Author: tombenson

Revised – November 2018.(Please note, A Life of Choice: The Trilogy Edition is the same story, reduced to three paperback books for those who for whatever reason, do not use digital reading devices).A four-month tour in troubled Northern Ireland can teach people a lot about themselves.Jim Faulkner returns to Dortmund but falls back into his old ways. He leaves the unit under a cloud, volunteering … cloud, volunteering to return to Northern Ireland.A variety of opportunities open up socially and at work.Will Jim settle in his new role, or will alcohol become a major part of his life again?Is Jim…

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Revised – November 2018.(Please note, A Life of Choice: The Trilogy Edition is the same story, reduced to three paperback books for those who for whatever reason, do not use digital reading devices).Jim Faulkner feels there must be more to life than a dead-end job and no social life. How far might the teenager go if he joins the British Army? Jim completes training and joins his first working … his first working unit in the UK. The entire outfit moves to West Germany. Jim’s adventures see him discovering a social lifestyle he’d never envisaged. The teenager learns about his…

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A collection of 12 stories created using a wide spectrum of scenarios. Military experiences can be funny, heart-breaking and, everything in between. This anthology is a blend of my personal experience and knowledge together with specially created pieces to highlight the highs and lows of service life. These tales can be enjoyed equally by those who have served and, those who have never donned a … donned a uniform. Humour, fact, fiction, and fantasy are used to portray service in theatres as varied as Vietnam, Northern Ireland, Ancient Briton, the Persian Gulf, Africa, and elsewhere.more

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Kimberley Forest of the NYPD is awakened by the buzz of her cell-phone. The call is from her sister Harriet’s cell, but it isn’t her sister’s voice. The detective drives to Greensburg, Indiana. What she discovers in the basement of the family home will affect a small group of people, and not in a good way. Kimberley disappears and a merciless vigilante materializes.

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