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CROSSROADS (Short Story)
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Kyle Hoyek went through hell in Iraq, where he was among the first Americans to witness the savagery of the Islamic State. Though he returned home safely, the memories of what he saw still haunt him. When a chance encounter turns into a violent brawl, Kyle's life is changed forever. But will he accept the offer of a new start? Or will he continue to stay trapped in the past? Find out in this FREE short story, available exclusively on TheBenSchafer.com
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SON OF SYRIA
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If you need a miracle, call Kyle Hoyek. The former Marine turned Vatican agent specializes in hopeless causes. But when he returns to his homeland of Syria, his skills are put to the ultimate test. Kyle plunges into a chaotic civil war to rescue a group of civilians with one thing in common: someone very powerful wants them dead at any cost.
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What was supposed to be a simple extraction becomes a cross-country scramble to survive. Caught between clashing armies and pursued by a ruthless intelligence officer with a personal vendetta, Kyle struggles to keep his misfits alive. As the pressure mounts, old secrets and fresh betrayals threaten to destroy everything Kyle believes in. Can Kyle overcome the demons of his past and get everyone out alive? Or will the war that consumed a nation devour them, as well? Find out in SON OF SYRIA, Ben Schafer's thrilling debut novel of intrigue and suspense.
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THE SEARCH FOR NEWTON'S MOON
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War took everything from Ulysses Walden: his family, his friends, his home. Now he has arrived on the frontier of humanity's burgeoning interstellar empire in the hopes of building a new life. But when he stumbles onto clues leading to the greatest treasure in history, he finds himself sucked back into a world of danger and intrigue.
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Together with a motley assortment of other outcasts aboard the transport Lucky Rabbit's Foot, Walden must outrun deadly battleships, outwit pirate warlords, and outfight brutal secret police squads hell-bent on his destruction. But the true danger may be one that none of them saw coming. Someone else is out there, and they are willing to kill without mercy in order to keep Newton's Moon a secret...forever.
THE RACE TO NEWTON'S MOON
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Ulysses Walden and the crew of the Lucky Rabbit's Foot have just discovered the greatest treasure in history: the fabled asteroid only known as "Newton's Moon." Instead of untold riches, they found a deadly foe and narrowly escaped with their lives. Adrift and out of options, Ulysses is forced to accept the help of some unsavory characters from the criminal underworld, but that help comes with dangerous strings attached.
Faced with new allies and old enemies, Ulysses and his friends find themselves caught in a conspiracy that will take them from the fringes of civilized space to the halls of the Imperial Palace itself. Trapped between warring factions, their only hope is to reach Newton's Moon before it's too late.
It's a race against time and an unstoppable enemy to secure Newton's Moon and uncover the truth. In this race, the stakes are victory or death.