Aaron, Moses
Aaron, Ron
Adesida, Dotun
Al-Assady, Abdul-Settar
Banerjee, Arunabh
Baraka, Ahmed
Beal, Mark
Binx, Eugene
Bisht, Pushkar
Brown, Dr. Glen
Buck, Gail
Chambers, Eric
Chambers, Lesley
Chappel, T. A.
Chi, Anson
Coakley, Mark
Coelho, Paulo
Culling, Peter
Diwivedi, Tripuresh Dhar
Dufort, Mike
Ebony, Ojo Iredia
Falit, Joseph E.
Fawcett, Shaun
Fitzgerald-Clarke, Michael
Fleming, Suzanne
Fries, Todd
Gheorghiu, Cristache
GOrDon, Gregory
Huchu, Tendai
Izuogu, Victor
Jacobsen, Heidi
King, Nigel
Kumar, G. Ram
Lake, Gina
LaRocca, Kay
Lay, Vicheka
Litt, Dr. Jerome Z.
Majumdar, Pritis Chandra
McCulloch, Iain
Merrow, Liz
Miller, Harley
Maffey, Laura
Maffey, Riccardo
Milazzo, Ronald
Minya, Dzimba
Nath, Bhasurananda
Neo
Nirmala
O'Brien, Benjamin
Okonkwo, Ikechukwu
Patterson, R.J.
Purcar, Gabriela
Ridner, Melanie
Rinaldi, Jacquie
Roberts, Ella
Rutz, Gary
Sharp, Ian
Sooriyarachchi, Janaki
Spudich, Giulietta
Ştef, Dorin
Stull, Blaire
Taylor, Roy
Thomas, Dennis
Thompson, Tantse
Turley, Keith
Vine-Knight, Leo
Watson, Rob
Wear, Milt
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Raland Patterson is a retired Army Lt. Colonel with 22 years of active duty. He served in
Vietnam as a helicopter pilot from 1970-1971 with the First Cavalry Division. He is the recipient
of the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star with One Oak Leaf Cluster, 14 air medals, among
other awards. He earned his MBA with an emphasis in finance from National University. For the past
18 years he worked as a financial planner. The last six were spent as a Regional Vice President in
Europe, responsible for 20 different offices located in seven countries. After traveling extensively,
he is now retired and living in Blue Ridge, Georgia. He is working on his next novel, Hover down,
which continues the story of Jim’s life.
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Hogback is a suspense novel, which explores the age-old dilemma of good versus evil.
The story begins recounting two seemingly unrelated events happening in different parts of the world on the same day: The first in Vietnam and the second in the small, eastern Georgia town of Washington. The son of the town drunk was an easy target for an over-zealous lawyer and a weak judge who were manipulated and bought by the ruling family of the county. The teenager’s desire for revenge on the family that framed him was unfulfilled because of their death from car accident just prior to his release from prison. His anger and quest for revenge takes him on a trail of vengeance to seek out any wealthy father and son who controlled small towns in Georgia.
After many months and a rising body count he finds himself in a new town – Blue Ridge, Georgia. He identifies his new targets within moments of arriving; however, his life is suddenly changed with the chance meeting of a local schoolteacher. As he takes out his targets he finds himself reevaluating his mission due to her influence. He begins to realize that the kills no longer satisfy him the way they have in the past.
For the first time he finds himself in uncharted territory. The loving guidance of an elderly couple and the unconditional love of a beautiful woman make him realize he can have a different life. The question is, does he have the courage to reach for it.
This is the first of a series based on several of the characters introduced in this book.
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