Books with author Richard Martin

MCALISTER’S WAY FREE Weekly Serialisation Volume 13 Chapters 24 — 25The FINAL Volume!A Young Adult Action and Adventure Story for Baby BoomersThank you for taking the time to read this serialisation. I hope you liked reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.EpilogueWhen I first wrote McAlister’s Way I had no plans for a sequel. In fact I was thinking of turning my Viking novel, The Wealth, into a trilogy, which still might happen. However after writing the epilogue I realised I couldn’t leave the story hovering so Danny and Angela’s adventures grew into a four-volume set.I wrote McAlister’s Spark in the middle of it all, which is a post-apocalyptic survival adventure with our collator Zach taking centre-stage.I have also added three McAlister prequels set in the Napoleonic Wars, Wild West and WWI. I’m working on a fourth, set during the Spanish Civil War and into WWII which will give an uninterrupted 200 years of McAlister Family action and adventure.FOLLOW Danny, Angelia, Monty, Frenchy and the rest of the characters in this series in action-packed adventure after adventure across South East Asia, Africa, the USA, the UK, and beyond in the other books of The McAlister Line.Download this FREE volume to get the full list.Richard Marman, Author==============KEYWORDS/TAGS: McAlister’s Way, action, adventure, Zach, Danny, military, helicopters, choppers, soldiers, airmen, boarding school, priests, child abuse, attack, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney, Merimbula, plane, flight, fly, Young Adult, YA, explore, discover, New Guinea, CMF, enlist, Kodoka Track, MIA, Missing In Action, Japanese surrender, WWII, war, WW2, Tropic of Capricorn, Rockhampton,, aerodynamics, airport, Andrew, Ange, assign, Aunt, beach, behead, bio, Bishop, bloke, burial, chemo, coach, Cobar, Collins, colony, Commissioner, complaint, complete, concentrate, Dad, Daiman Ailan, Daiman-Sikmanmeri, Dana, DC-3, Dakota, C-47, Skytrain, Desmond, die, disease, doctor, Doris, dorky, dozen, egg-heads, Elizabeth, engines, England, enroll, experience, fleet, flight-planning, Frenchy, friends, future, gaol, Gertrude, Girls, glam, Googled, Goose, Gordon, Grace, Grandpa, grandson, handsome, happy, holiday, Hons, Horii, hospital, island, Jack, Jane, Joan, Kago, kinda, knew, know, Lady Burdekin, Lae, landing, laptop, Lenny, London, looker, man-hug, Manus, marry, maths, MBE, McAlister’s, medical, memories, military, Monsignor, Monty, Nan, Natalie, Navy, Nem, nerdy, New Guinea, Nogat, NSW, ocean, Pacific, paddocks, PhD, physics, pilot, pirates, plane, Professor, Rabaul, radio, samurai, scarper, school, scum, sea, secret, Sister, Southern, Stanley, stories, sugar cane, sword, Sydney, tall-tales, Taylor, Tynan, University, Ursicinus, wicked, Will, woman, Wynter, Zach, Zachary. leprosy

Zach McAlister’s mother is sick and due to go into hospital for an operation. To “get him out the way” his father puts him on a flight to Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia where he is met by his Grandfather Danny McAlister.Out on his Grandfather’s ranch, or what’s left of it, it didn’t take Zach long to become bored silly. Hunting around for things to do, he finds a box of old photos and a strip of six medals hidden away. The photos were mostly dog-eared and ragged at the edges. Mostly they were of young blokes hanging around tanks and military stuff, and there were lots of choppers. You know, those beat up ones you see in all the war movies. When he looked closer he realised that most of the guys in the photos didn’t look much older than Zach himself! And then there were the letters from a woman named Angela.He takes the box to his Grandfather and asks him about the medals and the photos, and that’s where our story starts, well kind off.KEYWORDS/TAGS: McAlister’s Way, action, adventure, Zach, Danny, military, helicopters, choppers, soldiers, airmen, boarding school, priests, child abuse, attack, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney, Merimbula, plane, flight, fly, Young Adult, YA, explore, discover, New Guinea, CMF, enlist, Kodoka Track, MIA, Missing In Action, Japanese surrender, WWII, war, WW2, Tropic of Capricorn, Rockhampton,

MCALISTER’S WAY - FREE Weekly SerialisationVolume 6 Chapters 10 — 11A Young Adult Action and Adventure Story for Baby BoomersMore personal insights from the author.Chapter 10New Guinea was a great place to visit during the 1970s, but if don’t know much about today. I remember snorkelling on the reef off Madang. It wasn’t until I came back to the beach I saw the ‘Beware of Crocodiles’ sign which faced seawards. The ‘are-see’ gag actually happened on a flight across the United States.Chapter 11When I was a school kid I hated study and research, but now I love it because it leads you to unexpected places. I’d never heard of the Tuskegee Red Tails, before writing McAlister’s Way.Richard Marman, Author, Sunshine Coast==============For the FREE DOWNLOADS of Vols 1 through 5, go to https://www.facebook.com/McAlistersAdventures/==============KEYWORDS/TAGS: McAlister’s Way, action, adventure, Zach, military, helicopters, choppers, DC3, Dakota, Gooney Bird, soldiers, airmen, attack, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney, Merimbula, plane, flight, fly, Young Adult, YA, explore, discover, abroad, air, airspeed, Angela, boat, calm, canoes, , All-Black, American, Angela Holyman, appear, Army, believe, Chennault, Christian, Corps, cyclone, Danny McAlister, fishing, Flight school, God, Goose, gunny, islands, lieutenant, Mad, man, military, Montgomery, Monty, New Guinea, niggers, Pacific, pilot, plane, planes, Port Moresby, sharks, village, villagers, war, water, yoke

MCALISTER’S WAY FREE Weekly Serialisation Volume 3 Chapters 4 & 5A Young Adult Action and Adventure Story for Baby BoomersHere are some more reflections to ponder over the next two serial chaptersChapter 4A teenager’s first sexual encounters can be awkward and embarrassing and I’ve tried to tackle the issue sympathetically and with tolerance. But, here’s a conundrum for you. In the case of boys an experienced woman may be just what they need to get the ball rolling — forgive the double-entendre — yet for girls an older man may be seen as a sexual predator.Chapter 5I fell in love with the Great Barrier Reef when I first went there in 1972 and have often snorkelled and occasionally dived there since then. Despite the latest bleaching, it’s still the most spectacular reef in the world. There is something extra special about sighting your first shark when snorkelling.==============KEYWORDS/TAGS: McAlister’s Way, action, adventure, Zach, Danny, military, helicopters, choppers, soldiers, airmen, attack, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney, Merimbula, plane, flight, fly, Young Adult, YA, explore, discover, New Guinea, enlist, MIA, Missing In Action, Japanese, WWII, war, WW2, Tropic of Capricorn, Indo China, Vietnam, , accompanied, advantage, alcohol, a-penny-a-point, attention, AWU, bambino, barmaid, barracks, barroom, Beatrice, Beryl, Bob, Calm, camp, cane-cutters, Canna, cigarette-smoking, Cobar, Coles, coraggioso, Cowra, Criterion, cutters, damage, Danny, deck, den-of-iniquity, diesel, diggers, discover, dockside, drink, English, equipment, GI, Giovanni, girls, Gladys, Great Barrier Reef, grog, handsome, hell, Hotel, hover, Hoy, hydro-electric, inch-by-inch, Italian, Jack, killed, Lady Burdekin, Lenny, luck, machine, Mackay, Margaret, married, meat-and-two-veg, Noemi, north, opportunity, Penina, Plantation, POW, prawn, Ricci, roared into life, rozzers, Saturday, scatter, shack, shotgun, soon, stiletto-heeled, trawler, truck, under age, union, veranda, Whitsunday Islands, woman, work, XXXX

McALISTER’S WAY VOLUME 09FREE Weekly Serialisation - Chapters 16 & 17A Young Adult Action and Adventure Story for Baby BoomersChapter 16I had some fun writing chapter with Monty teasing Angela at every opportunity. I’d never thought about the origins of a Big-Mac but it didn’t take much digging to find out, so I thought I share that information with you in this chapter.Chapter 17Take-off for float-planes is a lot trickier than land-bases planes. The water surface acts like glue and a huge amount of drag has to be overcome before the plane becomes airborne. It’s like water-skiing — once you’re planing it’s easy to jump above the surface. This chapter introduces Sim Long Li, for whom I have a special affection. Although I nearly went crazy getting his accent right and changing his ‘Rs’ for ‘Ls’.Richard Marman, Author, Sunshine Coast, Australia==============KEYWORDS/TAGS: McAlister’s Way, action, adventure, Angela Holyman, Zach, military, helicopters, choppers, DC3, Dakota, Gooney Bird, soldiers, airmen, attack, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney, Merimbula, plane, flight, fly, Young Adult, YA, explore, discover, MIA, Missing In Action, surrender, WWII, war, WW2, Tropic of Capricorn, Vietnam, Korea, Indo China, , Ailan, airstrip, Asian, beach, coral, daddy, Daiman-Sikmanmeri, Danny McAlister, fish, girls, Goose, Graham, hospital, island, Japanese, jetty, Kago, Kagotaun, Lae, landing, medical, Montgomery, Monty, plane, sea, shack, shirring, shore, supplies, surged, tidal, tsunami, volcano, war, wave

MCALISTER’S WAY FREE Volume 10 - Weekly Serialisation Chapters 18 — 19A Young Adult Action and Adventure Story for Baby BoomersChapter 18So many ex-servicemen, especially those who’ve seen combat or been wounded are now diagnosed with PTSD, some people feel it may be a band-wagon in many cases. PTSD manifests itself in so many different ways how can anyone judge what is a genuine case or simply a bad day. I have a completely irrational reaction to crashing kitchenware, bicycle bells and I’m rubbish as a car passenger all of which may be PTSD symptoms. So many Vietnam vets were unable to re-assimilate after coming home many went back to SE Asia where they felt more at ease.Chapter 19One mystery of WWII is revealed in this chapter — well it’s a possibility I couldn’t let pass by. Sometimes the joy of writing a historical novel is the actual events were so exciting, you just place your characters in the middle of it all and let the story tell itself. What was the mystery? Well there’s only one way to find out - and it's FREE. So what are you waiting for…………==============FORMATS: ePub, Kindle & PDFFor the FREE DOWNLOADS of Vols 1 through 9, go to https://www.facebook.com/McAlistersAdventures/ or check out your favourite eBook store.==============KEYWORDS/TAGS: Richard Marman, Author, Sunshine Coast, New South Wales, Australia, McAlister’s Way, action, adventure, Angela Holyman, Zach, military, helicopters, choppers, DC3, Dakota, Gooney Bird, soldiers, airmen, attack, Sydney, Merimbula, plane, flight, fly, Young Adult, YA, explore, discover, MIA, Missing In Action, surrender, WWII, war, WW2, Tropic of Capricorn, Vietnam, Korea, Indo China, Ailan, anaesthetic, atrocities, beach, big-house, Blimey, bloody, boat, Celeste, cheongsams, clambered, Daiman, girls, God, half, hands, huts, Imperial, islands, Japanese, jetty, jungle, Kago, Kagotaun, Kennedy, landslide, Mayu, Monty, out-rigger, people, pier, prisoner, punch, race, Rocky, shoreline, Sister, soldier, Stanley, Struth, sword, undergrowth, volunteers, war, wave, wharf, wound, yell

MCALISTER’S WAY - FREE Weekly Serialisation Volume 4 Chapters 6 & 7A Young Adult Action and Adventure Story for Baby BoomersMore musing from the author……….Chapter 6When I first immigrated to Australia, Aboriginals were not yet citizens and the cultural-clash this caused still exists. For native people to evolve socially in two hundred years when it took Europeans ten thousand is a big ask and all the well-intentioned interventions won’t change that.Chapter 7I started flying sixteen years after Danny McAlister’s adventure, but know Townsville and Port Moresby Airports well. The weather is wonderful in the dry-season while it can be treacherous in during the wet.Richard Marman, Author, Sunshine Coast=================KEYWORDS/TAGS: McAlister’s Way, action, adventure, Zach, military, helicopters, choppers, soldiers, airmen, attack, New South Wales, Australia, Sydney, Merimbula, plane, flight, fly, Young Adult, YA, explore, discover, Townsville, Port Moresby, , airborne, ammunition, beach, Bob, bully-beef, Cape York, cargo, Clements, Coastwatchers, Cobar, cockpit, contraband, co-pilot, crates, Dakota, Danny, DC-3, dingy, engines, Garbutt, gooney-bird, Guadalcanal, inspection, instruments, Island, Jack, Japanese, Lady Burdekin, Lou, Magnetic Bearing, Major, military, New Guinea, Penina, pilot, plane, RAAF, radio, Royal Australian Air Force, runway, scramble, service, sharks, Sid, slam, slipstream, smuggle, soldiers, spear-fishing, take-off, tarmac, Townsville, underwater