The winter of 1944 found Captain Perkin Berger wounded and his cousin First Lieutenant Sam Taft taken prisoner after the attempt to breach the Gustav Line at the Rapido River tragically failed. Following the heartbreaking destruction of two regiments of Texas soldiers, the men of the Gun Club remained on the line and in harm's way. When the orders came to seize the Abbey of Monte Cassino, the Texans' capacity to withstand the trials of war was stretched to the breaking point. As Perkin remains to pick up the pieces of the catastrophe of the Rapido River, Sam struggles to find his way back to the Gun Club. Meanwhile, German intelligence officer Douglas Grossmann receives a last chance at redemption as the paths of the three officers dramatically converge in the mountains of Italy. Ghosts of the Mountains is the fourth book in the award-winning Texas Gun Club series, and Bowlin's masterful account of one of the hardest-fought battles of World War II is a testament to the bravery and endurance of the soldiers of the Texas Gun Club.

Ghosts of the Mountains (Texas Gun Club)

Mark Bowlin

The 1630 Press

The Keys of Redemption is the fifth book in Mark Bowlin's award-winning adventure series about the Texans who fought and won World War II. The situation at Anzio was desperate...four months of deadly stalemate where divisions fought until destroyed. It was a battle with no end in sight when the Texas Gun Club was sent to Anzio. In a perilous roll of the dice, the soldiers of the Texas Gun Club take a terrible chance in the last hours of May, 1944. In one of the most audacious moves of World War Two, the hard-luck division breaks the stalemate and opens the gates of Rome for the allies.

The Keys of Redemption: A Texas Gun Club Novel

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

In Mark Bowlin's third installment of the award-winning Texas Gun Club series, the chronicle of Sam Taft and Perkin Berger's journey into the hell of the Italian campaign continues. The Fifth Army remains stalled before the formidable German defenses at the Gustav Line, and the prospect of reaching Rome has never seemed as remote. In an attempt to break the stalemate, and against all sound military judgment, the exhausted and under-strength Gun Club is ordered to cross the Rapido River and breach the Gustav Line...alone.

For God and Country: A Texas Gun Club Novel

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

For God and Country (The Texas Gun Club)

The Small Press

The Texas Gun Club is author Mark Bowlin's award-winning debut novel, and the first book in The Texas Gun Club series. It is the story of cousins Perkin Berger and Sam Taft's journey from south Texas to the distant shores of wartime Italy. Sam Taft is a rancher, fiercely devoted to his wife Margaret, and intent on surviving the war and returning to Texas. Each skirmish, every battle, is one step closer to home. His cousin Perkin Berger is a student of history at the University of Texas before the war and is eager for adventure. The impulsive Berger finds the war a lark, a grand journey--until the harrowing realities of warfare begin to set in. Set against the backdrop of the battle of Salerno, The Texas Gun Club is meticulously researched and faithful to the saga of the soldiers from Texas in 1943 Italy. Mark Bowlin was the recipient of the 2010 Military Writers Society of America's Gold Medal Award.

The Texas Gun Club

The P3 Press

Victory Road is the second book in the award-winning Texas Gun Club series. It's the fall of 1943: The Allied Advance up the Italian Peninsula has ground to a halt, and the prospect of taking Rome before Christmas seems more distant than ever. In their first action since Salerno, First Lieutenant Sam Taft and the soldiers of Able Company are sent to wrest a lonely stretch of road from the German defenders--the Italians call it Highway 6, but the boys of the Texas Gun Club know it as Victory Road. As Sam slugs it out in the valley, somewhere beyond the highway high up in the mountains, his cousin, Captain Perkin Berger struggles against harsh elements and murderous German intelligence agents in his quest to be the first American into San Pietro.

Victory Road: A Texas Gun Club Novel

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