SEQUEL TO "THE NATIONS"- "HAUNTED FALLS"

Excerpt from our sequel to the best selling "The Nations", "Haunted Falls". Chapt. 5 with "Boy" the white spirit wolf. Due out, early summer. At this writing, we are a little over 30,000 words into our projected 100,000 word novel.

"What 'n hell 'er you an' Sixkiller doin' here, Ashalatubbi?" asked the sheriff as they came through the gate.
"We were goin' to ask you the same question, Cobb."
"Well, if'n it's any of yer business, I'm fixin' to arrest this woman fer murder…three counts."
"Not likely," said Ben Sixkiller.
"Angie O'Reilly's husband half Chickasaw. This is Chickasaw Nation. She is under Chickasaw protection…You are out of your jurisdiction," said the older Indian.
"The hell you say! This woman killed three white men. I'm takin' her in, and that's a fact." He turned back toward Angie and drew his six-gun. Instantly, there was a blur of white as the wolf dog reacted, followed by a scream of pain as Boy latched on to his wrist, The sound of a sickening crack resonated above the growl coming from deep in the animal's throat. Cobb's Colt dropped to the ground from his useless fingers. "Get 'im off! Fer God's sake, git 'im off!"
"Boy, that would be enough, thank you," she said.
The big dog glanced up at her, then back at the sheriff now on his knees in pain, and turned loose of his wrist. He backed up and sat down beside Angie again and looked up at her as if to ask, "Did I do good?"
The sheriff remained on his knees, his left hand wrapped around his wrist with blood oozing out between his fingers. He stared at Ashalatubbi and Sixkiller. "God damned you redhides, this won't stand…guarandamntee you that."
Ben slowly levered a round into the chamber of his new '94 Winchester. "Mebbe I kill you now for trespass on 'redhide' land…Sheriff."
Kyle and Horace walked up.
"What's goin' on, Sheriff…'er you wounded?" asked Kyle.
"Damn dog tried to kill me."
"Looky what we found."
Kyle held up a stick of dynamite and Horace held up the burned out torch.
"Found this dynamite over next to the barn and Horace found that there torch next to Ox's body…Had his head caved in, wadn't shot. Didja know that?…Uh, Ox that is, not Horace…he's right here," reported deputy Kyle.
"Just shut yer pie hole, Kyle…an' keep it shut," the sheriff grumbled.
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BLACK EAGLE FORCE

Got an interesting post on our comments page on our website (www.blackeagleforce.com) last night. The gentleman must be a prolific reader as he read all four novels in four days. That's over 430,000 words. Wow!
The four books are in order:
Black Eagle Force: Eye of the Storm - 364 pages
Black Eagle Force: Sacred Mountain - 506 pages
Return of the Starfighter                       - 488 pages 
Black Eagle Force: Blood Ivory             - 498 pages
Here is his post:

I love this series I hope there is many more to come. As the proud owner of 500 paperback and hard cover books and over 1000 on kindle I must say the BEF series is my favorite I started the series only 4 days ago and read one each day.
The things you gentleman have done well is make the characters real. In most books the characters are so super amazing and have a million skills and are invincible.  I love how you made these people feel real.  In most books the guy sleeping in the jungle would have immediately known what's going on when he "feels" a presence in the woods.  I am referencing when the raptor approached Zorro. That is just one of the many times that it was nice to see the good guy not seem super human.
You guys have done an amazing job I can't say it enough I hope there is much more to come and thank you all for your service to the great U S of A without men like you we would all be speaking German right now.

-Keith Thornhill

Thanks, Keith and thanks to all our fans. All four of our BEF novels are in Amazon's Best Seller lists and in the top 50 with Blood Ivory at #5. Oorah!

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

In recognition of February as Black History Month, we want to point out that our best selling, top rated historical fiction western, The Nations, lead character is Bass Reeves. For the uninformed, Bass Reeves was the first black Deputy US Marshal west of the Mississippi. A former slave, he was appointed to the US Marshals service in 1875 first as a tracker then as a full-fledged Deputy US Marshal under Judge Issac C. Parker of the 9th District Court of Western Arkansas—also known as the 'Hanging Judge'. 
Bass, along with some 200 other white, black and Indian deputies and local Indian Police called Lighthorse, were charged with administering law and order in the eastern portion of what is now  Oklahoma—known then as  Indian Territory or The Nations. It was also known as "Robber's Roost" and "No-Man's Land" and was regarded in the latter part of the 19th century as the bloodiest and most dangerous place in the world. Sixty-five of those courageous marshals would give their lives in the line of duty during the twenty-one year span under Judge Parker, 1875 to 1896. 
Bass Reeves was one of the survivors. During his 32 year career as a Deputy Marshal, he would serve over 3,000 felony warrants and kill 14 men in the line of duty—twice as many as Marshal Wild Bill Hickok. He is regarded to this day as one of the greatest marshals in the long and storied history of the US Marshals Service. A larger than life size statue depicting Bass was recently erected next to the site of the US Marshals Museum in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

Bass Reeves was a true American hero and is so depicted in our novel, The Nations, now available where ever good books are sold in print or E versions. Bass will again star in the sequel to The Nations, entitled, Haunted Falls, due out this summer. Watch for it.

  

It's a Rocket!!

My stars and candy bars...Black Eagle Force: Blood Ivory has rocketed up to #11, #15 and now #39 in Action & Adventure. Wow!Thank you fans.

I just wish I had an answer to this. We just released Black Eagle Force: Blood Ivory, #4 in our BEF series, less than a week ago. And today it jumps with a bullet to #1,364.
All we can say is, thank you to all of our fans. We'll keep writing. All four of our BEF novels are now in several of Amazon's top 100 Best Selling lists. Keep those cards and letters coming.

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,364 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
#11 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Genre Fiction > War
#15 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > War
#39 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Fiction > Action & Adventure
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Midwest Book Review for Sacred Mountain

5 Star Review for "Black Eagle Force: Sacred Mountain on Midwest Book Review and Amazon. Thank you Katherine Boyer.

The Black Eagle Force becomes embroiled in another exciting adventure written by authors Buck Steinke and Ken Farmer in Sacred Mountain. This time it is really personal. Annette Henry Thompson, the first woman to be president of the United States is kidnapped by a former enemy. She is the former love of Gunter Hermann and therefore very important to the BEF team.

""Won't hurt to ask," he replied, typing in the short query into the FMS. "What's up?" A few seconds passed before a short message came back across the MMILSATCOM link. LILAC IS MISSING."

With this unexpected revelation, the BEF is called into action by Secretary of Defense Baker to go deep into the Sierra Madre Mountains to find and rescue her. What follows is the masterful way in which they execute the mission. You will feel like you are sitting in any one of the aircraft described by this masterful writing team. There are some other surprises about people you know from the news. You need to read this book to continue following the BEF adventures.

Buck Stienke is a retired captain and fighter pilot for the United States Air Force and a graduate from the Air Force Academy. He was a pilot for Delta Airlines for over 25 years and also executive producer of the award winning film Rockabilly Baby.

Ken Farmer served in the Marine Corps and graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University. Ken has been a professional actor, writer and director with memorable roles in Silverado, Friday Night Lights and Uncommon Valor. He continues to write and direct award-winning films, including Rockabilly Baby.

http://www.midwestbookreview.com/rbw/feb_13.htm#katherine

Book Sales

The writing team of Ken Farmer and Buck Stienke had their first novel released on Feb. 14, 2010. January 27, 2013 novel #5 was released. The first three in our Black Eagle Force series have been in Amazon's Best Seller top 100 lists for 21 consecutive weeks. 
     Total sales through November, 2012, both E books and print has exceeded 5,500 books. 
November alone was 2,802 books.

    To date, we have never done the freebie thing on Amazon; just don't believe in it. Our E prices range from $3.99 for the Black Eagle Force series to $2.99 for our historical fiction Western.

Our release dates are:
Black Eagle Force: Eye of the Storm  -  Feb. 12, 2012
Black Eagle Force: Sacred Mountain -  March 1, 2012
The Nations (Western)  -                         Aug. 16, 2012
Return of the Starfighter -  (BEF #3)     Sept. 14, 2012
Black Eagle Force: Blood Ivory -          Jan. 27, 2013

A great big Texas THANK YOU to all our fans! Keep those cards and letters coming.
Below is the cover for our latest novel, 
Black Eagle Force: Blood Ivory