James W. Huston

He was actually trying to bribe her! Liam Sherrard really believed that Carly was after his aunt's money. She was incensed when he even offered to recompense her if she'd refuse the old lady's invitation to visit their chateau in Brittany! "Why?" Carly taunted him. "Are you afraid she might change her will? Name me instead of you?" Carly was no gold digger. But if Liam Sherrard chose to see her as one--she'd certainly give him a run for his money!

Lieutenant Kent “Rat” Rathman has one mission: to find Wahamed Duar, the world's most wanted terrorist. But when his capture-tactics are questioned, Rat's put on trial for war crimes. Meanwhile, Duar may be a prisoner, but he still has big plans. Can Rat protect the United States while defending himself?

"A love story set in the gritty yet magnificent theater world of 1970's London"--

The President rushes across the South Lawn of the White House to Marine One to fly to Camp David late at night. His advisers plead with him not to fly during the pounding thunderstorm, but he insists. The helicopter crashes into a ravine in Maryland, killing all aboard. The government blames the European manufacturer of the helicopter and accuses them of killing the president. Senate Investigations and Justice Department accusations multiply as Mike Nolan, a Marine Corps reserve helicopter pilot and trial attorney in civilian life, is hired to defend the company from the criminal investigations, then from a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the most notorious lawyer in America on behalf of the First Lady. Marine Corps reserve pilot and trial attorney Mike Nolan is hired to defend a European manufacturing company after the president is killed when his official helicopter crashes on its way to a mysterious meeting in Camp David.

Wanneer Amerikaanse piloten volgens plan een gebouw bombarderen waar zich topfiguren van Al-Queda en de Taliban zouden ophouden, leggen zij zonder het te weten daarmee ook een tehuis voor vluchtelingen in de as.

An electrifyingly realistic tale of international terrorism and American triumph, packed with deadly intrigue, Beltway power plays, and high-flying adventure.

A debut military thriller that delivers the requisite guts and glory while making a meaningful statement about the ambiguous role of violence in America. Huston, a former Navy F-14 flyboy, bases this intelligent if somewhat wooden page-turner on the scruffy antagonism between Newt Gingrich and President Clinton. His fictional stand-ins lock political horns over the proper response to a terrorist attack on a new American merchant vessel in the South China Sea. After pirates kill the crew, booby-trap the ship, and take the captain as a hostage to an uncharted Indonesian island, gassy President Edward Manchester decides to claim the high moral ground by not responding with force. His situation, we learn through the eyes of his beautiful (and chaste!) aide Molly Vaughan, is that he’s tied by the Indonesians themselves, who refuse to let the US Navy fly over their country. Meanwhile, Molly’s on-again, off-again romantic interest, Jim Dillon, a legal assistant to House Speaker John Stanbridge, points out that the Constitution permits Congress to issue a letter of marque, that is, hire a vessel to make war on another nation for the US. When the terrorists—apparently a group of anti-American Muslims—release a videotape of the captured captain to CNN, Stanbridge, a grandstanding conservative Californian, surfs the wave of public indignation and gets Congress to issue that letter of marque to a bunch of gung-ho Navy brass who want to show the terrorists what Americans are made of. Dillon learns that aggression has its price: To rescue the captain from a pathetic bunch of fake Muslim pirates, 19 Americans die, among them a missionary killed by friendly fire. When motivated by political vanity, are symbolic shows of force worth the cost? Huston’s answer, a qualified yes, is supported by numerous heartstopping scenes of military derring-do, steely camaraderie, and selfless patriotism. [Kirkus Reviews]