Böcker av Patrick Ford

In Vietnam, Tom Renshaw and his small patrol witness a horrific war crime, the execution of women and children carried out by CIA operatives. Later, these men try to find and eliminate Tom and his men along with a French reporter, Louise Rochelle. whose life Tom had saved. The CIA agents are determined to find and kill their targets to prevent the world finding out about their atrocity and pursue them relentlessly in the outback of Queensland. A tense and exciting tale of good verses evil.

Jacquie Riordan plans to be home for Christmas. She sets off aboard a mercy ship. In a West African dictatorship, she and her companion are kidnapped. A civil war is raging and they must avoid soldiers of both sides whose intentions are dangerous, maybe deadly. Can they avoid danger, or must they tackle it head on? Lots of action and adventure plus a look at democracy in the third world.

This is a compendium of short stories; you can read each one in ten or fifteen minutes. There is an engaging mix of humour, love and a little homespun philosophy.

A gold and emerald statue is siezed by Spanish conquistadors from its original owners in what is now Colombia. The statue is taken to Spain, where it visits nothing but misfortune on the de Martinez family for more than four hundred years. Appropriated during the Spanish civil war by a brutal military police colonel, it is taken to occupied Paris, where it is sold to none other than Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. The statue goes missing. Years later, it is sought by a young Spanish historian, Maria and her lover Mike find that they are not the only ones in pursuit of the treasure. An ex-SS officer and a band of neo-nazis vie with them for the spoils. A heart stopping tale of intrigue spanning South America, Spain, England, France and Germany.

The pugs of Cheese Sandwich, Prime Minister of the United Kakedom, have built a robot labrador to steal the world's tastiest bone.

Jack and Susan Riordan return to their farm. However, he retains his commission in the army reserve. On an exercise in northern Australia, he encounters pirates and frees a ship they had captured. The pirate leader, a Muslim extremist, vows vengeance. He pursues Jack to the USA, where his attempt at terrorism fails. Back in Australia, Jack and Susan fight drought and falling markets until they finally triumph and established a farming dynasty. But danger still lurks in the form of two more terrorists who break out of jail and seek to kill Jack and his family. Will they survive?

Popular culture constantly bombards us with the idea that modern scientific knowledge has rendered Christianity obsolete. The common conception is that those who believe in God do so through blind faitha faith that is devoid of proof and in contrast with scientific knowledge. However despite this perception, there are multiple independent scholarly arguments that point toward the existence of a Christian God, including: the weakness of naturalism as an explanation for our world; the congruency of God and modern science, including evolution; the cosmological argument and the beginning of the universe; the intelligent design of our universe; the existence of an objective moral law; the secular sources that confirm the life and events of Jesus Christ; the credibility of the New Testament; and the historical evidence for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.While belief in God is not an academic conclusion, God did not leave us without any indications of his existence. These independent arguments build a cumulative case that leads to the logical conclusion that God really does exist, and therefore, Faith Isnt Blind.

The story of Jack Riordan, who served in two wars, acquired a sawmill and finally, the farmland he always craved. A fabulous story of pioneering spirit, bravery, hard work and the support of a loving family.

This is one man's story, a man whose skill with horses becomes legendary. Through two World Wars, The Great Depression and into the twilight of his years, he loses his sweetheart and his brothers to the war, until, in later years, he finds a kind of love and happiness. A story of the futility of war, but of the great bonds between a man and his horses, bonds he valued more than the bonds between man and woman.