HE LIVED ON THE ABYSS OF DEATH AS A RECON SCOUT IN WORLD WAR II. From Africa’s Sahara Desert, where he met Churchill, to the plains of Tunisia, where he served under Patton, Fred Salter executed daring nightly solo missions, risking his life to gather the vital intelligence the U.S. Army desperately needed. After the battlefields of Sicily came the long, grueling effort to wrench Italy from the grip of the Nazis, and the bloody nightmare of Monte Cassino, the longest battle Americans fought during the war. Salter spares no one, least of all himself, in this tough, clear-eyed account. Refusing to shy away from the horrors and fears of combat, he shares experiences–tragic and glorious–that will haunt him forever.

"Unforgettable characters and is jam-packed with action [and] adventure. . . one readers will not want to miss." -- Booklist "Gripping writing, a brilliantly realized future culture and sympathetic characters . . . an entertaining and compelling read." -- SFX Magazine The sequel to D. Nolan Clark's epic space adventure Forsaken Skies. The battle is over. But the war has only just begun. Aleister Lanoe has won a stunning victory against the alien armada that threatened Niraya, but it's not enough to satisfy his desire for vengeance. He won't rest until he's located the armada's homeworld and reduced it to ashes. Yet his personal vendetta will have to wait. Lanoe now faces a desperate race against time, and the merciless Centrocor corporation, if he's to secure the Earth's future -- and discover the truth he seeks.

An action-packed overview of America's elite military forces offers a close-up look at the training and operations of the Navy SEALs, Marine Corps' Force Reconnaissance, and the U.S. Army's Delta Force, Rangers, and Special Forces. Original.