The golden age of piracy returns with a twist to the modern era. Set in southwestern Florida, local characters blend in to an intriguing tale of adventure.
School's out for the summer in Florida. For young Harley Cooper, that means endless days of adventure on the bays and cays around Pine Island. With his sea-going black lab, Hammerhead, by his side, Harley fishes the pristine waters for blue crab to help his mom make ends meet. When he hauls up an ancient treasure map one day, summer vacation explodes into a hunt for Spanish gold. A mysterious hermit, known only as Salt, steers Harley toward hidden doubloons with swashbuckling tales of the infamous pirate Gasparilla. But, does the hermit have reasons of his own? Or will nature…
A thrilling mystery with a measure of voodoo-esq creativity within the storyline. The author has a very engaging writing style that draws the reader in to the adventure.
“Copycat killer rocks the island.”It’s been 20 years since Inspector Angel’s mother reigned terror on the island of Grand Cayman and killed 8 people. Now another body has been found, and Inspector Angel was assigned the case. She knew it couldn’t be her mother, but the MO was too similar to deny. The conflict of interest didn’t matter, as she’s the only person who’s able to work through the evidence.When paradise became a living nightmare, Bren McDougal was assigned to help her with capturing the killer. He couldn’t pass up the opportunity to rekindle a second chance. The passion between…
A creative tale of an unlikely hero in a world of time-travel through parallel universes that evokes Orwell with a central theme of maintaining individual freedom.
On the day he plans his suicide, a broken man uncovers an impossible secret—he is the only person who can stop a ruthless trillionaire from enslaving the world.Prospero Jones is ready to die. Broken by failure and grief, he tries to end his life—only to wake in his apartment with a stranger who claims he cannot be allowed to die. Her name is Andromeda Vestal, and she reveals a secret beyond belief: consciousness is the universe’s deepest force, and Prospero has been chosen to save it.But a rival already wields the same impossible power—Maxwell Salvatore, trillionaire CEO of Apex Industries.…
Award-winning novelist William Auman, author of "If Trees Could Testify," takes the reader on historical, family-friendly adventures through remaining colonial wilderness in the Carolinas, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia, documenting journeys through 345 bodies of water complete with pirates, epic frontiersmen, Indigenous Peoples and Revolutionary War battles. His new release was honored in August of 2026 with a Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Award.
