Mark of the Lash
Series: Dangerous Militia Adventure
Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: United States of America
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781629180427
Copyright date: 2013
First sentence: Mark Hawke hadn't planned on a war.
Description: "Seven," the men screamed.
The ugly red wells were crossing now and blood oozed from some of them. Hal threshed in pain. The torture boiled through his system nearly shutting down his conscious mind. No, no, he would not black out or faint. Not a change in...the whip hit again and he bellowed in fury and raw, intense agony.
"Yeah, bleed you sonofabitch. Bleed a lot and scream your friggin' head off." Tony cracked a whip the again and again.
"Sixteen," a few men called out.
By then Hal's whole back was a red blanket of blood.
The whip made spatters of the red liquid when it hit.
Hal had never felt this kind of pain. Even when he was shot in the leg it hadn't been life this. He grilled his teeth, held onto his sanity with a tight grip, and only let a small wail seep between his lips with the next lash of the leathers.
"Twenty," the word came from only two of the 24 men watching.
"Cut him down," a voice came from the crowd.

Cunningham, who makes his home in San Diego, California, is a prolific writer on both novels and nonfiction books. He comes from a newspaper background so is geared to producing writing every day. In 1950, he was drafted in the Army. After nine months in Japan, Cunningham went to the front lines of the war in Korea. He participated in two battles and numerous line-crossing and prisoner patrols. Assigned to a heavy weapons company he served as an 81 mm mortar gunner squad leader, nd section leader. His service earned him the Combat Infantryman's Badge.