DARK COUNTRY, by Edward Case
Family action thriller. An Iraq War vet suffering from
post-traumatic stress goes on vacation with his wife and daughter to repair
the family rift caused by his disorder. They take a wrong turn
to an isolated luxury hotel and become trapped in a depraved billionaire’s
twisted version of The Most Dangerous Game. The vet calls back
on the military skills he had to repress in order to save the lives of
his family.
SCARRED SABRES, by Del Gist
Actioner set in New Orleans. Two disabled ex-mercenary buddies reunite after ten
years to rescue one’s runaway teen daughter caught in a drug conflict
between a riverboat gambling queen and the Mexican Mafia. Both vets are skilled fighting
machines, except for one drawback:
one has a dead arm, the other is in a wheelchair.
RAPSODY, by Mark Cohen
High-tech
action thriller. The death of
a friend leads a pair of teenagers to uncover subliminal messages in a
music program that has the ability to radically change people’s behavior,
with alarming results.
JUNGLELAND, by Robert Martorana
Urban crime actioner. A recent murder parolee returns to his Brooklyn ‘hood
and clashes with a violent street gang hired by a ruthless land developer
trying to force out the old residents. Scriptapalooza 2003, third runner-up award.
SPORE, by Richard Bailey
Medical-sci fi actioner. A doctor investigating a deadly disease encounters a
jungle drug cartel that reveals a secret that could change the course of
human history: they have a
stranded alien in their midst.
The doctor's efforts to curb an epidemic and contact the alien are
hampered by DEA/CIA agents trying to destroy the cartel.
BROKEN CITY, by Shawn McKenna
CONTAINMENT, by Dave Carruthers
Buddy actioner.
Two musicians stumble upon human traffickers after they accidentally
crash into a truck transporting a cargo of Asian and Russian women. Their lives are endangered as they
uncover the truth about a 500-year-old tribal criminal network.
WALLACE’S CASTLE, by Matthew Ivicic
Teenage
Die Hard-type thriller.
Terrorists seize control of a high school. When their ransom demands are not met, senior Alex
Wallace’s girlfriend is the first chosen to be executed. Alex must risk his life and race
against a ticking clock to save the girl he loves.
GUN RUNNER, by Dominick David
A
gun runner puts together a crew to track down a fortune in gold in Africa,
until he’s caught up in the political strife of Arrakan and actually starts
to care about the native people of this small, oppressed country.
RACHEL’S ARMY, by Daniel S. Acuff
Actioner
based on true events. An ad
exec, desperate to save his kidnapped wife and daughter, joins an
underground volunteer-vigilante team who illegally rescues women and
children abducted for ransom and forced into prostitution in Latin America,
going up against corrupt Mexican authorities.
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