About The Author
Award winning author, Brian D. Ratty, writes adventure stories that will surround you. The standalone Dutch Clarke trilogy is a captivating piece of storytelling, including the Early Years of surviving the British Columbia wilderness in 1941 and the War Years of combat photography in the Pacific during WWll, plus the high sea adventure story of Atonement. The author’s Pathfinder’s trilogy includes Tillamook Passage, Destination Astoria and Call of the Columbia. These are the thrilling adventures of Captain Robert Gray and his discovery of the Tillamook Indians, plus the story of one brave fur trapper who followed in the footsteps of Lewis & Clark to help build Fort Astoria and the historical book Tillamook Rock Lighthouse. These are powerful stories of our past that gave birth to our future.
Why I Write
I don’t write for profit, I write for pleasure; my pleasure. I shy away from salacious sex or gratuitous violence in favor of storylines with colorful characters and backdrops of historical events.
What I Write
Historical Fiction with believable storylines set against historical times and events. I write the kind of books I like to read. It is my habit to write in the morning, edit in the afternoon, and fuss all night about what I wrote that day.
New Book Release
With eye-catching illustrations and an enticing cover, ‘Firewatcher’ is an adventure novel by Brian D. Ratty. It is loosely based on the events that took place in the American homeland during the Second World War… the authors explanation of the importance of the fire-lookout program serves as an important build-up to the main adventure… Brian does an impressive job when it comes to describing Tillamook and its environs. He has done a marvelous job creating a riveting adventure story from the loneliness of the fire towers.
Readers’ Favorite: 5 Stars
New Book Release
Where did the Pacific North Coast Indians come from and where did they go? At the long painful journey’s end, where the mighty Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean tides can be a fearsome place. This is a hard land of sand, storms and fog and this is where the North Coast Indians built their lodges and make their council fires. Why did these Argonauts from the far North Country pick such a place to live and build such a long lasting colorful culture? Broken Arrow is both a narrative and a vivid glance back to the heroic times when thousands of Indians called the shores of the lower Columbia River their home. This is their story of two worlds and one destiny.
We all come into this world alone, and go out the same. Between coming and going, is life. The Early Years is a story about life and how a year long adventure defines the future for a young man named Dutch Clarke
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In 1942, as American blood is about to be spilled in far off Guadalcanal, a young man boards a train and blindly heads towards his destiny: boot camp with the United States Marine Corp. The War Years’ is a compelling chronicle about these years and one not-so-ordinary young man.
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These are the exploits of Captain Robert Gray: Joseph Blackwell, a lad without prospects, befriends a mysterious sea captain and secures a berth on his ship. The year is 1787, and two American ships laden with supplies set sail from Boston Harbor
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Inspired by actual events. In turbulent 1963, two war buddies turn their sailboat from the Columbia River to the Pacific, and start filming a documentary on war relics. Rich in atmosphere and characters, Voyage of Atonement, sails across the Pacific with the fury of a typhoon.
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In 1809, ruthless businessman John Jacob Astor schemes to send an overland expedition to the mouth of the Columbia River. Destination Astoria traces this remarkable odyssey through the eyes of one young fur trapper, Dutch Blackwell, who joins this enterprise
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The Long Painful Journey: Call of the Columbia is the story of three unlikely souls that set sail for their fortunes on the shores of the Columbia River in 1869. But pilgrims beware, the river giveth and the river taketh.
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The Silver Fox mysteries are absorbing, not only because of their tantalizing plots and character development, but also because of their unexpected poignancy, which can be satisfying and bittersweet at the same time. More to come
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There are no shortcuts through the wilderness of life. This book is a commentary of our common history and a retrospect of our life and times. It’s a compelling montage that reminds us of where we have been, and what might be over the next horizon.
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Lighthouses and their Keepers have gone the way of the blacksmith and the milkman. This weathered relic one mile off shore of Oregon's Tillamook Head reminds us of this once powerful sentinel Tillamook Rock Lighthouse and her seventyseven years of service.
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Where did the Pacific North Coast Indians come from and where did they go? Broken Arrow is not a textbook about the Indians but offers up nuggets of their history, myths, and legends. It provides a fascinating glimpse of how they lived and survived in the wilderness.
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Firewatcher : Firewatcher is the rarely told, and often war censored, story of the Imperial Japanese Navy's many strategies and secrets to burn down the forests of the Pacific Northwest during WWII.
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