John Regan: 8 books

Eighty-two men died in the collision between the destroyer HMAS Voyager and aircraft carrier Melbourne on a beautiful moonlit night in the summer of 1964. Jim Price only survived because of his mate Charlie, but Charlie didn't make it. Was it just negligence on the part of Voyager's captain,...

It's 1518 and the Catholic Church is under attack from a man named Martin Luther while the Spanish Empire extends its bloodthirsty rule across the world against the wishes of arch-rival, Portugal. The Line of Demarcation divides the world between Portugal and Spain but no one knows on which side the...

In his day, north of the Liffey, John Foley Sr. was known as a hard man; nobody crossed him without suffering the consequences. He was a member of the Irish Republican Army, their money-man for over ten years. People lived and died on his ability to raise and deliver cash. From the malevolent hands...

Banished to Roswell in the spring of 1947, Major Sam Pix comes face-to-face with a humdinger of a conspiracy.

I was a seeder in the Phoenix Mission. Then I got screwed by the Pastor. Did I want revenge? You bet, but I didn't think it was in the cards. Then Angel Wheels appeared... so, I figured what the hell.

Decades ago, when Humphrey Hammerbacher was managing the notorious “Hump’s Bums” squads in the Bronx, his son Howie went missing while doing charity work somewhere on the Dark Continent. At present, Hump whittles time getting high and watching television. There’s not much else for an...

Off they go! From the USS Potomac to the mysterious island of Vijjivu, two miscreants flee a bluejackets misery for the allure of freedom. Lo! Here they be introduced for scrutiny: the hapless Utley, encumbered by "me Bible", and the rambunctious Wab, seeking a diminutive kingdom. Vijjvu is a wonder,...

Long story short: Regina hung up the phone and concluded she had to weather the storm. She ate a bag of Funyuns; watched Sister Angelica until midnight; swore Hail Mary prayers… But none of those surefire remedies calmed the nerves…or the tum-tum: in the span of forty-five minutes, Regina took...