Bøker av Ray Gleason

In the spirit of Ambrose Bierce, "A Grunt Speaks" is more than a simple glossary of the terms used by infantrymen during the Vietnam conflict. The terms are defined both by their formal meaning but also by how infantrymen perceived them, both the theory and the practice. Also, the author shares the experiences of the infantry with these concepts on the battlefield, in the basecamps, and at home. "A Grunt Speaks" is a memorial to the sacrifices, heroism and tragedies of infantryman who fought the Vietnam war.

The Vampire Affair is the fourth book of the Gaius Marius Chronicle, the memoire of a retired Roman soldier, Gaius Marius Insubrecus, a legionary who fought with Caesar throughout his Gallic campaigns and the Roman civil war, and who supported Caesar''s heir, Octavius, against Caesar''s murderers and finally against Antonius and the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.The Vampire Affair recounts Gai''s first winter with the Roman army in Gaul. As the Gallic feast of Samon''win draws near, marking the end of the harvest and the beginning of winter, rumors reach the Roman commander from the dark forests of the north of bloody human sacrifice and a radical cult of druidical priests preaching the apocolyptic coming of a vengeful god who will scour the land of the Romans and all their supporters. As the Romans attempt to investigate these rumors, the Stryx, a blood-thirsty vampire from their worst nightmares seems to be attacking their soldiers.Gai must travel into the dark forests of the north to unravel these mysteries before a bloody civil war ignites among the Gauls which will engulf the entire Roman army.

A recreation of the world of the late Roman Republic to tell the story of Gaius Marius Insubrecus, a young man caught between two worlds, that of Rome and that of Celtic Gaul, as he tries to navigate through war, treachery and intrigue of Caesar's campaign against Ariovistus and the Swabians.

Author will use social media to promote the book such as the author¿s website, raygleason,com; a dedicated Facebook page. Features on Twitter, Linked In and Goodreads. Along with an Orangeberry book tour. Promotion through the Chicago Writers Association; leverage position at Purdue and Northwestern. Pursuing book tours, talks, radio interviews.

"The Gabinian Affair" presents the memoir written by a retired Roman soldier, Gaius Marius Insubrecus, who served Caesar during his conquest of Gaul and in the subsequent civil wars. He later served under Caesar¿s son and heir, Octavianus, in his war against Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra. As a youth, Insubrecus was caught between two worlds. He lived in the mythical tales told to him by his grandfather about the heroic past of his people, the Gah¿el. However, his mother, Valeria, was determined to make a practical and successful Roman gentlemen out of him. On top of all this, he fell in love with Gabinia, the beautiful daughter of a Roman Senator, whose family was determined to kill him to uphold their honor. Insubrecus tries to escape the assassins sent after him from Rome by hiding in the Roman army, right at the time that the new governor, Gaius Iulius Caesar, launches his legions into the forests of Gaul to stop an invasion by a fierce and ruthless tribe called the Helvetii. Insubrecus is plunged into a world of violence, intrigue and betrayal, as he tries to serve his new patron, Caesar, and to stay alive, while pursued by Roman cutthroats and Gallic warriors.