Stephen England | April 19, 2013
It was on the morning of April 19th, 1775, that a ragtag line of men fell out upon the village common of Lexington. Farmers, shopkeepers, men, and boys—they formed part of the Massachusetts militia, under the leadership of Captain John Parker. Alerted by William Dawes and Paul Revere that “The Regulars are coming out!”, these [...]
Stephen England | November 8, 2012
Words. . .they’re the stock in trade of any writer. Yet they do not come easy at moments like this. I spent Tuesday night sitting in the local GOP Election Headquarters, screens all around me–watching the results come in. Admittedly, the results were anything but what I had hoped for. And as I went on-line, the emotion–yes, [...]
Stephen England | September 11, 2012
September 11th, 2001. A day which will live forever in our hearts. In infamy. As I sit here tonight, I think back on that day, eleven years ago. I remember it as if it was yesterday. The shock. The devastation. At the time, I knew no one directly affected by the tragedy, but it made no difference. [...]
Stephen England | March 2, 2012
I was in a mall when I first learned of the passing of Andrew Breitbart. I’d just booted up my laptop in preparation for #ThrillerThursday. Before heading to Twitter for the hashtag party, I stopped by Brad Thor’s community forum and logged in. And there it was. It seemed hard to believe, that one so [...]
Stephen England | September 11, 2011
It’s been ten years—a decade has passed since that fateful day in September, since the attack that took so many lives and changed our world forever. Ten years. In the days following the attacks, the churches across America were filled. Yet now, as the politicians gather in New York to commemorate this anniversary, clergy [...]
Stephen England | August 16, 2011
In just over a week, on 8/24/11, talkshow host Glenn Beck will stand on the Temple Mount in Israel and speak, along with many world leaders, at the Restoring Courage Rally. Glenn Beck is, by virtue of the stand he has taken, a very polarizing figure of our times. Most people you talk to either [...]
Stephen England | August 11, 2011
Last Saturday, our nation suffered an almost unimaginable tragedy. Thirty of our brave soldiers died when their CH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down in the mountains of Afghanistan. Twenty-two of those men were US Navy SEALs. It might seem strange to hear of the US Navy operating in mountainous valleys, hundred of miles away [...]
Stephen England | July 3, 2011
This year the Fourth of July has gotten me thinking. About heroism. Heroes. I’m not talking about the “super-heroes” of Hollywood, although they have done much to cheapen our image of what a hero really is. As a kid, I know what I thought a hero looked like. John Wayne, the tough soldier that [...]
Stephen England | May 11, 2011
Many who enjoy counterterrorism novels are familiar with the name of Richard Marcinko. From his days in Vietnam, to his time as the first commanding officer of SEAL Team Six and leader of RED CELL, to his current work as a novelist and private security contractor, Marcinko has cut a undeniably colorful swath through the [...]
Stephen England | May 4, 2011
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all those who have spent the last decade tracking down bin Laden. Doing the research for Pandora’s Grave has given me such a profound respect for your community, for the private sacrifices and the stories that can never be told. So much of what you do for this country [...]
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I'm a writer. Yes, perhaps that's obvious. A writer of adventure fiction, both ancient and modern. This summer I followed the release of my first novel, Sword of Neamha with the debut thriller of the Shadow Warriors series, Pandora's Grave. . .
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