From cooking 'coon and 'possum to recalling the heyday of Melrose Plantation, these are the heartwarming stories of Hilton Head, Bluffton and Daufuskie before, as the Gullahs might say, "it all change up." In this second volume of personal memories collected by Hilton Head journalist Fran Heyward Marscher, area old-timers tell of the adventures, the industry and the heart of the Lowcountry itself. Before the golf courses and resorts, the residents...

Karl Blumenthal's Bluffton, South Carolina automobile dealership is being terminated by Universal Motors. He believes it's because he's failed to financially back the reelection efforts of the sitting US president. For guidance, Blumenthal calls on good friend and former Washington power broker Taylor Clark. But Clark is skeptical. However, when a live round fired from a silenced pistol narrowly misses him, Clark begins to fear the worst-that the...

A bizarre souvenir from far away.A painting of a pagan ritual.An evil presence unlimited by time and space. This unusual, faith-filled novella series is about the challenges faced by an architectural historian when the unseen realm affects her clients' properties. In Dark Passage, an aging adventurer named Doran Marlowe once served as a guide for missionary teams to unreached people groups. His unusual travel souvenirs are kept in a shuttered passage...

From the powerful storyteller Tobias Buckell (Crystal Rain, The Tangled Lands), a complex novel of humanity's passion for the written word. At the revolutionary crossroads of magic, betrayal, and long-forgotten truths, a naïve, compassionate royal and a determined, hunted librarian discover a dangerous world of mortal and ancient menaces. The life of the youngest musketress of Ninetha has been one of hard training. But Lilith's days have also contained...

"AN ENJOYABLE READ . . . renders an anxious excitement as the undeserved hardships of a single American family unfold. . . . Truly, a story with a viewpoint and tradition not often told: that of the American Indian." -Chief Hatcher of the Waccamaw Tribe "PANTHER IN THE SUN is a powerful novel that reveals the oft-hidden stories of the Native American Indian. With the pulse of love beating through the storyline, this is a moving depiction of a...