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Do you like exciting adventure thrillers that are set in the real world, that pull you into the story and place you among the characters? Do you need stories that carry a message and add some depth to your life, that keep you flipping pages? If so, you might want to stay a little longer for these are the goals that drive this writer.
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Often, the most fascinating stories are not fantasies but those from the real world where the solutions to the problems the characters face must come from within, not from a bag of author magic or contrived coincidence. So it is when Roger Naylor paints his canvas. He likes to place his ordinary people in extraordinary situations, then sit back and see how they handle them.
Adventures of the Common Man
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The Novels
The Cobra Conspiracy - Buck Barnum jumps into a challenge for which his skills are no match, and all too soon he is confronted by an unlikely coalition of green group activists and syndicate thugs. The resulting face-off escalates rapidly to sabotage and murder, and Buck must scramble if he is to save the project or his family and himself.
A Paper Statue - Upon entering the WW II air battles over New Guinea, rookie
P-38 pilot Lt. Lee Marks finds himself facing expert Japanese pilots, killer storms, and a cunning, self-serving commanding officer. He must learn to cope with all of them - and quickly - or face the ultimate cost of failure.
Black Rock Bay - A desperate old friend, a fishing buddy, calls Hudson Bryant III and pleads for help with an escalating and confusing neighborhood problem. Hud flies to his special friend’s aid. And there, when the pieces begin to come together, he discovers that it is not merely feelings that are being threatened. Property and lives have become the targets of terrorists.
All too frequently, readers are expected to make their book selections on the basis of cover, overall appearance, and a short synopsis. And all too often, they regret their choices. Unfair to the reader!
In our site you’ll find each of the books presented with:
A dust jacket blurb (brief synopsis),
Publication data, price, and online sources for the purchase,
Readers Say. . . . Reviews and endorsements offered by critics and readers,
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Fair to the reader, fair to the author. It’s a win-win situation!
To Order: Immediately following the publication data on each book's page will be found a series of links. Simply pick the online bookstore of your choice, click on that link, and you will quickly have your order for quality trade paperback or e-book placed directly with that store!
Readers Say. . . .
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Oh, By the Way. . . .
California Trivia was co-authored with a dear friend, the late Lucy Poshek, and is the who, what, when, where, and how book of the great state of California. Filled with 1,300 interesting question and answer sets about well-known and not-so-well-known facts of this colorful, historic, and diverse state, California Trivia will provide hours of often humorous entertainment and education. Designed for use in a wide variety of settings – quiet reading, home, office, school, parties – it focuses on the history, culture, people, and places of the fascinating Golden State. The book is available through numerous online sources.
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Rutledge Hill Press 5”x 8” Quality Trade Paperback 90 pages
5”x 8” Quality Trade Paperback 90 pagesISBN: 1-55853-679-5 (Frequently, new books can be purchased for "Used" prices.) $7.99
amazon.com/books > titlebarnesandnoble.com > books > title (Kindle edition - $ 5.39) (NOOK Books - $ 6.63)
barnesandnoble.com > books > title (Kindle edition - $ 5.39) (NOOK Books - $ 6.63) Readers Say:
“What a fascinating portrait of the Golden State!” Anita MacDonald
“A captivating read, but great for games, too.” Donald Bates
“What fun! Great events, people, and a few skeletons, too.” June Goins
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Excerpts
Take a free ride with these!
Q. What amphibian served as Grand Marshall of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade?
A. Kermit the Frog
Q. Lebec, near the summit of Tejon Pass, was once the western headquarters for what?
A. The U.S. Camel Corps
Q. What famous writer was banished from San Francisco for his "politically incorrect" sense of humor?
A. Samuel Clemens, AKA Mark Twain, in the early 1860s
Q. What was California's most important crop in 1870?
A. Wheat
Q. When Sir Francis Drake claimed the land for his English queen he called it what?
A. New Albion
Q. Whose failure at making tents for the forty-niners led him to a riveting alternative?
A. Levi Strauss, with his blue jeans
Q. Who was crowned California Artichoke Queen by the Kiwanis Club in Watsonville in 1948?
A. Marilyn Monroe
Q. What is the largest town below sea level in the nation?
A. El Centro, at forty-five feet below sea level
Q. What marine mammal, seen along the California coast, often carries a rock to dislodge its prey and crack the prey's shell?
A. The sea otter, which can be seen floating on its back, carrying its weapon on its belly
Q. What is California's deepest lake?
A. Lake Tahoe reaches 1650 feet in depth
". . . .so real one forgets that it's fiction."
Novels by Roger A. Naylor
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MORE GOOD NEWS!! BUCK SCORES!
The Cobra Conspiracy has been selected as a top four finalist in the thriller genre of the Reader Views Literary Reviewers Choice Awards.
Though it's not a novel, this publication is novel, and it's also now available as an electronic reader through amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com!
.Great News! All three novels, along with California Trivia are now available as Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble NookBooks, or other e-books. See the individual book pages for availability and prices.
