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Louis Berry Writes
First chapters of every novel, weekly installments of The Everglades, and reflections from the author's desk.
The Everglades — Weekly Chapters
The Everglades — Chapter Eight
1949. The Copa City Nightclub had operated since 1944. The building was located on the prominent corner of Dade Boulevard and West Avenue. Its exterior spoke to the Art-Deco craze of the period...
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The Everglades — Chapter Seven
1949. The warehouse bustled with activity. It'd been four years since the Germans arrived. Systems had been developed for acceptance and shipment of inventory...
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The Everglades — Chapter Six
December 14, 1947. Marty Markham considered himself elite. He strolled arrogantly about Miami; floating on a cloud fabricated upon Ivy-League-based self importance...
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The Everglades — Chapter Five
January 10, 1947. It was the year. Nazi sleeper cells had been given a deadline. Control must be wrested from local authorities...
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The Everglades — Chapter Four
December 1945. Johnson Billie was the older brother of Franklin. The younger sibling hadn't been seen for months. Life in the Everglades was as difficult as any place on Earth...
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The Everglades — Chapter Three
August 1, 1945. General Hochstühl and Colonel Von Unterscheisse had been residents of Miami barely ten days. German precision coupled with slave-like demands on local workman brought the warehouse to near completion...
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The Everglades — Chapter Two
The four Nazis continued toward town. Their destination was a newly built warehouse at the corner of Southeast 2nd Avenue and Northeast 17th Street...
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The Everglades — Chapter One
July 21, 1945. The Everglades was arguably the most natural ecosystem on Earth. Through every assault upon the landscape, its resiliency proved superior...
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Chapter One — The Everglades
July 21, 1945. The Everglades was arguably the most natural ecosystem on Earth. Through every assault upon the landscape, its resiliency...
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Chapter One — Madeline
Passion for Madeline never waned within the only man who'd loved her ethereally. The writer, who'd spent his entire life searching for her...
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Chapter One — Seeking Trinity
The sound of the canon from Key West's Mallory Square echoed faintly in Adam Phillip's consciousness. He stood overlooking the Gulf of Mexico...
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Chapter One — Task Force Vigilante
Madeline McVie was born into a family with two older brothers and a younger sister. Her brother Danny was four years her senior...
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Chapter One — The Surrency Affair
The Fruit Growers Express began operations on March 18, 1920, in Jacksonville, Florida. Men labored, loading and unloading refrigerated boxcars...
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