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Chris Lowry is an author and adventurer with over 80 books published on Amazon.com

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August 9, 202639 min

Mesa a wild western adventure audiobook

🤠 One dead outlaw. $8,000 in stolen cash. A hidden outlaw kingdom beneath a towering mesa. Who can survive long enough to uncover the truth? The West is full of legends... ...but some legends are built on lies. When drifter Rip Campbell discovers the body of notorious outlaw Curly Bill Hackett , he expects to ride away and forget what he saw. Instead, he becomes the prime suspect in the theft of $8,000 in stolen bank money . With a relentless posse on his trail and a noose waiting at the next town, Rip's only chance to clear his name is to follow the clues into the heart of the infamous Mesa Gang . Hidden beneath towering red cliffs, the gang's secret stronghold is ruled by the brilliant and dangerous Diamond Lil Vargas , whose outlaw empire is beginning to fracture from betrayal within its own ranks. Caught between ruthless gunfighters, corrupt lawmen, desperate bankers, hidden treasure, and a deadly traitor willing to kill for a fortune, Rip must survive brutal fistfights, blazing gun battles, horseback chases, and a relentless hunt across the desert before time—and justice—run out. Every trail hides another secret. Every ally could become an enemy. And the truth may be worth more than the stolen money itself. MESA is a cinematic Western thriller packed with hidden outlaw hideouts, bank robbery mysteries, frontier justice, cowboy action, explosive shootouts, horseback pursuits, desert survival, canyon ambushes, deadly betrayals, and nonstop Old West adventure. Perfect for fans of Louis L'Amour, Elmore Leonard, William W. Johnstone, Ralph Compton, Craig Johnson, C.J. Box , and anyone who loves action-packed Western fiction, historical adventures, outlaw stories, mystery thrillers, and fast-paced frontier suspense. ⭐ If you love: 🤠 Western Thrillers 💰 Bank Robbery Mysteries 🔫 Gunslingers & Outlaws 🏜️ Desert Adventures 🐎 Horseback Chases 🏔️ Hidden Canyon Hideouts ⚖️ Frontier Justice 🤜 Brutal Fistfights 💥 Explosive Gunfights 🗺️ Treasure Hunts & Betrayal 🌄 Historical Western Fiction 🔥 Non-Stop Action & Adventure ...then MESA is your next unforgettable ride through the untamed American frontier. 🎧 Sit back, relax, and enjoy this FULL LENGTH WESTERN AUDIOBOOK from bestselling author C LOWRY . If you enjoy the story: 👍 Like the video 💬 Leave a comment and tell us your favorite character or scene. 🔔 Subscribe for more full-length Western audiobooks , action thrillers, mysteries, sci-fi adventures, and original stories every week! #Mesa #Western #WesternAudiobook #FullLengthWestern #Cowboy #OldWest #WesternThriller #Outlaw #BankRobbery #FrontierJustice #HistoricalFiction #HorsebackAdventure #ActionAdventure #DesertWestern #Gunslinger #Audiobook #CLOWRY #WesternFiction #HiddenTreasure #WildWest

August 8, 202623 min

A Burned CIA Agent, Two Chickens, and a Boat Hook: The Battle for Calusa Cay

Welcome to this deep-dive audio overview of Low Tide, a gripping, high-stakes military and political thriller about secrets buried beneath the wet sand of Florida's Treasure Coast. In this episode, we unpack the story of Mike Ramble, a disgraced former CIA operative whose career was publicly set on fire by a televised Senate committee three years ago. Seeking peace, Mike has retreated to a quiet, off-the-grid life in Calusa Cay, Florida—spending his mornings sweeping beaches with a secondhand metal detector and scraping barnacles at Tucker's Marina for cash under the table. But Mike's quiet retirement is instantly shattered when his old boss, Jenny Baker, calls from a concrete stairwell with a private, off-the-books job. A quiet corporate bookkeeper named Donald Hayes has walked off the job at Sandpiper Holdings Group, disappearing into a run-down motel with a work laptop and a banker's box of highly sensitive files. As Mike hunts for the missing accountant, he uncovers a massive, coordinated corporate land grab. A web of Delaware shell companies—including Tradewind Acquisitions, Cay Vista Partners, and BlueWater Development Group—are aggressively buying up every parcel of the Calusa Cay waterfront to build a luxury development called "Quiet Waters". The final piece of the puzzle? Earl Tucker's three-generation family marina. What starts as a simple missing persons case quickly escalates into a lethal conspiracy. The files reveal over $6 million in dark money wired out of Virginia to a mysterious consultant named "L. Reynolds". When Sandpiper's aggressive "surveyors" show up at the marina to threaten 73-year-old Earl, Mike is forced to use his old reflexes in a messy, brutal dockside brawl—relying on a rusty gaff hook and Earl’s well-aimed boat hook to fight them off. The episode breaks down the thrilling climax of Low Tide: • The Mangrove Hideout: How Mike tracks Donald Hayes to a listing, non-floating boat called the Alimony, guarded by Wanda Smith and her politically named chickens, "Senator" and "Congressman". • The Paper Trail: How a local county records search reveals forged easements, bought permitting officials, and padded appraisals designed to force locals out. • The Ultimate Revenge Twist: The shocking revelation that the dark money PAC behind the land grab is run by the exact same sitting U.S. Congressman who destroyed Mike's CIA career years ago. If you love gritty espionage, political thrillers, private security operatives, corporate conspiracies, and slow-burn Florida noir, this podcast episode is a must-listen! 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more deep-dives into intense tactical fiction, character breakdowns, and thriller audiobooks! 👍 LIKE this video if you enjoyed the breakdown, and tell us in the comments: Would you have taken the cash from Jenny Baker? Keywords & Hashtags: #Low Tide #MikeRamble #PoliticalThriller #CIASpy #MilitaryFiction #DarkConspiracy #PodcastOverview #FloridaNoir #CorporateCoverup #EspionageFiction #SpecialOperative #CrimeThrillerPodcast #MysteryThriller #ShellCompanies #AudioBookSummary

July 13, 202618 min

How important is Grit?

Is Grit a super power? Or is sticking things out and making it through just overrated?

July 12, 202623 min

What is a violence of volume?

Some folks will spend their whole life trying to make ONE perfect thing And hide every failure from the world. Not this guy. C Lowry fails out loud and often and shares all of it, so we can learn together how to be better.

July 11, 202619 min

Would You Trade Six Figures for Warehouse work?

Not by choice. But what if life punched you in the face. Hard. How would you pick up the pieces and carry on?

July 5, 20267 hr 51 min

Baked Naked a whacky weird Florida mystery adventure

BAKED NAKED A dead man falls from a luxury party barge. A naked fugitive disappears into the mangroves. And the only thing more dangerous than the killer might be the people trying to profit from the chaos. When Jana Merrick arrives in Cedar Key hoping for a little peace and quiet, she gets front-row seats to a bizarre murder investigation that turns the sleepy Florida fishing town into a national spectacle. Viral influencers, conspiracy theorists, corporate schemers, social media opportunists, and amateur detectives descend on the island after the death of a controversial entrepreneur aboard the infamous Party Barge. As the body count rises and secrets surface, Jana finds herself pulled into a twisting mystery involving hidden agendas, corporate greed, missing money, and a cast of eccentric Florida characters who seem more interested in becoming internet famous than solving a murder. With the help of sharp-witted locals, reluctant law enforcement, and a town full of colorful personalities, Jana races to uncover the truth before an ambitious killer escapes justice and turns Cedar Key into their next victim. Packed with outrageous humor, quirky characters, unexpected twists, and the unforgettable charm of Florida's Gulf Coast, BAKED NAKED is a laugh-out-loud coastal mystery filled with small-town secrets, amateur sleuthing, island intrigue, and plenty of Sunshine State weirdness. Perfect for fans of Florida mysteries, humorous crime novels, coastal cozy mysteries, Carl Hiaasen-style adventures, eccentric small-town mysteries, amateur sleuth stories, and quirky whodunits featuring unforgettable characters and nonstop surprises. Keywords: Florida mystery, humorous mystery, coastal mystery, amateur sleuth, Cedar Key mystery, island murder mystery, quirky crime novel, small-town mystery, Florida crime fiction, comic thriller, whodunit, murder investigation, eccentric characters, beach mystery, Gulf Coast mystery, mystery adventure, funny detective story, Florida noir comedy, vacation mystery, Southern mystery.

July 4, 20262 hr 30 min

Ambush Range a full length western thriller

AMBUSH RANGE A stolen herd. A murdered ranch hand. A trail that disappears in the Nebraska Sand Hills. Former U.S. Marshal and bounty hunter Eldridge Sample knows the difference between a simple cattle theft and something much bigger. When ranch foreman Clete Barden is murdered and forty head of valuable Hereford cattle disappear from Murl Tackett’s ranch, Eldridge is hired to bring in the man responsible — outlaw and cattleman Darvin Prater. But the trail quickly reveals that Prater is only one piece of a much larger operation. The stolen cattle have vanished into the vast Nebraska Sand Hills, where tracks disappear, landmarks shift, and a man can ride for days without knowing if he is getting closer or farther away. To find them, Eldridge must rely on instinct, experience, and the knowledge of the people who understand this unforgiving country. Following the trail leads him to hidden water routes, dangerous riders, and a cattle syndicate with powerful connections. Behind the stolen herd is a network of forged paperwork, dirty money, and men willing to kill to protect their secrets. But Eldridge Sample has spent his life hunting men who believe they can disappear. And the Sand Hills have a way of revealing what men try to hide. 🔥 AMBUSH RANGE is a gripping Western thriller filled with: 🤠 Bounty hunter justice 🐎 Old West tracking and pursuit 🔫 Cattle rustlers and outlaws 🏜️ Nebraska frontier adventure ⚔️ Murder, betrayal, and revenge 🐂 Cattle ranch mysteries 📜 Western crime conspiracies 🔥 A relentless lone lawman chasing the truth Perfect for fans of classic Westerns, gritty cowboy adventures, historical Western fiction, bounty hunter novels, frontier mysteries, and action-packed Western thrillers. Eldridge Sample doesn't chase rumors. He follows the trail. And every trail ends somewhere. AMBUSH RANGE — a hard-riding Western adventure where justice comes one step at a time.

July 4, 20263 hr 17 min

Widows and Orphans a full length western thriller

WIDOWSAND ORPHANS: An Eldridge Sample Western Thriller Aburned-down town. Seven survivors. Zero mercy. Whenpragmatic drifter and former U.S. Marshal Eldridge Sample rides intothe smoldering ruins of Silver Drift, he expects to find nothing butwhite ash and fresh graves. Instead, hidden beneath the floorboardsof a shattered church, he uncovers a widow and six orphaned children.They are the sole survivors of a brutal mining town massacre—andthey can identify every killer who pulled a trigger. Theslaughter was led by the ruthless border outlaw Cale Bonner, a manwho leaves zero witnesses. When Bonner realizes his secret iscompromised, he turns his heavily armed gang around to finish thejob. Now,Eldridge must escort this fragile group across three days ofpunishing, unforgiving frontier to the safety of Fort Wallace. Huntedthrough narrow canyons, blinding dust storms, and deadly salt flats,Eldridge holds the line. Armed with his Colt Peacemaker, a heavySpringfield .45-70 carbine, and a strict personal code, the formerlawman prepares to balance the ledger. Ina running gun battle against overwhelming odds, Bonner will learn ahard truth about the drifter in the canvas coat: Eldridge Sampledoesn't negotiate, and he takes zero prisoners. Widowsand Orphans is a gritty, action-packed Western thriller that delivers hard-boiledfrontier justice. Perfect for fans of classic, fast-paced Wild Westadventures, tactical gunfights, and lone-wolf bounty hunters. Categories/Keywordsfor Meta Data:

July 2, 20262 hr 30 min

Ambush Range - a wild western action thriller audiobook

AMBUSH RANGE Astolen herd. A murdered ranch hand. A trail that disappears in theNebraska Sand Hills. FormerU.S. Marshal and bounty hunter EldridgeSample knowsthe difference between a simple cattle theft and something muchbigger. Whenranch foreman CleteBarden ismurdered and forty head of valuable Hereford cattle disappear fromMurl Tackett’s ranch, Eldridge is hired to bring in the manresponsible — outlaw and cattleman DarvinPrater . Butthe trail quickly reveals that Prater is only one piece of a muchlarger operation. Thestolen cattle have vanished into the vast Nebraska Sand Hills, wheretracks disappear, landmarks shift, and a man can ride for dayswithout knowing if he is getting closer or farther away. To findthem, Eldridge must rely on instinct, experience, and the knowledgeof the people who understand this unforgiving country. Followingthe trail leads him to hidden water routes, dangerous riders, and acattle syndicate with powerful connections. Behind the stolen herd isa network of forged paperwork, dirty money, and men willing to killto protect their secrets. ButEldridge Sample has spent his life hunting men who believe they candisappear. Andthe Sand Hills have a way of revealing what men try to hide. 🔥 AMBUSHRANGE is a gripping Western thriller filled with: 🤠 Bountyhunter justice 🐎 Old West tracking and pursuit 🔫Cattle rustlers and outlaws 🏜️ Nebraska frontieradventure ⚔️ Murder, betrayal, and revenge 🐂 Cattleranch mysteries 📜 Western crime conspiracies 🔥 Arelentless lone lawman chasing the truth Perfectfor fans of classicWesterns, gritty cowboy adventures, historical Western fiction,bounty hunter novels, frontier mysteries, and action-packed Westernthrillers. EldridgeSample doesn't chase rumors. He follows the trail. Andevery trail ends somewhere. AMBUSHRANGE — a hard-riding Western adventure where justice comes onestep at a time.

July 2, 202625 min

The Brutal Making of a hitman

Welcome to TheBrutal Forging of Asset Wingfield , a deep-dive podcastepisode exploring the harrowing origin story of Brill Wingfield fromthe military thriller CONSCRIPTED (The Shadowboxer series). In this action-packed audiooverview, we break down the intense psychological trauma andrelentless special forces training that transforms a naive Americanteenager into a lethal operative. After being recruited by a powerfulU.S. Governor, young Brill Wingfield travels to an Angolan refugeecamp with his girlfriend, Laurette Van Housen. When the camp isoverrun by violent MPLA rebels, Brill is subjected to unspeakabletorture, and he is forced to watch as Laurette is brutally murdered. Rescued by an elitemercenary unit led by Simon and his mentor Becker, Brill is leftshattered. But rather than letting the trauma destroy him, Beckerintroduces him to the concept of Kintsugi —theJapanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold, symbolizing howBrill's broken pieces can be reforged into an unbreakable warrior. This podcast episode trackshis dark descent into vengeance. After leading a horrifying massacreat the Cataco diamond mine to exact revenge on the rebels, Brill’ssurvival is covered up by Laurette's father, a powerful South AfricanMinister. Erased from the world and given the new identity of "JakobPienaar," Brill is plunged into the grueling and savageselection process of the South African Recces (Special Forces). In this episode, wecover: If you love grittymilitary thrillers, espionage, special forces training, and darkrevenge stories , this podcast breakdown of CONSCRIPTED is for you! 🔔 Don't forgetto SUBSCRIBE for more intense audio overviews, characterbreakdowns, and action-packed storytelling from The Shadowboxer universe! 👍 Like thisvideo if you want to see more content about tacticalespionage and military fiction! #Conscripted#TheShadowboxer #MilitaryThriller #SpecialForces #SouthAfricanRecces#Podcast #AudioOverview #Mercenary #Espionage #RevengeStory#TacticalFiction #AssetWingfield #Kintsugi #ActionAudiobook#ThrillerPodcast