Thomas Drinkard
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Thomas Rowe Drinkard was born and reared in Alabama. He graduated from the University of North Alabama with a degree in English. Upon graduation, he was commissioned an Army second lieutenant. Within two years he completed parachute school and was selected for the U.S. Army Special Forces (the Green Berets). He spent more than ten years with the fabled unit.
After his active duty, he found his way into teaching and writing in the securities exam preparation business. Many of his articles and texts are currently in use. Tom is now a full-time writer/ part-time editor. He is the author of the novels; Piety and Murder, Where There Were No Innocents, Overload and Devil’s Blade as well as the novellas, V Trooper -First Mission and V Trooper-Second Mission, The Demon. He is also the author of a chapbook of Vietnam poetry, Finding the Way Home. Two works in progress are scheduled for publication in 2013. A SciFi novel, Swift & Co. and a YA distopian SciFi work tentatively titled Warrior’s Psalm. ThomasDrinkard.com Twitter Facebook |
Warrior's Psalm
Young adult
Freya and Kalev are the newest members of an elite warrior clan, the Recondos. They are a unique reconnaissance team. They are true telepaths who can link their minds and communicate silently, over extended distances.
On their initiation recon, they see the enemies of their civilization for their first time: The Deciders and Protectors. They also witness a brutal execution ordered by the Deciders.
From that day, their courage and faith will be put to severe tests. They must rely on their gifts to face a cruel enemy and the challenges that young women and men encounter as they begin to mature.
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Freya and Kalev are the newest members of an elite warrior clan, the Recondos. They are a unique reconnaissance team. They are true telepaths who can link their minds and communicate silently, over extended distances.
On their initiation recon, they see the enemies of their civilization for their first time: The Deciders and Protectors. They also witness a brutal execution ordered by the Deciders.
From that day, their courage and faith will be put to severe tests. They must rely on their gifts to face a cruel enemy and the challenges that young women and men encounter as they begin to mature.
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Devil's Blade
Mystery
Malacca Longwood is a New York City Detective. He catches an especially vicious serial killer, Halyard Moonleigh, who escapes from prison and disappears.
Three years later, the killer reappears in Malacca's home town, a place the detective left, physically and emotionally, years before. Now, he must go back and confront old animosities so that he can finally find and destroy Moonleigh.
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Malacca Longwood is a New York City Detective. He catches an especially vicious serial killer, Halyard Moonleigh, who escapes from prison and disappears.
Three years later, the killer reappears in Malacca's home town, a place the detective left, physically and emotionally, years before. Now, he must go back and confront old animosities so that he can finally find and destroy Moonleigh.
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Overload
Terrorists are coming into the United States across the Southern Borders. They’re being assisted by the drug cartels and others. When the fanatics begin suicide bombings in shopping malls, one man forges the clues into links that form an escalating chain of terror.
The enigmatic Frost, a former Special Operations soldier, knows that soon, Americans will be confronted by a weapon of mass destruction—aimed at its heartland business and trading center—Chicago.
Only he and his team stand between the terrorists and the death of thousands.
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The enigmatic Frost, a former Special Operations soldier, knows that soon, Americans will be confronted by a weapon of mass destruction—aimed at its heartland business and trading center—Chicago.
Only he and his team stand between the terrorists and the death of thousands.
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V Trooper
A vampire novel with a unique, modern twist. Wil Boyd is a vampire, but he is also a soldier. He is deployed to Afghanistan and his hunger leads to discovery of his secret. The man who Boyd tells about himself, Vic Russell, is a former Special Operations soldier who has lost half of one leg, but aches to become part of combat operations again. In Boyd, Russell sees a weapon to terrorize the terrorists. This is the first in series.
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V Trooper: Second Mission
Wil Boyd, the vampire warrior is terrorizing the Taliban terrorists again. He’s frightening information about IED bomb makers out of people who hide them.
On a mission to spot an enemy sniper, Boyd inadvertently uncovers evidence of an ancient demon. He learns the creature’s history from the beautiful vampire, Anna, who transformed him. The evil entity is undead, but must be destroyed.
Follow Wil on the most harrowing and dangerous mission he’s been assigned.
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On a mission to spot an enemy sniper, Boyd inadvertently uncovers evidence of an ancient demon. He learns the creature’s history from the beautiful vampire, Anna, who transformed him. The evil entity is undead, but must be destroyed.
Follow Wil on the most harrowing and dangerous mission he’s been assigned.
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Piety and Murder
Mack Brinson has two major problems. He is trying to recover from the long trauma of losing the love of his life—his wife Song. Now, his only family, Song’s mother Huong, is being systematically, and legally, bilked by a sleazy televangelist’s organization. When Brinson goes to the smarmy preacher’s headquarters in an attempt to stop the thievery, he is physically threatened. Brinson is a former Green Beret and isn’t intimidated. He goes after the preacher in an attempt to gather embarrassing information. When he gets too close, someone tries to murder him in a running gunfight on the Lake Ponchartrain Bridge. Along the way, Brinson meets a woman, Pattie, who finally begins to dissolve the emotional walls he has erected. He begins to learn how to love again. There is an unseen hand behind the preacher’s organization. The face of the antagonist is unclear, but when Huong is kidnapped, Brinson has to call on his old Special Operations contacts to find the kidnapper and rescue her. The face of the man behind the televangelist finally becomes clear and shocking. Vengeance: slow and awful lies ahead.
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Where There Were No Innocents
Mack Brinson is a Green Beret Captain in Vietnam at the height of the war, 1967. He’s been selected to serve on the staff of MACV-SOG, the premier covert operations unit in Southeast Asia. His wife’s lawyer has sent him a divorce notice. He is a lonely man. His assignments have been less than exhilarating and he has been given a mundane task.
The end of the tedious task is anything but boring. He fights for his life in a Viet Cong attack. Excitement enough for anyone.
His loneliness soon comes to an end. Brinson meets a stunning Eurasian woman, Song. He finds love he’d never expected.
After his first combat experience, his command begins sending him on highly classified missions. He works with a SOG Recon Team on a wiretap mission along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos.
As a result of his expertise in clandestine surveillance, Brinson becomes a marked man. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong put out orders to kill him. Song also becomes a target.
Brinson’s combat experiences include fighting in the streets of Saigon during the infamous Tet offensive.
Where There Were No Innocents is a true-to-life story of war written by a man who is a former Green Beret, who served with MACV-SOG.
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The end of the tedious task is anything but boring. He fights for his life in a Viet Cong attack. Excitement enough for anyone.
His loneliness soon comes to an end. Brinson meets a stunning Eurasian woman, Song. He finds love he’d never expected.
After his first combat experience, his command begins sending him on highly classified missions. He works with a SOG Recon Team on a wiretap mission along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos.
As a result of his expertise in clandestine surveillance, Brinson becomes a marked man. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong put out orders to kill him. Song also becomes a target.
Brinson’s combat experiences include fighting in the streets of Saigon during the infamous Tet offensive.
Where There Were No Innocents is a true-to-life story of war written by a man who is a former Green Beret, who served with MACV-SOG.
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