Take a miraculous journey into pain of a break-up after 20 years of ecstasy and experience the heartache of a man who thinks all has been lost as he tumbles into near mental collapse. Then, just as he is about to give up, the bright light of affection shines upon him, and a door of hope opens into the glorious sunshine of love found. What was once thought a tragedy, now becomes the miracle that makes him realize today’s misery may be necessary for tomorrows euphoria.
Aaron Adams goes to Stockholm to search for Jasmine Alexander, a mysterious woman who goes by many different names. He has no idea what she looks like, and his only clue is that she has a rose tattoo over her left breast. How is a 60 year old man going to get a 26 year old woman to expose her breasts, so he can save her life? Jasmine Alexander was a woman who survived day-to-day in the seedy underbelly of Stockholm by using her wits and beauty. She had no idea that she was being pursued by the world's deadliest assassin, known as "the Whirlwind," a man responsible for upheavals and assassinations all over the world for years. What makes him even deadlier is the protection afforded by his employer - the United States government.
WAYNE FRYE INTRODUCES YOU UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL TO SOME OF THE FAMOUS AND NOT SO FAMOUS OUTLAWS FROM THE ROARING 20'S AND 30'S. LITTLE KNOWN DETAILS ARE FERRETED OUT TO MAKE THEM MORE HUMAN, AND IN SOME CASES, LESS HUMAN. WITH FRYE'S BONE CHILLING RECOUNTING OF EVENTS, THIS NON-FICTION BOOK READS LIKE A FICTION NOVEL, PUTTING YOU RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ACTION. YOU ALMOST FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO DODGE BULLETS IN CHAPTER AFTER CHAPTER. HIS RE-CREATION OF THE KANSAS CITY MASSACRE AND THE MERCHANT'S NATIONAL BANK ROBBERY ARE SPINE-TINGLING AND MESMERIZING. AS ALWAYS WITH A FRYE WORK, DEEP PROBING SOCIAL COMMENTARY IS AT THE CORE OF WHAT HE SEES AS THE PROBLEM WITH AMERICA THEN AND NOW THAT CREATES CONDITIONS THAT MAKE SOME PEOPLE LASH OUT AT AUTHORITY.
The Hopkins family left their lavish Manhattan mansion in 1898, when they decided to go west in order to seek greater fortunes. Then, they returned when their dreams were obliterated, along with the rest of San Francisco, in the 1906 earthquake. In a few years, the entire family was dead as a result of violent murders, but they did not rest quietly, because during the next 60 years there were many who encountered something evil in the darkness at Hopkins House.
In this true-life non-fiction adventure, Dr. Wayne Frye explores famed knife aficionado Jim Bowie’s romance with Judalon de Bornay and how it may have inadvertently led to his near death in the famous Visalia Sand Bar Brawl.Called the Rembrandt of words by one European critic, Wayne Frye’s historical works read like fiction, as he puts you right in the middle of the action. In this exciting true-life adventure you can sense bullets whizzing all about. You can feel the cold steel of a knife penetrate your flesh. You can hear the clashing swords as you battle for the honour of a lady-so-fair. You can feel the palpitations of your pounding heart as you prepare for a duel with pistols to the death on a field of honour.Jim Bowie was more than a man. He was a legend. Even today, the Bowie knife commands the respect of all who know the mythology of this razor sharp blade that cut its way into folklore in the hands of a man skilled in its use to the point that all he had to do was pull back his coat and display it on his hip to strike fear into any man who dared wrong him. Saint to some, sinner to many but a man of courage to all, Jim Bowie was truly a legend in his own time.
Aaron Adams and Chablis Louise Chavez are hired by a woman to find her friend who has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. What starts out as a routine missing persons case gradually becomes a journey into the depths of despair for people who are trapped by a set of convoluted circumstances in a downward spiral of hopelessness. Together, Aaron and Chablis take on the dark forces of evil in pursuit of the truth. They encounter an unusually secretive client, an eccentric disdainful millionaire, a conniving beautiful countess and two killers who will stop at nothing to get what they want. Once again, Wayne Frye immerses the reader in a puzzle that slowly fits the pieces together in an exciting, mind-boggling exploration of the depths of depravity individuals will stoop to in pursuit of wealth. In the process, hope shines its beacon brightly through the love and devotion of a woman to the man she loves. However, is it too late for love to triumph? From the book: Aaron turned to his friend Brent and said, "this case is like a fine wine that must be put into the dark recesses of a cellar to mellow and ferment until it is refined with a depth of taste that will titillate the palate and make the taste buds tingle with the ambrosia that sears the soul. My friend, I am about to mesmerize you."
J. Wayne Frye and Lynton Globa Vinas explore 40 of the most iconic hotels in the world. They might not be the most familiar hotels, but they are incredible testaments to the architectural genius of a few people who brought dreams to reality. From Cape Town, South Africa to Victoria, British Columbia, the authors have ferreted out the most incredible structures that titillate the eyes with beauty and assault the senses with a mystique that dances with the gleaming sparkle of grandeur. Each hotel has its own story, and the authors have laid bare the details that helped make these structures as inspiring as the works of Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Picasso. Like a train ambling along through wondrous mountains, valleys and cities, Frye and Vinas are engineers at the helm of a train into the portals of time where magnificent hotels are not just structures of concrete and steal, but actually have character.
