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A new thriller from the USA TODAY-bestselling master of undersea adventure
Tiller Galloway, black-sheep hero of HATTERAS BLUE, BAHAMAS BLUE, LOUISIANA BLUE, and DOWN TO A SUNLESS SEA, is back! When the IRS starts asking how a blue-collar oilfield diver and ex-con drug smuggler ended up so rich, Galloway flees with his son Max to Cancun, Mexico.
There, July Toll, whom Tiller knew from cave diving in Florida, has been hired to help hunt for a mysterious site associated with the collapse of the Mayans circa AD 900. Mayanists Dr. Benton Hardinge and Dr. Kinsey Yang-Jensen think they’ve located the ancient city through satellite imaging. But it’s deep beneath a cenote-fed lake in the thick jungle of remote South Yucatan.
In the face of a peasant revolt, corrupt federales, murderous looters, and the mortal terror of deep rebreather diving, Galloway, Max, and July struggle to penetrate the sunken temple complex. But they’ve stumbled on more than the solution to an ancient mystery. Unless they can stop it, the same evil will be unleashed on the world that destroyed the Mayan Empire a thousand years ago….
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World War III i“Wise, practical, encouraging, and packed with valuable information.” – George Witte, Editor in Chief, St. Martin’s Press
“Comprehensive and entertainingly written . . . . offers valuable insights, tips, and good, solid boots on the ground wisdom.” — Beverly Donofrio, author of Riding in Cars with Boys
“After teaching alongside Dave, I know he’s the mentor a beginning writer needs if they want straight talk, firm guidance, and the most effective path forward to the goal they seek.” – Kaylie Jones, author of A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries
“Poyer combines editorial precision with exceptional skill as both a guide and editor, drawing out clarity, structure, and authentic voice to strengthen every page.” — MGEN Arnold Punaro USMC (Ret), author of On War and Politics
A new craft book from a USA TODAY-bestselling author
Writing and publishing are in a state of rapid evolution. Drawing on David Poyer’s many years of writing, publishing, and teaching, Writing Your Memoir in the Age of AI updates experienced writers and introduces beginners to the most effective techniques. It answers such questions as, How can I best access my memories? How do I plan my memoir? How do I turn reminiscences into finished prose? How do I avoid writer’s block? How does editing work? What are the legal and ethical pitfalls and how can I avoid them? When and how can I most wisely and effectively use AI? The book covers both traditional and emergent means of editing. Finally, it addresses the most effective way forward to publication. If you’re thinking of writing a memoir, you need this book!for the beginning of another?
While Admiral Dan Lenson motorcycles across a post-Armageddon US in search of his missing daughter, his wife Blair Titus lands in a spookily deserted, riot-torn Beijing to negotiate the reunification of Taiwan with the rest of China, and try to create a democratic government.
But a CIA-sponsored Islamic insurgency in Xianjiang province is hurtling out of control. Andres Korzenowski, a young case officer, must decide whether ex-SEAL Master Chief Teddy Oberg—now the leader of a ruthless jihad—should be extracted, left in place, or terminated.
Meanwhile, Captain Cheryl Staurulakis and USS Savo Island are recalled to sea, to forestall a Russian fleet intent on grabbing a resource-rich Manchuria.
The violent and equivocal termination of the war between China and the Allies has brought not peace, but dangerous realignments in the endless game of great power chess. Will the end of one world war simply be the signal for the beginning of another?
David Poyer is a Naval Academy graduate, retired naval officer, and former Distinguished Visiting Writer at USNA. His novels have been required reading in the Literature of the Sea course there, along with those of Joseph Conrad and Herman Melville. Poyer has spent thousands of hours researching articles for Shipmate, the U.S. Naval Academy’s magazine, of which he is the contributing editor. Extensively footnoted, these extraordinary stories of adventure and courage span American history from the Civil War to the War on Terror. This book sheds light on corners of history that still affect us today. For example, our huge prison population can be traced to Richmond P. Hobson, the force behind today’s draconian drug sentences. Merian C. Cooper was both an air ace in World War One and the director of the classic film KING KONG. Philo McGiffin, a prankster at the Academy, became a high-ranking officer in the Imperial Chinese Navy, surveying many of the islands China claims today. Other graduates held bridges under fire, sacrificed their lives to save shipmates, shot down snipers with pistols, rescued fellow aviators on enemy territory, advised presidents, led Iraqi militias . . . and much, much more. But Poyer tries not to engage in hero worship. Some of his subjects weren’t good fathers, sons, or family men. Others didn’t always act as nobly later in life as they once had. Still, for at least one shining moment, each of the men and women profiled stood on the mountaintop, and made the difficult choice: To risk it all, for flag, country, honor, and those they led into battle. Available in paperback and ebook from any store or online distributor.
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