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The Lucifer Genome
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Someone with too much money and lots of guns is trying to steal the world's oldest human DNA. Recruited back into action, retired Defense Intelligence Agency operative Cas Fielding believes the mystery of the heist lies deep inside the core of a precious shard that fell to Earth thousands of years ago. Teaming up with sultry female geophysicist, Cas descends into the global underground meteorite market, only to find himself trapped between a sharp rock and an Apocalyptic hard place.
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How Did Life on Earth Begin?
Ask a stranger this question, and chances are you'll get a shrug or a confident referral to Genesis. But what if the answer lies inside a rare rock? More scientists are coming around to the theory that meteorites hold a vital clue. 'I interpret it as indicating that life is more broadly distributed than restricted strictly to the planet earth,' Dr. Richard B. Hoover, NASA astrobiologist, had said. 'This field of study has just barely been touched' And therein lies the beginning of a dark tale.
The Yanks Are Starving
Literature & Fiction
During the tense summer of 1932, a charismatic hobo leads 20,000 jobless WWI veterans into Washington, D.C. to demand service compensation. In this epic novel that sweeps across three decades, eight Americans come of age in Europe, only to reunite during the Great Depression to determine the fate of a nation on the brink of upheaval. Here is the little-known story of the political intrigue and government betrayal that led to the only violent clash ever waged between two American armies under the same flag.
Foreword Reviews Book-of-the-Year Finalist
indieBRAG Medallion Honoree
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The tense summer of 1932
The entire country was on edge. Thousands of unemployed and hungry veterans were converging on the nation's capitol, riding the rails and gathering their old comrades who were bunked in Hoovervilles across the country. The Roman Republic had banned soldiers from entering Rome. Citizens feared what disillusioned men trained to kill might do if they mustered in large numbers at the Senate. That same fear was palpable in America during the Great Depression.
Two armies. One flag. No honor.
Today, President Obama posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to Henry Johnson, a Harlem Hellfighter in World War One. Learn more about the Hellfighters and what happened to Johnson's comrades after the war during the Great Depression. "[A] wonderful source of historical fact wrapped in a compelling novel." — Historical Novel Society "Glen Craney … has drawn a vivid picture of not only men being deprived of their veterans' rights, but of their human rights as well. … The Veterans Bonus March was a momentous event in American history and Craney performs a valuable service by chronicling it in this admirable book." — Military Writers Society of America
The Virgin of the Wind Rose
Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
While investigating the murder of an American missionary in Ethiopia, rookie State Department lawyer Jaqueline Quartermane becomes obsessed with an ancient Latin palindrome that may be embedded with a cryptographic time bomb. Separated by half a millennium, two global religious conspiracies dovetail in this breakneck thriller to expose the world's most explosive secret: The true identity of Christopher Columbus and his connection to those now trying to launch the Apocalypse.
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History is not always what it appears.
Does an ancient Latin palindrome--a magical word square that can be read the same backwards and forwards--hold a cryptographic time bomb set centuries ago by a secretive society? Rookie State Department lawyer Jaqueline Quartermane has just hours to find out before the Middle East explodes in violence. Two global conspiracies, half a millennium apart, are about to collide. What shocking secret do they share? The path to that answer starts in an underground tunnel in Ethiopia. . .
The Spider and the Stone: A Novel of Scotland's Black Douglas
Literature & Fiction
As the 14th century dawns, the brutal Edward Longshanks of England schemes to steal Scotland. But a frail, dark-skinned boy named James Douglas defies three Plantagenet kings and champions the cause of his wavering friend, Robert the Bruce, to lead the armies to the bloody field of Bannockburn. A thrilling saga of star-crossed love and heroic sacrifice set during the Scottish Wars of Independence.
Foreword Reviews Book-of-the-Year Finalist for Historical Fiction.
indieBRAG Medallion Honoree
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She crowns a king. He carries a king's heart.
As the 14th century dawns, the brutal Edward Longshanks of England schemes to steal Scotland. But a frail, dark-skinned boy named James Douglas--inspired by a headstrong lass from Fife--defies three Plantagenet kings and champions the cause of his wavering friend, Robert the Bruce, to lead the armies to the bloody field of Bannockburn. Here is a thrilling saga of star-crossed love and heroic sacrifice set during the Scottish Wars of Independence.
The Fire and the Light
Literature & Fiction
In 13th-century France, heretics protect an ancient scroll containing shattering revelations about Jesus of Nazareth. An Occitan viscountess must defy the most powerful pope in history to preserve the truth and save her persecuted Cathar faith. In this epic of esoteric intrigue and crusading fanaticism, Christianity enters its darkest hour and emerges forever scarred.
Foreword Reviews Finalist & Honorable Mention for Book-of-the-Year in Historical Fiction
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