Dan L Walker

Set in Alaska in 1965, this is a coming-of-age story of loss, adventure, violence, and redemption.Fourteen-year-old Sam Barger’s life changes forever when his father dies and his family is forced to move from a remote homestead and fishing camp to the busy city of Anchorage. Life in the big city hits Sam a little differently; suddenly, he’s surrounded by cars and girls, poverty and diversity, and new places to explore. One day, he and his new friends stumble upon an abandoned nightclub, and it fires up Sam’s imagination and leads him into dangers he never expected. Can he survive the wilds of Anchorage before the end of summer?  Secondhand Summer is the first book in  the Sam...

The sequel to Secondhand Summer continues Sam Barger's story with the homecoming of his older brother, now wounded from war, and the struggle for the two to understand and find each other again."Walker expertly explores how families live in the world at large, and how the ties that bind can be sorely tested by events far from home [. . .] Walker is one of those young adult novel authors writing for adults as well as kids. Intended or not, Back Home is a commentary on our times as well. It's a reminder that battle fatigue comes from more than just warfare. It comes from living in a society at odds with itself."--Anchorage Daily News"Back Home will appeal to young adult readers, those interest...

Western adventure under the pen name, CJ Briar

Joshua Grimm returns to Lost River to visit his parents' graves. He left ten years before, after watching them die. Now he's a man looking for his past. Suddenly, he faces the same nemesis that killed his parents, and finds himself in a battle with renegades, Indians, and the law. All the while, he's trying to protect the woman he finds living on his parents' old ranch.

Written under the pen name CJ Briar. 

Nathaniel Smith and his partner Emilio Baca thought the war was over and home was just over the horizon as they traveled the Santa Fe Trail. A windfall of gold and a bad choice of partners bring back the violence and brutality they thought they left behind. This tale set in the scenery and history of the Southwest is the prequel to Lost River Dilemma and takes us back to where it all began. A classic western adventure.

 

Already haunted by the trauma of nearly killing his older brother, Sam Barger learns that his girlfriend is pregnant. He is determined to do the right thing.  When her family spirits her away, Sam pursues Iris across several states and finds himself on a quest fraught with blind alleys and dangerous rabbit holes. The One-Man Iris Davis Fan Club paints an authentic picture of teen pregnancy in the 1960s, a time when pregnancy out wedlock was stigmatized, and young women had little control over their own lives. This is the third in a series of Sam Barger books.