J Robert Parker

Tanner's War J Robert Parker

Two hundred years of Tanners on this isolated tract of land in South Carolina, three square miles of mostly virgin timber deep in the National Forest, and Ry Tanner wasn't going to drop the ball on his watch. The Tanners had endured everything, from category-five hurricanes to the attempts of wealthy entities to steal their land. Now, it was Ry who must save his home and his family from a lunatic colonel with three helicopters, twenty trained killers, and a personal score to settle. Colonel "Monster" Myers headed a covert military unit hired to monitor the skies for visitors from beyond the earth. When the extraterrestrials landed on Ry's land, Myers was after them. But first he had to eliminate the defiant Tanners, who were harboring a gentle alien that had not made it back to his ship. It was up to Ry, his friend Roman Brick, Ry's son, and the son of Roman's late friend to stop Myers from slaughtering all of them and burning the old place to the ground. Ry was not one to cross. Taught by his father to stand tall and talk hard, he had served as a chopper pilot in Vietnam. But Myers was ruthless. With a mercenary army and no conscience, how could he lose? A novel of family loyalty and enduring friendship in the face of evil, Tanner's War tells a story that readers of science fiction will find unforgettable.