The morning of September 11, 2001 changed world history forever and altered the course of the strongest nation on earth. A band of a couple dozen radical Muslims struck the United States by crashing airliners into the World Trade Center towers and The Pentagon. The U.S. government’s 9/11 Commission would have you believe they accomplished this incredible task almost with nothing more than sheer luck. Don’t believe it for a second!
Alternative Facts is a work of Historical Fiction that blends well established “official” facts from that day with numerous verifiable accounts that were discarded by the 9/11 Commission because they don’t fit the narrative the Commission sought to promote. There was indeed a conspiracy that unfolded on that day, but its involvement goes well beyond that ragtag band of terrorists all the way to the highest levels of the federal government. By the time you finish reading this book, you’ll know more than the government wants you to know.
When an undocumented immigrant in New York City happens upon an armored truck whose guards are simply not paying attention, he seizes the moment and casually walks off with $1.6-Million dollars in pure gold. That true-life event forms the basis for Breaking The Weak Link. But the story is just beginning. Before it’s over, an international crime ring will have attacked many more armored trucks and destroyed one of America’s greatest landmarks. Along the way, a television reporter, a gold dealer, numerous armored truck guards, uncountable tourists, many of the criminals, and even the FBI Agent chasing them will have their lives hanging by a thread. Top it off with a blazing romance so hot the pages might catch on fire, and this book is a must read.
This fast-paced thriller twists and turns through every page, leaving the reader begging to know what happens next. The story travels from New York City to Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, and many other points, even as far as Nicaragua and Russia. The colorful detail woven into this non-stop story will make you believe you have been transported right into the scenes. It’s as if you are the unseen bystander in every locus of the plot.
Get comfortable, because once you start reading Breaking The Weak Link, you won’t put it down until it’s over.
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On a cold and snowy night in Upstate New York, two men walked into a little neighborhood bar. When they walked out a few minutes later, the three people inside had their heads caved in, and the place was on fire. In less than 48 hours, two more people in Rochester would be savagely tortured and murdered, and their homes also set ablaze. The five died in robberies that netted less than a hundred dollars. And that real-life crime spree is just the beginning. Set in the late 1980’s, Murdered For Nothing follows the criminals, the cops looking for them, the lawyer aching to represent them, and the media covering it all through a gruesome and twisted drama that includes egos, lies, suspense, the occasional touch of humor, and even a courtroom brawl that occurred in front of a dual trial involving two juries. Best of all, it unravels right in front of my camera. You see, I was the first television news photographer allowed to record a trial in New York State.Set in the late 1980’s, Murdered For Nothing is a fictionalized version of those real-life events that I witnessed first-hand. They have been percolating in my head for decades, and have bubbled to the surface in this page-turner that you won’t be able to put down.
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Becoming an American Ex-pat is never an easy decision, and an even harder endeavor to actually make happen. Then, add an extra layer of complication when the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic hits right in the middle of the process. Closed borders, closed government offices, cancelled airline flights, lockdowns, and quarantines nearly derailed then entire process forever. It was only through grit, determination, and the willingness to alter the plans time and time again over the time-span of nearly a year that the move could be made. In the end it was complicated, messy, expensive…and worth it!The tale of how author Gary Westphalen and his multi-national, multi-species family navigated the needs to acquire dozens of official documents when the government was nearly closed will take you down dark, cavernous tunnels of endless bureaucracy that will have your head spinning. The mystifying trek of surviving move after move after move for more than a year will make you realize that there truly is no place like home. And the bottomless money pit that nearly sucked the life out of the entire effort (right up to the very last cliff-hanging day) will have you clutching your wallet in fear. The tenacity, humor, and ability to “flow like water” through multiple changes of plan that it took to make this daring move to gorgeous Costa Rica is a must-read for anyone thinking about moving to another country.
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Coming Soon! The audiobook version narrated by the author himself.
