Insurgent (Episode 2)
by Charles Sheehan-Miles
Price: $2.99 USD. 35160 words.
Published on March 10, 2012. Fiction.
When terrorists break into a top-secret biomedical research facility, Valerie Murphy is faced with a race against time to prevent disaster.
From an author described by a Top 50 Reviewer as "one of America's criminally neglected authors," Insurgent is the second episode in the riveting sequel to the surprise bestseller Republic.
"...an exceptional writer..." --Midwest Book Review
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Charles Sheehan-Miles
Biography
Charles Sheehan-Miles is the author of Republic and Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War. He is currently writing Insurgent, the sequel to Republic.
Charles served in combat with the 24th Infantry Division during the 1991 Gulf War, and was decorated for valor for helping rescue fellow tank crewmen from a burning tank during the Battle at Rumayla. Since then, he has been a regular speaker on issues relating to the Gulf War, ill veterans and the impact of post-traumatic stress.
He is a former President and co-founder of the National Gulf War Resource Center and has served on the board of the Education for Peace in Iraq Center. Prior to becoming executive director of Veterans for Common Sense in August 2004, he was director of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC. He continues to serve on the board of directions of Veterans for Common Sense.
Charles lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Veronica and their two children.
Charles served in combat with the 24th Infantry Division during the 1991 Gulf War, and was decorated for valor for helping rescue fellow tank crewmen from a burning tank during the Battle at Rumayla. Since then, he has been a regular speaker on issues relating to the Gulf War, ill veterans and the impact of post-traumatic stress.
He is a former President and co-founder of the National Gulf War Resource Center and has served on the board of the Education for Peace in Iraq Center. Prior to becoming executive director of Veterans for Common Sense in August 2004, he was director of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC. He continues to serve on the board of directions of Veterans for Common Sense.
Charles lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Veronica and their two children.
Where to find Charles Sheehan-Miles online
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Books
How It Feels to Kill and Other Thoughts by a Radical with a Liberal Left-Wing Nut, Anti-Everything Agenda
by Charles Sheehan-Miles
Price: $2.99 USD. 13840 words. Published on January 30, 2012. Essay.
What does it feel like to kill another human being? A provocative and disturbing question. Charles Sheehan-Miles (author of the surprise indie bestsettler Republic: A Novel of America’s Future) wrestles with this and other questions in his collection of essays about war and peace, politics and civil liberties.
Price: $2.99 USD. 13840 words. Published on January 30, 2012. Essay.
What does it feel like to kill another human being? A provocative and disturbing question. Charles Sheehan-Miles (author of the surprise indie bestsettler Republic: A Novel of America’s Future) wrestles with this and other questions in his collection of essays about war and peace, politics and civil liberties.
The Garden (A Short Story)
by Charles Sheehan-Miles
Price: $0.99 USD. 3430 words. Published on January 30, 2012. Fiction.
In late Victorian England, anthropologist Sir Colin Scott Cross sets out to find the historical location of the Garden of Eden. An early short story by Charles Sheehan-Miles, author of the indie bestseller Republic: A Novel of America's Future.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3430 words. Published on January 30, 2012. Fiction.
In late Victorian England, anthropologist Sir Colin Scott Cross sets out to find the historical location of the Garden of Eden. An early short story by Charles Sheehan-Miles, author of the indie bestseller Republic: A Novel of America's Future.
Face in the Water (A Short Story)
by Charles Sheehan-Miles
Price: $0.99 USD. 3020 words. Published on January 30, 2012. Fiction.
Jerusalem, 1989: After his best friend dies of a drug overdose, a Georgia Tech student walks away from his life, eventually winding up in the ancient and narrow streets of Jerusalem during the first Palestinian Intifada. An early short story written by Charles Sheehan-Miles, author of the surprise indie bestseller Republic: A Novel of America's Future.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3020 words. Published on January 30, 2012. Fiction.
Jerusalem, 1989: After his best friend dies of a drug overdose, a Georgia Tech student walks away from his life, eventually winding up in the ancient and narrow streets of Jerusalem during the first Palestinian Intifada. An early short story written by Charles Sheehan-Miles, author of the surprise indie bestseller Republic: A Novel of America's Future.
Insurgent (Episode 1)
by Charles Sheehan-Miles
Price: $2.99 USD. 22330 words. Published on January 30, 2012. Fiction.
Insurgent is the riveting sequel to the surprise bestseller Republic: A Novel of America's Future. Three months after the end of the West Virginia civil war, Valerie Murphy faces her worst fears as the violence escalates. Former Congressman Al Clark, now Governor of the bankrupt state, must quell an insurgency even as he struggles to put the state back together.
Price: $2.99 USD. 22330 words. Published on January 30, 2012. Fiction.
Insurgent is the riveting sequel to the surprise bestseller Republic: A Novel of America's Future. Three months after the end of the West Virginia civil war, Valerie Murphy faces her worst fears as the violence escalates. Former Congressman Al Clark, now Governor of the bankrupt state, must quell an insurgency even as he struggles to put the state back together.
Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War
by Charles Sheehan-Miles
Price: $2.99 USD. 70530 words. Published on February 10, 2011. Fiction.
They say it was an easy war. They say it was a popular war. But for those who fought it, nothing was ever the same again. Nineteen year-old Chet Brown arrived home from the Gulf War in the spring of 1991 and found that, for him, the war was only beginning. Betrayed by his friends and lover, ignored by his family, Brown travels across the country in search of meaning behind the horrors of his war.
Price: $2.99 USD. 70530 words. Published on February 10, 2011. Fiction.
They say it was an easy war. They say it was a popular war. But for those who fought it, nothing was ever the same again. Nineteen year-old Chet Brown arrived home from the Gulf War in the spring of 1991 and found that, for him, the war was only beginning. Betrayed by his friends and lover, ignored by his family, Brown travels across the country in search of meaning behind the horrors of his war.
Republic: A Novel of America's Future
by Charles Sheehan-Miles
Price: $4.99 USD. 137100 words. Published on December 7, 2009. Fiction.
(4.25 from 4 reviews)
Ken Murphy is a 45 year-old widower and senior manager at a computer chip manufacturer in quiet Highview, West Virginia. The local economy is thrown into a tailspin when the plant is suddenly shut down. Murphy must fight for healthcare for his terminally ill son. As he tries to save his son’s life, he is dragged into a deeper conflict between the forces that are ripping our nation apart.
Price: $4.99 USD. 137100 words. Published on December 7, 2009. Fiction.
(4.25 from 4 reviews) Ken Murphy is a 45 year-old widower and senior manager at a computer chip manufacturer in quiet Highview, West Virginia. The local economy is thrown into a tailspin when the plant is suddenly shut down. Murphy must fight for healthcare for his terminally ill son. As he tries to save his son’s life, he is dragged into a deeper conflict between the forces that are ripping our nation apart.
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