The quality of violence in the Montreal underworld is a revelation. Dark alleys, over severs ever yawning for bodies of the slain, are traversed and analyzed by Mr. Michael Brent, the brilliant Montreal attorney who is defending a man accused of two murders. The case is dead-open-and-shut in the minds of the police, who are certain of conviction but Brent, the attorney, suddenly comes to the conclusion that the prisoner had nothing whatever to do with the infamous crimes. Brent's investigations lead him directly to the scene of a third murder after which his assorted and violent experiences are capped with this one which is here repeated for a reason soon to be explained! Walking along in the dreariest section of Montreal's slums, Brent is accosted by a little man whom he has seen before but can't recall. The man acts suspiciously, seeking to strike up a conversation and clearly indicates that he knows the trend of the lawyer's investigations at the house "Number Ninety".

Unknown enemies-Questionable associates-Loyal friends-Beautiful women-Where will it lead? Nigel James Alasdair thought he had experienced bad days until August 24, 1970. That day ended with assassinations and the next began with decapitations with machetes, followed by car bombs, and ended with a rocket attack on his wife. Not your normal 24 hours. "I can't go to funerals all over the world. Ted, a terrorist didn't have anything to do with that car bomb, it was a message to me. I have now had four messages in one twenty four period. I suppose I am considered too dumb to catch on quickly." Jim Alasdair, following all leads starting from the US Virgin Islands determinedly traces his unknown enemy thru Belize, New Jersey, London, Tennessee, and Mexico. "I will find this evil and rid the world of it personally. I will kill him, I will." Alasdair swears he will with his strange collection or friends, enemies, and beautiful women. But will he?

About the Book At last! An animal story fit for our modern times! He is a brute without being brutal; a beast without being beastly. He is a survivalist re-learning how to survive, and a realist coming to terms with a new reality. Join our animal protagonist as he discovers both the worst of what he is, and the best of what he is – a raccoon. About the Author G. Davis Dean, Jr. has been a resident of Fort Wayne, Indiana since 1996. His first work of fiction was The Legend of Truebold: Tales of the Ancient Rabbit. In fact, the main character of the present story was drawn from and inspired by the raccoon character in the story of Truebold.

McCrae's Own was the 'Heart of Midlothian Battalion' mentioned all too briefly in Martin Middlebrook's classic book The First Day on the Somme. Raised in Edinburgh shortly after the start of the Great War, it was perhaps the finest unit in Lord Kitchener's volunteer army - a brotherhood of sportsmen, bound together by their extraordinary colonel and their loyalty to a quaintly named Association Football club, the famous Gorgie 'Hearts'. McCrae's were blooded in the Battle of the Somme, losing three-quarters of their strength on the first day alone. The Colonel himself was invalided home. In time the battalion recovered. It came of age at Arras, endured the muddy horror of Passchendaele, and held the line unbroken in the face of furious German attacks on the Lys in 1918. For almost a century their story remained untold. It was all but lost forever. Now, after 12 years of exacting historical detective work, Jack Alexander has reclaimed the 16th Royal Scots for posterity. In this stirring book he draws upon interviews with veterans and a unique archive of letters, diaries and photographs, assembled from the families of more than 1,000 of Sir George McCrae's men.