Books by Arthur H Barnes

Josh, a wealthy businessman, decides to take himself off the grid and find a group of people or a small country that needs his help. After an extensive search, he finds a small group of islands near Indonesia inhabited by a tribe of self-sufficient people. He proceeds to buy the islands and sets about bettering the lives of the inhabitants, even going so far as getting the area declared a sovereign state recognized by the United Nations.Read about the trials and tribulations Josh faces and the friends he makes as he works to protect and better his new country.

Colonel Kirk Rodgers finds himself suddenly facing retirement from the Marines after he's injured in combat. One final assignment offers him enough pay to finance his dream - a wildlife sanctuary. While he's completing this assignment, his fellow Marines pull some strings and guarantee he will be able to buy the property he longs for but thinks is out of reach. Just as he's about to move into his newly completed log home located on his newly created wildlife sanctuary, Kirk has a chance meeting with an orphaned black bear cub that changes both of their lives forever. The two adopt each other and become life-long friends.