Jim Ricca: 13 books

RUNNING DOWN TERRORA timely new thriller by Jim RiccaProfessor Tom Carazo felt relatively secure knowing the U.S. government had the terrorists on the run. They were killing Al Qaeda and other terrorist leaders by the bushel, with drones, Special Forces teams and air strikes. But one evening, while...

This is no sugary sweet romance story. It is the second of four books full of hilarious and heartbreaking events that will have you laughing, and crying out loud. It recounts the gut wrenching violence of the Vietnam War and the terrible impact it had, not only on those who fought there, but also...

Rising from the depths of poverty and despair, Jim Richards fought his way through the hell of Vietnam, to engage in even more deadly combat to defend his family. With his adopted brother and family of friends, he not only endures the loss of his beloved Mary, but overcomes the deep emotional scars...

Jim Richards returned home to Philadelphia after serving two years in the Military Police. He expected a joyful reunion with his fiancé, but learned she died after being brutally raped and strangled. Richards discovers she was the victim of a serial killer, possessed by a bloodthirsty demon, and...

Do you think UFOs and ETs only make their presence known to that class of beer swilling, pick-up truck driving people of questionable intelligence and veracity that mainly reside below the Mason-Dixon Line?A highly educated engineer, who believed only in what he could hold, measure and quantify, thought...

War is a nightmarish, ugly and horrific event that has plagued humankind from the very beginnings of history. During the first half of the twentieth century, wars clearly delineated the combatants between the forces of good and evil. The Vietnam War blurred these lines, but the end result was the...

Three itinerant Jesuit priests, normally assigned to alleviate the shortage of clergy in various parishes, uncover a deadly conspiracy within the hierarchy of the Philadelphia archdiocese. However, these are not your average, docile, parish priests. While Christ taught his followers to turn the other...

Earth's population has been reduced to less than 2 million people after a catastrophic attack by a pillager race intent on securing more raw materials for their war machine. After destroying earth's attackers, aliens seeking a new home, settle here and begin rebuilding the planet. But as Ralph discovers...

An avid outdoorsman was enjoying the quiet life in the wilds of Alaska; hunting, fishing and living off the land. As far as he was concerned, nothing could go wrong; until one fateful evening when he allows his Military Police training to overwhelm his common sense, and rushes to the aid of a woman...

No one was sure of the exact point in time when the earth came to be ruled by the aliens of the Changtung race, nor could they remember exactly when the Changtung began overtly discriminating against and then oppressing the native humans, along with the immigrant Cirrans, Orrans and Blue Planet people....

In this book, Richards loses all hope of ever seeing his beloved family again, but inadvertently rescues them through an incredible twist of fate and an extremely violent attack on his sworn enemy. As an act of devotion to his late wife he then goes on to build an empire. His future foretold by the...

This incredible story is like none you’ve ever read before, and will be thoroughly enjoyed by both men and women. The story opens in the Philadelphia area during the late 60s, and takes you on wild trips, the war in Vietnam, heartbreak, lost loves and back again. If you’ve lived in Philly during...

Anyone who has ever experienced a first love at the very tender age of thirteen will certainly identify with this story of two shy teenagers. Unsure of their emotions, but positive they’re feeling a brand new sensation and not quite knowing how to deal with it, they embark on that first, bittersweet journey into the unknown world of hope, friendship and love.