When the United States entered WWII, a small group of young Americans was sent into the Atlantic to combat Hitler's deadly U-boat fleet, then dangerously strangling the allied war effort. They were the first to strike in the all-important "Battle of the Atlantic", called by Churchill himself the most crucial battle of the war. "VC-9" not only recounts the general history of this heroic naval-air squadron, which also saw action in the Pacific, but, based on first hand accounts from the pilots themselves, details each of their major combats.

When the United States entered WWII, a small group of young Americans was sent into the Atlantic to combat Hitler's deadly U-boat fleet, then dangerously strangling the allied war effort. They were the first to strike in the all-important "Battle of the Atlantic", called by Churchill himself the most crucial battle of the war. "VC-9" not only recounts the general history of this heroic naval-air squadron, which also saw action in the Pacific, but, based on first hand accounts from the pilots themselves, details each of their major combats.

George Rhoads is a painter, sculptor, toy inventor, astrologer, yoga teacher, and the first American Origami master. Rhoads’ paintings are of all sorts and styles. His audio-kinetic (rolling ball) sculptures, found in children’s hospitals, shopping centers, science museums and airports, have been delighting millions all over the world for decades. From this unique mind, and at long last available, comes The Lost Queen, an uncategorizable tale destined for the rank of ‘classic’ in such company as "The Rutabaga Stories" and "The Princess and the Goblin".