The chance discovery of an ancient Indian chief's grave paves the way for the Mashpee Indian tribe to lay claim to $2 billion worth of prime Cape Cod real estate. Unfortunately for both the townspeople and the tribe members, the gravesite was discovered by Rex Griffin, a con artist intent on parlaying his find into a multi-million dollar payoff. When Griffin is run down and left to die in a ditch, he continues to act as a puppeteer from the grave, forcing both sides into a feud and a high-stakes legal battle that cannot end until the mystery of who murdered him is solved. On the surface, Blood of the Tribe is a fast-paced thriller--rich characters, a compelling mystery, a surprise ending. On a deeper level, the story shines a light on the increasingly prevalent legal battles being carried on between Native American tribes and the state and federal governments.

Blood of the Tribe

Literature & Fiction

David S. Brody

Contemporary

Martin and Lawrence Press

A Novel in Stories. From the air raid drills in 1942 to the arrival of the Interstate in the mid 1950s, a boy Freddie Lemley, shows us the American experience through the prism of his small West Virginia town. As he faces the struggles to come of age in the post-war years, so his town struggles to adapt to the changes hover above it like UFO.

In the Heart of the Hills

Dwight Harshbarger

Genre Fiction

The crazed inventor and performer of the Majestic Bellowphone presents an intriguing collection of personal vignettes. From dinosaurs and pipe-bombs in the rural New Jersey of his boyhood, to chasing down a burglar on the midnight streets of Cambridge; from street performing in New Orleans to the joys and sorrows of raising his two sons; these stories are as varied as they are engaging. Humorous, irreverent and thoughtful, this is the chronicle of a truly unique character.

Papa, Did We Break It?

Leonard Solomon

A new view of Shakespeare's sonnets that brings them alive as a chronicle of political intrigue, passion, and betrayal, Shakespeare's Son and His Sonnets is an expanded introduction and synopsis of Hank Whittemore's breakthrough work The Monument. Here are the highlights of a new discovery about the form and content of the 154 poems printed in 1609. Shakespeare's Son and His Sonnets offers a clear summary of how Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford constructed a "monument" to preserve "the living record" of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton as the rightful successor by blood to Queen Elizabeth I of England. In the exact center of the elegant monument is a 100-sonnet diary from the Essex Rebellion of February 8, 1601 to the Queen's death and funeral on April 28,1603, when the long Tudor dynasty finally ended. Whittemore shows why Oxford was forced to sacrifice his own identity to save the life of Southampton, his unacknowledged royal son, and secure the promise of his release from the Tower of London with a royal pardon. Here is the "smoking gun" of the Shakespeare authorship mystery, answering questions that have puzzled literary scholars and historians for centuries: Why did "Shakespeare" dedicate his work to Southampton? Why was the young earl spared from execution? Why does the author of the Sonnets ask that "my name be buried where my body is"? Why did King James immediately order Southampton, a convicted traitor, to be set free?

Shakespeare's Son and His Sonnets

Hank Whittemore

Poetry

Clement Scheutz, his schooner smashed on the rocks of Puerto Rico by a hurricane, is accused of killing a local islander. The woman he loves has deserted him and he is without money. While putting the boat back together, he helps rebuild a local restaurant and finds new love with the owner.  "Few authors can combine both compelling characters and gripping plot. Meibers does so here - his richly-drawn Clem character is both introspective and swashbuckling, both poet and pirate." -David Brody  "A modern version of a Joseph Conrad adventure. Meibers has created an engaging tale of life on a Caribbean island where his challenges reflect our own." -Dwight Harshbarger

Falling Off the Wind

Meibers, Richard

Romance