While it's been cold and dreary, I've been busy crafting a new story. This is TRACKED, the second book in the Neptune 5's spy-chaser books.

We're still in 1941 and while America hasn't actually entered the war, the powers in charge can see the writing on the wall. At some point the United States will have to join forces with the Allies to defeat the Axis powers trying to dominate the world.

In preparation for this, the Congress have started the Selective Service. They plan to draft men to serve for a year's term, staggering them at six-month intervals, so by the time the first group are ready to go back to their lives, half of the men staying will be trained. They also start improving and manufacturing more weapons of war, including armored tanks.

Another weakness they saw in their Army was leaders who knew how to fight in a war, and how to use the new armored divisions. So, a plan was developed to use these new men and machines to perform war maneuvers. One took place in Louisiana in September. and two were planned for the Carolinas in October.

That is the premise of our story. What if...someone in our own government or armed services doesn't want us to join the war? What if they want to delay our entrance? What if they want to sabotage the war maneuvers?


Enter the crew of the Neptune's Folly, this time joined by the heroine of SHANGHAIED, Sophie and her friend Ruth, the young heroine of this newest book, TRACKED. The hero of this book is Sean "Scout" Hanahan, the team's youngest member, but raised in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky, he's the one who can track anything, including spies on a mission in the rural lands of the Carolinas.

I'm about half done with the story, but Lyndsey has already finished our concept for the cover and I couldn't wait to share it with y'all!