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New Novel ‘The Silent Guardians’ Follows a Marine Turned Vigilante Operative
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Patrick Hilton has published a new military thriller, "The Silent Guardians," centered on Mark Stevens, a former Marine who leaves conventional life behind to join an off-the-books team of operatives fighting international crime and terror networks, according to the announcement.
The novel is out now through Newman Springs Publishing, available in bookstores and through major online retailers including Amazon, Apple Books, Google Play, and Barnes & Noble.
According to the announcement, the book follows Stevens as he’s drawn into a world of covert missions where alliances are unstable and trust is a liability, exploring themes of duty, sacrifice, and moral ambiguity among people whose work stays classified. Hilton, described in the announcement as a musician and storyteller who has traveled extensively, says he drew on what he’s observed of human behavior across different cultures in shaping the book’s portrayal of people who operate unseen. "I wanted to honor the untold heroes whose missions remain classified, whose sacrifices go unrecognized, and whose commitment to something greater than themselves defines true courage," Hilton said in the announcement.
The premise places "The Silent Guardians" within a long-running lane of military and espionage fiction built around operatives who work outside official channels and pay a personal cost for it — a setup familiar to readers of the genre, even as Hilton’s own background as a touring musician rather than a veteran or intelligence professional gives him a different vantage point on the material than many writers working the same territory.
Studio CarryOnHarry will be watching to see how Hilton’s outsider perspective on military life is received by readers who gravitate toward this genre precisely for its claims of authenticity.
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New Fantasy Romance ‘I Am the End’ Pits a Weapon Built to Destroy Against a Healer Who Refuses to Let Him
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Lindsey Rumsey has released a new fantasy romance, "I Am the End," published through Fulton Books. The novel is set across the nine kingdoms of Antherel and follows Loukios, a being forged in divine fire and bound by prophecy to end the world, and Cadence, a healer whose visions of a man who "should never exist" pull her directly into his path.
Rumsey has written since childhood, according to the announcement, and has built her career specifically around fantasy romance, a genre she describes as one where prophecy bends under the weight of desire. Her books, per the announcement, tend to pair commanding male leads with the women who unravel them. She is also, notably, the mother of five.
The plot turns on a familiar but sturdy premise for the genre: a god-made weapon, denied any capacity for choice, and a woman whose gift is mercy rather than force. As their connection grows, the announcement states, divine silence descends and the stone-inscribed fate begins to transform. The book’s stated themes are free will against fate, redemption built through connection, and the question of whether love can override what’s been foreordained.
"I’ve always been drawn to characters who aren’t meant to have choices, and I wanted to explore what happens when they do," Rumsey said in the announcement. "Loukios and Cadence’s story asks whether we’re bound by what’s written or if love can rewrite the rules entirely."
"I Am the End" is available now at bookstores and through Amazon, Apple iTunes Store, Google Play, and Barnes and Noble.
For Studio CarryOnHarry, the pairing at the center of this one, a creature stripped of agency and a woman whose strength lies in offering compassion, is a clean enough hook that the book’s success will likely rest on execution rather than premise.
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Vietnam Veteran Dennis Gibb’s New Novel Follows a Draftee-Turned-Helicopter-Pilot Through Combat and Survivor’s Guilt
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Dennis Gibb, an Army veteran who served six years on active duty including a combat tour in Vietnam, has released a new novel, "Echo Oscar Mike, Charlie Sierra Mike Oscar: (End of Mission, Close Station March Order)," published through Newman Springs Publishing.
The book follows Phil Johnson, a college graduate who enlists during the Vietnam War rather than wait to be drafted, according to the announcement. Though Phil anticipates the standard trajectory through Basic Training and Officer Candidate School, he is instead assigned to helicopter flight training. After earning his wings, he anticipates deployment to Vietnam but is redirected to Fort Ord to train infantry soldiers, a detour the announcement describes as reshaping the course of his life.
The announcement states that Phil’s story turns on a fatal encounter that nearly destroys him legally, followed by deployment to Vietnam with a specialized task force carrying out dangerous missions. As his aircraft is shot down repeatedly and soldiers around him are killed, the novel centers on his struggle with survivor’s guilt, characterized as a more cunning foe than any battlefield opponent. The book asks whether Phil can come through the experience with his humanity, his body, and his sense of self intact.
Since his own combat tour, where he was wounded, Gibb has worked as a financial advisor to Native American communities and currently assists incarcerated veterans in their return to society, according to the announcement. That background, the publisher says, shapes the novel’s treatment of duty, trauma, and what comes after combat.
"This novel allowed me to explore the psychological and emotional landscape of soldiers caught between duty and devastation," Gibb said in the announcement. "Phil’s struggle with survivor’s guilt reflects the silent battles many veterans face long after combat ends, and I hope readers will gain deeper compassion for those who have sacrificed so much."
The novel is available in paperback and through Amazon, the Apple iTunes Store, Google Play, and Barnes and Noble, as well as through Newman Springs Publishing’s own site.
Studio CarryOnHarry will be watching whether Gibb’s own service record gives this one staying power beyond the usual veteran-memoir-adjacent fiction crowding the same shelf.
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