An eighteen-year-old exploring his late grandfather's farmhouse discovers a mysterious trunk containing a magical staff, an ancient metal-paged book, and other artifacts.
Kenneth Hammond
24 stories.
A skilled thief scouts and infiltrates a heavily locked merchant's home at night, bypassing locks and guards to reach a secured inner door.
A young orphan joins the Army and is secretly recruited by the CIA for elite training in Airborne, Ranger, and Sniper schools.
A young soldier recounts his progression from Army Ranger trainee to striker on a combat team deployed in Afghanistan, thrust into a deadly ambush.