Location: United States
Member Since:
June 02, 2019
Steven Blair Wheeler
Biography
Steve Wheeler was born in Blue Mountain Lake in New York State’s Adirondak Mountains. He attended grammar schools in Baldwinsville, New York, and graduated from Solvay High School. Not ready to face college, he enlisted in the army and requested posting to West Germany. He served three years as a grunt in the 1/54th mechanized infantry, 1st Armored Division before transferring to a mobile nuclear missile unit. Wheeler’s military experiences and travels in Europe sharpened his passion for history. After declining offers to re-enlist, Wheeler emigrated to Portland, Oregon and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.
Abiding interest in military history led to Steve’s first novel. Based on actual events, Still In The Woods is a trilogy that tells the story of a group of American soldiers who become surrounded during the opening days of the Battle of the Bulge. They rally to a determined officer and continue to fight while eluding capture in the frozen hills and forests behind enemy lines.
Steve's latest novel is The Second American Civil War. As divided as America is nowadays, what might a second American civil war look like? How would it appear to people on either side? Suppose there were two levels of conflict, and a national broadcast reporter discovered a deadly covert war between factions of the super rich?
Abiding interest in military history led to Steve’s first novel. Based on actual events, Still In The Woods is a trilogy that tells the story of a group of American soldiers who become surrounded during the opening days of the Battle of the Bulge. They rally to a determined officer and continue to fight while eluding capture in the frozen hills and forests behind enemy lines.
Steve's latest novel is The Second American Civil War. As divided as America is nowadays, what might a second American civil war look like? How would it appear to people on either side? Suppose there were two levels of conflict, and a national broadcast reporter discovered a deadly covert war between factions of the super rich?
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Books
The Second American Civil War
by Steven Blair Wheeler
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 120,610.
Language:
English.
Published: March 5, 2024
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Categories:
Fiction » Alternative history
America's divisions lead to civil war. As law enforcement and the National Guard battle insurgents across the country, a broadcast journalist discovers that factions in the super-rich are assassinating national leaders and waging deadly covert battles. Will she survive her search for the evidence to bring them to justice?
Fight to Survive
by Steven Blair Wheeler
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 223,200.
Language:
English.
Published: February 5, 2024
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Categories:
Fiction » Historical » USA
When Hitler launched his surprise winter offensive in December, 1944, it overran US units on the Belgian-German border. Surviving the brutal onslaught was only the beginning of the battle for GIs who refused to surrender.
Behind Enemy Lines
by Steven Blair Wheeler
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 162,870.
Language:
English.
Published: February 5, 2024
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Categories:
Fiction » Historical » USA
Part II of the Still in the Woods trilogy continues the story of GIs who refused to surrender when the Nazi offensive that came to be called The Battle of the Bulge overran their units.
Forest Battles
by Steven Blair Wheeler
Price:
$3.99 USD.
Words: 159,220.
Language:
American English.
Published: July 19, 2019
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Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
The momentum in the Battle of the Bulge shifted as the Allies counterattacked. The fighting remained fierce both on the front line and behind the German lines. An audacious band of GIs take on the SS in the highest tradition of American heroism.