Sunken Treasure Lost Worlds

His knowledge can make them all rich... or get them killed.

From the depths of the Atlantic off Cape Canaveral Florida, searching for sunken Spanish treasure, to the Andes mountains of Ecuador chasing the legend of a lost golden library, Dr. Colten X. Burnett and the Risky Business team are on a quixotic adventure.

While trying to make an honest, well sort of honest living, searching for remnants of the lost 1715 fleet, Risky Business Ltd. becomes entangled in a mystery that covers two continents and may rewrite history.

The lure of uncovering a lost civilization, as well as the secrets it holds, motivates the team on their dangerous journey into a cosmological unknown.

Sunken Treasure: Lost Worlds (Adventure/Mystery/Action)

By Hep Aldridge

Budy Media

ISBN 978-1083049780

Price $15.99 (Paperback)

Price $4.99 (Kindle)

308 Pages

Rating 5-Stars

“Adrenalin Pumping Excitement”

Risky Business, LTD is a company formed by a group of friends seeking adventure. They are interested in a fleet of ships that went down in 1715, and may contain sunken treasure. Dr. Colton X Burnett leads the team, but all are well trained and tough. From the start, the story kicks off with excitement, and never lets up. The trail will lead them to two continents, and they may encounter more than they bargained for in their search for a lost civilization.

I was given a copy of the book for an honest review. Readers will find this story filled with thrilling adventure and lots of gunfights and explosions. The adrenalin pumping excitement will keep you turning the pages. Highly recommended.

Tom Johnson

Author of THE MAN IN THE BLACK FEDORA

The Choking Rain

An invisible strangler is stalking the streets of Los Angeles. In 1932, six months before the Olympic Games are to bring relief to a Depression-battered city, men are falling dead in the rain-swept streets, their necks broken as if by an invisible noose. An ex-fighter pilot uncovers a terror plot unlike anything ever seen. But when he is struck down, his survivors must brave one of the last untamed places on Earth to learn the secret of the Invisible Death--a secret designed to destroy America's greatest cities, one by one…
In the tradition of Doc Savage and The Avenger, The Choking Rain returns to the time between the wars, when nations were jockeying for power, women hadn't been liberated, and there were still wild corners of the world as unknown as the surface of the Moon...

The Choking Rain (Pulp Adventure/Mystery)

“Book One of The Nemesis”

By Brian Lowe

Independent Publishing Platform

ASIN #B00T44SLHC

Price #2.99 (Kindle)

266 Pages

Rating 4-Stars

“A Fun Story”

Men connected to the Emerald American Railroad Company are dying in the rain from strangulation, as if an invisible killer is walking the streets of L. A.

Detective-Sergeant Ted Kane is on the case. When millionaire Terence Aloysius O’Donnell’s daughter, Mary watches her fiancé die in front of her, Kane wants to question her. He’s surprised to find her in the company of his best friend’s sister, Katherine Reinhold, and with her in possible danger he calls Eric “Captain Swashbuckle” Reinhold to come and help with the investigation. Eric brings along two more friends, T.J. “Professor Death” Gillis and Damien Pierrot. Together, the old pals tackle the mystery with Katherine’s help.

The story is set during a heavy raining season in Southern California, as a mysterious brain behind a scheme kills to get what they want. The trail leads to the jungles of Brazil, giant snakes, headhunters, and a German camp of soldiers hidden from prying eyes. Can Captain Swashbuckle and his fighting team discover of secret mastermind and stop the strange deaths in L.A. before the Olympic Games?

There is some similarity to Doc Savage, Pat Savage, Monk, Ham, and Renny, and the adventure was fun. The story has a strong plot. However, at times the dialogue reminded me of The Bowery Boys or Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, but that’s not bad, as I loved those characters. The running about tended to sound like The Keystone Cops, however, and the story read a bit slow; yes, there were plenty of things happening, but it just seemed to drag on and on without getting anywhere fast. And pulp stories should never drag. Still, this is a darn good plot and I liked the characters, regardless of a few uses of wrong words and some problems with formatting – scene changes, mostly. Highly recommended.

Tom Johnson

Author of THE MAN IN THE BLACK FEDORA

Cover Reveal: Pangaea: Eden's Planet

Cover Reveal: With PANGAEA: EDEN’S PLANET coming off contract in June, I’ve been working on rewrites to the novel, plus Tom TV Powers has provided me with a new cover for the upcoming Kindle book that FADING SHADOWS will release in late June or early July. The story of Pangaea takes place in the Permian Period of our planet’s prehistoric past, 250 million years ago. Seven astronauts go through a time warp in space, and crash land back on Earth. Their mission had been to Mars, but now it has become a mission of survival. One of the main predators of the period is the Dimetrodon, which is featured on the new cover 

The Iron Duke

He’s a lady’s man, a man’s man—and a wanted man, on the run in 1930s Europe….

Meet Blacky Lee, ruggedly handsome with a quick wit and a roguish charm.  Think Clark Gable—with larceny in his heart and a price on his head.  A price put there by the German Gestapo.  But Blacky’s always got an angle, and this time it’s as audacious as they come.  He’ll hide in plain sight, impersonating the crowned head of a Balkan kingdom.  He’ll become The Iron Duke.

Can he pull it off?  Win the love of a country…and of a beautiful woman?  All Blacky has to do is risk everything—and, for once in his life, find a way to do the right thing.

The Iron Duke (Adventure)

By L. Ron Hubbard

Galaxy Press www.goldenagestories.com

ISBN #978-1592123193

Price $9.95

128 Pages

Rating 5-Stars

“A Great Adventure Yarn.”

Blacky Lee and Stud Doyle are running from NAZIs. The pair are a couple weapons scam artists, trying to make money while selling worthless guns to the enemy. On the run, they just make it into the Balkens, where Blacky is mistook for Philip, the Archduke of Aldoria; deciding to ride and on the identity, he pretends to be the monarch, and Stud becomes his private physician, Dr. Pierre Cartier. But it isn’t long before his imposter is found out. His only hope is the Countess Zito who may have taken a liking to him.

Originally published in the July 1940 issue of FIVE NOVELS MONTHLY, this novelette is an exciting tale about the adventures of a pair of never-do-wells who jump out of the frying pan into the fire. This yarn was lots of fun, and highly recommended.

Tom Johnson

Author of THE CARNIVAL OF DEATH

Realms of Edenocht

Shazmpt has been prepared his whole life to complete the prophesy; however until recently, he was unaware of his true identity as a powerful war wizard. Hidden on an island in a time realm not his own, he must now search for ancient relics in order to stop the growing evil in the world. All he wanted was to hunt in his beloved forest, but is thrown into a world of sea serpents, dungeons, enchanted castles, miniature men, and air buffs. Driven by duty and hindered by self-doubt, he is sent on a quest to unite the magical realms once more. He must learn to harness his good and evil powers, but will he survive the shadow…?

Realm of Edenocht (YA/Fantasy/Action/Adventure)

By DS Johnson

Buck Flat Printing

ISBN # 978-1535076418

Price $12.99

292 Pages

Rating 5-Stars

“Magic, Swords, Talking Animals, Castles, and Little People, Oh My!”

Shaz wasn’t aware of the heavy task facing him until he was told of his mission. With his jaguar, Jagwyn, at his side he sets forth on a journey to find his own fate, and to fulfill the prophesy – “a boy-child would bring balance back to the world, and would possess all powers needed to correct the imbalance that greed and evil had wrecked on the world”. He must return to a homeland he doesn’t remember, while acquiring magic relics along the way, and learning his own abilities as a wizard. Joining him is the beautiful Lady Serin, a princess in her own right. He will gather others to his cause, but the task will not be easy, for the shadow magic is against him, and powerful foes wait in his path to victory. They will be plagued with dungeons and injuries, as well as death before the climax.

This is a marvelous fantasy tale by a new writer who builds her world with memorable characters, humorous dialogue, and wondrous adventure in a magical land of weird creatures and brave warriors, villainous kings, evil generals, and a beautiful princess. What else could the reader want? Highly recommended.

Tom Johnson

Author of THREE GO BACK