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Eli Stone doesn't shy away from the ghosts of his past. As he urges his horse down the winding trails into the frontier town of Shadow Gulch, he's greeted by a place where fortunes are for the taking and survival is for the ruthless. But Eli, marked by a life of hardship and the scars of battles survived, seeks something more than gold—redemption. When the town's simmering tensions boil over, Eli finds himself in the midst of lawlessness, with the innocent paying the price.

Sir Lenny Henry has had a long and successful career as a comedian, impressionist, actor and presenter. Having starred in several plays in the West End and on radio, he was inspired to complete an MA in screenwriting and in 2011 penned his first radio drama, Corrinne Come Back and Gone, which opens this collection. He continued his writing career with three more Radio 4 plays and nine episodes of his comic monologue series Lenny Henry’s Rogues Gallery. Collected here for the first time, listen to these poignant and humorous original dramas.

In the heart of Shadow Gulch, Eli Stone, a blacksmith with a lawman's past, faces a crisis that strikes at the very foundation of what he believes. The discovery of silver has turned his once-peaceful home into a den of opportunists and decay. As Judge Harlan Beck's questionable justice system starts to show its true colors, Eli is drawn back into a life he thought he had left behind, compelled to defend the underdog against an ever-growing tide of injustice.

Eli's quest for peace is shattered when the Gathering commences. Bounty hunters swarm the town of Shadow Gulch, each one drawn by the allure of wealth and the thrill of the hunt, but among them walks Eli—a man whose hammer shapes metal but whose heart seeks justice. A sinister plot unfolds as the hunters’ presence disturbs more than just the peace of the Gulch. With an unlikely alliance of defenders at his side, Eli must confront his past as a lawman to protect a future where honor can thrive.

1980, Vietnam, and the war is over. The shooting has stopped, and the so-called ‘liberated’ nation is at peace. They say. Ben Smith recalls his flight home in 1973, watching Tan Son Nhut disappear beneath the clouds. A veteran of an SF Rapid Reaction Force, he’s seen his share of fighting and come close to getting killed. Now it's over. Never again. So he thinks.

Millions have died trying to shatter the enemy fortifications, and Private Callahan and his comrades are ordered to try again. But this time they have something new. Lines of heavy tanks, their engines revving, and the sky overhead filled with squadrons of fighter aircraft. Their task is to assault an impregnable fortified hilltop, manned by thousands of battle-hardened German soldiers, determined to contest every yard of ground.

Kostas Papadopoulos, a former USAF Major and now the CEO of a government contracting firm that provides counterterrorism support, is thrusted back into action after witnessing a coordinated terrorist attack on Virginia highways. Drawing on his military background, Kostas becomes integral to the investigation led by Army General Wade Morris. Kostas' expertise in counterterrorism and his history with the Defense Threat Reduction Agency make him a key asset the General Morris and the Joint Task Force investigating the incident.

Seven years after the 9/11 attacks, the hunt for Osama bin Laden is as relentless as ever. Yet there are more objectives than the hunt for infamous mass murderer. The four-man Ranger fireteam led by Captain Robert Cash, with newly married Lieutenant Jack Grant his second-in-command, discover the enemy comes in many guises. On a search and destroy mission in the northern city of Mazari Sharif, a woman falsely alleges the Rangers have invaded the home of an innocent Afghan businessman, murdered him, and raped his wife.

Miami homicide detective Nicole Stone’s first case is as dangerous and threatening as it is terrifying. An up-and-coming actress has been violently snatched from her bed. If the taker's MO holds true, she will be killed within the next few days. She’s the most recent victim to be abducted in this manner but certainly not the first. There have been at least eight others before her, with no survivors. At first it might seem that murder is the endgame. As Nicole is about to find out, however, it is all just the start of something much more personal.

When a war-weary veteran embarks deep into the pristine Alaskan frontier in search of solitude and healing, he discovers a profound spiritual awakening that holds the key to overcoming his trauma and finding his long-sought redemption. Sam McGee thought he left conflict behind. But when Russia sells Alaska to the American settlers in 1867, it opens up a fresh world of promise, adventure . . . and unspeakable danger.

Still reeling over the death of his daughter and deep in a messy divorce from his wife, journalist, radio talk show host, and grieving father Rob Berns stumbles over the dead body of an elderly gentleman–his next door neighbor, Hans Feigenspan.