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The Malagasy Tortoise
The Malagasy Tortoise
The Malagasy Tortoise
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On a search for a rare tortoise, Jim Morgan, a Field Engineer for the Institute of Intuitive Thought, finds more adventure than he’d bargained for. Murder, mayhem, and beautiful women challenge him to complete the Madagascar expedition, including an expatriated Russian spy, Margolova, who shakes her rattles as she slips below the equator to steal the Malagasy for her own diabolical plans, leaving a trail of dead operatives all the way to Jim Morgan’s tent flaps. Honey, I’m home!

LanguageEnglish
PublisherTWB Press
Release dateApr 7, 2012
ISBN9781936991402
The Malagasy Tortoise
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James Halon

As a native of N.W. Indiana, Mr. Halon enlisted in the U.S.A.F., at the age of 17, he retired from the service as a Weather Forecaster at the Palahua Solar Observatory on Oahu, Hawaii. He later worked as a scientist for the Department of the Navy, deactivating nuclear submarines in Bremmerton, Washington. Mr. Halon studied English at Chapman College in Orange, California, Math at the University of Hawaii, and Industrial Engineering Technologies (IET) at Purdue University, Indiana. He most recently worked as the EIC, Editor-in-Chief of New Line Press Publishing. James published his first book, titled "Poetry" in 1992 and his first novel was released in 2002. He currently lives with his disabled son in the Sierra foothills east of Sacramento, California, where he is writing another Jim Morgan Adventure.

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