price: $0.99 USD. 66090 words. Published by Foremost Press on July 31, 2011. .
A crack team of explorers find themselves stark naked, in the dark, and totally clueless, buried deep beneath an Earth shattered by war, devastated by disease, and ravaged by alien monsters.

The Byzantium Stone by David Chacko
Price: $6.99 USD. 99830 words. Published by Foremost Press on June 6, 2011. .
Samson Mondieu, the designated treasure hunter, is sent to track down a remarkable gemstone. Said to be God-made, it was last seen during the fall of Constantinople. Slowly, Samson comes to realize that what he is searching for is less a mystical object then the bedrock of the secret that drives all the other secrets. But that's not all he will discover . . .

Sh*t Magnet by Stephen J. Schrader
Price: $3.99 USD. 45230 words. Published by Foremost Press on April 30, 2011. .
Author, Tanker, Soldier...Spy. The life and career of a Spy for the U.S. Army. The author describes a life where the rewards to be earned are as astounding as the price to be paid is devastating. This autobiography reflects the changing world and the United States in the closing decades of the Twentieth Century.

Coming Home Again by Philip R. Sullivan
Price: $4.99 USD. 57050 words. Published by Foremost Press on April 14, 2011. .
Coming Home Again is the story of Jud Gerard, an earnest young man who is dying before his time. The portrayal is candid, yet socked with humor of the sort that’s inherent in our human efforts to find ultimate meaning in life and love and loss.

Well of Souls by Michael Cole
Price: $4.99 USD. 55530 words. Published by Foremost Press on February 6, 2011. .
Professor Templeton gets more than she bargains for when she agrees to join an expedition whose goal is to find Genghis Khan's tomb. On her quest for his sarcophagus, she stumbles upon an ancient gold medallion. Its inscription enables her to uncover a conspiracy so horrific that not only does it create an international incident, but also causes one man to go insane and another to lose his life.

Room of Dark Secrets by Michael Cole
Price: $4.99 USD. 59360 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 12, 2010. .
A search for an ancient handwritten manuscript catapults two diverse men into an abyss from which there may be no return.

The First Seal: Book 1 of the AntiChristo Trilogy by Stephen J. Schrader
Price: $4.99 USD. 44780 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 7, 2010. .
Three thousand years ago, God told Daniel, "Hide these words and put a seal on the book until the end of days." Today, Dr. Tamarah Frenmen has broken the seal and revealed the shocking secrets that lie within the Bible itself. And, the most horrific is that the Antichrist is real. He's an inhuman monster born of science that is ready, willing, and able to storm the gates of Heaven itself.

Beggarman, Spy (The Israel Potter Series) by David Chacko
Price: $5.99 USD. 94080 words. Published by Foremost Press on October 11, 2010. .
The biography of Israel Potter created a sensation when it was first published. Potter's tale was so strange and compelling that Herman Melville later made it his own in fiction. But no one has ever known Potter's true-life tale, which was hidden for more than two hundred years. Beggarman, Spy brings the truth out of the shadows of history with grace and vengeance.

Those Who Betray by Bob McElwain
Price: $4.99 USD. 82080 words. Published by Foremost Press on September 10, 2010. .
Initially, Eva Starling, a noted economist, only needs answers from Mark Rippet to questions about how his dad went bankrupt. When they realize their lives are at risk because she asked them, other questions overwhelm. And survival becomes the primary goal.

Strike Terror by Bob McElwain
Price: $4.99 USD. 76640 words. Published by Foremost Press on September 6, 2010. .
Kate wants to know why Nick attacked a sniper without a weapon, and she means to see the story printed. Nick tries to duck her, then finds they are irrevocably linked in a desperate effort to survive. Their only hope lies in discovering the true purpose of the terrorists determined to destroy them.

Blackmail by Bob McElwain
Price: $4.99 USD. 74420 words. Published by Foremost Press on September 3, 2010. .
Terri Delaney is a rising star in television news. But a blackmailer is threatening her career. She turns to Jack Collier, PI. In no time, Jack realizes he may not win this round. He finds himself and Terri entangled in a vicious web involving far more than the blackmailer alone.

Night Wine: A Novel by Nick Taddeo
Price: $4.99 USD. 113840 words. Published by Foremost Press on June 23, 2010. .
Night Wine traces the experiences of a determined young immigrant winemaker, Amerigo Pugliesi. His struggles over the forces of weather, Prohibition, and prejudice provide the backdrop for this unique novel set in the California wine country.

Inside the Kill Box by Michael W. Romanowski
Price: $4.99 USD. 71970 words. Published by Foremost Press on June 21, 2010. .
Operation Desert Storm: Former prisoner of war David Sweet returns home, battered, bloodied, and haunted by memories of the savagery he has witnessed. But his trials have not yet ended. There are those who will do anything to keep the long-hidden secrets he possesses from seeing the light of day. Even if it means destroying him, and everything he holds dear.

The Brimstone Papers by David Chacko
Price: $5.99 USD. 76980 words. Published by Foremost Press on June 14, 2010. .
From the furious mantrap called the Battle of Bunker Hill to a raging disaster at sea, The Brimstone Papers tells the first year of the Revolutionary War as no one has ever thought to do. The story, based on the peripatetic life of a real man, is as rooted in its time as it is relevant to ours.

The Shadow Master by David Chacko
Price: $6.99 USD. 85360 words. Published by Foremost Press on February 12, 2010. .
TIME. An archeologist found dead in his hotel room suddenly ran out of it. His brother Klement, a former intelligence agent, suspects his death was as unnatural as the things he did in a race against it. Klement joins the chase for an invaluable book that is a monument to it. A beautiful art dealer, a mass killer, and an invisible man all rock around this clock.

Red Bishop One by David Chacko
Price: $3.99 USD. 66680 words. Published by Foremost Press on February 5, 2010. .
A Colombian drug lord holds the United States hostage from his jail cell on the eve of a presidential election. The violence he calls down cannot be stopped without appeasing him--or unmasking a conspiracy that has been dormant for most of our lives.

The Black Chamber by David Chacko
Price: $3.99 USD. 76580 words. Published by Foremost Press on January 27, 2010. .
THE BLACK CHAMBER introduces Stephen Warfield, the man who unravels puzzles at America's most secret intelligence organization--NSA. On this mission Warfield conducts his greatest manhunt in search of his former lover, who stands at the center of the most damaging scandal in US history. Follow Warfield--code-name Mariner--from the highest levels of Washington into the long shadow of a drug cartel.

Reality Check by Ron Tarrant
Price: $3.99 USD. 46090 words. Published by Foremost Press on January 27, 2010. .
Forced to return to his hometown, John is horror-stricken when he finds his past rushing back at him. He's suddenly thrust into a terrifying world of Sasquatch and Little People. Civilization as John knows it is about to take a sharp turn.

Hiding from Eddie by Ron Tarrant
Price: $3.99 USD. 41220 words. Published by Foremost Press on January 27, 2010. .
Things aren't going well for Roger. All a consequence of his past. A past he must return to, however much he dreads it. He must confront the monster in his childhood and face the devastating truth. A truth he fears may kill him.

A Long Way From Eden by David Chacko
Price: $4.99 USD. 92860 words. Published by Foremost Press on January 4, 2010. .
When a sinkhole freakishly erupts on the Sun Coast of Florida, the decaying remains of a young woman surface. Homicide detectives are forced to dig ever more deeply along twisted, dangerous paths into the past. Their journey makes for a haunting, teeth-grinding tale.

August in the Mind by Nick Taddeo
Price: $1.99 USD. 67400 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 28, 2009. .
Tony Antonelli can't explain why he attacked a total stranger without provocation. He suspects genetic memory triggered his action, an ancient hatred inherited. He journeys to Italy, back to his roots, to seek the answer and preserve his sanity. Provides grand insights into Italy today and its remarkable history.

Hunting for Tamara by I. J. Sarfeh
Price: $3.99 USD. 63660 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 22, 2009. .
Masked gunmen massacre a prominent Iraqi family in Baghdad. Dr. Liam Casey, a trusted family friend who had served in Iraq, is recruited by U.S. Army Intelligence to find Tamara Najib, the lone survivor. Following a bizarre trail of clues left by a dead soldier, he finds himself plunged into a web of terror. There are those who are intent on keeping the truth hidden.

The Final Victim by I. J. Sarfeh
Price: $4.99 USD. 67860 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 22, 2009. .

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In rural Michigan, a famed athlete undergoes a routine operation. Six weeks later he is dead, victim of a bizarre form of cancer. In Los Angeles, a radio announcer dies of the same cause. Coincidence? Dr. Greg Dostoyov, the athlete's surgeon, and biologist Kate Adams do not think so. Suspenseful story of medical intrigue.

In the Name of Islam by I. J. Sarfeh
Price: $4.99 USD. 59570 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 21, 2009. .
Held captive at an isolated farmhouse, Dr. Morgan Reese is forced at gunpoint to perform surgery on an Afghan calling himself the Holy Imam. Reese soon suspects that the Imam is a threat to national security. Thus begins the deadly battle of wits between the two antagonists. Caught in the crossfire is the Imam’s nurse, Miriam, a devout, nonviolent Moslem.

Growing Up Mostly Normal in the Middle of Nowhere: A Memoir by John Sheirer
Price: $3.99 USD. 85030 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 18, 2009. .
With the depth of a memoir and the flow of a novel, John Sheirer chronicles how his simple youth of farm, sports, school, nature, and family led him to an unlikely adulthood as an author and college professor. He explores intensely personal experiences and relationships with humor, surprise, awe, suspense, and deep insight. He teaches us we can go home again.

Tartarus: Book 3 of the Argosy Trilogy by Stephen J. Schrader
Price: $3.99 USD. 71320 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 17, 2009. .
In blood, sand, and hellfire, Captain Jacob Brinn takes you from the world of today into a strange and alien world: a world where legend becomes fact; myth becomes history; and the secrets of the universe are laid bare.

Ajax: Book 2 of the Argosy Trilogy by Stephen J. Schrader
Price: $3.99 USD. 50170 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 17, 2009. .
Genius Captain Jacob Brinn continues his crusade to bring humanity the wonders of tomorrow, today. But, Ajax's attack on an American nuclear reactor derails even the Captain’s plan. Prepare for an unimaginable battle of intellects, with the fate of the world at stake. A battle where the army of the mightiest nation on earth is nothing more than a helpless victim.

Tinnemaha Creek by Nick Taddeo
Price: $1.99 USD. 72660 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 16, 2009. .
Wildlife vs. human rights clash when a cougar approaches two young girls searching for wildflowers near the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevadas. Cobra Stevens, wildlife biologist, must restore peace out of chaos that erupts between the ranchers who form a hunter's coalition and the animal rights advocates. And what of the cougar? Will he be the ultimate loser?

Time Pool: The Amazing Adventures of Eddie Dowd (Book I of a Trilogy) by Tad Hutton
Price: $2.99 USD. 69640 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 15, 2009. .
2009 Georgia Author of the Year Awards (GAYA) Finalist... Time travel, rides on monster turtles, battles with slavers, and a sea fight with the British Navy drive this modern Huck Finn forward. On the surface, it is a young teen's comic journey of self-discovery. Beneath this tale is a first-rate account of the historic, cultural, and environmental roots of Americana.

Secrets of El Tovar Canyon by Michael Cole
Price: $3.99 USD. 63280 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 15, 2009. .
When an unscrupulous antiquities dealer hires an archeologist to uncover the origin of an ancient tablet, he sets off a bizarre chain of events: Ten-thousand-year-old mummies are found in a cave in the Grand Canyon. A golden statue is discovered in the Sphinx’s paw. What's the secret linking Arizona and Egypt? The U.S. Dept. of Defense believes the answer may well put the entire world at risk.

God's Money: A novel based on actual events by Tad Hutton
Price: $2.99 USD. 33140 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 14, 2009. .
Four fishermen find twenty million dollars on an uninhabited island. Now they have to keep the cash from the drug cartel and pirates who claim it. The setting for this thrill and laugh-a-minute tale is the notorious Palawan Passage in the South China Sea. Based on a true story, so recent that the ending is still in play.

At the Table of Want by Larry Kimport
Price: $4.99 USD. 108930 words. Published by Foremost Press on December 14, 2009. .
At the Table of Want, a coming-of-age love story, chronicles orphan Truman Kramer's settling into a Peace Corps assignment in a small Malaysian community, where he eventually finds himself involved with a local shopkeeper's wife, an unloved woman craving anything of her own.

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