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Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > War fiction
This stark tale describes life in the early years of the 1900s.
Yesterday's Tomorrows begins in 1906, when eight-year-old Ruth
escapes a fire with her half-sister. However, the rest of her
family perish in the blaze and the girls are taken in by their aunt
and uncle. Ruth later leaves school to work in the local mill,
where she falls for a young man named Billy. Like many couples,
Ruth and Billy discuss their future and the children they intend to
have. Their plans go awry when Billy enlists in World War I. He
goes missing in France and is presumed dead. Meanwhile, Ruth meets
another man but refuses a relationship with him until she is
certain of Billy's fate. When Ruth learns that Billy was seriously
injured, she goes to him and he tells her that he can no longer
father children. Deeply in love, Ruth tells him that it doesn't
matter and they marry. The Dark Secret comes into play when Ruth is
ravished one night and becomes pregnant by her unknown assailant.
Billy pretends that he is the father, but before the child is born
Billy kills himself. What happens next includes startling
revelations that will continue into the book's sequel. Will Ruth
find a happy ending? About the Author: First-time novelist Denise
Buckley was born near Manchester and now lives in the Lake
District. She is working on the sequel. The author is married, has
four children and seven grandchildren. Publisher's website:
http://sbpra.com/DeniseBuckley
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Jonathan Roberts comes from a long line of naval officers. He
has been groomed since birth to serve his country honorably, and as
a Navy SEAL, he does not disappoint. Driven to succeed, he is
assigned to the CIA in Afghanistan, where he accomplishes more than
anyone could imagine.
He assumes an Arab name and poses as a Saudi so he can
infiltrate Taliban territory to gather intelligence. Over the next
three years, he earns two Purple Hearts, two Silver Stars, the Navy
Cross, and the Congressional Medal of Honor. Even so, something is
missing from his life. He has two affairs to fill the void: one
with Sue Walker and another with Becky Simon.
Sue ends up getting married, but soon Jonathan hears Becky will
be back in his life, working nearby. Is this a sign? Has he found a
woman to love? Jonathan's destiny is unclear. He feels driven to
serve his country, but he also dreams of being a husband and
father. Is he destined to be with Becky, or is he destined to be
married to his work, like so many Roberts men before him?
Things are never what they seem, especially in the world of
international politics. Janet Chang appears to be an attractive,
successful scientist, but she's really a Chinese spy, sent to
degrade United States nuclear submarine capability. If she
succeeds, America's potential ally, India, will dismantle and fall
apart. Of course, China isn't the only country out to get India on
the ropes.
Syed Ali is a former member of Pakistan's Inter Services
Intelligence who served as a long term mentor to the Taliban and Al
Qaeda. His orchestrated terror attacks are inflicting death and
instability in India. All the while, Durga Vadera, a maverick
politician, becomes the Indian Prime Minister after her predecessor
and the United States Ambassador are killed. She invokes a
secretive Crisis Management Group that may cause more harm than
good.
America must struggle to give aid to fading India, and fast.
"Ash" Conway, former US intelligence agent, is hired to provide
input on the terrorist strategies in India, using a proprietary
gaming technology. What follows is nothing short of widespread
conflict, leading up to a gripping and unimaginable climax. The
ending might not be peaceful. Lives may be lost, but as it stands,
America is India's only hope for survival ... and the pressure
rests on the shoulders of one woman alone.
A winter storm rages over our Nation's Capitol. A new President is
about to assume office after a hard fought campaign and the country
gathers together for the Inauguration. It should have been a
routine assignment for Lieutenant Colonel Alexandria Stone, First
Sergeant Elizabeth Carter, and their Marines. Their task: Provide
contingency combat forces for the Inaugural. But ominous forces are
gathering, from a city outside Fort Bragg, NC, to the suburbs of
Maryland and Virginia. And they have a plan. A plan to launch a
devastating attack on the President during the Inaugural Will the
authorities discover the conspiracy? Can they put the pieces
together in time to save the President? Or, will it result in a
desperate showdown between the terrorists and the Marines on the
steps of our Nation's Capitol Gripping suspense, realistic
characters, and authentic military action are the hallmark of this
hard-hitting military-political thriller from the author of Twist
of Fate. It will give you chills.
In the cold waters off the coast of northwestern Washington, the
Cold War rages on. The USS Ohio, a newly refitted Trident ballistic
missile submarine based in Bangor, Washington, is a source of great
curiosity to the Russian military. If their intelligence is to be
believed, the US Navy now possesses the technical ability to render
its fleet invisible.
When a scuba diver is killed in the waters that US Coast Guard
Commander Matthew Reynolds patrols, Reynolds finds himself caught
up in a war of international intrigue. Tanya Andrushyn, a
specialist from the US Navy's satellite intelligence operation in
Hawaii, is called in to investigate. Just how did the Russians
manage to plant deep-water spy buoys in the waters of the Strait of
Juan de Fuca without being spotted?
A group of specialists and their secret team of trained dolphins
are also brought in to neutralize the sono-bouys. When one of the
dolphins gets trapped on the ocean floor, however, Andrushyn and
her team must make an impossible choice: sacrifice the animal and
risk detection or risk her own life to rescue it. To even attempt
such an operation, they risk disclosing the existence of top-secret
underwater breathing-unit technology. She makes her decision ...
and soon finds herself in need of rescue.
Andrushyn suspects the sono-buoys are uploading data via
satellites, so she and Reynolds try to trick the equipment into
sending misinformation instead. The race is on to complete the
modifications before their plan is discovered.
It is 1940, the Blitz is raging over London and other key cities in
Britain and tens of thousands of children are being evacuated to
safe havens, both within the UK and the Commonwealth. Patricia is
six-years-old when she is squirrelled away in an evacuation school
deep in the heart of Shropshire. She is left there with the promise
from her parents that 'the war will be over very soon and then you
can come home'. The 'very soon' lengthens into five long years.
This book chronicles the challenges, adventures and misadventures,
the triumphs, tragedies and angst that face Patricia.
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