About
Al M. Scott is a freelancer, social media blogger, and author of Stone in a Sling: A Soldier’s Journey, a memoir written about his twenty-five year career in the United States Army, under his real name and title, Major Scott A. Meehan (Ret.). Scott lives in Orlando with his wife, Trena, and teaches computer courses at City College. He is the father of two adults and a grandfather, all living in Orlando. This is Scott’s first published novel.
Description
<p>The Race for Flugal Farm is the first book in a trilogy that charters the lives and adventures of the inhabitants of the Riding Stables at Flugal Farm.</p><div>Times had been hard for George Flugal and his wife, and this inevitably resulted in him having to sell the majority of the school's horses until he was left its just four: Pogo, Biff, Troy and an ex-racehorse called Chance.</div><div>The horses who along with a young stable hand Rachelle Perkins, a dog named Nugget, a pig called Nigel and an old family friend Uncle Dave, make up the Flugal's extended family.</div><div>When they find themselves facing the possibility of having the farm repossessed by the bank, and bought out by the odious Mr Williams, have to pull together to enter a carriage drive in order to win the prize money and save their way of life.</div>
Story Behind The Book
On September 11, 2001, tragedy struck America. Our response was to send Special Forces teams, known as the Green Berets, into Afghanistan to make the Al-Qaeda terrorist group and Taliban government pay with their lives. Emerging from the battlefield comes an improbable romance between a Green Beret medic, Ron Hawkins, and an Afghan nurse, Shararah, whom he rescues from an attempted Taliban-led execution. As Ron and Shararah escape into the Hindu Kush Mountains, two people from separate worlds merge into one incredible single love! Can they and their love survive? Discover their story about "Love in the House of War."
