Books

Hayden and the Age of Empire (1898–1916)

“Power abroad comes at a price at home.”

The year is 1898, and America stands on the edge of a new destiny. When the USS Maine explodes in Havana Harbor, a restless nation rushes to war with Spain. Young men volunteer, newspapers shout “Remember the Maine!”, and suddenly the United States — once a...

The war to end all wars was only the beginning.

Europe is burning. Trenches stretch for miles across the scarred fields of France, where machine guns mow down entire generations and poison gas drifts like a silent predator. Tanks rumble forward, biplanes duel in the skies, and the ground itself shakes under the thunder of artillery. It is 1916,...

On the bloodstained beaches of Normandy, a boy becomes a witness to history.

Hayden Carter never meant to become a hero. Swept from his ordinary life and thrown into the heart of World War II, Hayden finds himself on the front lines of the world’s greatest conflict—from the chaos of D-Day and the frozen forests of the Battle of the Bulge, to the...

From the steaming jungles of Guadalcanal to the black sands of Iwo Jima, Hayden marches into the Pacific War — where nature itself can kill as surely as enemy fire.

Drawn into the heart of the struggle against Imperial Japan, Hayden witnesses the Marines’ desperate stand on bloody beaches, the harrowing island-hopping campaigns, and the quiet...

Witness to War: Hayden in the Korean War (1950–1953)
Book Nine of the Witness to War Series

In the frozen valleys, blazing skies, and shattered cities of the Korean War, survival was more than courage—it was endurance.

June 25, 1950. North Korea storms across the 38th parallel, and Hayden finds himself thrust into a conflict history would nearly...

The jungle does not forgive.
The rivers hide their secrets.
And for Hayden Carter, the Vietnam War is no longer history on a page — it is the fire he must walk through.

From the moment American “advisors” land in South Vietnam, Hayden finds himself among them, watching whispers turn into firefights. In the sweltering heat of the Mekong Delta, he...

In the Cold War’s forgotten battles, every shadow hides a story—and Hayden was there to see them all.

History often remembers the mushroom clouds, the missile silos, and the superpower standoffs. But for those who served, the Cold War was not only fought in boardrooms or at summits. It was waged in the dust of foreign streets, the claustrophobic...

“Steel rain fell on the desert, and history called it a quick war — but for those who fought, it lasted a lifetime.”

When Saddam Hussein’s tanks rolled into Kuwait in August 1990, the world watched in shock. In Washington, leaders vowed the aggression would not stand. In the sands of Saudi Arabia, a vast coalition began to assemble. And in the...

For two decades, the mountains of Afghanistan echoed with gunfire, prayers, and promises that rarely lasted longer than the soldiers who made them. For Hayden, drawn once again into the storm of history, it becomes the longest march of his life — a war fought not only in dust and fire, but in the fragile spaces of memory.

When the Twin Towers...

Witness to War: Book Fifteen – Hayden and the War on Terror: ISIS & Beyond (2014–2021)

“Terror thrives where hope is absent.”

From the fall of Mosul to the fall of Kabul, Hayden walked through the final decade of America’s War on Terror. By 2014, he was no longer a young soldier chasing glory but a seasoned veteran carrying scars of decades...

Witness to War: Book Sixteen – Hayden in the Modern Wars (2020–Present)
“War changes its mask, but never its cost.”

From the chaos at Kabul Airport to the frozen trenches of Ukraine, from drones circling Yemen to naval standoffs in the Taiwan Strait, Hayden Carter stands at the heart of the conflicts shaping our own world.

At twenty-one, Hayden has...

Some folks find themselves. Others get dumped there by a busted truck, a dead uncle, and a Golden Retriever with trust issues.

Jolene “Jo” McGraw didn’t plan to inherit a falling-down ranch, a fridge full of expired moonshine, or a front porch that doubles as a confession booth for half the town. But when her late uncle’s will names her the sole...

The goat is gone. The flowers are dead. The ex-wife is furious.

Flame—the most ill-tempered goat in Idaho—has vanished.

Last seen destroying Linda Boone’s prize-winning flowerbed, he’s now the center of a town-wide scandal. Linda, the fire chief’s ex-wife, is demanding justice, an arrest, or at least the goat’s head on a platter. Preferably before...

When the new pastor rolled into Soreass Creek, Idaho, he thought his mission was simple—save souls, mend hearts, and maybe repaint the church sign.

He didn’t count on the Tipsy Cow.

The Tipsy Cow is more than a bar. It’s a community center with whiskey. A courthouse with a pool table. And now—thanks to one very unfortunate outdoor baptism—a crime...

In Soreass Creek, Idaho, news travels faster than a church gossip chain, and Mabel’s “passing” has already set the whole town buzzing. Who’s getting her land? Who’s inheriting her china? And which cousin will throw the first punch at the will reading?

But while half the town is mourning and the other half is fighting over her stuff, Mabel is in...

Jessie June LaBelle didn’t just lose the Rodeo Queen crown.
She lost her dignity, her boyfriend, and—depending on who you ask—her sense of balance when her flag routine ended in actual flames.

One minute she was waving to the crowd.
The next, her borrowed pony was choking on firework smoke and the grandstand was screaming like the circus had come...

It wasn’t the cold that got them. It was the company.

When a freak blizzard slams into Soreass Creek, seven very unlucky townsfolk find themselves snowed in at a remote hunting cabin with no heat, no liquor, and exactly one sleeping bag too few. That’s when the real storm begins.

Inside the cabin:
Jo McGraw — ranch boss, sarcasm expert, and...

In Soreass Creek, Idaho, the county fair pickle contest isn’t just a competition.
It’s war.

Every jar holds a legacy.
Every bite carries a grudge.
And every woman who’s ever lifted a canning lid knows—this isn’t about cucumbers. It’s about pride.

But when someone sabotages the reigning champ’s prize batch with ghost pepper vodka, the judging table...

In Soreass Creek, even the library isn’t safe from scandal.

Miss Fern has always been the quiet one. Straight-backed. Soft-voiced. Never the type to start trouble. But when a string of anonymous letters begins exposing the town’s dirtiest secrets, the whispers rise louder than the church choir after Peach Bellamy spikes the punch.

Each letter is...