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Shell-Shock
(Hardcover)
Adelbert Scholtz
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The brand-new historical novel based on a true story from the
bestselling author of The Rose Code and The Alice Network.
In the snowbound city of Kiev, aspiring historian Mila Pavlichenko's life revolves around her young son - until Hitler's invasion of Russia changes everything. Suddenly, she and her friends must take up arms to save their country from the Fuhrer's destruction. Handed a rifle, Mila discovers a gift - and months of blood, sweat and tears turn the young woman into a deadly sniper: the most lethal hunter of Nazis. Yet success is bittersweet.
Mila is torn from the battlefields of the eastern front and sent to America while the war still rages. There, she finds an unexpected ally in First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and an unexpected promise of a different future. But when an old enemy from Mila's past joins forces with a terrifying new foe, she finds herself in the deadliest duel of her life.
The Diamond Eye is a haunting novel of heroism born of desperation, of a mother who became a soldier, of a woman who found her place in the world and changed the course of history forever.
In the last days of the Civil War, Richard Tremaine's father had
disappeared in Cornwall with a chest of gold worth #5000. While in
exile, Charles II hears word of its possible whereabouts. Desperate
for funds, he sends Richard to look for it. By the author of
Trevanion.
This story starts one year after the end of the third book, in the
early fourteenth century. The monastery of St Alcuin's is settling
down and adjusting to its new abbot, who is taking the place of
Father Peregrine, when an old enemy, Prior William, arrives seeking
refuge. Reluctantly taking in the man who so ill-treated their much
loved former leader, the upended community must address old fears
and bitterness while warily seeking reconciliation. But will
William the refugee spread poison, or receive healing? In her
fourth book in the series, Penelope Wilcock wrestles with the
difficulties of forgiveness and the cautions of building trust.
What is truly the hardest thing to do?
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