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Action and adventure that begins in the French Foreign Legion and ends on the shore of Houston Bay in Texas. A renegade general hatches a plot to sneak a military attack helicopter across the sea and unleash it on an American city to escalate a war between China and the USA. Carson Gold, a young man just out of the French Foreign Legion, and his new friend Christy Banks learn of the plot, take on massive odds, save countless lives, and discover love along the way.

Run Right at It is an action-adventure story with a realistic lead character. What makes the story unique is that Eli Brown is not a superhero or a former special forces operator. He is a common man who finds a way to do the impossible. What does a morally upright man do when forced to decide between the lesser of two evils? He single-handedly takes out an entire motorcycle gang.

Written by a professional illusionist - based out of Branson, Missouri - this is a realistic account of a magician, Chance Powers, using his knowledge of theatrical illusion to expose fraud, outwit criminals, rescue friends, escape violence, and take down the boss of a New York City crime family. The adventures of Chance and his gorgeous assistant, Stephanie Reynolds, and robust stage manager, Narvel White, stay within the realm of possibility. The amazing things they do really could happen. The techniques they use are based on things the author has personally experienced.

Chance Powers —a professional illusionist — creates the greatest levitation illusion in history, then faces off against a jealous murderer and her eccentric husband. In this third volume of the Chance Powers adventure series, Chance, his wife Stephanie, and his friend Narvel, must pit their skills as entertainers against an odd man’s fascination with Dracula, historical torture devices, the wiles of a selfish seductress, and a cold-blooded killer.

In this second volume of the Chance Powers adventure series, Chance experiences a personal disaster that launches a cross-country chase to catch a pyromaniac who burns down historic structures everywhere he goes. Murder attempts, harrowing escapes, and a threat to nature itself must be faced and overcome by the wits and courage of the magician.

An attempt is made on a young agent's life, a mission goes wrong, a drug lord is eliminated, and a man is forced to fight his way across a thousand miles to get back to his fiancée. The story centers around Carson Gold, a young man recently out of the French Foreign Legion, and Christy Banks, his girlfriend who works in the same agency that employs him.

Why would a normal citizen venture into the jungles of Ecuador to rescue kidnapped missionaries? Eli Brown, a widowed construction worker, learns of a husband and wife team from his community taken hostage by members of a drug cartel. Since he cannot see anyone going to their aid—including the United States government—he decides he will do it. Assisted by a feisty female friend, he makes a 2,000 mile journey, tangles with evil men, escapes danger, sets prisoners free, survives an ordeal in a raging river, and eventually has a showdown with the leader of the cartel.