The Decaturs
a modern classic-style adventure fiction novel series for all ages by author T.K. Naliaka.
a modern classic-style adventure fiction novel series for all ages by author T.K. Naliaka.
Welcome to the World of The Decaturs
International relations Decatur-style. A couple of languages, a firm handshake with an easy smile, matched with honesty, loyalty, courage and hard work take the Decatur family across the globe. Ride with them as they face their trials, build their family, forge friendships and tangle with enemies, in these modern classic-style adventure fiction novels, for all ages.
International relations Decatur-style. A couple of languages, a firm handshake with an easy smile, matched with honesty, loyalty, courage and hard work take the Decatur family across the globe. Ride with them as they face their trials, build their family, forge friendships and tangle with enemies, in these modern classic-style adventure fiction novels, for all ages.
In Time of Peril
Book One, launching The DECATURS series, author T.K. Naliaka ©2014-2023 all rights reserved
Reenacting the late 1700s gets a bit too real during a college history field trip. The past links to the present as a group of students and their chaperones stumble into the wrong place at the wrong time, are attacked then seized as hostages by unknown assailants in the forests near Lake Champlain. A simple outing becomes an unexpected trial of wits, a clash of cultures, continents and centuries, and a physical endurance ordeal for Chris Decatur as well as for his father Robert Decatur in hot pursuit to get them all back alive, in this fresh and entertaining, new classic-style action-adventure romance fiction novel, for teens and all ages.
Book One, launching The DECATURS series, author T.K. Naliaka ©2014-2023 all rights reserved
Reenacting the late 1700s gets a bit too real during a college history field trip. The past links to the present as a group of students and their chaperones stumble into the wrong place at the wrong time, are attacked then seized as hostages by unknown assailants in the forests near Lake Champlain. A simple outing becomes an unexpected trial of wits, a clash of cultures, continents and centuries, and a physical endurance ordeal for Chris Decatur as well as for his father Robert Decatur in hot pursuit to get them all back alive, in this fresh and entertaining, new classic-style action-adventure romance fiction novel, for teens and all ages.
A Difficult Damsel to Rescue
Book Two in the Decaturs series by T.K. Naliaka ©2014-2023 all rights reserved
SWAT police officer, first-generation American of Cuban exile parents, Enrique Vargas makes his move to woo Chlotilde Decatur. A simple matter of courtship is never simple with the Decaturs as Vargas becomes inadvertently entangled in the intrigue still stalking the Decatur family and which triggers long-dormant conflicts within his own family. It is Chris Decatur who must step forward to right the wrongs, and repay his blood debt to Enrique Vargas.
A fresh and entertaining, new classic-style adventure-romance fiction novel, for all ages.
Book Two in the Decaturs series by T.K. Naliaka ©2014-2023 all rights reserved
SWAT police officer, first-generation American of Cuban exile parents, Enrique Vargas makes his move to woo Chlotilde Decatur. A simple matter of courtship is never simple with the Decaturs as Vargas becomes inadvertently entangled in the intrigue still stalking the Decatur family and which triggers long-dormant conflicts within his own family. It is Chris Decatur who must step forward to right the wrongs, and repay his blood debt to Enrique Vargas.
A fresh and entertaining, new classic-style adventure-romance fiction novel, for all ages.
Between Dunes and Hard Places
Book Three in the Decatur series by T.K. Naliaka ©2015-2023. All rights reserved.
As Chris Decatur does hard time, his younger brother Daniel is hard beset on multiple fronts: calving season, interminable fence repairs, dangers of court testimony, college and the unexpected extended family duty of properly chaperoning Enrique Vargas's gorgeous sister. Daniel finds an excellent solution to his troubles... fleeing... as far from Wyoming as is possible on the planet: Hindustan...India! With two families reeling from vengeful attacks, Daniel inadvertently steps where a long-set snare lies waiting for him.
A fresh, fast-paced fiction modern, classic-style adventure-romance ranging across three continents with an engaging cast of international characters.
Book Three in the Decatur series by T.K. Naliaka ©2015-2023. All rights reserved.
As Chris Decatur does hard time, his younger brother Daniel is hard beset on multiple fronts: calving season, interminable fence repairs, dangers of court testimony, college and the unexpected extended family duty of properly chaperoning Enrique Vargas's gorgeous sister. Daniel finds an excellent solution to his troubles... fleeing... as far from Wyoming as is possible on the planet: Hindustan...India! With two families reeling from vengeful attacks, Daniel inadvertently steps where a long-set snare lies waiting for him.
A fresh, fast-paced fiction modern, classic-style adventure-romance ranging across three continents with an engaging cast of international characters.
Iron Mixed with Sand, Salt without Memory
Book Four in the adventure series The Decaturs
by T.K. Naliaka ©2015-2023 T.K. Naliaka All rights reserved
The trail to the fate of three missing contractors leads Chris and Djibi into dangerous territory, but when their job is done, a simple exit for them is not in the cards. Rounded up with a group of villagers by a brutal and cruel militia leader, Chris and his fellow captives are forced to dig underground caves in ancient salt deposits. Desperate to escape before they are worked to death, they see no way out. Have the Decaturs taken on more hazards than they can handle as they search for a lost needle in the haystack of the massive expanses of the harshly beautiful yet rebel-infested West African Sahel?
Book Four in the adventure series The Decaturs
by T.K. Naliaka ©2015-2023 T.K. Naliaka All rights reserved
The trail to the fate of three missing contractors leads Chris and Djibi into dangerous territory, but when their job is done, a simple exit for them is not in the cards. Rounded up with a group of villagers by a brutal and cruel militia leader, Chris and his fellow captives are forced to dig underground caves in ancient salt deposits. Desperate to escape before they are worked to death, they see no way out. Have the Decaturs taken on more hazards than they can handle as they search for a lost needle in the haystack of the massive expanses of the harshly beautiful yet rebel-infested West African Sahel?
The Decaturs: Sneak Preview!
BOOK FIVE in the Decaturs series by T.K. Naliaka ©2018-2023, All rights reserved.
"He saw him then and with his returning strength demanded hoarsely. “What’s the meaning of this?”
Agent Randall hauled him to his feet and informed him. “You are being taken into custody.”
“For what?”
“Suspicion of espionage… attempting to abscond.”
He rasped out. “I want to see the warrant.”
“In due time.”
Vargas took it all in with one sweeping, dismissive glare. “This isn’t an arrest. You think I don’t know the law? This is a kidnapping.”
He saw Randall glance at the men holding him. A dark shadow came down from over his head then a gag was pulled over his mouth and tightened. Enrique kicked out and twisted around to free himself from the hands holding him as they wrestled to pull a hood over his head. Blinded then, he heard cursing and grunting as they held on and forced him to the open doors of the car.
“Let him go!” The voice was loud and piercing over the muffled sounds of the struggle.
The group stopped.
The voice repeated. “Let him go!”
Vargas was still, he hadn’t heard the first command; he had heard the second, but he didn’t know from which direction the voice had come. The men exchanged looks.
Randall nodded. “Step back.” They didn’t move for a moment, then Stephens and Bosch straightened and took their hands off Enrique. As the weight of Randall’s hand lifted off his shoulder, Enrique felt a lower movement, Randall’s other arm begin to slide along his own, a surreptitious movement. Vargas tried to shove himself forward, crying through the gag to try and warn him, but the double boom of the gun came before Randall finished turning.
Agent Stevens stared at the sprawled figure of the young man, then at Randall. “What are yo...”
Randall cut him off. “He was interfering with an arrest! You saw him!” Randall turned back to Vargas, who was standing as rigid as a statue, frozen with horror and added just for his benefit. “Perfect! Shot with your own pistol!”
The Decaturs copyright 2015-2023 T.K. Naliaka, all rights reserved.
BOOK FIVE in the Decaturs series by T.K. Naliaka ©2018-2023, All rights reserved.
"He saw him then and with his returning strength demanded hoarsely. “What’s the meaning of this?”
Agent Randall hauled him to his feet and informed him. “You are being taken into custody.”
“For what?”
“Suspicion of espionage… attempting to abscond.”
He rasped out. “I want to see the warrant.”
“In due time.”
Vargas took it all in with one sweeping, dismissive glare. “This isn’t an arrest. You think I don’t know the law? This is a kidnapping.”
He saw Randall glance at the men holding him. A dark shadow came down from over his head then a gag was pulled over his mouth and tightened. Enrique kicked out and twisted around to free himself from the hands holding him as they wrestled to pull a hood over his head. Blinded then, he heard cursing and grunting as they held on and forced him to the open doors of the car.
“Let him go!” The voice was loud and piercing over the muffled sounds of the struggle.
The group stopped.
The voice repeated. “Let him go!”
Vargas was still, he hadn’t heard the first command; he had heard the second, but he didn’t know from which direction the voice had come. The men exchanged looks.
Randall nodded. “Step back.” They didn’t move for a moment, then Stephens and Bosch straightened and took their hands off Enrique. As the weight of Randall’s hand lifted off his shoulder, Enrique felt a lower movement, Randall’s other arm begin to slide along his own, a surreptitious movement. Vargas tried to shove himself forward, crying through the gag to try and warn him, but the double boom of the gun came before Randall finished turning.
Agent Stevens stared at the sprawled figure of the young man, then at Randall. “What are yo...”
Randall cut him off. “He was interfering with an arrest! You saw him!” Randall turned back to Vargas, who was standing as rigid as a statue, frozen with horror and added just for his benefit. “Perfect! Shot with your own pistol!”
The Decaturs copyright 2015-2023 T.K. Naliaka, all rights reserved.
The Decaturs: Sneak Preview!
BOOK SIX in the Decaturs series by T.K. Naliaka ©2018-2023, All rights reserved.
"As the hours passed with nothing but a serpentine-like trail before his feet only where the ground was soft, following along a ridge to his right and extending far ahead of him, Martinez had felt growing desperation, unable to close the distance on foot. He had to make four slip-slide steps to equal one stride of a camel. It was hard hiking, some places uneven and soft, through sand interspersed by stretches of scrub bushes and scattered desiccated trees. The tracks kept to the leveler ground between an eroded dune slope and a low, rockier outcropping. Other stretches were firmer, but cast with scattered stones and boulders he had to pick around, to avoid stumbling over in the darkness. He had walked all the rest of the day with only the water he was porting and no food until the sun set, stubbornly tracking the fading traces of the camels’ passage in the sand before the wind could obliterate the evidence of it, then kept the moonlit ridge on his right, fervently hoping they had not turned away from it, with only a few pauses to drink water.
The comprehension of the inexorably rising probability of dying in that empty land became more ominously acute as the hours passed. Martinez had nothing to eat and there was literally nothing to be had to eat anywhere. If he didn’t catch up to those camels, he was a dead man… it was overtake them or die."
The Decaturs by T.K. Naliaka ©2018-2023, All rights reserved.
BOOK SIX in the Decaturs series by T.K. Naliaka ©2018-2023, All rights reserved.
"As the hours passed with nothing but a serpentine-like trail before his feet only where the ground was soft, following along a ridge to his right and extending far ahead of him, Martinez had felt growing desperation, unable to close the distance on foot. He had to make four slip-slide steps to equal one stride of a camel. It was hard hiking, some places uneven and soft, through sand interspersed by stretches of scrub bushes and scattered desiccated trees. The tracks kept to the leveler ground between an eroded dune slope and a low, rockier outcropping. Other stretches were firmer, but cast with scattered stones and boulders he had to pick around, to avoid stumbling over in the darkness. He had walked all the rest of the day with only the water he was porting and no food until the sun set, stubbornly tracking the fading traces of the camels’ passage in the sand before the wind could obliterate the evidence of it, then kept the moonlit ridge on his right, fervently hoping they had not turned away from it, with only a few pauses to drink water.
The comprehension of the inexorably rising probability of dying in that empty land became more ominously acute as the hours passed. Martinez had nothing to eat and there was literally nothing to be had to eat anywhere. If he didn’t catch up to those camels, he was a dead man… it was overtake them or die."
The Decaturs by T.K. Naliaka ©2018-2023, All rights reserved.
T.K. Naliaka
Author, photo-illustrator
T.K. Naliaka cheerfully draws from long, everyday real-world Africa and India living experience to develop the great scenarios and engaging fictional characters who bring The Decaturs to life. At TIPTOPduTOP.
Author, photo-illustrator
T.K. Naliaka cheerfully draws from long, everyday real-world Africa and India living experience to develop the great scenarios and engaging fictional characters who bring The Decaturs to life. At TIPTOPduTOP.
"To lovers of adventure and novelty,
Africa displays a most ample field."
James Rennell
Africa displays a most ample field."
James Rennell
