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The Last Dragon of Steeple Morden is an incredible story of
survival. Chicago's Top Fighter Pilot in World War II is shot down,
deep behind German lines, in the apocalyptic twilight of the war.
What happens over the subsequent two weeks tests the young pilot's
resolve to survive and affirms mankind's propensity for severe
brutality as well as its overwhelming capacity for compassion in
the face of death. One of the most fantastic aspects of this story
is that it is all true.
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Youngblood
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Matt Gallagher
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In a battery of events that will make a hero out of an illiterate
private, a young Richard Sharpe poses as the enemy to bring down a
ruthless Indian dictator backed by fearsome French troops.
The year is 1799, and Richard Sharpe is just beginning his
military career. An inexperienced young private in His Majesty's
service, Sharpe becomes part of an expedition to India to push the
ruthless Tippoo of Mysore from his throne and drive out his French
allies. To penetrate the Tippoo's city and make contact with a
Scottish spy being held prisoner there, Sharpe has to pose as a
deserter. Success will make him a sergeant, but failure will turn
him over to the Tippoo's brutal executioners -- or, worse -- his
man-eating tigers. Picking his way through an exotic and alien
world, Sharpe realizes that one slip will mean disaster. And when
the furious British assault on the city finally begins, Sharpe must
take up arms against his true comrades to preserve his false
identity, risking death at their hands in order to avoid detection
and thus to foil the Tippoo's well-set trap.
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Revelation
(Hardcover)
James Faber
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When I was a youngster growing up in Texas my dad worked in a
number of fields. From the Oil Patch of West Texas, to farming in
the Panhandle or in security in central Texas the family usually
enjoyed evening meals together. After supper Dad enjoyed drinking a
cup of coffee and telling us stories ranging from his experiences
in the army during World War II, where he was wounded during a
German artillery barrage, or his dreams for our futures or
sometimes stories from his childhood. On one such occasion he told
of two young men who were separated during the Civil War. One was
raised by a family in the North and the other was raised by a
family in the South. Years later when both boys were grown and had
families of their own they were reunited. I have taken this event
to construct the story of Josh and Jim, two young boys who were
separated by the Civil War. The names, characters, locations and
events are entirely fictitious and are presented for the readers'
enjoyment. I hope that you enjoy this story as much as I have
enjoyed writing it.
It's 1968, and Herb Royce, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Military
Police, has been married for less than two weeks when he receives
his orders to ship out. To his surprise, he's not heading off to
fight in the jungles of Vietnam; he is being sent to Korea instead.
Not willing to be left behind, his wife, Joyce, a headstrong
Canadian nurse, follows him and gets a job in a Korean hospital
next to Herb's camp. But little do the two realize just what
they've got themselves into. North Korea's dictator is desperate to
start a second Korean War in parallel with the Vietnam conflict.
The snatching of a U.S. Navy ship, the "USS Pueblo," is just the
beginning of a murderous yearlong struggle.
Unfortunately, Herb has more than a maniacal dictator to deal
with. His unstable, alcoholic colonel commands a tactical nuclear
rocket outfit and clearly hates Herb's guts. It's soon evident that
the colonel wouldn't mind sending Herb back to the United States in
a body bag.
In as increasingly hostile environment, Joyce and Herb find
their relationship tested in a strange and deadly world filled with
spies, black marketeers, thieves, prostitutes and murderous North
Korean army commandos. But when Herb rescues an abandoned Korean
infant, the couple embarks on a truly extraordinary journey, one
that will define them in ways they never thought possible.
Set during the turbulent era of the Vietnam War, "Counters" is a
quirky, thrilling story of air combat and of the young fighter
pilots who blend the harsh reality of war with youth's untamed
urges.
As the pilot of a sleek F-4C Phantom II, self-doubting
Lieutenant Steve Mylder fights for his life in the skies above
Vietnam in 1967 but battles for his soul against the Red Baron of
his imagination. His cocky friend Avery-womanizer and master of the
art of combat seduction-thunders fifty feet over a North Vietnamese
beach, looks down, locks eyes with an improbable woman, and falls
into hopeless love.
Steve and Avery count their missions, hoping against the odds
that they'll make it back home alive instead of in a body bag. But
liberating the recklessness in their souls is sometimes the only
way to deal with the unknown, and the two friends soon realize that
growing up is a lot harder than they thought.
In "Counters," humor and whimsy counteract with authentic
details of air combat brought to life by former air force pilot
Tony Taylor, illuminating a brooding yet fanciful look at the
hormones and "warmones" that impel young men to war and
stupidity.
When terrorists loyal to Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National
Union win control of the Honde Valley on the eastern border of
Rhodesia, the government must decide whether to concede defeat or
take a stand.
Prime Minister Ian Smith decides to fight back, and he calls
upon Jamie Ross, a district commissioner, to relocate 21,000 people
into protected villages. To restore the Honde Valley, Ross must
first re-establish authority, win over the hearts and minds of the
people, and create conditions necessary to re-open the tea
estates-a source of vital foreign exchange.
Meanwhile, Josiah Makoni, one of Mugabe's most terrifying
lieutenants, is winning followers and accumulating power with a
series of vicious terrorist acts. As the war escalates, Makoni
faces setbacks, and cannot escape the internal conflicts that
plague his nights and lead him to question whether life is worth
living.
Find out whether Jamie and his team can overcome the unbridled
fury of the terrorists while learning about the history of Rhodesia
from multiple perspectives in Dawn of Deliverance.
Learn what has happened to the country of Zimbabwe under one of
the most brutal dictators in modern history.
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