With the humor, irony, and veteran storytelling that have made him one of America’s most respected novelists, Thomas Berger has written a modern-day Robinson Crusoe.

In Brother's Keeper, Jess Williams returns home to Black Creek Kansas, after hunting down and killing the three men who brutally murdered his family. When he arrives, he finds himself in the midst of a bloody war with Dick Carter and his hired killers. Carter wants revenge for the death of his only son Red, and Jess is the one who did the killing.Jess' first job is to rid Carter and his hired killers and then finish his search for the brother he never knew he had.

In book three, Sins of the Father, Jess hunts down his father, Eddie Sloan. After two years he finally has him in his sights when a desperate call for help comes from Marshall Frank Reedy. Jess answers the call for help and he heads for Timber Texas and straight into a bloody range war between two cattle barons.Rance Madden and his hired guns have no idea of the trouble heading their way. Jess arrives and Madden's men start dying one by one and he begins to feel the grip of death at his throat--and Jess is slowly tightening the noose.

With the humor, irony, and veteran storytelling that have made him one of America’s most respected novelists, Thomas Berger has written a modern-day Robinson Crusoe.

Once upon a time in a world of castles and kingdoms, a beautiful young princess rode off with her friend Froggy to enjoy the day and listen to his stories of the Enchanted Forest. Ya, right. At least that's what she thought. Princess Dionara is about to get a very large dose of reality, and if she doesn't discover her heritage and abilities quickly, her kingdom is toast!

This is the third instalment in the memoirs of the Georgian Englishman Thomas Flashman, which were recently discovered on a well-known auction website. Thomas is the uncle of the notorious Victorian rogue Harry Flashman, whose memoirs have already been published, edited by George MacDonald Fraser. Thomas shares many of the family traits, particularly the ability to find himself reluctantly at the sharp end of many major events of his age. While many people have written books and novels on the Peninsular War, Thomas Flashman’s memoirs offer a unique perspective. They include new accounts of famous battles, but also incredible incidents and characters almost forgotten by history. Flashman is revealed as the catalyst to one of the greatest royal scandals of the nineteenth century which disgraced a prince and ultimately produced one of our greatest novelists. In Spain and Portugal he witnesses catastrophic incompetence and incredible courage in equal measure. He is present at an extraordinary action where a small group of men stopped the army of a French marshal in its tracks. His flatulent horse may well have routed a Spanish regiment, while his cowardice and poltroonery certainly saved the British army from a French trap. Accompanied by Lord Byron’s dog, Flashman faces death from Polish lancers and a vengeful Spanish midget, not to mention finding time to perform a blasphemous act with the famous Maid of Zaragoza. This is an account made more astonishing as the key facts are confirmed by various historical sources   

Of all the enemies that our hero has shrunk away from, there was one he feared above them all. By his own admission they gave him nightmares into his dotage. It was not the French, the Spanish, the Americans or the Mexicans. It was not even the more exotic adversaries such as the Iroquois, Mahratta or Zulus. While they could all make his guts churn anxiously, the foe that really put him off his lunch were the Ashanti. “You could not see them coming,” he complained. “They were well armed, fought with cunning and above all, there were bloody thousands of the bastards.” This eighth packet in the Thomas Flashman memoirs details his misadventures on the Gold Coast in Africa. It was a time when the British lion discovered that instead of being the king of the jungle, it was in fact a crumb on the lip of a far more ferocious beast. Our ‘hero’ is at the heart of this revelation after he is shipwrecked on that hostile shore. While waiting for passage home, he is soon embroiled in the plans of a naïve British governor who has hopelessly underestimated his foe. When he is not impersonating a missionary or chasing the local women, Flashman finds himself being trapped by enemy armies, risking execution and the worst kind of ‘dismemberment,’ not to mention escaping prisons, spies, snakes, water horses (hippopotamus) and crocodiles. It is another rip-roaring Thomas Flashman adventure, which tells the true story of an extraordinary time in Africa that is now almost entirely forgotten.   

"Dr. Winn's story is remarkably open, unguarded and intimate. I believe that almost any physician, staff member, patient, patient family member or friend will come away with new insights and understanding after reading this moving memoir."—Frederick R. Appelbaum, M.D. Director, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research CenterLittle does he know that an unexpected call that interrupts an early Spring bike ride in the Wasatch mountains above Park City will change his life forever. A day later, when Dr. Robert Winn's beloved wife Nancy is diagnosed with the life-threatening disease acute myeloid leukemia (AML), he is too devastated and emotionally shattered to communicate with family and their many friends. For many months he can't even speak without getting choked up or crying.At the nadir of her illness Nancy is given a 5% chance of survival and Winnie (the name lovingly bestowed upon Dr. Winn by his many patients and friends) commits to...

Don't let the prologue of this book fool you; this is a western novel. The Reckoning is the first in the series of Jess Williams western novels written by Robert J. Thomas. Jess Williams is an ordinary young boy with a loving family growing up in Black Creek, Kansas. That all changes when he comes home and finds his entire family brutally murdered. Forced to become a man overnight, he vows to avenge his family's savage deaths. He begins to practice with his Pa's Colt .45 and then a stroke of destiny arrives when he discovers a new pistol and holster that mysteriously appears. Jess practices with it relentlessly until he becomes so quick that he is unbeatable on the draw. He leaves home transformed from a boy to a highly skilled shootist with no reason to live except to hunt down and kill each of the three men responsible for the murders of his family. As he begins his journey, he does so with a pistol and holster that no one has ever seen before--and won't again for almost one-hundred years.Review"I love the Jess Williams character. Young, tough, deadly and compassionate, all rolled up into one personality. Wow!" -- James Elrod, a reader from Ohio."I loved "The Reckoning" and the character. The Author has me waiting for book two! -- Keith Madden, a reader from Michigan"I loveded 'The Reckoning' and the character. The Author has me waiting for book two!" -- Keith Madden, a reader from Michigan"One raw tale of extreme revenge. I could feel the main character change as the story progressed. I'm a believer!" -- Eric Lockhart, a reader from Tennessee."That's the way I like my westerns. No holds barred, anything goes! Four thumbs up for the Author." -- Mark Neal, a reader from Michigan"The Reckoning was excellent! The Author has me hooked and I can't wait to read 'Brother's Keeper.'" -- Michael Reddy, Publisher of "The Grateful Gadsby""I love the Jess Williams character. Young, tough, deadly and compassionate, all rolled up into one personality. Wow!" -- James Elrod, a reader from Ohio."I loved "The Reckoning" and the character. The Author has me waiting for book two! -- Keith Madden, a reader from Michigan"I loveded 'The Reckoning' and the character. The Author has me waiting for book two!" -- Keith Madden, a reader from Michigan"One raw tale of extreme revenge. I could feel the main character change as the story progressed. I'm a believer!" -- Eric Lockhart, a reader from Tennessee."That's the way I like my westerns. No holds barred, anything goes! Four thumbs up for the Author." -- Mark Neal, a reader from Michigan"The Reckoning was excellent! The Author has me hooked and I can't wait to read 'Brother's Keeper.'" --Michael Reddy, Publisher of "The Grateful Gadsby"All I can say is WOW! I was a little reluctant when I read the fact about the main character in the story having a gun and holster that no one has seen before and wouldn't for almost one-hundred years but after I picked it up, I could not put it down! Talk about justice and action! If you are tired of reading the same old style of westerns, read this one. The author claimed that he wanted to create an exciting new twist to the old western novel and he accomplished it with this book and especially with this character, Jess Williams. I can't wait for book two, Brother's Keeper! --Tim Abramski, retired police officer.I love to read western novels with a lot of action. I've read a lot of westerns but I have to admit, I've never read one quite like this. I couldn't believe the raw and brutal justice this young man, Jess Williams, hands out. This is absolutely a different brand of western novels and if you like action, you'll love this one! --Adam Hammons, a reader from Michigan What a rollicking tale of raw revenge and shoot-"em-up action. The idea of this young man in 1876 getting his hands on a gun and holster designed for fast-draw competition from the future threw me off a little. Once I got past that, it made for a great story packed with more action than the last ten westerns I've read. This one has got to be a hit! --A cowboy action competitor from the big state of Texas. The book started a little slow to build the essence of the mindset of the main character, Jess Williams. Only 14 years old when his family is brutally murdered; You can actually feel and sense the character change in the beginning of the book and from then on, the book is one tale of deadly justice handed out by a character molded by a life-changing event. Once you pick this book up, you can't put it down! --Cindy, an avid western reader from New Mexico. From the Publisher"The Reckoning is just the first in the series of Jess Williams western novels. Book two, 'Brother's Keeper,' will be out in 2004 and book three, 'Sins of The Father,' should be available in late 2004 or early 2005. The Author plans on at least ten novels based on the exciting new character, Jess Williams.

This book covers the second half of Thomas Flashman's experiences in the Peninsular War and follows on from Flashman in the Peninsular. Having lost his role as a staff officer, Flashman finds himself commanding a company in an infantry battalion. In between cuckolding his soldiers and annoying his superiors, he finds himself at the heart of the two bloodiest actions of the war. With drama and disaster in equal measure, he provides a first-hand account of not only the horror of battle but also the bloody aftermath. Hopes for a quieter life backfire horribly when he is sent behind enemy lines to help recover an important British prisoner, who also happens to be a hated rival. His adventures take him the length of Spain and all the way to Paris on one of the most audacious wartime journeys ever undertaken. With the future of the French empire briefly placed in his quaking hands, Flashman dodges lovers, angry fathers, conspirators and ministers of state in a desperate effort to keep his cowardly carcass in one piece. This extraordinary account brings together various historical events, while also giving a disturbing insight into the creation of a French literary classic!