Bob Murray worked for defense contractor Light Horse, Inc. in Afghanistan, mentoring police soldiers and their officers in Kandahar. He serves two masters, the US Department of State and Department of Defense. Sometimes it is difficult to please both entities. Bob and his close friend Jake Wilson help each other in accomplishing their mission while maintaining good morale for both. The corruption they see while in the mission is sometimes mind boggling and makes them wonder if it is worth their effort to train the Afghans. They continue working in the police program and hope they can sway the corrupt ones to change and instill integrity into the new police soldiers and officers. Bob becomes the chief of a new systems team in Kandahar; putting in place changes that instill a more democratic model in the police culture. It is an uphill battle with some success that comes with the inevitable loss of life in the process. The systems team becomes involved in the investigation of a Chechen organized crime syndicate in Afghanistan. The Chechens are moving large quantities of heroin into Moscow. Now the investigation takes a more international perspective and involves many countries including the United States.

Bob Murray worked for defense contractor Light Horse, Inc. in Afghanistan, mentoring police soldiers and their officers in Kandahar. He serves two masters, the US Department of State and Department of Defense. Sometimes it is difficult to please both entities. Bob and his close friend Jake Wilson help each other in accomplishing their mission while maintaining good morale for both. The corruption they see while in the mission is sometimes mind boggling and makes them wonder if it is worth their effort to train the Afghans. They continue working in the police program and hope they can sway the corrupt ones to change and instill integrity into the new police soldiers and officers. Bob becomes the chief of a new systems team in Kandahar; putting in place changes that instill a more democratic model in the police culture. It is an uphill battle with some success that comes with the inevitable loss of life in the process. The systems team becomes involved in the investigation of a Chechen organized crime syndicate in Afghanistan. The Chechens are moving large quantities of heroin into Moscow. Now the investigation takes a more international perspective and involves many countries including the United States.

Bob Murray worked for defense contractor Light Horse, Inc. in Afghanistan, mentoring police soldiers and their officers in Kandahar. He serves two masters, the US Department of State and Department of Defense. Sometimes it is difficult to please both entities. Bob and his close friend Jake Wilson help each other in accomplishing their mission while maintaining good morale for both. The corruption they see while in the mission is sometimes mind boggling and makes them wonder if it is worth their effort to train the Afghans. They continue working in the police program and hope they can sway the corrupt ones to change and instill integrity into the new police soldiers and officers. Bob becomes the chief of a new systems team in Kandahar; putting in place changes that instill a more democratic model in the police culture. It is an uphill battle with some success that comes with the inevitable loss of life in the process. The systems team becomes involved in the investigation of a Chechen organized crime syndicate in Afghanistan. The Chechens are moving large quantities of heroin into Moscow. Now the investigation takes a more international perspective and involves many countries including the United States.

The Dark Society is the third book in the series Father Damien�s War. �Restitution� is the second book in this series which follows after �Sanctuary.� This book continues the life of Father Damien in Florence, Italy after the conclusion of World War II. Father Damien resigns his position with the church after learning the Vatican�s involvement in the escape of war criminals through the rat lines established by Bishop Alois Hudal. Hudal had aided these war refugees in the acquisition of Red Cross Passports to foreign countries including Argentina. John Damien moves from Bergamo, Italy to join forces with Rodolfo Siviero, secret agent of the Servizio Informazioni Militare headquartered in Florence, Italy. Alcide De Gasperi, President of the Council of Ministers expands Rodolfo�s post war involvement in the government by appointing him as Minister Plenipotentiary. Rodolfo accepts his appointment as an endorsement to his calling and immediately seeks to add his American allies to his list of associates which includes Sergeant Wayne Fritzmeyer and Corporal Glen Rothgeb. Rodolfo invites Sergeant Derrick Hodge and Corporal Charles Walker to join him in his newly endorsed mission as Minister Plenipotentiary to locate and acquire stolen art. Both Derrick Hodge and Charles Walker accept their appointments to the Ministry and arrive in Florence to begin their involvement in the hunt for plundered treasures across the globe. John Damien as a member of the Ministry Plenipotentiary desires to expand their role of recovering looted art and artifacts to bringing war criminals to justice. His associates proclaim his intentions as Father Damien�s War.

The Dark Society is the third book in the series Father Damien�s War. �Restitution� is the second book in this series which follows after �Sanctuary.� This book continues the life of Father Damien in Florence, Italy after the conclusion of World War II. Father Damien resigns his position with the church after learning the Vatican�s involvement in the escape of war criminals through the rat lines established by Bishop Alois Hudal. Hudal had aided these war refugees in the acquisition of Red Cross Passports to foreign countries including Argentina. John Damien moves from Bergamo, Italy to join forces with Rodolfo Siviero, secret agent of the Servizio Informazioni Militare headquartered in Florence, Italy. Alcide De Gasperi, President of the Council of Ministers expands Rodolfo�s post war involvement in the government by appointing him as Minister Plenipotentiary. Rodolfo accepts his appointment as an endorsement to his calling and immediately seeks to add his American allies to his list of associates which includes Sergeant Wayne Fritzmeyer and Corporal Glen Rothgeb. Rodolfo invites Sergeant Derrick Hodge and Corporal Charles Walker to join him in his newly endorsed mission as Minister Plenipotentiary to locate and acquire stolen art. Both Derrick Hodge and Charles Walker accept their appointments to the Ministry and arrive in Florence to begin their involvement in the hunt for plundered treasures across the globe. John Damien as a member of the Ministry Plenipotentiary desires to expand their role of recovering looted art and artifacts to bringing war criminals to justice. His associates proclaim his intentions as Father Damien�s War.

The Dark Society is the third book in the series Father Damien�s War. �Restitution� is the second book in this series which follows after �Sanctuary.� This book continues the life of Father Damien in Florence, Italy after the conclusion of World War II. Father Damien resigns his position with the church after learning the Vatican�s involvement in the escape of war criminals through the rat lines established by Bishop Alois Hudal. Hudal had aided these war refugees in the acquisition of Red Cross Passports to foreign countries including Argentina. John Damien moves from Bergamo, Italy to join forces with Rodolfo Siviero, secret agent of the Servizio Informazioni Militare headquartered in Florence, Italy. Alcide De Gasperi, President of the Council of Ministers expands Rodolfo�s post war involvement in the government by appointing him as Minister Plenipotentiary. Rodolfo accepts his appointment as an endorsement to his calling and immediately seeks to add his American allies to his list of associates which includes Sergeant Wayne Fritzmeyer and Corporal Glen Rothgeb. Rodolfo invites Sergeant Derrick Hodge and Corporal Charles Walker to join him in his newly endorsed mission as Minister Plenipotentiary to locate and acquire stolen art. Both Derrick Hodge and Charles Walker accept their appointments to the Ministry and arrive in Florence to begin their involvement in the hunt for plundered treasures across the globe. John Damien as a member of the Ministry Plenipotentiary desires to expand their role of recovering looted art and artifacts to bringing war criminals to justice. His associates proclaim his intentions as Father Damien�s War.

Imagine leading a life of happiness and freedom when one day everything is taken away from you. That is a reality for Jane Thompson, a young girl in the midst of a terrible war. Jane along with her siblings strive to stay optimistic despite the terrible conditions, during the hard and long years of confinement in the concentration camp. �Will Jane survive, or will the war take her away too?

Imagine leading a life of happiness and freedom when one day everything is taken away from you. That is a reality for Jane Thompson, a young girl in the midst of a terrible war. Jane along with her siblings strive to stay optimistic despite the terrible conditions, during the hard and long years of confinement in the concentration camp. �Will Jane survive, or will the war take her away too?

Over two thousand years ago in ancient China, a warlord had just unified the country � with the help of two brothers, Hsufu and Hsufei � establishing the Qin Dynasty and calling himself Qinshihuang, the First Emperor. Seeing Qinshihuang�s vanity and brutality, Hsufu used a deceit to make his way to the east, founding Japan and becoming the first emperor there. Hsufei continued to serve the country with loyalty, as an inspirational warrior as well as a minder of Qinshihuang. Ultimately, before his demise which he knew was inevitable, the First Emperor took Hsufei�s advice to preserve himself and his warriors in mausoleums, wishing that some days his empire would be revived. Hsufei, among thousands of his fellow men, stayed buried deep underneath the soil until 1978, when stone statues were discovered by archaeologists. In the form of a stone figurine, Hsufei was somehow removed to the residence of Deng Xiaoping, who had just been reinstated as a Communist Party leader to help lead the country after the death of Mao Zedong, the founder of the socialist new China. Hsufei, aided by a potion of immortality taken before his burial two thousand years ago, resurrected right before Deng�s eyes. It was the start of a mysterious voyage for both of them, at the critical transformation stages of the country, the journey ending in the midst of the turbulent events in the spring of 1989. In the course of Hsufei�s eventful second life, stories pertaining to fictitious and real characters were intertwined and unfolded, with Hsufei being in the central narrative and Deng the de facto protagonist, revealing the duo�s secret collaboration in countering, on the one hand, the Party left-wingers who opposed the opening up of China, and a driving force that strived for the overturn of the Communist regime, on the other. On fictional construction, these historical issues are raised and addressed: why Japan invaded China and brutalized Chinese people during World War II; how Deng came to devise the economic reforms and future paths of China when he took power in 1978; what prompted him to regain the sovereignty of Hong Kong from the British; and what happened that led to the June 4 Tiananmen Square crackdown.

Charles Logan was a highly decorated combat veteran and retired Army Ranger. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan brought back the nightmares of young men and women in Vietnam who�d suffered the loss of limbs and had been compelled to endure those consequences. Blessed with unexpected good fortune, he established ReRanger School, a facility predicated on the belief that technology must meet the needs of our heroes, that our heroes must not be relegated to the limitations of technology. He set out to return to them some small measure of what they�d sacraficed for their country.

Charles Logan was a highly decorated combat veteran and retired Army Ranger. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan brought back the nightmares of young men and women in Vietnam who�d suffered the loss of limbs and had been compelled to endure those consequences. Blessed with unexpected good fortune, he established ReRanger School, a facility predicated on the belief that technology must meet the needs of our heroes, that our heroes must not be relegated to the limitations of technology. He set out to return to them some small measure of what they�d sacraficed for their country.

Charles Logan was a highly decorated combat veteran and retired Army Ranger. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan brought back the nightmares of young men and women in Vietnam who�d suffered the loss of limbs and had been compelled to endure those consequences. Blessed with unexpected good fortune, he established ReRanger School, a facility predicated on the belief that technology must meet the needs of our heroes, that our heroes must not be relegated to the limitations of technology. He set out to return to them some small measure of what they�d sacraficed for their country.

The Project is really a continuance of Harold Alvin"s first novel "We have come to kill you" Greco was borne in the trouble East but his parents and the family moved to the USA and he attended grade school, high school and into a well known college. One day a stranger who had watch him from day one of college to graduation. It was in his third year that a man approached him and offered to buy him a cup of something hot. He chose hot tea and as they sat down the man told him his name, Peter Cushing tho that was not his real name and after that meeting, Peter said, You are from the East ´Yessir´ Greco said. "I would like to talk some more. Okay, see you here tomorrow same time, same place. Okay, Peter! All night Greco tossed and turn in bed unable to sleep, wonder what this man was really after? they visit in the same on the College Campus. A small coffee shop in some area of the coffee shop they found a corner of the shop where they could talk semi-private. Peter asked, "Greco, where were you born? Iraq. How many languages do you speak? Fluently in 10 of course English and Spanish as well. The questioning went on and on. Greco missed his classes. Finally, Peter said, "how would you like to work for the U.S. C.I.A. ? Yes, I would like that. After great extensive training. HE was given his first assignment. Finally, they said what is your code name. Looking out the window he saw a Greckle on the Lawn. Turning to Peter he said, "call me Greco or Bird of Prey." His first assignment was to search for OBM. He did so well the department assigned him to the terrorist department. He was sent to South America and was shot in Mompox, Columbia and left for dead in the street. At least they thought he was dead. Secretly, he was flown to the great hospital in Washington. Did he survive? What happen to him when his parents were told he was lost somewhere in the Columbian Jungles?

This book looks into the lives of three individuals who had be in combat in World War I in 1917 -1918 and located in the North Philadelphia where they lived, and gotten married and raise their children. The takes place in the 1950s when one of the three dies and the events connected with him and how it impacted the remaining two and their families and the neighbors. This story about friendships the goes beyond the grave and the ones left to carry on.

This book looks into the lives of three individuals who had be in combat in World War I in 1917 -1918 and located in the North Philadelphia where they lived, and gotten married and raise their children. The takes place in the 1950s when one of the three dies and the events connected with him and how it impacted the remaining two and their families and the neighbors. This story about friendships the goes beyond the grave and the ones left to carry on.