Amid ferocious fighting that many times nearly took his life, Sergeant Dillard "C. J." Johnson and his crew are recognized by Pentagon reports to have accounted for astonishing enemy KIA totals while battling inside and out of the "Carnivore," the Bradley Fighting Vehicle Johnson commanded during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After miraculously beating stage-three cancer (caused by radiation exposure from firing armor-piercing depleted-uranium rounds during combat), he returned to his platoon in Baghdad for a second tour, often serving as a sniper protecting his fellow troops. Today, Johnson and his men's story is the stuff of legend—earning them a cover story in Soldier of Fortune and a display in the Fort Stewart Museum. But only now is Johnson telling his full story: reviewed and approved for publication by the Department of Defense, Carnivore is the gripping and unflinchingly honest autobiography of a remarkable American warrior.
"The estimated enemy KIAs for Staff Sergeant Johnson’s BIFV [Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle] during this fight [22 March, 2003] was 488. The informal estimate from the troop was that Johnson and his crew killed at least 1,000 Iraqis on 23 March. Later in the move north, Johnson engaged and destroyed 20 trucks and tallied 314 KIAs in the vicinity of An Najaf. At Objective FLOYD, Johnson’s platoon fought yet another bitter fight against what they claim was a thousand paramilitary troops. … Events were corroborated by separate interviews with the remainder of C/3-7 CAV, to include the troop commander." —On Point: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the official study of the 2003 invasion commissioned by the U.S. Army Chief of Staff

Carnivore: A Memoir by One of the Deadliest American Soldiers of All Time

Biographies & Memoirs

Johnson, Dillard

Tarr, James

Historical

William Morrow

Taylor Press' first flight into fiction, Failure Drill follows the life of John Phault, a Detroit-based private detective. Based in part on the real life of author James Tarr (a Detroit-area private detective), Failure Drill has an unusual sense of realism that flows from Tarr's real-world experiences.

Failure Drill

Taylor Press

God's Word clearly indicates that God has a plan in all He does. "Along the Way" is an account of God's plan unfolding in the life of one of His children. Jim reflects on life with an unshakeable faith in the sovereign hand of God. Whether dealing with childhood illnesses, marriage, brain tumors, or caring for his invalid wife twenty-two years, Jim shares frankly the struggles that face many Christians, offering practical, Biblical perspectives on everyday situations. With today's tendency to place little value on life, this story underscores the immeasurable importance of every life. People of all ages will enjoy reading how God used a skunk and parakeet to teach Jim valuable lessons.

Along the Way

Leaders & Notable People

AuthorHouse

During a routine background check of a Special Agent applicant an FBI lab tech discovers the young man's fingerprints are an identical match to not one but two other people already in the system. Aside from actual confessions more crimes have been solved by fingerprints than any other type of evidence, and this discovery could throw legal systems around the world into chaos--if it becomes public knowledge. Powerful government forces in the FBI and beyond immediately try to remove all the evidence--which includes the idealistic lab tech who made the discovery and Dave Anderson, the young man whose dream it has been to become an FBI Special Agent. The racially divided gritty dystopia that is modern Detroit provides the backdrop as forces move against Anderson--but young men drawn to law enforcement are rarely blank pages, and Anderson already has more than his share of secrets. The question is, who can he trust with them?

Whorl (James Tarr Conspiracy Thrillers)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Bestiarii (Echoes of Pangaea)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Theogony Books

After decades of civil war, La Fuerza is on the run in Mexico, the communist guerrilla army seemingly on its last legs. Sergeant Seamus O'Malley was a big reason for their current ill-fortune, and the veteran private contractor now has a huge price on his head. He's given an easy executive protection job in remote Cancún, but he isn't happy about his new "babysitting" assignment.The war rages on, sparking the worst wildfires the country has ever seen. The descendants of the genetically-engineered animals once filling Pangaea, the former dinosaur park, are forced by the fires to flee throughout Mexico, causing chaos. In the midst of this, La Fuerza struggles for a victory, for its very existence, and its brutal soldiers are willing to do whatever it takes to get a win. A mercenary with a bounty on his head and the billionaire's daughter he protects seem like easy targets. Past the oblivious tourists and bright lights, Cancún is an island of civilization surrounded by jungle and death. It's holding its breath, waiting for the worst to happen. There's trouble in paradise, and Seamus O'Malley couldn't be happier.

Fire and Bone (Echoes of Pangaea)

Literature & Fiction

Literary

After decades, the Mexican civil war is all but over, but a review of captured documents reveals a secret-the now-deceased guerrilla leader of La Fuerza was, for over a decade, stealing from his own revolution. Billions of dollars is missing-enough to sustain the war effort, if discovered, or maybe even topple the struggling Mexican government. Private contractor Seamus O'Malley, leading an elite team, is tasked with locating and retrieving the cash.The Mexican Attorney General thinks the money is hidden somewhere near Xicotepec, a remote mountainous town that has lately been dealing with mysterious animal attacks. The locals think it might be jaguars. The truth is far more terrifying. Meanwhile, an international team of scientists returns to Pangaea, the abandoned dinosaur park. They've discovered a secret that has been hidden there for 20 years, something that could revolutionize medicine and is sure to earn someone a Nobel Prize once they find it? provided nothing unexpected happens.But neither group will be able to escape the bloody echoes of Pangaea, where nothing ever goes as planned?

The Ghosts of Xicotepec

Splashback, the long-awaited sequel to Failure Drill, Tarr's first novel, takes place in the heady days just following 9/11. Working as a private investigator in Detroit, former DEA Special Agent John Phault has a safe and comfortable life after the deadly events of Failure Drill, with a new house, a new dog, and a very pregnant wife. Then he gets a call from a friend--they've found bloodstains, bulletholes, and spent shell casings in their house, and the friend's father is missing. The father who may or may not have worked for a three-letter U.S. intelligence agency...this happening right as the U.S. military is getting ready to head into Iraq.The FBI takes charge of the case as a possible kidnapping, but Phault agrees to nose around as a favor. What follows is a grueling marathon of treason, torture, espionage, and murder stretching from the Motor City all the way to the White House.

Splashback: Failure Drill Book Two (James Tarr Conspiracy Thrillers)

Independently published

Paranoia. Terrorism. Chaos. Welcome to Boston, a few years from now.\nIn a divided city under the increasing influence of a ruthless megacorporation, a widower and his activist daughter, a sadistic private military contractor and his conflicted subordinate, and a Congressman-turned-concentration camp director are on a collision course that will determine the fate of an America descending into fascism.\nAfter the death of his wife in a subway bombing, Harold Maguire's only real concern is making sure his daughter Aiden doesn't pick up the banner of political activism he put down decades ago. David Blair is deeply shaken by what he's seeing as a recruit at Protection Services - a private military corporation owned by the omnipotent Arbitrage Holdings - and he's even more concerned about the conduct of his brutal Lieutenant, Frederick Eckart. Harold's old friend Joe Grant is cashing out of Congress with a golden parachute, managing the Arbitrage internment program in Boston for those deemed "unfit for trial" by the fanatical Leader Robert Wilson Wright and his authoritarian regime.\nBlair and Eckart pull riot duty for a demonstration outside of the Chelsea Internment Facility, a walled-off city appropriated by Arbitrage Holdings to be used as a dumping ground for the government's declared enemies. Harold is desperate to talk Aiden out of attending. Joe Grant is realizing running the Facility isn't as rewarding as he thought. When violence erupts at the protest and conspiracy swirls, the characters will converge - and none will be the same.\nPraise for These Troubled Days...\n"An exceptional read! If you're a fan of the futuristic political thriller genre, then this is a book you don't want to miss....Tarr clearly knows how to write a fluid, action-packed scene and he does this exceptionally." 
-Amy Johnson, Author of Caged (the Idyllic Series)

These Troubled Days

Bowker

The Mexican civil war has been grinding on for so long that the American public has lost all taste for it. The U.S. has resorted to using private contractors—mercenaries—on a huge scale to prop up the failing Mexican army. One of the first things the guerrillas did at the start of the war was attack Pangaea, the famed animal park in remote northeast Mexico, a symbol of rampant capitalism. Officially all the creatures inside were killed. The truth is far different. For his estranged son Michael’s high school graduation present, hotel mogul Roger Rudd splurges on a secret and expensive hunting trip in Mexico, hoping it will bring them closer. They hitch a ride down from Texas on one of the contractors’ helicopters, which along the way picks up Tina Echevarria, a beautiful and feisty Mexican graduate student with a huge secret. When the helicopter crashes in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains the combat-seasoned contractors, led by Irishman Seamus O’Malley, aren’t too worried…at first. Then it becomes obvious the helicopter didn’t crash, it was purposefully knocked out of the sky by an electromagnetic pulse—and the guerrillas are after one of their party. The disparate group begins a cross-country scramble trying to evade not just gunmen but the prolific and savage offspring of the artificially-created animals once filling Pangaea. Animals thought to be eradicated a generation before when Pangaea's walls were breached. Animals called theropods by park officials…but known to the rest of world as dinosaurs.

Bestiarii

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