Before his disappearance from Camelot, Merlin prophesied that the Round Table would have a successor, an order that would keep Arthur's ideals alive. His exact words were lost, and through the centuries, many groups tried to claim that mantle for themselves. Some are decent. Some are kooks. Some, like Himmler's SS, are evil. They are all of them deceived. Now, with the SS wielding dark magic and the courts of Faerie loath to intervene in mortal wars, the Round Table's true heirs must act to defend Europe's freedom in ways the Allied forces cannot. When Himmler's warlocks raise a wall of enchantments to prevent invasion from the West during Hitler's invasion of Russia, two brothers on opposite sides of the Atlantic-one a retired lawman, one an American spy-join forces with an enigmatic double agent and friends both mortal and immortal to stop the madness before the damage becomes irreparable. And everyone, even the king of Tir-na-nOg, is in for a surprise. For the Order of the Silver Star is coming to make Hitler's worst nightmare come true.

Before his disappearance from Camelot, Merlin prophesied that the Round Table would have a successor, an order that would keep Arthur's ideals alive. His exact words were lost, and through the centuries, many groups tried to claim that mantle for themselves. Some are decent. Some are kooks. Some, like Himmler's SS, are evil. They are all of them deceived. Now, with the SS wielding dark magic and the courts of Faerie loath to intervene in mortal wars, the Round Table's true heirs must act to defend Europe's freedom in ways the Allied forces cannot. When Himmler's warlocks raise a wall of enchantments to prevent invasion from the West during Hitler's invasion of Russia, two brothers on opposite sides of the Atlantic-one a retired lawman, one an American spy-join forces with an enigmatic double agent and friends both mortal and immortal to stop the madness before the damage becomes irreparable. And everyone, even the king of Tir-na-nOg, is in for a surprise. For the Order of the Silver Star is coming to make Hitler's worst nightmare come true.

Major Clint Donovan followed his convictions and took a command in the Union cavalry but lost almost everything he held dearest. His parents and brother died, and his post-war plans to return to their ranch outside Independence, Texas, died with them. He and his wife started over on a homestead near Loyal Valley, and by December of 1869, they are quietly thriving. But thanks to a telegram from his former commander, Clint's about to find out that his family's "ill luck" was almost-perfect murder. The mysterious Number Seven wants the whole of Texas for himself and will stop at nothing to get it. His wartime bid to take power in Independence failed because, of all the Donovans, Clint alone survived one of Number Seven's attacks. Now Number Seven's planning to cause enough chaos by killing Governor-elect E. J. Davis to seize the state before it can rejoin the Union. Unaware of this history, Davis asks Clint to work with three military intelligence officers to stop the assassin Number Seven's men have hired. Clint agrees, and his wife and friends offer to help. But one of the intelligence officers witnessed the murder of Clint's brother, and he fears that if Clint goes to Austin himself, the assassin targeting Davis will recognize him. Can Clint's best friend, an engineer blinded by scarlet fever, find the solution in a failed experiment before disaster strikes the Donovans again?

Major Clint Donovan followed his convictions and took a command in the Union cavalry but lost almost everything he held dearest. His parents and brother died, and his post-war plans to return to their ranch outside Independence, Texas, died with them. He and his wife started over on a homestead near Loyal Valley, and by December of 1869, they are quietly thriving. But thanks to a telegram from his former commander, Clint's about to find out that his family's "ill luck" was almost-perfect murder. The mysterious Number Seven wants the whole of Texas for himself and will stop at nothing to get it. His wartime bid to take power in Independence failed because, of all the Donovans, Clint alone survived one of Number Seven's attacks. Now Number Seven's planning to cause enough chaos by killing Governor-elect E. J. Davis to seize the state before it can rejoin the Union. Unaware of this history, Davis asks Clint to work with three military intelligence officers to stop the assassin Number Seven's men have hired. Clint agrees, and his wife and friends offer to help. But one of the intelligence officers witnessed the murder of Clint's brother, and he fears that if Clint goes to Austin himself, the assassin targeting Davis will recognize him. Can Clint's best friend, an engineer blinded by scarlet fever, find the solution in a failed experiment before disaster strikes the Donovans again? Book 1 in the Loyal Valley series.

An unconventional enemy resorts to unconventional tactics. Determined to lure Lt. Col. Clint Donovan and his military intelligence team to their deaths, Number Seven's operatives make a deal with an Apache warrior whose cruelty is legendary even among his own people and whose involvement stirs up the torturous ghosts of Bella Donovan's past. A widowed horse rancher sends Clint timely warning, but even that can't prevent the Apaches from taking a neighbor's sons as bait for an ambush, and Clint's informant finds herself on the wrong end of Number Seven's wrath as a result of her actions. As Clint's choices set the stage for a cavalryman's finest hour and a town's hard lesson in courage, the same question arises time and again: "Is" there such a thing as an innocent bystander? "Book 2 in the Loyal Valley series"

An unconventional enemy resorts to unconventional tactics. Determined to lure Lt. Col. Clint Donovan and his military intelligence team to their deaths, Number Seven's operatives make a deal with an Apache warrior whose cruelty is legendary even among his own people and whose involvement stirs up the torturous ghosts of Bella Donovan's past. A widowed horse rancher sends Clint timely warning, but even that can't prevent the Apaches from taking a neighbor's sons as bait for an ambush, and Clint's informant finds herself on the wrong end of Number Seven's wrath as a result of her actions. As Clint's choices set the stage for a cavalryman's finest hour and a town's hard lesson in courage, the same question arises time and again: "Is" there such a thing as an innocent bystander? "Book 2 in the Loyal Valley series"