Drake

A short historical military story celebrating Independence Day: Major Jonathan Drake and his Virginian marines are rushed into battle against the East India Company's enemies. Their mission is to pursue Hyder Ali's revolutionaries, but sometimes locating your enemy is the easy part... Hyder Ali's fights against the British East India Company routinely made news in the colonies before and during the American revolutionary war. Somewhere in the generations after Jefferson, American history forgot about him. Read about how one success might have happened...

A short military thriller about one man's critical decision: Captain Mike Drake, four combat tour veteran and 38-year-old new father of twin girls, just retired. He's traded in his Company of M1 Abrams tanks for a silver Hyundai Sonata. He retired because he'd had enough of death and split second thinking. Now, situational awareness firing on all cylinders, he must make an instant life or death decision. Run him over, or not?