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By late 1973 America's ground troops had left South Vietnam. But the South China Sea was still patrolled by the US Navy and its carrier battle groups, which continued to sail the coastal waters of Vietnam and the Tonkin Gulf. Caught in the restlessness of being in neither war nor peace, missions were flown, sorties counted, bombs loaded and missiles and rockets armed. The saga of Vietnam was not over yet and as America strained to put the war behind, the sailors of Task Force 77, known as the "Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club," continued their vigilance. Wedged between the withdrawal from Vietnam and confrontations with the Soviets in the Cold War, Task Force 77 faithfully plied the green waters of the South China Sea. The situation was best summed up by a popular phrase from that time: "If you're not confused, you don't understand the situation."Jeff Lee Manthos was a helicopter aircrewman during this period, deploying on aircraft carriers in the South China Sea, Tonkin Gulf, Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. The flight deck was the center of activity for him and the rest of the air wing. Given rare time off from long hard days and nights of flight operations at sea, aircrews and sailors would congregate on the flight deck for sun and relaxation. As a result, the flight deck was affectionately called "Steel Beach."

Asset Protection depicts the everyday conflict between devotion to a career and remaining true to one self. Asset protection investigator Ian Boyd is assigned a responsibility unlike any he's faced before: discover what mystery is being hidden within the operations of a fast paced fashion retailer while under cover as a sales associate. When teammate Tammy Peterson relates her passion of fashion and customer service with Ian and discovers a genuine connection, Ian comes to grip with the reality that the false identity that he established solely for his job is quickly superimposing his personal life as well.Thus begins the set of decisions that Ian must make that could ultimately unravel the investigation that he was sent out to perform, while opening up a new life and unspoken opportunities with the most intriguing girl he had ever discovered. Ian must discover a way to effectively satisfy both his career and personal demands, and most importantly, realize his true identity.

This sound familiar: You take time creating a developing the right adventure, the players have been waiting for this all session, about to meet the Big Bad Evil Guy and his legion minions. And you don't have the legion of minions' statistics built. Doing so many stat blocks is going to take you days and you wish there was a better way. Well now there is. NeoExodus Chronicles: Usual Suspects is a sourcebook where you will find stat blocks for nonplayer characters of various level of the unique races and classes for the NeoExodus: A House Divided campaign setting. It doesn't matter if you are throwing together a quick encounters right at the table or planning out a long term future campaign, this must have sourcebook, NeoExodus Chronicles: Usual Suspects, does all the hard work for you. This sourcebook includes: - Stat blocks for Caneus Empire NPCs including Caneus High Guard. - Stat blocks for Reis Confederacy NPCs including Confederate Panther Warriors and Confederate Sentinels. - Stat blocks for Sanguine Covenant NPCs including Covenant Daemonslayers and Covenant Purifiers. - Stat blocks for Dominion NPCs including Dominion Khalid Asad and Dominion Wyrdcasters Stat blocks for Imperial Alliance NPCs including Imperial Apothecaries, Imperial Jannisaries and Imperial Men-At-Arms - Stat blocks for Janus Horde NPCs including Janus Horde Berserkers and Janus Horde Fists Of The Dragon - And many, many more!

"24 Minutes" examines an elderly man's personal capacity to deal with legacy and relationships juxtaposed with aging and death, and it is Billy Benton's tale to tell. At 77, Billy knows full well that he does not know the meaning of life, but he is determined to live whatever life he may have left as though there are only 24 minutes remaining. The story is set in and near Lewes, Delaware, and like the town, Billy has been intertwined with the sea his entire life. His life has also been intertwined in relationships with significant women who complicate his attempts to unravel what should be important at the end of one's life, including understanding his role as a father and understanding how to best apply the power his wealth provides.

In 1955, Karl Myers heads west to find his long-lost wife, and in the process, he also encounters a prison break, unresolved murders, his wife's bigamy, a son he never knew, and the place his heart is destined to call home. Disillusioned with police work and with life in general, Karl Myers heads west in 1955 in search of his wife, Laura Benton, who was last reported to be living in Port Townsend, Washington. In North Dakota during the trip west, serendipity deposits Myers in the midst of a prison break, and he captures an escapee named Mato-sa; fate also reunites Myers with Reginald Rhodes, a marine brother he first met in 1942. Rhodes joins Myers on the trek to PT.As have others before them, Myers and Rhodes work at the Town Tavern in PT in exchange for a bunk upstairs. In the days that follow, Myers and Rhodes begin to grow roots and relationships in their new town where the US Marshal's Service has placed Mato-sa in a witness protection situation. Myers becomes immersed in solving murders that have chilling connections to Mato-sa, Laura, and to Mirabelle Charles, a Native American woman with whom Reggie falls in love and marries. Myers' greatest challenges are dealing with Laura's bigamy-she has married a wealthy Seattle Surgeon-and dealing with the discovery that he has a seventeen-year-old son: Bill Benton. Bill finds PT too confining to deal with the challenges of lies and circumstances that arise now that Myers is in town, and with the South Pacific as Bill's destination, he runs away aboard a sixty-foot yawl accompanied by a bright and beautiful young woman who is desperate to escape the shame of an unwanted pregnancy. Myers faces a contrary challenge: realizing and accepting that his world has shrunk to the size of PT, and that the town might not be large enough to accommodate his wife and son.

It's Wild Out There Mythic Feats: Wilderness is the key to epic adventures in the wild, with over 120 all-new mythic feats from Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Ultimate Wilderness, all of them, from Ambush Awareness to Woodland Wraith and all feats in between. Whether your character is martial or magical, a wide-ranging dilettante or a single-focus fanatic, Mythic Feats: Wilderness contains mythic feats of every kind from entry-level basics to high-level specializations. You will find combat feats like Jaguar Pounce, Wolf Rider, and Crashing Wave Fist, alongside magical aids like Night Sky Hex, Verdant Spell, and Waterway Caster. Of course, there is a wide range of environmental feats to succeed in any kind of terrain, from Ice Climber and Jungle Survivalist to Deep Diver and Plains Nomad, alongside feats like Mutated Shape, Tenacious Hunter, and Ferocious Feint to enhance your shapeshifting, mounts, and animal companions. They are all here, every one, developed with flair and function in mind as only Legendary Games can bring it, by the same designers that wrote most of the mythic feats in Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Mythic Adventures in the first place. Grab this fantastic 30-page festival of feats today and Make Your Game Legendary!

The wizard peered through the hole in the tunnel wall and into the darkness of the ancient vault beyond. She murmured a few arcane words, searching for any telltale magical auras. Then she gasped. "What is it?" the warrior demanded, holding the lantern and trying to look over her shoulder. "What do you see?" "Something . . . wondrous!" Inside Vault of Magic, you'll find a vast treasure trove of enchanted items of every imaginable use--more than 900 in all! There are plenty of armors, weapons, potions, rings, and wands, but that's just for starters. From mirrors to masks, edibles to earrings, and lanterns to lockets, it's all here, ready for you to use in your 5th Edition game. This 256-page volume includes: * More than 30 unique items developed by special guests, including Patrick Rothfuss, Gail Simone, Deborah Ann Woll, and Luke Gygax * Fabled items that grow in power as characters rise in levels * New item themes, such as monster-inspired, clockwork, and apprentice wizards * Hundreds of full-color illustrations * Complete treasure-generation tables sorted by rarity Amaze and delight your players and spice up your 5th Edition campaign with fresh, new enchanted items from Vault of Magic. It'll turn that next treasure hoard into something . . . wondrous!

Darkness, discovery, and death in the Underworld An encampment of the drow defending an Underworld entrance. A cathedral lit by the eerie green glow of thousands of candles. A powerful lich inhabiting the corpse of a giant petrified worm. Inside, you'll find these and more! More than a dozen standalone, single-map adventures for characters of levels 3 to 14 will challenge players with derro and darakhul encounters, fantastical locations like the Skullcap Forest and an outpost of the Ghoul Imperium, and powerful opposition like a clan of cave giants known as the Sunseeker tribe. Use these as a stop along your campaign or in a single, standalone session. Whether a party of heroes or characters of flexible moral fiber, they will enjoy the struggle and triumph of these Underworld Lairs. That is, unless the cave dragon adds them to the foundation of his ziggurat of bones! For the 5th Edition of the world's first roleplaying game.

"Command 700 new spells for fifth edition"--Back cover.