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October Mourning by James Rada, Jr.
In October 1918, World War I was winding down, but the world had yet to face the
deadliest killer known. Spanish Flu would devastate the world.
In Cumberland, Maryland, Dr. Alan Keener, a young doctor fresh from medical school,
suspects the flu has reached Allegany County. He wants to take steps to prevent its spread,
but he is met with resistance from old-school doctors who believe that the flu’s deadliness is
overblown and easily treated.
They soon learn differently as the flu begins to spread throughout the county. No one is
safe from its effects.
A street preacher named Kolas aids the flu’s spread. During the delirium caused with his
own bout with the flu, he believes he was anointed as the wrath of God and must spread to
the flu to bring God’s retribution on the world.
As Alan races along with other doctors trying to find some vaccine that works, he must
deal with overwhelming sickness in the county. Nearly half of the residents have the flu and
many are dying. Nurses and doctors are already in short supply because many are serving in
the war. It becomes a critical shortage now as many fall sick with the flu themselves and those
left have a workload that would be overwhelming even if there had been no shortage.
The fight becomes personal for Alan as his daughter and then his wife fall victim to the flu.
Can he find a treatment to keep them alive or will they become one of the millions who are
dying?
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deadliest killer known. Spanish Flu would devastate the world.
In Cumberland, Maryland, Dr. Alan Keener, a young doctor fresh from medical school,
suspects the flu has reached Allegany County. He wants to take steps to prevent its spread,
but he is met with resistance from old-school doctors who believe that the flu’s deadliness is
overblown and easily treated.
They soon learn differently as the flu begins to spread throughout the county. No one is
safe from its effects.
A street preacher named Kolas aids the flu’s spread. During the delirium caused with his
own bout with the flu, he believes he was anointed as the wrath of God and must spread to
the flu to bring God’s retribution on the world.
As Alan races along with other doctors trying to find some vaccine that works, he must
deal with overwhelming sickness in the county. Nearly half of the residents have the flu and
many are dying. Nurses and doctors are already in short supply because many are serving in
the war. It becomes a critical shortage now as many fall sick with the flu themselves and those
left have a workload that would be overwhelming even if there had been no shortage.
The fight becomes personal for Alan as his daughter and then his wife fall victim to the flu.
Can he find a treatment to keep them alive or will they become one of the millions who are
dying?
Read the reviews for October Mourning here.
$15.95
trade paperback
170 pages
trade paperback
170 pages
Between Rail and River by James Rada, Jr.
As the Fitzgeralds struggle to make it through the winter of 1862-1863 after a poor year of
boating on the C&O Canal, the Civil War draws ever closer to being fought aboard the
Freeman. George Fitzgerald’s unexpected return from the battles of the Civil War pits him
against David Windover, an ex-Confederate spy, who now works and lives with the
Fitzgeralds.
Alice Fitzgerald struggles to hold her family together as a vindictive sheriff and a haughty
doctor’s wife work to tear them apart. Tony, the street urchin from Cumberland, has found a
life aboard the Freeman, but Sheriff Lee Whittaker has other ideas for the ex-thief. Elizabeth is
growing older and finding herself torn between the canal and becoming a lady.
Together, the Fitzgeralds have met every obstacle, but how will they fare if the divisive
forces around them separate them?
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boating on the C&O Canal, the Civil War draws ever closer to being fought aboard the
Freeman. George Fitzgerald’s unexpected return from the battles of the Civil War pits him
against David Windover, an ex-Confederate spy, who now works and lives with the
Fitzgeralds.
Alice Fitzgerald struggles to hold her family together as a vindictive sheriff and a haughty
doctor’s wife work to tear them apart. Tony, the street urchin from Cumberland, has found a
life aboard the Freeman, but Sheriff Lee Whittaker has other ideas for the ex-thief. Elizabeth is
growing older and finding herself torn between the canal and becoming a lady.
Together, the Fitzgeralds have met every obstacle, but how will they fare if the divisive
forces around them separate them?
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$17.95
trade paperback
295 pages
trade paperback
295 pages
The Rain Man by James Rada, Jr.
The rain began on March 16, 1936, and with it came the pain.
Raymond Twigg hates the rain because it gives the Rain Man Power. It is a power to
bring Raymond to his knees or drive him to deadly action.
As the March 1936 rains bring the St. Patrick's Day Flood, the worst flood ever seen in
Cumberland, Maryland, it also unleashes the power of the Rain Man on the citizens of
Cumberland.
While most of the police force is diverted trying to deal with the flooding in the city and
the problems it is causing, Sergeant Jake Fairgrieve is called out to investigate a murder.
Murders are unusual in Cumberland, but this one is more unusual than most. The dead man's
head has been crushed on the left side with no apparent weapon and the body is laid out on
the street as if it was in a casket.
Jake throws himself into tracking this murder with no motive. The search keeps him from
having to deal with his own fears about the approaching flood until he comes face to face
with the Rain Man.
With Jake trailing him, the Rain man turns from hunted to hunter. He kidnaps Jake's
girlfriend, Dr. Chris Evans. In order to save Chris, Jake will have to face his own fears and
the Rain Man in the flooded streets of Cumberland where the Rain Man is at his most
powerful.
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Raymond Twigg hates the rain because it gives the Rain Man Power. It is a power to
bring Raymond to his knees or drive him to deadly action.
As the March 1936 rains bring the St. Patrick's Day Flood, the worst flood ever seen in
Cumberland, Maryland, it also unleashes the power of the Rain Man on the citizens of
Cumberland.
While most of the police force is diverted trying to deal with the flooding in the city and
the problems it is causing, Sergeant Jake Fairgrieve is called out to investigate a murder.
Murders are unusual in Cumberland, but this one is more unusual than most. The dead man's
head has been crushed on the left side with no apparent weapon and the body is laid out on
the street as if it was in a casket.
Jake throws himself into tracking this murder with no motive. The search keeps him from
having to deal with his own fears about the approaching flood until he comes face to face
with the Rain Man.
With Jake trailing him, the Rain man turns from hunted to hunter. He kidnaps Jake's
girlfriend, Dr. Chris Evans. In order to save Chris, Jake will have to face his own fears and
the Rain Man in the flooded streets of Cumberland where the Rain Man is at his most
powerful.
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$14.95
trade paperback
156 pages
trade paperback
156 pages
Canawlers by James Rada, Jr.
Hugh Fitzgerald proudly calls himself a “canawler.” He works on the C&O Canal
transporting coal nearly 185 miles between Cumberland, Maryland and Georgetown. For
nine months a year, he and his family live on their canal boat, working hard to get them
through the lean winter months.
The year 1862 was a hard year to live on the canal, though. The Civil War was in full
swing and the canal, which runs long the Potomac River, marked the border between the
Union and Confederacy. To this point, the Confederacy has stayed south of the canal, but
now the Confederate Army intends to go on the offensive and take the war into the north.
Not only are the Fitzgeralds’ lives endangered by the increased activity of warring army and
raiders on the canal, but the Fitzgeralds’ secret activity as a stop along the Underground
Railroad only endanger their lives all the more.
Then fate takes Hugh away from his family, leaving his wife, Alice, to hold the family
together. With the help of her children Thomas, George and Elizabeth; Tony, an orphan from
Cumberland; and David Windover, a disillusioned Confederate soldier, they will face the
dangers presented by the war, nature and the railroad together.
Read the reviews for Canawlers here.
transporting coal nearly 185 miles between Cumberland, Maryland and Georgetown. For
nine months a year, he and his family live on their canal boat, working hard to get them
through the lean winter months.
The year 1862 was a hard year to live on the canal, though. The Civil War was in full
swing and the canal, which runs long the Potomac River, marked the border between the
Union and Confederacy. To this point, the Confederacy has stayed south of the canal, but
now the Confederate Army intends to go on the offensive and take the war into the north.
Not only are the Fitzgeralds’ lives endangered by the increased activity of warring army and
raiders on the canal, but the Fitzgeralds’ secret activity as a stop along the Underground
Railroad only endanger their lives all the more.
Then fate takes Hugh away from his family, leaving his wife, Alice, to hold the family
together. With the help of her children Thomas, George and Elizabeth; Tony, an orphan from
Cumberland; and David Windover, a disillusioned Confederate soldier, they will face the
dangers presented by the war, nature and the railroad together.
Read the reviews for Canawlers here.
$17.95
trade paperback
294 pages
trade paperback
294 pages