Juniata is a two-part novel. Loyalhanna, the second book in the series will complete the tale. The sky is on fire. All along the frontier, the flames are spreading eastward, settlement by settlement, born on a western wind and fanned by men clad in doeskin and daubed with greasepaint. The blazing settlements and farmsteads become a crimson reflection of the tumult transpiring along the disputed colonial back country. The future of North America is up for grabs. Two intrepid scouts, called by most of their fellow colonists, rangers, have been stalking a murderous Shawnee war party heading west, deeper in the wilderness for several days. They track the raiders over the Huntingdon Ridge and to George's Road, the only link between New Forge and Juniata. One of the scouts, a Susquehannock, stays on their trail, while the other Ranger, a former Jacobite, moves silently to the remote village of New Forge. In Europe, alliances and betrayals are the order of the day. After their success in the War of Austrian Succession, France is pushing against the English claims in the New World. But here the rules are different; the rugged terrain is hostile to the movements of large armies. So the tactics of the locals are adopted by the French military in Montreal. Small bands strike quickly, and then with captives and loot in hand, the raiders melt away into the mountains, as suddenly as they appear. The French are using their cat's paws of the native tribes and Canadian colonists to strike the first blows of the coming conflict. In the cities of the Eastern Seaboard, the wall of the Appalachians is looked as the end of the frontier. The lands beyond are looked upon as a private hunting preserve for the last two hundred years by the Six Nations. It is wilderness, devoid of human habitation, that is until newcomers, seeing its immense potential, begin to stake their claims. The waning influence of the Iroquois tempts wealth seekers from all directions to fill the power vacuum. As well as the colonial governments, France and England are looking to expand their New World domains. The tribes of the western slopes, Shawnee, Ojibwa, Delaware, Miami, Huron, Seneca, as well as explorers, trappers, and settlers, Virginian and Pennsylvanian, begin looking over the mountain fastness to the rich country beyond; each of them intent on marking their claim. The great rivers, Allegheny and Monongahela, flow westward from the north and south. They meet to form a great navigable river that will open the interior lands to the Mississippi River. The mighty Ohio, the gateway to the interior of North America. Its riches are worth fighting for. And dying.

It is an August Friday in Washington, DC. The 'get-out-of-town' day. The summer weekend traffic becomes even worse as fatigued local residents clog the highways seeking an escape from the heat and congestion. Not everyone is ignoring the logjam on the interstates; some view the situation as an opportunity. The morning drive will never be the same. Never.

The saga of the Western Isles continues. Rejoin Jamie Fawkes, Archie McLawry, and Allie-Kat MacEwan in the next chapter of their adventures. 1745 is the follow up to Skye, the second volume of the series "The Jacobites." Sir Donald MacDonald and the rest of his clan and kinsmen are seething for revenge. Clan MacDonald has not forgotten or forgiven the latest slight at the hands of the MacKellans. One Arthur MacDonald, the heir, has set his cap for Allie-Kat, and a looming confrontation with Jamie. The protagonists and their stories in this novel, and the others in the series, begin on the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides and weave their way to the outskirts of Edinburgh for the remainder of 1745.

Book Two of "The Highwaymen" trilogy. The chase is on. The huntsman courses the pack, hot on the fox's trail. Henry Fielding & the 'Bow Street Runners' prowl the brothels, dives, and back-alleys of London, following the mysterious highwaymen. They are not alone. Sir Nicodemus and 'The Shadows' wait for news from London. It hangs on Jack Broughton's connections to the underworld. The tables are turning. Do not look over your shoulder. The hunters have become the hunted. Tally-Ho

Book One of "The Highwaymen" trilogy. TYBURN follows Sir Nicodemus Skellington, and his mysterious associates, The Shadows, as they pick up the trail of the fleeing outlaws. Skellington is closing in. TYBURN whisks you through the sounds, smells, and tastes of 18th century England. You enter the country inns, brothels, abbeys, prize rings, gaming dens, theaters, and coffee houses. You hear the whores, thugs, boxers, gamblers, actors, publicans, outlaws, and clergy as they tell the story in speech and in letters. TYBURN places you amidst the crowds on Hanging Day in London. In Newgate, the condemned, nooses round their necks, are loaded into carts. The throngs are massing at the gallows. Time is running out. At TYBURN, Jack Ketch, the hangman, awaits.