When a gang of human traffickers kidnap two young ladies who are leaving their troubled past in Vietnam to start new lives in America, their dreams suddenly become a nightmare.

JD Cordell, a retired US Navy SEAL, and relative of one of the young ladies, heads to the Philippines to lead a rescue team through the dangerous streets of Manila's infamous Tondo district, searching for a former American Special Forces sniper lost in its dark and violent underbelly of cheap alcohol, fast women, and unsanctioned fights - and who just may be their only hope to rescue the girls.

Death lurks around every corner as the clock is ticking. Will JD and his team be able to rescue the girls in time, or will these two young ladies become the latest victims in a deadly game of kidnapping and vengeance?

Conspiracy. Terrorism. One SEAL and his K9 stand between freedom and nuclear annihilation.

The mission should have been a cakewalk. But thrown from the chopper as the pilot desperately maneuvered to avoid a rocket-propelled grenade, Lt. Cordell tumbles through the jungle canopy to crash land, injured, on the ground below.

Lying there, unable to move, Cordell wonders who will find him first, hopefully, friendlies. More likely, the North Vietnamese Army or dreaded Viet Cong.

Miraculously, Cordell survives the jungle and returns home married to the beautiful Vietnamese woman who'd saved him. Together, they instilled values such as hard work, loyalty, and honor in their son, JD. His years of martial arts training only reinforce these ideas, helping mold JD into the man he is and the professional warrior he has become.

On an Afghanistan mission, JD's SEAL team uncovered a plot orchestrated by a terrorist mastermind living in Iran, which could spell disaster for the United States if successful. When an assassin working for the terrorist strikes close to home, the fight to save America gets personal. JD soon uncovers a trail of treachery and betrayal that reaches into the US government's highest levels and now threatens his entire family.

Navy SEAL, JD Cordell, is ready to retire and take his K9 partner, Ajax, with him. JD has exciting plans for a new life that includes the courageous and beautiful Doctor Ellen Chang he met on a mission in Niger.

But when JD's father unexpectedly dies of cancer, his grieving mother, Mai, returns to Vietnam to search for her adopted brother, a brother she hasn't seen in forty years. During her attempt to track him down, Mai unwittingly steps into a blood feud between her Montagnard brother and a powerful Vietnamese drug lord - a bitter hatred that began during the Vietnam War.

When his mother disappears into the seedy underbelly of Ho Chi Minh City, JD has no choice but to come out of retirement for one last explosive mission. And Ajax is with him all the way.

Have you ever met a black bear up close and in person?

This delightful book contains 11 short stories about encounters with black bears in the Adirondack Park of upstate New York. Enjoyed by adults and children of all ages, these stories make you smile, chuckle, and sometimes, even feel sad.

Imagine a 12-year-old girl meeting a black bear on the trail to the women's bathroom late at night. Or a grandfather being chased around the car by a hungry black bear while carrying a garbage bag. Or imagine what you would do if you met a bear in your kitchen while frying bacon for breakfast. These are just a few of the fantastic tales included in this book.

So, do you need a quick relaxing read? Or, maybe some great bedtime stories for your children? Or perhaps just some tales to enjoy sitting around the campfire? If so, then this book is for you.