DURT IS BACK. And not just back from the dead for adventure, but Marty Mcfly, flying DeLorean back, with the story of a younger, brasher Durt. Before he died on Claustrom. Before he became the legend who criss-crossed the Galaxy as the company’s go-to pilot. Before all that, he was a legend at home. With his furry co-pilot, Buzz, the husky who loves to fly almost as much as he does, Durt flies rescue missions for the Forest Service in Alaska, one of Earth’s few remaining forest preserves. When he pushes the bounds of Forest Service safety standards, and common sense, to make a rescue that no pilot should undertake in the first place, he finds he’s risked everything he holds dear for a pair of poachers. Fly with Durt from the wilds of Alaska to his first jump to the Moon city, Copernicus. He teams up with flight engineer Truman and inadvertently invokes the ire of the wily Wislon Simms…
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WWRD. What Would Raylan Do?
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James Slater serves as the Deputy Director for Corporate Communications for the Naval Sea System Command on the Washington Navy Yard in DC. He leads a team of communicators who respond to inquiries about the Navy's ships and systems from Congress, the media and the general public. When not engaged in supporting the country's sea services, he spends time with his family, his friends and the characters of his latest book. His favorite question? "What if?"' I spend a lot of time on the road. But … Read More
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As always, something winds up on the cutting room floor. You've written too much. Not everything fits. Solution? Take the next exit and turn around. But you've written it already, so you might as well share it, right? Bones on this page are not the one syllable "Bones," like the TV show, but the phonetic two-syllable BON-es (bonus). Plus on the image here, the text looks much cooler than "Sand and Bonus." That would just look stupid. I should put some bones on this image. Or not. For … More