Topher Lydon - Stories

Silver Springs is dying, greed and corruption are bleeding it dry.

A lost lawman, Sawyer, finds himself trapped in the death throes of a town in decline.
Theodore Harding, local savant and guide has to keep him alive long enough to make a difference.
Horses, gunsmoke, and silver.

The two lawmen must make a last stand, and help the townsfolk break free of the grip of Cobb's Red Sash Gang, and the closing fist of the Pinkerton Detective Agency set to betray them all.

Folk up and risk everything on a long journey North, to safety and a chance to build a real lasting life for themselves.

XX Book 3 of the ORDER Trilogy XX

The King of the North

You want the throne, you'll pay in pain,
In the North, it's he who reigns.
The price is blood, the law is steel,
A truth this frozen land makes real.
So bring your claim, a fool's crusade,
You'll learn the choice your pride has made.

XX Book 2 of the ORDER Trilogy XX

The fight is no longer political—it's personal.

The constitutional crisis that put Will Carter in the Prime Minister’s office isn't over—it’s evolving. Will must now fight a sophisticated terror network, The Order, while building a fragile new government. To survive, he relies on his husband, CSIS Director Andrew Carter, to fight the war in the shadows.

But when Andrew makes a bloody sacrifice, stepping across the line to save his family, a trap is sprung. Andrew descends into a paranoid war for his mind, forcing the ultimate question: Can the protector survive the necessary evil he wields?

*** Book Two of El Coyote ***

Brian Higgins is hiding a lie.
He must convince the boy he loves to go on a dangerous mission for the Canadian Government.
His handler knows that Alex Alvarez is the son of the elusive Grey Eminence: El Coyote
Now in a race against time to stop the Canadian Hydro Electric system from collapsing and taking down the entire US Power Grid with it, Brian must convince a boy he's lying to to do the right thing.
Meanwhile the Water Wolf stalks it's prey in the great Canadian Wilderness.

A stolen formula, high stakes in the world of GMO's and billion dollar Agri-farm industries.

Alex Alvarez has to find the son of the man who stole it.
Hidden in plain sight in the middle of a small town High School on the edge of the Capital Region.
Armed with his wits, and a plucky side kick turned pastry Chef named Brian, Alex's search begins.
However he's not the only student hunting amidst the sheep.
Play to keep, find the boy. Don't get lost.
Alex is running out of time.

XX Book 1 of the ORDER Trilogy XX
Conspiracy, Treason, and Order.

The spectre of the Religious Right moves behind the scenes, reaching out a claw to seize control of the Canadian Government as the world teeters on the very edge of complete disaster. Andrew Carter is running out of time to stop a coup in the shadows as Father's hand closes around the nation, and the Prime Minister in Waiting must be protected at all cost. And for Carter, there is no quarter, no line he won't cross, and no stopping him when it comes to rising to meet the enemy within.