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THE ROMMEL MISSION

 

"I have given him [Hitler] his last chance...I'm going to open up the Western Front. Only one thing matters now, the British and Americans must get to Berlin before the Russians do.”

--  Field Marshall Erwin Rommel

 

Major Helder, an officer on the staff of Rommel’s headquarters, witnesses the failure of the German army to prevent its Allies’ success on D-day.  Although he expects Rommel to somehow master the crisis, he soon realizes the Field Marshall himself doesn’t believe in victory.  Indeed, the major soon becomes caught up in a plot to turn over the German Armies in the West to the Allies.

 

Author explains the historcial back ground -- article in the Decmber issue of Yarnspinners and Wordweavers

 

                                                                           

           $16.95 ISBN 0978515897, 302 pages,

                     Trade paperback 6x9                    Publisher’s Rommel Mission page

              Coming in 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROCKED BY MURDER

 

“John recoiled from the sight, letting go of the body  as he fell backwards, the head hitting the floor with a sickening thump.”

 

Visiting professor of geology John Jennick discovers the body of his longtime friend and colleague lying next to his work in a deserted lab, his head crushed.  When suspicion falls upon him, the professor endeavors to find the perpetrator. From the first, an English woman, a fellow instructor in the department, volunteers to assist him.  As they work together, a mutual attraction develops, one that is problematic for our professor, as he is still mourning the untimely death of his wife, the event which drove him to the university.  The investigation takes them through a myriad of deceptions and suspicions, ultimately leading to tragic past events that have come to life in the present.  The professor must confront his own past as well, one well guarded by his own private demons, to discover who killed his friend, and more importantly, why.

 

 

 

                          

          $19.95 ISBN: 1-4137-6284-0, 246 pages,

               Trade paperback 6x9

 

Now available at PublishAmerica

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN GROUND: Traveler’s Tales

 

 

I’m in London and I Have No Clothes

By

Ken Kreckel

 

 

 

is featured in an inspiring collection that will transport the reader from their comfortable chair to places both exotic and familiar. An encounter with a mysterious stranger in Mexico, finding yourself in London with no clothes or among sympathetic Brits on 9/11, in a sandstorm in Africa or alone with your mate at a secluded cove along the Italian coast all offer different perspectives on different places, different ways of life. In Foreign Ground, twenty talented writers share their experiences around the globe - from Ireland to Africa, South America to the South Pacific, from India to France, from Italy to Mexico - in 41 pieces of poetry and prose.

 

 

 

 

       

             $17.95 ISBN# 0-9714725-4-8, 224 pgs

Now available at Pronghorn Press