Bøger af Charles Ray

The wild west is becoming less wild, and bounty hunters Esau Brown and Jacob Hardin are caught right in the middle of the change. To complicate matters, they also find themselves in the middle of a war between ranchers and farmers near the town of Briscoe, New Mexico, when all they want to do is collect their bounty and head back to the mountains.

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Ninth Cavalry First Sergeant Ben Carter has been ordered to take his detachment into the mountains of central New Mexico Territory to capture the elusive and vicious Apache, Grey Wolf, known as the Ghost Warrior. Grey Wolf and his band are leaving a trail of death and destruction, and Ben begins to realize that capturing the man will be more difficult than he expected. This is the 12th book in the Buffalo Soldier series.

The second book in the Al Pennyback mystery series pits Al against the Chinese mob.

A collection of short stories, originally published in 2011, featuring the 'Dead Letter' series, the story of Louis Dumkowski, a ne-er do well from Detroit who, no matter how hard he tries, can't stay out of trouble. He also has a tendency to drag his best friend in with him, and together, they turn the mean streets of the Motor City into a vaudeville stage of madcap merriment. Revised and expanded from the original, this volume also includes a completely new story that challenges the perceptions of life and death, and the power of love.

Sergeant Ben Carter and his men have been in the field, fighting outlaws and renegade Indians for a long time. Their commander decides to give them a break and assigns them 'light' garrison duty, primarily escorting work details, mail wagons, and the like. Light duty, though, turns out to be anything but. First, a band of outlaws tries to steal the payroll Ben is escorting from Santa Fe to Fort Union. Then, he and his men are tasked with driving a herd of cattle from the Texas border to the fort, a job that turns out to be almost as dangerous as fighting Indians. Ben faces his toughest challenge yet, though, when he's ordered to transport a shipment of gold bullion from Santa Fe. He and his unit become the target of the largest band of desperadoes ever, and he has to use every trick he can imagine just to survive.

Third in the Buffalo Soldier series, historical novels for YA readers.

A mystery novel set in the Washington, DC area, featuring PI Al Pennyback

In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on Washington, DC and New York City, everyone is tense. The country is on a war footing, and this spells huge profits for defense firms. One such firm, Armcor, has a lucrative contract to supply armed drones to the Defense Department, but Sergeant Rory Lake, a military contract monitor, discovers they are falsifying test results and defrauding the government. His boss, Colonel William Raymond can't get the top brass to pay attention to the young sergeant's concerns, and when Lake disappears, turns to Al Pennyback for help. With millions at stake, and a man's life on the line, Al must penetrate Armcor's secrets and find a vicious kidnapper. He finds himself pitted against a ruthless woman who will do anything to succeed, an even more ruthless killer who enjoys inflicting pain on his victims, and uncaring bureaucrats more concerned with advancement than humanity. Failure is not an option, and those who would do wrong find an implacable opponent in the man known as the Brown Knight.

Sergeant Ben Carter and his men find themselves caught between factions as the cattlemen and sheep ranchers near Coultrie, in New Mexico Territory fight over access to grazing lands for their stock. The cattlemen, led by rancher Harlan Bledsoe, have hired a gang of professional gunfighters under the leadership of Lank Cantrell, a man who has no fear of death and no hesitation about dealing it out. When incident upon incident builds to the point where all-out war is threatened, Ben finds himself challenged to make peace or see the streets of Coultrie run red with the blood of not just the fighters, but innocent bystanders as well.

A pharmaceutical company's pushing a wonder drug that will improve memory. Ed worries about the side effects, and when some of his neighbors start dying after taking the drug, he knows something's terribly wrong, but can he find out what, and stop it before more people die?

Ben Carter is ordered to escort a survey party from Fort Union in New Mexico to Yosemite Valley in central California. The mission of the survey is to encourage the U.S. Congress to expand the national parks system. What should be a routine duty for the men of the Ninth Cavalry's Buffalo Soldiers is complicated beyond Ben's imaginings. In the first place, one of his men is seriously injured coming back from a scouting mission and faces a long period of convalescence. He is replaced by a new trooper who comes with a checkered background and the taint of cowardice under fire. Ben worries about the man's reliability on a mission that is being watched not just by the regimental commander, but the President of the United States. Ben learns a lot about the new man, and the people he is assigned to protect, during the long journey to California, and that his routine mission is anything but, as he discovers that the natural beauty of Yosemite covers greed and danger that rival anything he has had to face before.

Ninth US Cavalry First Sergeant Ben Carter and his special detachment are assigned to find geologist, William Heatherton, and his team of researchers, believed lost somewhere in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico Territory. In their search, they encounter a strange boy, alone in the mountains, who talks of a mysterious prophet who seeks pilgrims for the hidden city of Eden to protect them from the Army of Satan, and the boy's teachings have led him to conclude that Ben and his men are the vanguard of that army. Is the boy, Moses, delusional, or is there truth in his tale of a hidden settlement? Ben senses that the answer to that question is linked to the fate of the missing geologist. In order to fulfill his mission, he must find a way to overcome the xenophobic and racist teachings of the prophet, and put aside his own personal prejudices. In the hidden canyons and valleys of the mountains, a clash of values unfolds. Who will survive?

Al Pennyback is not overly fond of rich people - he firmly believes they are selfish and greedy, and that they have no consideration for those they consider lesser beings. When he's asked by his friend Quincy Chang to take a client who is the son of the richest man in the state, he has misgivings. He finally decides to take the case, though, when he learns it's to prove the innocence of the handyman who works for the family, who has been accused of murdering his client's fiancée. As Al becomes immersed in the muck and mire of a dysfunctional family's affairs, he finds little to change his disdain for the privileged classes. His sense of karmic balance is challenged as he encounters the realities of wealth and influence.

This is the second edition of 'Things I Learned from My Grandmother about Leadership and Life.' a no-nonsense guide to leading and managing, based on the country philosophy of the author's grandmother. The only leadership book you're likely to ever need.

American diplomacy, since the beginning, when Benjamin Franklin was sent to Paris as the American Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, has been a dangerous business. It has also, since the beginning, been little understood by most Americans. In this volume, in their own words, American diplomats describe the hazards of their profession. Edited by Ambassador (retired) Charles Ray, a 30-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service, these stories show American diplomacy in a way not shown by popular media, or for that matter, many academic studies.

A book on effective planning, written in simple, non-technical language by an experienced practitioner of leadership and management.

The Ninth Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers spend much of their time fighting renegade Indians, escorting settlers, or chasing outlaws. Sometimes, their duties are more mundane, especially in garrison. When First Sergeant Ben Carter and his men are assigned one of these mundane tasks, retrieving their regimental commander's piano mistakenly shipped to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, they expect to be bored. They could not be more wrong. Ride along with the Buffalo Soldiers on one of their strangest missions yet.

Pip is a foundling, raised by Auric the tanner and his wife Ludmilla. In the Pandaran capital, Lands End, Pip is the odd one out, picked on by bullies, and friendless, except for Galen, the queen's councilor. When the emperor of Barbaria sets his sights on Pandara, and Pip is taken as a hostage to force Queen Daphne to accede to his wishes, Pip learns a secret-one that could change the course of history for everyone.

Al Pennyback is just your run of the mill private investigator. He and Heather Bunche, his partner, are on retainer for a law firm, doing routine legal investigations. They handle the occasional over the transom case, so they're accustomed to strange cases, but when a morbidly obese client offers Al one hundred thousand dollars to pick up a painting worth three quarters of a million dollars, he learns what strange really means. What he figured would be a well-compensated, but routine, and probably boring, pickup and delivery turns into a run for his life as rogue Russian gangsters decide he needs to die.

Leana Sonnenberg didn't usually accompany her writer husband, Jacob, on his trips. Then, the one time she does go with him to a vineyard in Northern Virginia, she disappears. The local police don't have a clue, so Jacob hires Al Pennyback to stick his PI nose into the case. Al finds himself looking into everyone's background, and what he finds is far more deadly than he thought--and, it has nothing to do with wine.

She was rich, and she was afraid. The victim of a real estate fraud scheme, she's now suspected of killing the man who defrauded her. She comes to Al for help in proving her innocence; a problem, given that Al really doesn't care much for rich, spoiled people who don't know what it's like for the average guy. He takes the case anyway, because he doesn't like to see the innocent suffer, even the rich innocent, and finds himself neck-deep in fraud and murder. Identifying the guilty party is a real challenge when someone's trying to kill you. From the working-class neighborhoods of Rockville, Maryland, to the dingy streets of Northwest DC, Al follows a faint trail, trying to identify a cold, calculating killer. At the same time, danger shadows his every step. With the clock ticking, and his client's continued freedom in doubt, Al has to do the impossible. But, the more complex the problem, the more Al likes it; and he really loves this one.

Gabriel Birdsong is found in the basement of his house, with his throat cut. The killer left no evidence, no weapon, and the police can't determine the motive for the killing. What they do know is that his granddaughter, Lena, who has been living with him since the death of her parents, is missing. Her aunt hires Al Pennyback to find her, but offers no clues to where she might be, or with whom. As Al searches the city for the missing girl, he begins to uncover secrets about the reclusive Gabriel Birdsong that shake him to his very core, so much so that he's not even sure he wants to find Lena.

Ninth Cavalry First Sergeant Ben Carter and his men are sent to the little town of Oakton, in New Mexico Territory, to help the sheriff maintain order. Two brothers, Dwight and James Oakley, are at odds over the division of the ranch left to them by their father in his will, and the sheriff fears that it'll escalate into a shooting war that he won't be able to contain.. Very soon, though, Ben learns that there is more to the situation than meets the eye. He must use all his skills, military and diplomatic, to keep things from spiraling out of control.

Pip, now head of Pandara's army, and soon to be a father, finds himself longing for the excitement of the Battlefield. His responsibilities, how- ever, confine him to the capital, until an emissary from Princess Miko, ruler of the lands to the south of Barbaria, comes to Pandara seeking help to fight demons that plague her kingdom. Pip soon finds, though, that there are things more frightening than demons. This is the third book in the From the Chronicle of Pip of Pandara series.

On the way back to Fort Union after an escort detail, Sergeant Ben Carter and his detachment decide to stop in the town of Trinity to get some rest. Trinity, however, is no rest stop-a lynch mob is threatening the sheriff, who asks for Ben's help-and, a fugitive has escaped into the nearby San Juan Mountains. Ben agrees to help the sheriff maintain order and bring the fugitive in. But the more he learns, the less Ben believes that things are as they seem. Is he on the side of justice, or injustice?

When Ed Lazenby let his friends talk him into being a volunteer tutor at a local middle school, he figured it would be boring, but easy, and it was only for a couple of hours, three days a week. It's not as if he had anything more important to do, anyway. But, when the school principal is found stabbed to death in his office, by Ed of all people, life becomes anything but simple. There's no shortage of suspects, but Ed has to find out how the killer got into the school with the weapon, and out again without being seen. His motives are personal; on the one hand, he's an amateur sleuth who can't resist sticking his nose into a crime, and the other-he's one of the suspects. He knows he's innocent, but can he find the real killer before a couple of overzealous detectives decide he's their man?

Captured by pirates at the age of eight when her parents were murdered, Elizabeth Parker has forgotten her past and become one of the most feared pirates in the Caribbean. She and her vessel, The Vixen, prey on all ships, American and British, who sail those treacherous waters. Colin Worth, son of a Boston merchant, ran away to sea, and ended up in the young American navy, the executive officer aboard the frigate, U.S. S. Intrepid. After a confrontation with his tyrannical captain, he is marooned in a ship's boat-left to die at sea. When Elizabeth and her crew, being pursued by Intrepid, find and rescue Colin, the two learn that their lives are entwined in a macabre way-they have a common enemy, Captain Beauregard Dangerfield, the demented master of Intrepid, and a growing mutual attraction. Can two people from such different worlds coexist, or, are they fated to be enemies? To learn the answer to these questions, they must first survive.