Books with author Scott Williams

Step back into old Japan in this fascinating travelogue of the famous Kiso Road, an ancient route used by samurai and warlords, which remains much the same today as it did hundreds of years ago. Take a trip to old Japan with William Scott Wilson as he travels the ancient Kiso Road, a legendary route that remains much the same today as it was hundreds of years ago. The Kisoji, which runs through the Kiso Valley in the Japanese Alps, has been in use since at least 701 C.E. In the seventeenth century, it was the route that the daimyo (warlords) used for their biennial trips—along with their samurai and porters—to the new capital of Edo (now Tokyo). The natural beauty of the route is renowned—and famously inspired the landscapes of Hiroshige, as well as the work of many other artists and writers. Wilson, esteemed translator of samurai philosophy, has walked the road several times and is a delightful and expert guide to this popular tourist destination; he shares its rich history and lore, literary and artistic significance, cuisine and architecture, as well as his own experiences.

THE LIGHTS ARE STILL OUT AND THE DESTRUCTION AND DEATH IN THE WAKE OF THE COLLAPSE IS FAR FROM OVER Just as Mitch Henley is reunited with April Gibbs, a friend he'd never expected to see again, a new disaster befalls him and the others at the remote Henley farm. Suffering great loss, including death among their own, the survivors must regroup and start over with the little they have left. Nothing has been easy since the world changed overnight when a solar flare plunged civilization into darkness. Mitch Henley's skills as a woodsman have enabled him to prevail against great odds, but the challenges have never been greater than those he faces now. The Forge of Darkness is the third book in The Darkness After Series, set in the same desperate, grid-down world as the author's Pulse Series.

TWO TEENAGERS FIGHT TO SURVIVE IN AN AMERICA GONE DARK When massive solar flares send an intense electromagnetic pulse to Earth, every electrical device is fried instantly. The modern world that sixteen-year-old Mitch Henley has always known comes crashing down. Anarchy, looting and chaos explode all around him. Stranded in New Orleans, Mitch escapes into the Mississippi backwoods he knows so well, hoping to stay alive using the survival and hunting skills he learned from his game-warden father.Alone and on foot, Mitch sets out to make his way back to the family farm and his younger sister. Not knowing if his parents are dead or alive, nothing else matters . . . until he meets April Gibbs along the way. Smart, beautiful, lethal and alone, she is also making a treacherous trek to find her lost family. They decide to travel together for safety, but neither can begin to imagine the danger that awaits them in the woods.Set in the same anarchy-and-desperation-reigned world of the author’s dystopian thriller: The Pulse, The Darkness After a frightening look at how fragile our technologically dependent lifestyle really is.

Picking up seven months later after the journey of Mitch Henley and April Gibbs ended in The Darkness After, Into the River Lands is the second book in this parallel series set in the same world as The Pulse Series. In the aftermath of an electromagnetic pulse that has shut down the power grid in North America and beyond, the river bottom forestlands of southeastern Mississippi are the setting for this story of a group of teens and young adults trying to survive in a world gone dark, where law and order has crumbled to anarchy.

A DEVASTATING ATTACK BY RUTHLESS MARAUDERS HAS FORCED MITCH HENLEY AND HIS BAND OF SURVIVORS INTO THE PRIMITIVE When the remote Henley homestead is burned to the ground in a brutal attack, Mitch and his friends bury their dead and move to a river bottom hideaway where survival becomes a struggle against raw nature. Having lost most of their tools and supplies, they are soon faced with a crisis that requires that which can only be found among the remnants of a ruined civilization. Taking one companion with him, Mitch embarks on a perilous, but necessary quest into dangers unknown. The others wait, wondering if he will return, while in his absence an unexpected visitor to the ruins of the Henley farm tracks them to their wilderness refuge. The Savage Darkness is the forth book in The Darkness After Series, set in the same desperate, grid-down post-EMP world as the author’s Pulse Series.

The Trigger Mechanism is the second book in the Camp Valor series by the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of American Sniper, Scott McEwen.When, Jalen, a young gamer, puts on a set of VR goggles and logs into an online video game, he enters a digital world where, as in most games, points are awarded for kills. Only this time, unbeknownst to Jalen, the game has been reengineered by a cyberterrorist known as Encyte so that real human lives are taken with the click of a button. When Jalen logs off, he learns he’s just killed fifty-three innocent people.Wyatt Brewer, Camp Valor’s top camper, is tapped to investigate and see if a link exists between Encyte and The Glowworm Gaming Network, which Wyatt helped dismantle the previous summer. Wyatt is still reeling from the losses inflicted by Glowworm and by the betrayal of his mentor, Sargent Halsey. When Wyatt meets Jalen, he finds a clue, and Julie Chen, a teenage prodigy and gaming superstar known as Hi_Kyto becomes the leading suspect. Wyatt knows he’ll need Jalen’s help if he has any chance of penetrating the gaming world and getting close to Hi_Kyto. And Jalen will need Camp Valor if he’s going to have any chance of rebuilding his life and finding redemption.But as the summer season starts at Valor, the Department of Defense threatens to shut the secret program down. A reclusive billionaire and Camp Valor alum offers a way forward—funded by him but without Valor for protection. Jalen and Wyatt are forced to consider going out on their own if they want bring Halsey to justice and to stop Encyte.

Take a trip to old Japan with William Scott Wilson as he travels the ancient Kiso Road, a legendary route that remains much the same today as it was hundreds of years ago. The Kisoji, which runs through the Kiso Valley in the Japanese Alps, has been in use since at least 701 C.E. In the seventeenth century, it was the route that the daimyo (warlords) used for their biennial trips—along with their samurai and porters—to the new capital of Edo (now Tokyo). The natural beauty of the route is renowned—and famously inspired the landscapes of Hiroshige, as well as the work of many other artists and writers. Wilson, esteemed translator of samurai philosophy, has walked the road several times and is a delightful and expert guide to this popular tourist destination; he shares its rich history and lore, literary and artistic significance, cuisine and architecture, as well as his own experiences.

AMERICA IS PLUNGED INTO DARKNESS WHEN MASSIVE SOLAR FLARES DESTROY THE GRID. Enter the Darkness is a prequel novella to The Darkness After Series, an ongoing tale of survival, adventure and romance set in the aftermath of the breakdown of civilization. Two teenagers from completely different worlds are destined to meet when they are suddenly stranded in New Orleans, cut off from their loved ones and forced to adapt to a life without technology or law and order. Sixteen-year-old Mitch Henley sets out on foot to walk out of the city and return to the backwoods farm where his game warden father taught him how to live off the land. April Gibbs is at home in the city but her loved ones are stranded more than a hundred miles to the north with no way to get back. The two young strangers escape the urban chaos amid fear, looting and anarchy, unaware that they are on a collision course that will change everything for both of them. Enter the Darkness opens with the events of the early morning in March when the pulse from the solar flare strikes, leaving people everywhere confused, afraid and in the dark. The Darkness After Series currently includes: The Darkness After (Book 1), Into the River Lands (Book 2), The Forge of Darkness (Book 3) and The Savage Darkness (Book 4).

Abducted by an unknown enemy and fearing for her friends, Charlotte Duncan must draw on determination she never knew existed – and trust a mysterious stranger – to find a way out.When Charlotte is suddenly kidnapped, she struggles to find a way to escape. Filled with worry for the man she loves and her friends, she must rely on her strength – and trust in a stranger’s help – to evade her captor’s clutches.In the second book in the Nememiah Chronicles paranormal romance series, Knowledge Quickening follows Charlotte as a new cast of demons, shapeshifters, werewolves, and vampires make an appearance. Unable to embrace her psychic gifts but determined to live, Charlotte will discover things about herself she never believed possible – and face a future wildly different than she ever imagined.

"Sandy Chisholm's Chanter Lessons" is a novel about a ten year old boy and his friends who take advantage of the arrival in their town of a piper from Scotland to learn how to play the Great Highland Bagpipes. In addition to following the boys to their lessons, the story tells about their adventures in a small town in Nova Scotia in 1958. Read along as the boys experience the thrill of learning to play this ancient instrument, and face heavy snow, dangerous spring floods, bullies, and childhood pranks as they progress through their lessons and prepare to take part in the world famous Antigonish Highland Games, North America's oldest continuous Scottish Braemar.

If everybody would just leave Sam alone, she'd be perfectly happy hanging out in The Land Between, the undeveloped forest at the end of the street where she can pretend, at least for a little while, that life is much better than it really is. Then a strange boy moves in next door and all her problems get a lot worse.Rob (or does he go by Bobby?) insists that his parents are prisoners in a mysterious castle in another world. Others claim the truth of his past is far more tragic. When her new friend vows to rescue his parents or die trying, Sam must make a fateful choice that will change both their lives forever — and reveal just how thin the line between imagination and hope can really be.

After a tragedy, Charlotte Duncan moves to the small town of Puckhaber Falls with one purpose: to end her life.But when the attention of a stranger takes her by surprise, Charlotte begins to reconsider her plan. She finds herself drawn to the mysterious Lucas Tine, and doesn't know why.Soon, Charlotte's life turns upside down as she discovers a shocking truth about her new lover - and of her own past.Praise:★★★★★ - "The plot was surprisingly different and fresh. Can't wait to start the next book."★★★★★ - "The author has created a whole host of believable characters and an original story that unfolds at a good pace. I thoroughly enjoyed this."