Colonel Russell, before the War, had four sons. Now he has four widowed daughters-in-law. When he’s found murdered at the Britannia Club, Eric finds himself drawn into the intrigues of those left behind when the men go off to fight.
Foreign terrorists smuggle several obsolete Soviet hydrogen bombs into Texas in a daring nuclear-fallout assault on American oil fields. Grit-hardened west Texas roughnecks counter the attack with sobering global reverberation.
Basil, a remorseless killer sentenced to life, manages to escape prison and unknowingly boards the Train to Hell. The owner, Devil, promises to redeem his soul if he agrees to successfully deliver three jobs for him in various places and time eras.
Bernard Foster is a scientist who stumbles across secret documents by accident while working in the the top secret wing of the CDC that is funded by the military and the same corporations that produce GMO foods for the big grocery chains......