K. R. Eckert, author of the popular History Hunters Series of novels, comes this collection of nine multigenre short stories, Running the gamut from Crime to Fantasy, and from history to horror, the stories each feature everyman characters thrust into extraordinary situations, In Ultrasonic Hound, a man uses a whistle and an answering machine as weapons in his obsessive quest for revenge, In The Man In the Back Seat, an experienced cabbie is faced with the reality that his passenger is a murderer, and he may be the next victim, Echoes from Hallowed Ground takes you on a car ride with a young boy and his father, Along an empty road in Gettysburg Pennsylvania, they come upon the telltale signs of battle, The Soldier in Blue is faced with the reality of using his deceased comrades to shield him from enemy attack, In The Witch's Cross, a grave robber discovers that death is not always permanent, In Grandmother's House, a man must race against time to destroy that which his is convinced is trying to murder him, his ancestral home, Residents of a small New England town discovers that not every child is looking for candy, on Halloween in Spirit Falls, The Nameless Thief travels to Vegas to find that the odds are not always with the house, And finally, ex con Mike Calhoun risks it all on one heist, a daring robbery of a ruthless mobster, in To Rob an Angel, Some good stories here. Some are weaker than other, but The Soldier in Blue and Grandmother's House are worth the price of admission alone, K. R. Eckert is the author of the popular Kindle Short Reads, THOSE WHO KNOW TOO MUCH, ANGEL HOTEL, and ECHOES OF BATTLE, His debut novel THE TEMPLAR SUCCESSION, a historical thriller, will be released exclusively for the Kindle on July,, A sequel, tentatively titled THE GETTYSBURG PLOT is scheduled for release on March,, K. R. is also developing a short story prequel to THE TEMPLAR SUCCESSION, called the Roosevelt Memoranda, A period novel and a non fiction narrative, both about the Battle of Gettysburg are also in the works, Prior to writing full time, K, R. owned a successful second hand book business, and is probably one of the few people to have read and book, worked on writing a book, and sold a book all in the same day.
K. R. Eckert is the author of the popular Kindle Short Reads, THOSE WHO KNOW TOO MUCH, ANGEL HOTEL, and ECHOES OF BATTLE, His debut novel THE TEMPLAR SUCCESSION, a historical thriller, will be released exclusively for the Kindle on July,, A sequel, tentatively titled THE GETTYSBURG PLOT is scheduled for release on March,, K. R. is also developing a short story prequel to THE TEMPLAR SUCCESSION, called the Roosevelt Memoranda, A period novel and a non fiction narrative, both about the Battle of Gettysburg are also in the works, Prior to writing full time, K, R. owned a successful second hand book business, and is probably one of the
few people to have read and book, worked on writing a book, and sold a book all in the same day.
He is an avid student of history and politics, with too many literary heroes to mention, He lives in Central Pennsylvania, sitelink.