Byron Starr – författare

Back in East Texas for the summer break, college student Kevin Harvey wants nothing more than to escape the mind-numbing monotony of bagging groceries. Desperate for a change of pace, he signs on with a local logging crew, trading air-conditioned comfort for the grueling, sweat-soaked reality of a "e;flathead"e; (a title earned on the very real chance that a man doesn't get out of the way of a falling tree in time).But as Kevin and his hardened crew soon discover, the dense canopy of the Texas piney woods conceals far more than treacherous timber and suffocating heat. Deep within the suffocating, shadows of the thicket lies a web of unsettling secrets buried by time. In a place where a single misstep can be fatal, Kevin quickly learns that the wilderness holds dangers far more terrifying than the falling trees… and some secrets are better left undiscovered.

The story of the search and recovery effort during the 2003 Columbia disaster. Mr. Starr and his family run a funeral home and were called upon, along with hundreds of other volunteers from the area, to help search for and catalogue debris from the shuttle, and sadly, the bodies of the astronauts. In searching for the heroes, they discovered the heroes within themselves.

Read the book Gary K. Wolf calls an "e;ingenious work of fantasy."e;  Move over Stallone, Van Damme, and Chuck Norris. There's a new anti-hero in town, and he doesn't do "e;silent nights."e;Meet Ace Hawkins: a stone-cold mercenary who is as dangerous as he is expensive. He fears nothing, answers to no one, and breaks bones for breakfast. But when a brutal, heavily armed rebellion tears through the North Pole, the holiday season faces total annihilation. Left with his back against the wall, Dictator Claus is forced to call in the one man ruthless enough to clean up the icy streets.The target? Jack Frost—a nefarious, completely unhinged psycho bent on freezing out Christmas forever.To save his empire, Santa will have to match Ace's exorbitant price. As the snow turns red and the body count rises, Ace is locked, loaded, and ready to unleash hell on a winter wonderland. He's not doing it to save Christmas, and he's definitely not doing it to stay on the nice list. Ace Hawkins' loyalty belongs strictly to the almighty dollar... and it's time to collect.