ROMAR Press presents
F. Mays
Intrigue, murder, conspiracy, and mayhem.
The story
This fast-paced adventure by Franklin Mays follows the quest of New York City reporter Lee Ann Bream into uncharted territory of intrigue, murder, conspiracy, and mayhem as she attempts to fight for justice for one of the bravest soldiers the world has ever known.
Who they were
Twelve men in a Special Forces team that did not officially exist. They set their own standards and earned their own tabs, voted on by the team. Carved on each of their headstones in Wetzlar, the highest of them reads Phantom Warrior.
“In time he became the elite of all elites, a ghost. He lived two lives.”
“The bond between them was unseen, but it was stronger than steel.”
“You forged the twelve of us into a single blade.”
The people
The reporter
A New York network news reporter, sent to West Texas to cover the funeral of a soldier nobody has heard of.
The soldier
A throwaway child who enlisted at sixteen and led a twelve-man Special Forces team that officially did not exist.
The general
A four-star general who asks for Lee Ann by name, and wants Akita’s life on the record.
The doctor
A doctor from an old noble family with a castle in Wetzlar, who asks to bury Akita there beside his brothers.
The daughter
Akita’s daughter, raised on her family’s West Texas ranch.
“You have a terrible habit of telling the truth.”
From the cover
The crown on the cover, up close: hammered gold, ringed with blades, set with red and green stones.
“Because of the way she leads, her men would follow her into hell and know she would lead them back out.”
Behind the cover
Frames from the photo shoot for the book: a black studio, a wide-brimmed hat, a pistol and a red skirt.Cover model Aspyn F. Dent
Where it begins · Aspermont, Texas
On her way to a soldier’s funeral, Lee Ann drives through a West Texas town of abandoned homes. One of them, from chapter one:
“One large house on the left side of the road must have been beautiful when it was built. It was a two-story home with carved woodwork on its eaves and overhangs. Now the roof has sections missing and sags.”
This is that house, photographed under a full moon.
Where the story goes
About the author
F. Mays was born and raised in a very poor hard-working Texas family. He joined the Army after graduating high school. He was in disbelief when he received his first paycheck of $250.00 because he had never seen that much money, and it was his. He retired from the Army after twenty-two years and moved back to Texas with his daughter. He is very proud of her; she is the first in the family to earn a college degree.
From the book’s About the Author page
F. Mays
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A novel by Franklin Mays, published by ROMAR Press in Stephenville, Texas. Questions about an order? Write to robitaille@romarpress.com.