COUNTDOWN TO ACTION! a Thunderbirds^TM novel
by Joan Marie Verba

ISBN 0-9653575-7-0, 978-0-9653575-7-9

A Mom's Choice Awards® Silver Recipient
National Best Books Award Finalist
Foreword Magazine 2008 Book of the Year Award finalist

After his wife dies in a tragic accident, astronaut Jeff Tracy turns his grief into a dream: to create an organization which will rescue people that no one else can reach. He enlists the services of a genius to design aircraft and supporting machinery far beyond the standards of his time. He asks his five sons to give up promising careers to build the base, operate the machines, and serve in his organization. But he finds that in order to make his dream a reality, it will require sacrifice, courage, and determination...far beyond what he, or his sons, ever expected. Can they make International Rescue a reality? Read chapter 1

ACTION ALERT! a Thunderbirds^TM novel
by Joan Marie Verba

ISBN 0-9653575-8-9, 978-0-9653575-8-6

All the Tracys are dedicated men of action, and Scott Tracy is no exception! The eldest of Jeff Tracy's sons, Scott pilots the rocket-reconnaissance aircraft, Thunderbird 1. First to arrive at any disaster scene, he evaluates the situation and coordinates the team's rescue strategy on site. Due to the importance of Thunderbird 1 to International Rescue's operation, Scott is present for nearly every rescue mission. Nonetheless, even Scott has his limitations, and in Action Alert, he stretches himself to those very limits. Can he do so without consequences to himself and International Rescue? Read chapter 1

DEADLY DANGER! a Thunderbirds^TM novel
by Joan Marie Verba

ISBN 0-9653575-9-7, 978-0-9653575-9-3

Jeff Tracy, his five sons, and their associates run an organization called International Rescue, which helps people beyond the aid of the usual first responders. Virgil Tracy, the second of Jeff Tracy's sons, pilots the heavy-rescue craft, Thunderbird 2, which carries the specialized rescue equipment to the danger zone. In addition to his expertise as a pilot and engineer, Virgil is also a talented pianist and artist. Virgil's calm disposition serves him well in the extreme hazards that he faces as a member of International Rescue. In Deadly Danger, Virgil will have to draw on all of these skills to meet the challenges he faces: a California wildfire, a mine disaster in South Africa, a volcano eruption in the Pacific, an airliner in trouble, a town in Peru in danger of vanishing into a sinkhole, a bridge collapse in India, explorers in danger of grinding ice in the Antarctic. Most of all Virgil and his brothers and associates must find a warped genius who will stop at nothing to build and deploy a fleet of advanced machines to prove he is the greatest rocket scientist of the 2060s.
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