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Synopsis: Bastard with a Gun

A wanted man, Kenner goes on the run with his gal Betts, a former burlesque dancer turned switchblade-sharp underworld fixer.

Kenner is grizzled, grim, and ruthless, a killer for hire working for a Boston crime boss. But when a job goes sour, Kenner’s boss puts the blame on him and drives Kenner into the crosshairs of a larger New York crime syndicate. A wanted man, Kenner goes on the run with his gal Betts, a former burlesque dancer turned switchblade-sharp underworld fixer. Pursued by informants and hitmen, Kenner and Betts take on every threat with a mix of brains and brawn, guns and guile, fists and finesse. They say love conquers all, but can it save this desperate couple from the mob?

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Synopsis: The Paladin

He was reborn as an unkillable human being, an immortal who can heal from any wound. Now, in the 21st century, Roland lives in America and uses his ability to sense evil in order to save the innocent and punish the wicked.

In the year 778 CE, Roland of the Breton March is killed in battle against bandits attempting to kill the Frankish king, Charlemange. But unbeknownst to the world, Roland did not die that day. Instead, he was reborn as an unkillable human being, an immortal who can heal from any wound. Now, in the 21st century, Roland lives in America and uses his ability to sense evil in order to save the innocent and punish the wicked. When Roland rescues a young woman from a group of neo-Nazi fanatics, he finds himself caught between the authorities trying to contain his fury and his own code of delivering justice with bullets, blades, and his bare hands.

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Synopsis: HIRELING TO HERO #2: They Hunt the Dead

Martin of Kirkwood and his companions defeated a rampaging troll and helped defend a frontier garrison from a hobgoblin army.

Martin of Kirkwood and his companions defeated a rampaging troll and helped defend a frontier garrison from a hobgoblin army. Now, after a month of recuperation and easy living, they are approached by an elven woman who asks for their aid on a quest to find and kill her father, an elven noble who has turned himself into an undead monster. Martin’s companions are divided on whether to aid the elf, but her ties to Krag the dwarf finally sway the party and they pledge themselves to her cause. Can Martin and the others help find the cursed elven lord and aid in killing him, or will they wind up adding their corpses to his growing army of undead minions?

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Synopsis: COMMANDO #7: Operation Falchion

Trapped without hope of rescue, Sergeant Thomas Lynch and a dozen other Commandos must hide from the relentless German pursuit.

The Commando assault on the German lustschloss was a success, with dozens of SS soldiers killed in the attack. But the retreat to the coast and the holding action against a superior Nazi force has cost the men of No. 3 Commando a great many casualties. Now, trapped without hope of rescue, Sergeant Thomas Lynch and a dozen other Commandos must hide from the relentless German pursuit. Low on supplies and ammunition, with wounded men among their ranks, Lynch and the others must use every bit of skill and guile they possess to find a way back across the Channel before the Nazis surround them and finish them off, once and for all.

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Synopsis: REVENANTS #2: Bloodbath in Bordeaux

Can the men who are already dead carry out their mission before their allies bring the whole of Vichy France down on them?

The Revenants - five soldiers from occupied countries, all listed as dead by their governments - return to Europe again with a new mission: to disrupt the Italian submarine patrols operating out of the Betasom submarine pens in Bordeaux, France. They meet up with the members of the French resistance, and in exchange for weapons, explosives, and training, the resistance members agree to help get the Revenants into the sub pens and carry out their mission. But the resistance cell’s overzealous leader wants more from the Revenants than they are willing to provide. Can the men who are already dead carry out their mission before their allies bring the whole of Vichy France down on them?

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Synopsis: The Shooters

With each filled body bag and burned drug lab, the two shooters find themselves caught between a city-wide police dragnet and an increasingly violent criminal underground.

When a Harvard college student dies from tainted drugs, her millionaire parents want justice meted out from the barrel of a gun. They hire Moira Stark and William Lynch, two contract mercenaries with years of experience fighting in shadow wars all around the globe. Stark and Lynch are tasked with violently dismantling the fentanyl drug trade in Boston, using whatever means necessary. But with each filled body bag and burned drug lab, the two shooters find themselves caught between a city-wide police dragnet and an increasingly violent criminal underground.

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Synopsis: HANGMAN #2: Battle for the Blacktop

Former Green Beret and Vietnam veteran Jamie Lynch agrees to help a woman whose trucking business is under attack from a mysterious biker gang. As he fights back against the bikers, Lynch discovers that the gang leader is a another ex-Green Beret who was declared KIA in Vietnam. Facing off against men who survived the same jungle warfare he experienced, Lynch and a few tough truckers battle for survival against bloodthirsty bikers in a war of high-speed death on the highways and byways of the American southwest.

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Synopsis: Harker’s Gold

After a lifetime of serving in the US Army and years of combat during the Second World War, all Harker wants is peace, quiet, and the freedom to live a life that is ungoverened by other people.

Charles Harker returns to America after fighting in Western Europe and buys a small cabin in the remote New Hampshire wilderness. After a lifetime of serving in the US Army and years of combat during the Second World War, all Harker wants is peace, quiet, and the freedom to live a life that is ungoverened by other people. But when some disreputable locals begin to wonder how Harker was able to buy the cabin, and where all his money comes from, he finds himself in a new kind of conflict, one where the rules of engagement make victory far from certain.

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