Geminga, a product of genetic engineering, assassinates enemies of Peru's Shining Path. Medellin cartel, cults, bioengineering, virtual reality and artificial consciousness, all wrapped up in one rather fine novel.

Geminga: Sword of the Shining Path

Litton, Melvin

Science Fiction & Fantasy

III Pub

Banks of the River (The Kansas Murder Trilogy)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Gordian Knot Books

Review\n"Flavored in Western-style language and adventure, giving the 'high' in High Plains Drifter an entirely new meaning...Litton delivers an atmospheric modern day cowboy story, replacing the horses with beat-up Fords and Chevys and the tobacco-chewing bronc-buster with joint-smoking soldiers-turned-philosophers. King Harvest is rich in characters and backstory, adding multiple layers to a straightforward conceit: choices have consequences, and they often reap the whirlwind. Readers will look forward to the second installment of the trilogy, which promises a new time, characters and story." - BookTrib, Peggy Kurkowski (member of National Book Critics Circle)\n"...The author excels at storytelling and characterization...The frustration and desperation of being poor are vividly illustrated. Litton also shines at establishing a sense of place...a farm carries the rich scents 'of autumn grasses, cattle grazing, the milo harvest, and the broad blankets of turned-up soil.'...Beautiful writing about so many sad and disturbing things in a riveting crime story." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\n"The blend of 'wild West' feel to the story (which bodes the clash of rival gangs) and the mystery which evolves when murder rears its head makes for a vivid account that will appeal on different levels to attract readers with a saga that revolves around cat-and-mouse games and hemp..." - D. Donovan, Sr. Reviewer, Midwest Book Review\nIn the summer of 1975 a group of young men known as “the boys” make their stab for freedom harvesting wild hemp, or marijuana, on the Kansas plains. Several are Vietnam vets, and all are somehow marked, at odds with their time. They see themselves as inheritors of the mythic West, like buffalo hunters in league with their captain, Frankie Sage. As long as they remain unarmed their crime is counted only a misdemeanor.\nBut a rival gang led by Valentine LaReese is prone to gunplay. The two are fated to clash. Privy to the action is CC Holtz, “King of the county,” who like any king demands tribute.\nEarly on a double murder on the border of two counties calls out both sheriffs. Their investigation and the free-spirited harvest run parallel till all trails converge, leading to a wry, dramatic climax.

King Harvest (The Kansas Murder Trilogy)

Before Jesse James or Billy the Kid, there was Joaquín Murrieta-lover, bandit, revolutionary. On July 25, 1853, a troop of California Rangers killed and beheaded the young bandit. It was believed his army numbered in the hundreds and that he planned to sweep the country south to Sonora. Thinking the matter ended, the Rangers preserved his head in a bucket of whiskey and rode to Sacramento to collect their reward. Yet with his death his fame only grew, along with rumors of his ghost in haunt of the Rangers. At once a breath and echo of the legend, a soul's jornada, I, Joaquín reveals the bandit's voice, his reflections on his life and death, his love and vengeance, and the lone purgatory from which he speaks. Listen as he tells of his birth in a small village along the Magdalena. Of his youthful quest for mustangs through the Sierra Madres, of his love for Rosita and the horrid day that sets him on the path to war. Listen as he confesses his murders and mistresses, his head encased in a jar of aguardiente de cabeza, his voice present therein. Listen...for Joaquín has a tale.

I, Joaquín

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Crossroad Press

Before Jesse James or Billy the Kid, there was Joaquín Murrieta—lover, bandit, revolutionary. On July 25, 1853, a troop of California Rangers killed and beheaded the young bandit. It was believed his army numbered in the hundreds and that he planned to sweep the country south to Sonora. Thinking the matter ended, the Rangers preserved his head in a bucket of whiskey and rode to Sacramento to collect their reward. Yet with his death his fame only grew, along with rumors of his ghost in haunt of the Rangers. At once a breath and echo of the legend, a soul’s jornada, I, Joaquín reveals the bandit’s voice, his reflections on his life and death, his love and vengeance, and the lone purgatory from which he speaks. Listen as he tells of his birth in a small village along the Magdalena. Of his youthful quest for mustangs through the Sierra Madres, of his love for Rosita and the horrid day that sets him on the path to war. Listen as he confesses his murders and mistresses, his head encased in a jar of aguardiente de cabeza, his voice present therein. Listen...for Joaquín has a tale. “In a style as plain as an old man’s memory and with a young man’s brimming heart, Melvin Litton takes us to the landscape of the soul where history and myth meet”—Richard Rodriguez, author of Brown: The Last Discovery of America "Full of adventure, history, and passion, this tale delivers an exciting ride through the Gold Rush with a singular hero." – Kirkus Review

I, Joaquin

“Very, very interesting...” – William S. Burroughs Imagine … a raven on the branch of a fruit tree speaks to you, complimenting you on the song you have just sung. You, Rodger Games, carpenter by day and guitar-player by night, are drawn by the wonder: the how, where, and why of its origins. A dialogue begins. But along with the mystery of the raven arrives the snake, a deadly ‘breath-of-heaven’, its assassin partner. The duo once worked for Shining Path, the Peruvian Maoist movement founded by the arch-ideologue, Zalo. Soon the trail leads to the Medellin Cartel and ‘The Center’ – a secret institute staffed by the tutored sons of Mengele and located in the remotest Amazon. Adjacent to the dialogue appear farm workers and laborers – Black, White, Indian, and Hispanic – a young woman of focal beauty named Luana, and a midnight prowler who drives a black Porsche; and always, the ubiquitous digressions of memory. Where will it lead? To what end? Consider: ravens, snakes, and revolutionaries, God, Devil, man, and woman all transformed into a pair of dice … roll ’em...whadaya get? The lucky seven? double-sixes? or snake-eyes? And with what consequence? The mystery is something of a creation myth. For eventually there is a harvest: the cruel scythe of political terrorism; the blessing of woman, fruit and song, and the promise of a mystical union, for with the harvest is planted the seed of new potential … Geminga.

Mystique Press

Culled from nearly half a century, from youth to the verge of age,these poems vary in form and voice as fits the range of heart and terrain,from first cry to barroom shout...through whispered memory and wind sigh,while puzzlement and wonder mix with politics of faith and fate amidst theflux of our mortal play - a scrimshaw of one life so to speak...from the bone.

From the Bone

Poetry

Spartan Press

Caspion & the White Buffalo

Dimension W Books

2nd edition,Winner of The Global Book Award and with a new forward by Barbara Kerr!

Son of Eve & Other Tales

United States

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Geminga: Sword of the Shining Path

Banks of the River (The Kansas Murder Trilogy)

King Harvest (The Kansas Murder Trilogy)

I, Joaquín

I, Joaquin

Geminga: Sword of the Shining Path

From the Bone

Caspion & the White Buffalo

Son of Eve & Other Tales