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BOOK
Blood and Whiskey:
A Cowboy and
Vampire Thriller
by Clark Hays and
Kathleen McFall

Endor the
Wizard Trilogy
by John R. Garland

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ndor leads the
peaceful country
of Greysmire, who
must join forces with
neighboring Dame, to
overcome the wicked
powers of the evil Lord
Gundermire. Book 1,
Endor the Wizard, introduces Endor from the
beginning. Book 2, Endor’s Adventures, takes
Endor into Dame to bond an allegiance against
the might of Gundermire. Book 3, The Final
Chapter, brings about the end.

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nlightenment just
took a strange detour.
Welcome to LonePine,
Wyoming, population 438;
it’s like any other slowlydying western town, only with vampires. When a
cowboy falls for a beautiful vampire, saddle up
for a metaphysical ride through love, death and
the afterlife.  
“Strong writing, funny characters, and plenty of
action; a riveting tale of love and blood in the
modern West.”
—Kirkus Reviews

www.endorthewizard.com
Available at Amazon, BarnesandNoble,
and Lulu.

www.cowboyandvampire.com
Available at Amazon.

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Lamb to the Slaughter is a novel about love and courage, sin and redemption.
“Iron” Mike McGann, 32 years old, is facing the twilight of his prizefighting
career. Desperate for his future, he has refused to honor his promise to his
wife to quit the ring and start a family. In despair, his wife, Madge, is leaving
him.
Rufus “Hurricane” Hilliard, Mike’s next opponent, is the most menacing
presence in prizefighting. He has won all 22 of his fights by knockout and
is said to be a former enforcer for something called The Black Mafia. But
behind Rufus Hilliard’s menacing ring presence lives a man nobody knows,
a complex man who despises his own image. Unexpectedly left alone before
his bout with McGann, Rufus “Hurricane” Hilliard is forced to confront the
past that haunts him and the future he dreads.
Charles “Charliehorse” O’Connell, Rufus’s cornerman, has been terrorized
by a mob kingpin to sabotage him. O’Connell, who is an alcoholic and a
compulsive gambler, blames himself for the ring deaths of two prizefighters.
Trapped in a moral crisis, Charles “Charliehorse” O’Connell must finally

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will survive to be the inheritance of their children.
Conor, Fethnaid, Oran, Mairin travel a road
unlike ours. It is a dangerous road, yet one well
worth exploring. Contact the author: highc.king@
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confront his “Cardinal Sin.”
Rufus “Hurricane” Hilliard vs “Iron” Mike McGann, just another fight
shown on The Continuous Sports Network, but by the time it is over the
lives of these and many others will be forever different.

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www.eirelan.com
Available at Amazon in print and as ebook.

DELOHERY

ISBN: 978-1-4653-3927-0

Lamb to the Slaughter
by Pete Delohery

PETE DELOHER