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In Varmint Rumble, the final installment of The Asphalt Warrior series, we pick up with cabbie Brendan Murphy-better known as "Murph"-right where he usually leaves off: minding his own business and heading home to his crow's nest in anticipation of beer, burgers, and his beloved Gilligan's Island.But a broken body lying in the street derails his plans and draws Murph into the shady world of Denver's most notorious outlaw biker gang: The Varmin...

All he wanted to do that day was drive into town to look for a job. But when Pete Larkey turns the ignition key, his car won't start. He decides to walk to town. He'll have a morning beer at the Lemon Tree Lounge and buy a new battery for his car. He refuses to feel victimized. At least, he tries. But inside the bar is "the last man on earth" that Pete Larkey wants to see. A guy named Morton will ask a few questions that will change the course...

The Discharge is the third novel in a trilogy about military life and its aftermath by the late writer Gary Reilly. The novels are based on Reilly's service as an MP in Vietnam and his experiences before and after the war. Private Palmer, Reilly's protagonist, has trained to become a military policeman (The Enlisted Men's Club, ) served a year in the Southeast Asian war zone (The Detachment) and now faces the challenge of finding his away agai...

Introducing Denverite Brendan Murphy or "Murph" as he is known to the rest of the world. Murph lives alone in his crows nest apartment, fries a hamburger for every meal, does his dish, then channel surfs for reruns of Gilligan's Island. Murph is a radical minimalist. He strives to earn no more money as a driver for Rocky Mountain Taxi Company than his needs require. He is determined to stay out of the lives of those he transports. He ...

Denver cabbie Brendan Murphy--known to all as Murph--has two goals in life. First, to earn no more than it takes to keep his bohemian lifestyle afloat. Second, to never, under any circumstances, get involved in the lives of his passengers. In The Heart of Darkness Club, the third in novelist Gary Reilly's Asphalt Warrior series, Murph once again fails spectacularly at his second goal the minute he picks up a mover named Trowbridge. Movers...

The recessionary days of 1974. Chicago. Pepper Porter is on his improbable way to rock 'n roll stardom when his long-gone girlfriend reappears. Sooz, a subversively brilliant computer wizard, has come up with the algorithm that will forever change the direction of computer communications, fuel the birth of the personal computer and the Internet. Trouble is - she's on the lam from the FBI - she's ex-Weather Underground, radical and revolutionar...

In Ticket to Hollywood, the second of 11 comic novels featuring cab driver Brendan Murphy, a.k.a "Murph, " a young woman on the way to a showing of The Great Gatsby leaves her purse behind in Murph's Rocky Mountain Taxi Cab #127--and then goes missing. Murph finds himself confronted by police and loses his job. He becomes entangled with filmmakers and makes his way to Los Angeles in search of the lost woman and in desperate need to restore his...

The Enlisted Men's Club is the first of a trilogy of stories about military life by the late Gary Reilly, based on his experiences in Vietnam. Private Palmer is stationed at San Francisco's army base at The Presidio, awaiting orders. He's trying to find his place in the ranks. And trying to avoid work. While he's been trained as a Military Policeman, he has no idea what's next. Palmer keeps a low profile by day and seeks escape in the bars at ...

Taxi driver Brendan Murphy, known to all as "Murph, " abandons his cab and the mean streets of Denver for his hometown, his "dear ol' Maw, " and an Irish Catholic clan for the size of County Cork. It's Christmastime in Wichita. Murph reluctantly re-establishes relationships with his brothers and sisters while trying to save an old friend from making a soul-killing mistake: seeking a socially acceptable job. It will take all of Murph's persuasi...

Denver taxi driver Brendan Murphy, a.k.a. "Murph, " ignores the little voice in the back of his head that says to stay out of the lives of his passengers. Instead, he goes undercover as a hippie - muslin, sandals, VW van and all - to rescue two girls he believes have been brainwashed by a cult leader. Murph passes himself off as an old love child in his confrontation with Brother Chakra. As the good Brother might say, "it's a mind-blowing trip...

The utopian world carefully created by Denver cab driver Brendan Murphy is about to be shattered. In fact, it's about to be the worst day of his cab driving career. There's the Land That Forward Motion Forgot. There's a guy Murph comes to think of as "Mister Twenty." And there's an old woman who wants to pay her fare with a saucepan full of pennies. In "Dark Night of the Soul, " the sixth adventure in The Asphalt Warrior series, Murph's pl...

On a rainy night in Denver, cab driver Murph picks up a shady character at Union Station. His name is Zelner and he's worried that the police might be following him. When Murph reaches his passenger's destination, Zelner is dead. Now it's not just the police who are interested. Murph, who never wants to get involved in the lives-or deaths-of his fares, is about to be swept up in international intrigue. "Pick Up At Union Station" is novel #7 in...

The Detachment is the second novel in a trilogy about military life by the late Gary Reilly, based on his own experiences as an MP in Vietnam. In The Detachment, Private Palmer flies to Vietnam where is assigned to Qui Nhon. The scenery changes from his time at The Presidio (where The Enlisted Men's Club took place), but not Private Palmer's efforts to mark time, avoid the spotlight, keep his head down and try to survive. As an MP, Private Pal...

In Devil's Night, Denver cab driver, Brendan Murphy, a.k.a. "Murph, " drops off four costumed teens at a Halloween-themed haunted house party. Later, worried about whether the kids made it home safely, he is pulled into the vortex of an eerie con game. He endures a hellish week of seances, arson and a spooky graveyard chase. Murph has only himself to blame for his troubles. He's violated his most cherished principle: Never, under any circumsta...