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In a world where the international threats of terrorism focus all eyes abroad, the risk of domestic insurgency grows every day.  While the world watches in horror, the reality of homegrown discontent boils over and rocks the free world.  A devastating assignation sends the United States into a tailspin, exposing the harsh realities of a divided and unsettled population.  Racial strife and political discord reach their breaking point, and insurrection threatens to tear the fabric of democracy apart.  At the front lines of this civil war stand three men, sworn to protect and defend this great nation from all threats – foreign and domestic.  Together, they must risk their jobs, freedom, and well-being as they face off against a well-organized homegrown terrorist group, a threat of unprecedented and terrifying magnitude.  

Can their efforts halt the impending catastrophe?  

Or will the U.S. succumb to the overwhelming force of The Second Civil War, the outcome hanging in the balance?

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 Walter Bowen III, a young man of privilege with aspirations of the highest office, finds his life turned upside down during Spring Break of his sophomore year at Yale. A tragic accident aboard the family yacht leaves his best friend missing and Walter fighting for survival in the vast Atlantic Ocean.

Alone, with only a deck chair to keep him afloat, Walter fights for his life against the prevailing current that threatens to sweep him further away from land. Half-drowned, suffering from dehydration with blistered skin due to the exposure, he is discovered and brought aboard a modern ship. 

But the crew's codes of conduct are centuries old, and they are uninterested in his family's wealth or influence. Accustomed to taking what they want, the sailors force Walter to fend for his life as a modern-day pirate. Will he survive the tasks he is forced to perform while trying to save his life? College student Walter -- don't call me "Wally" -- tries to buy his way home, then fights back, but must then become resolved to his new fate. 

His private tutors and expensive education could never prepare him for this.   

Transcendence Island is a high-octane, plot-driven novel that will take you on a thrilling high-seas adventure. amazon fiction mystery suspense

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Middle East terrorists have found a new desert to train too close to home -- just south of the border. They are funded by a powerful Mexican cartel, with its centuries-old wealth and influence, is a force to be reckoned with. 

As the drugs flow north, the money flows south and finances the building forces. Setting the stage for widespread panic that threatens to undermine the confidence of the most powerful nation in the world. The fuse is lit.

 Byron Vogt leads his diverse team of misfits, each with their own unique skills and backgrounds, in an effort to cut the funding off at the source and send the terrorists back to their desert. 

Master storyteller Roger G. King crafts a complex plot that keeps the reader on the edge of their seat. The adventure is filled with a series of unexpected twists and turns, each more intriguing than the last, as the balance of power shifts and long-buried mysteries come to light. A powerful cartel family, a world-class assassin, and a mobile terrorist insurgency set the stage for the most dangerous political power struggle to ever threaten national security. 

After facing down his fair share of terrorists, domestic and foreign alike, Ranger Vogt’s new assignment is his most dangerous yet. It will take him to the front lines of national defense as the nation looms ever closer to the brink of disaster. Faced against some of the world’s most dangerous criminals, Ranger Vogt must circumvent the overwhelming power of the drug trade and forces in his government, in a mission where the stakes couldn't be higher.