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A story of war, love and espionage during the Civil War
Although this book is not strictly one of Altsheler's American
Civil War series, Leonaur have chosen to include it within its
collection of the authors novels on this popular topic. The subject
matter of the story is still, of course, the great war between the
states. The action takes place in and around Richmond, the
beleaguered Confederate capital, in the closing stages of the war
as the Union forces press ever closer. A young Confederate officer
is given leave to visit his family and-after so long on
campaign-his eyes are inevitably drawn to the beautiful women of
the South. There are old flames to renew his interest, but also an
unknown, strange and enigmatic beauty. Is she merely aloof or is
there more to this mystery woman? It is clear Union spies are at
work in the city. Important documents are missing. Could it be that
she is an enemy agent? As attraction turns to love, loyalties are
blurred and the action turns to the battlefield, this novel becomes
a highly entertaining read and a fitting companion to Altsheler's
eight novel Civil War series.
ME 46 BCDreaming of service to the great Gaius Julius Caesar, the
young Tuscan knight, Quintus Dellius, secures the patronage of the
youngest of his generals, the dissolute Cornelius Dolabella.
Dellius distinguishes himself in Caesar's Spanish war against
Pompey, becomes a tribune of cavalry in Caesar's army and looks
forward to an assured and glittering career. But when his hero is
assassinated the Roman republic is plunged into chaos as both his
heirs and enemies jostle for power. In the civil wars that follow,
Dellius is soon caught up in a maelstrom of shifting allegiances
and the young soldier will need to discover reserves of both
tenacity and ruthlessness if he is to survive.As he journeys from
the orgiastic salons of Rome's Palatine Hill to the Palaces of
Alexandria, the rocky fortresses of Judea and the bloody field of
Philippi, he manages to incur the enmity both of Egypt's queen and
Rome's future emperor, but also to snare the affections of a
beautiful and cunning young senator's wife, Livia Drusilla.
In New York City, a new World Trade Center has arisen from the
ruins of the old World Trade Center, but it's not long before it
too collapses into flames. Arab suicidal bombers drive six tractor
trailers loaded with explosives into the World Trade Center,
prompting an American invasion of Syria in retaliation.
A guerrilla war is being fought in Syria against the United
States. The American people are outraged at the staggering number
of American casualties, and President Weed's position in public
opinion polls declines in the midst of the presidential election
campaign, making his reelection not certain. Adding to his problems
is the presence of a vituperative antiwar third party
candidate.
In an attempt to win the election and to win the war in Syria,
Vice President Regina Ropey, President Weed's mentor, devises a
plan to completely eradicate Islam. To weaken the Arabs' faith in
their religion, Ropey proposes that the sacred stone of the
Muslims, the Black Stone of Ka'ba, be destroyed. Will Ropey's bold
plan work, or is the United States on a collision course with a
dark fate?
Set during the First World War, William Breedlove Martin's IN
ANOTHER TIME is the intense drama of the Lansdownes, a big,
well-to-do family in a small Southern town. As the brothers
Laurence and Victor leave for the front as fighter pilots, their
overbearing father, Buck, and the five Lansdowne women, are left to
face the uncertainly and the fear of a world, and a family, at war.
Some of these women, such as Miss Cordelia, the mother of the two
aviators, are devastated by their anguish, while others, such as
Della, the beautiful new wife of the domineering Laurence, find
strength and redemption in their struggles. The excitement and the
terrors of war, the upheavals of a changing culture, and the
conflicts of nine family members within and among themselves are
woven into a compelling and uplifting story of courage, endurance,
acceptance, and love.
A FAST-PACED THRILLER WHOSE CHARACTERS REPRESENT THE COURAGE,
HONOR, AND COMMITMENT OF A GREAT NATION The marines have landed
(finally) in the genre...stand by for action!"--Captain Dale Dye,
USMC (Ret) Marine, Author, Actor and Filmmaker When a small town
terrorist invasion results in a tragic death, retired Marine Master
Sergeant James "Johnny" Johansen agonizes over questions whose
answers threaten his loved ones, his career, and his company. The
most serious question of all--is Johnny's family linked to Islamic
extremists in the United States? Johnny turns to his former
brothers-in-arms, Willie, Corey, and Josh. Relying on their skills
as highly trained marines, the team uncovers a treacherous plot
involving renegade defense contractor and co-conspirators at the
highest levels of U.S. intelligence. Risking their lives to reveal
the shocking details of the operation, Johnny and his friends
discover that hundreds of terrorists are poised to launch a
coast-to-cast attack on American soil. Time is running out! Who can
Johnny trust? No one, except...the Secret Corps.
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A story of a woman’s coming of age in war-torn Paris. Her challenges, adventures and passions.
Odette is a young, highly intelligent, headstrong Parisian woman, from a bourgeois military background. She finds herself flirting around the edges of a bohemian lifestyle during the heady days of resistance fighters and WWII. Her story takes us through her work in Paris at the French Ministry of Defence, their relocation to make way for German occupation, her meeting of an enigmatic man, her journey into a world of resistance fighters and espionage during which time she discovers the pleasures of womanhood and love.
Jean is Mauritian-born of a German father and an Irish/French mother. He is an enigma. Nobody really knows who he works for. Is he a spy or not, if so, for friend or foe? He is charismatic, a born leader and undertakes daring missions as lead of a Parisian resistance cadre. He is captured and interred at Gurs internment camp. His story takes us from Mauritius to the heart of Parisian artistes and intellectual bohemians, and to the underground resistance movement, where as a leader, he sets up escape routes for the Jews of Paris.
This is their story.
An epic tale of the war between the States
This is volume four-incorporating the two novels The Shades of the
Wilderness & The Tree of Appomattox, the seventh and eighth
novels of a series of eight adventures which follow the momentous
events, campaigns and battles of the great American Civil War
between the Northern and Southern states. The central characters of
the story are Harry Kenton-an officer in the Confederate Army and
his cousin Dick Mason a young officer in a similar position
fighting within the Union ranks. The narrative of the whole war is
charted through the action which embraces many actual players in
the real conflict. Beginning with First Bull Run and climaxing at
Appomattox each novel tells the story from an alternate
perspective-from the ranks of the Blue and then the Grey as the
saga unfolds. Altsheler wrote another Civil War novel, Before the
Dawn, concerning the fall of Richmond told from a Confederate
perspective. Although this story is not strictly part of the series
Leonaur have offered it as part of its five volume, nine novel
collection of the author's Civil War adventures for collectors and
readers in complementing designs and soft cover or hard cover.
As Chung Kuo's population continues to swell, the Seven are forced
to make further concessions; laws must be relaxed and the House at
Weimar re-opened. Change is coming, whether the Seven want it or
not. As the tides of unrest unleashed by earlier wars grow, DeVore
secretly allies with Li Yuan's newly-appointed general, Hans Ebert.
DeVore's schemes are slowly coming to fruition, but Ebert has his
own plans: to depose the Seven and control the whole of Chung Kuo.
It is finally a time for Change. In the long years before the War
it had seemed inconceivable to challenge the Seven. But now? Now
new currents of unrest have woken in the depths of the City, darker
and deeper than those expressed by the War. Currents which threaten
to tear Chung Kuo apart.
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