All books may be purchased through barnesandnoble.com by typing in the ISBN number, or if you wish a signed copy complete with a short note, ordered directly from me at robert.thompson58@verizon.net

Icicle's First Christmas: ISBN: 9781792305085 Format  8x10 Hardcover w/ Printed Case, 34 pages

 Grades: 1-4 $15.99  plus shipping 

Icicle Flies: ISBN: 9781792305122 Format: 8x10 Hardcover w/ Printed Case, 32 pages

Grades: 1-4   $15.99 plus shipping 

Icicle Dreams: ISBN: 9781792305139 Format: 8x10 Hardcover w/ Printed Case, 44 pages

Grades: 1-4   $19.99 plus shipping

The Crystal Butterfly ISBN: 9781792305146 Format  8x10 Hardcover w/ Printed Case, 32 pages

Grades: 2-5 $15.99 plus shipping 

Snowmoon: ISBN: 979876555259 Format  8x10 Hardcover w/ Printed Case, 34 pages

Grades:1-4 $15.99 plus shipping

The Gift: ISBN: 9798765553770 Format: 8x10 Hardcover w/ Printed Case, 32 pages

Grades: 1-4   $15.99 plus shipping

 

Mrs. Mouse's Christmas: ISBN: 9798765547649 Format: 8x10 Hardcover w/ Printed Case, 32 pages

Grades: pre-k-2    $15.99 plus shippping 

Reunion: ISBN: 9798855604153 Format: 8x10 Hardcover w/ Printed Case, 34 pages

Grades 1-4  $15.99 plus shipping

Daydreaming, A Baseball Story: ISBN: 978-1-7923-0505-4  Format: 8x10 Hardcover w/Printed Case, 32 pages

Grades 1-4  $15.99 plus shipping

ETTA'S CHRISTMAS TALE ISBN: 9798260304112, 34 pages, Hardcover, $15.99, barnesandnoble.com

Waddle’s Big Adventure: ISBN: 9781792305061 Chapter book Hardcover . 

Grades: 3-5 104 pgs. $15.99 plus shipping

Waddle’s New England Adventure: ISBN: 9798406636350 Chapter book

Grades 3-5 112 pgs. Hardcover $15.99 plus shipping

TRACKS: ISBN:9781792305078 Paperback A young adult novel 356 pages $15.99 plus shipping

Across Time: ISBN: 9798823120852, Adult Novel, paperback, 385 pgs.

$15.99 plus shipping

Irish Gold: The Inheritance ISBN: 9798881134631 Paperback 384 pages

$15.99 plus shipping w/irish-gold

Racing The Wind ISBN: 9798341871359 Paperback, 334 pages. Available at www.BarnesandNoble.com $15.99

Bayou Sunset: ISBN: 9798317638740 Paperback, 240 pages Available at www.BarnesandNoble.com $15.99 

Available through me at robert.thompson58@verizon.net

The Last Harp ISBN: 9798319615800 330 pages available at barnesandnoble.com $15.99

Blood and Banners: ISBN: 9798279620036, 416 pages. Available at BarnesandNoble.com.

Me & You, Bob & Lou, Two Lives, One Thread ISBN: 9798319678683 180 pages Hardcover,  $25.99 at barnesandnoble.com

COMING HOME ISBN: 9798279637805 368 pages paperback $15.99 at www.barnesandnoble.com

Coming Home by Robert Thompson

 

             “The bullet that dented Bobby Jackson’s helmet didn’t kill him—but it changed everything.”

            In Coming Home, a young pararescuman from Blytheville, Arkansas, is thrust into the heart of the Vietnam War, where survival for a year becomes a daily negotiation between duty, memory, and the fragile hope of returning to the girl he left behind. Bobby Jackson’s final thirty days in-country unfold with mounting tension and emotional depth, as each mission strips away another layer of innocence and reveals the quiet heroism of those who stay when they could leave.

            From rescuing downed pilots under fire to waving off his own extraction to tend to the wounded, Bobby’s courage is tested in ways that medals can’t measure. Losing his closest friend, Landman, in the final days of his tour forces Bobby to confront the cost of loyalty—and the burden of being the one who comes home.

            Told with lyrical restraint and grounded in historical truth, Coming Home is a story of war and return, of porch lights and folded flags, of grief that lingers and love that endures. As Bobby escorts Landman’s body back to Pine Bluff and walks the streets of Arkansas with the weight of memory on his shoulders, he begins to understand that coming home isn’t just about survival—it’s about honoring those who didn’t.

            Five years later, with a degree in Agricultural Science and a child on the way, Bobby stands in the light of a new beginning. His journey has come full circle, but the stories he carries will echo for generations.

            Coming Home is a tribute to friendship, sacrifice, and the quiet grace of those who return changed—and choose to live with meaning.

 

The Black Rose ISBN:   327 Pages $15.99 at www. barnesandnoble.com

Coming in June: A new Novel, 'The Forty-Eight Hour Bloom:When a rogue marine biologist unleashes a toxin off Cape Cod, two scientists have forty‑eight hours to stop him before the ocean becomes a weapon.

Marine biologist Declan O’Rourke is thrust into a spiraling crisis when a genetically engineered toxin appears in Cape Cod’s waters, killing a local fisherman and igniting public panic. The source is Marcus Hale, a brilliant but unstable former researcher whose ecological warning has turned deadly. Wracked with guilt yet driven by obsession, Hale gives Declan a chilling ultimatum: forty‑eight hours to prove humanity can change, or he will escalate the release.

With the bloom spreading and the Cape’s ecosystem collapsing, Declan and his colleague Emily Carter race to trace the toxin’s origin before Hale’s deadline expires. As federal agents close in and Hale’s mental state deteriorates, Declan must navigate both the science and the psychology behind the attack. Stopping Hale may require understanding him and confronting the failures that bind them.