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51 Wrong Secrets by Ernest Bywater

Old chapels. alien bases, protected ancient secrets - fiction, fantasy, myth, or legend? An ethical investigator travels to Scotland to research if a secret alien base is beneath a curiously decorated chapel. He uncovers centuries old hidden mysteries, and signs a contract not to tell about them, but publishes his findings, anyway.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Mystery
Downloads: 3655 Votes: 233 | Score: 8.92
Size: 65KB | 13,174 words | Posted:

52 Also Reap by Ernest Bywater

The daughter of a close friend and neighbour is murdered by political activists at a protest march. the activist go on to riot and take control of part of the city near where he lives. The local authorities side with the activists as they cause damage to the properties in the area. Both families decide to fight back, as do many other locals. You need not live in Lexington or Concord to fight aggressive oppressors. Written in US English. 27,400 words.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Politics, Violence
Downloads: 4173 Votes: 153 | Score: 8.92
Size: 131KB | 25,051 words | Posted: Concluded:

53 End of an Era by woodmanone

A Story in the The Trilogy and More Western Universe
Things are changing in the old West. The life and times of a real by God mountain man.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Drama, Western
Downloads: 11122 Votes: 759 | Score: 8.92
Size: 144KB | 27,505 words | Posted: Concluded:

54 Hell Hound by Ernest Bywater

'Once a Marine, always a Marine.' was the code he lived by. His dictionary had no definition for 'impossible:' an exceptional man who wouldn't let his superiors stop him from doing what he saw as his duty, even if it's by himself after being retired. The story is told by his niece who's concerned about how the authorities are trying to rewrite his life for their own purposes.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Violence, War, Military, Near Future
Downloads: 8202 Votes: 294 | Score: 8.92
Size: 176KB | 33,618 words | Posted: Concluded:

55 Interesting Times by Ernest Bywater

A Rivers Region Story
They say the Chinese have a curse - May you live in interesting times. A 15 year old boy has a major change of lifestyle forced on him. We follow along while he adjusts to the changes. However, he lives in interesting times and he must deal with them as well as rising to the challengers presented to him. Through all this his true nature shows and he changes the lives of many others in the city of Rivers, and elsewhere. Set in Australia.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Coming of Age, Drama, Politics, Violence, Workplace, Young Adult
Downloads: 34278 Votes: 674 | Score: 8.91
Size: 512KB | 102,472 words | Posted: Concluded:

56 Cynthia Goes on an Adventure by Lazlo Zalezac

Damsels In Distress
Sid's girlfriend knows about the portal to Crossroads. Driven by a minor streak of jealousy, she wants to meet his caretaker. To do that, she has to serve as Hero Companion and journey to Chaos.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Violence, Alternate Universe
Downloads: 2583 Votes: 115 | Score: 8.91
Size: 137KB | 26,458 words | Posted: Concluded:

57 1 - Clan Amir: A Fighting Heritage by Ernest Bywater

People with a warrior tradition face many military challenges, and how they rise to the occasion. Events demonstrate both the sheer horror of war, and the great heights people can reach when striving to protect their own. A boy caught in the rebellion leaves the country then returns to join the Royal Guards. As a colonel he must stop an invading army while outnumbered 40 to 1. A young girl who joins the Royal Guards. Follow her early childhood, enlistment, her initial deployment.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: War, Military, Royalty
Downloads: 6032 Votes: 686 | Score: 8.90
Size: 335KB | 63,197 words | Posted: Concluded:

58 Rebirth by Lumpy

John Taylor
John Taylor walked out of the desert a different man than he was going in. After three years of torture Taylor is now an ex-soldier with a life in shambles facing a world that gave him up for dead and moved on in his absence. Taylor is forced to pick up the pieces when he steps in to help an outgunned Federal Marshal against unknown assailants. Now Taylor is on the run and saddled with a witness marked for death. Can saving the witness's life give Taylor back his own?
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Crime, Violence, Military
Downloads: 18429 Votes: 527 | Score: 8.88
Size: 277KB | 55,196 words | Posted: Concluded:

59 Survivor by Ernest Bywater

A Survivor Story
A 10 year old boy survives a car crash where his family is killed. He goes to live on his maternal grandfather's ranch on the Texas / Mexican border with some of his retired Army buddies. But life there has some serious issues due to drug smugglers being angry about having their shipments destroyed by those at the ranch. Pat grows up fast while learning to be quick and accurate with a gun. - 51,400 words of adventure. / (Reviews)
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Coming of Age, Crime, Violence, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 15107 Votes: 623 | Score: 8.87
Size: 270KB | 54,465 words | Posted: Concluded:

60 Mountain Man by UtIdArWa

A Mountain Man Story
The further adventures of Matt Reynolds. Still having problems with those pesky trespassers.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Crime, Drama, Violence
Downloads: 17346 Votes: 836 | Score: 8.87
Size: 122KB | 24,200 words | Posted: Concluded:
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