Bøger af Guy Allen

Eighteen-year old Jordy was on the verge of graduation, and his future prospects didn't look good. Saddled with part of the emotional and financial responsibilities for his dysfunctional family, he had given up his dreams of attending University until his Grandma's death changed his life.Grandma's lack of interest in her family and her general meanness had alienated most of her descendants. Only Jordy visited her on a regular basis, prompted by feelings of compassion. Consequently, when she passed on, he was named the sole inheritor of her apparently meager estate.With only a week to dispose of her possessions before the house was scheduled for demolition, he had to cancel a long-anticipated vacation and enlist the aid of his girlfriend in arranging the funeral and burial, and clear out her belongings.The treasures discovered in Grandma's attic put Jordy's life in danger from local gangsters, brought him under investigation by the Feds and profoundly affected the lives of his family

The brutality inflicted on his fiancée was the last straw. Dusty had expected most of the problems of winter drilling in Northern Canada, but he did not anticipate being suspected as Elena's attacker.Against his better judgment, he had contracted the geological supervision of the Amyot Project. From the start, the operation was plagued with the efforts of hostile villagers and environmentalists, rig accidents, an assistant with a hidden agenda, and an attempt on his life. As the Project descended into financial uncertainty, Dusty realized that in order to clear his name, it was up to him to identify the culprit. His relentless search almost cost him his life

TALISMANTwo families, searching for wealth, adventure, and a new way of life are thrown together in the California goldfields of the 1850s. This is a story of their journeys to this wild frontier and their struggles for survival against bandits, animal attacks, harsh winters, natural disasters and their own personal demons. Whoever possesses the gold nugget talisman has their life influenced by the power of this mysterious stone. Tenny Woods' experience of a religious epiphany coincident with the discovery of a rich gold deposit convinces him that he is God's chosen messenger. Obsessed by a religious fever, he abandons his family to preach the Lord's word. On a return trip, a raging winter storm confines him to an abandoned cabin without food, where he gradually loses his Faith and descends into madness. His treatment of his beautiful wife, Rachel, sends her into the arms of Jonathan Sarsfield, whose untimely death sets the stage for her taking his son Josh as her lover.This is the final step in Tenny's breakdown. In an insane rage, he kills Rachel and Josh's baby. Josh's revenge for the murder of his lover and son takes his hunt for Tenny throughout the camps of the Motherlode and into the mountains to an eventual showdown.

Sarah was orphaned as a child when a band of rogue Apaches attacked her family's wagon during the California goldrush, killing her father and brother and abducting her mother and sister. Her subsequent rescue by an elderly couple of Miwoks led to a decade of servitude as their slave. When the old couple were banished from their village, they sought refuge each winter in a thermal cave. On their last visit they discovered the cave was occupied by an escaped murderer, recovering from a near-death attempt on his life and the resultant loss of his memory. With his help, Sarah broke free from old woman's control. She was now liberated to search for her missing family members and help her companion recover his memory. When she discovered the true nature of his crimes, she could no longer tolerate his company, and sought the assistance of her childhood friends from the village. Continual practice made her skilled in the use of her weapons. Accompanied by her native friends, who had also lost a sister captured by these marauders, they set out to find and rescue their kin with only a vague plan to guide them. From Central California to Fort Yuma, all their skills and courage were needed to survive the human and physical dangers of the quest.

Showing the Story collects nonfiction by new writers: clear voices, fresh content, engaging storytelling. This collection shows what people new to writing, given opportunity and support and guidance, can accomplish. These new authors write with economy, grace, precision, courage. Their stories pull us into spaces unfamiliar to us, and yet in the things that happen in those spaces, things we may not have known about, we recognize pieces of ourselves.

In the untamed wilderness of Northern British Columbia, survival isn't guaranteed-but something worse than nature may be watching.When Dusty Sherant, a cash-strapped contract geologist, reluctantly accepts a job exploring mining claims for shady stock promoters, he expects trouble. And trouble finds him. Leading a mismatched crew into the remote wilderness, Dusty must navigate raging forest fires, a wounded grizzly with a taste for vengeance, and tensions brewing among his team.But the deeper they venture into the shadowy mountains, the stranger things become. Unexplainable events, whispered legends of a mythical "wild man," and a mounting sense of dread threaten to tear the crew apart. When tragedy strikes and one of their own is killed, Dusty realizes this job may cost far more than his paycheck-if he even lives to collect it.Adventure, mystery, and survival collide in a haunting tale where the wilds hold more than meets the eye. 4o