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Author
Series
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Lik-Rifa, the dragon god of legend, has been freed from her eternal prison. Now she plots a new age of blood and conquest. As Orka continues the hunt for her missing son, the Bloodsworn sweep south in a desperate race to save one of their own--and Varg takes the first steps on the path of vengeance. Elvar has sworn to fulfill her blood oath and rescue a prisoner from the clutches of Lik-Rifa and her dragonborn followers, but first she must persuade...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1760, Deborah Samson is born to Puritan parents in Massachusetts. When her father abandons the family, Deborah is bound out as an indentured servant. From that moment on, she yearns for a life of liberation and adventure. Twenty years later, as the American colonies begin to buckle in their battle for independence, Deborah, impassioned by the cause, disguises herself as a soldier and enlists in the Continental Army. But as Deborah fights for her...
Author
Publisher
One More Chapter
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Abandoned when she was tiny, Maisie Reynolds isn't scared of Hitler or his devastating bombs. Her life at Holly Bush orphanage is already miserable enough. Maisie can't wait to free herself from this cruel prison. But fate has other plans. Because now Maisie has a chance to care for the lost and forgotten survivors of the terrible war and bring kindness to Holly Bush House. And when she meets handsome Canadian soldier Cam, Maisie begins to realize...
Author
Series
Holcroft Blood volume 2
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Newly returned from years of secret work in Paris for the late king, Charles II, Lieutenant Holcroft Blood, a gunnery officer in His Majesty's Ordnance, must now face James II's enemies on the gore-drenched battlefields of the British Isles. But after the victory at Sedgemoor, many powerful men have grown tired of Catholic James's brutal, autocratic rule and seek to invite William, the Protestant Prince of Orange, to seize the thrones of the Three...
86) Blood's Campaign
Author
Series
Holcroft Blood volume 3
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
August, 1685. Captain Holcroft Blood is with the English Army besieging the forces of the deposed monarch James II at Carrickfergus in Ireland. For Holcroft, this is more than war- he burns for vengeance against an old foe. French intelligence agent Henri d'Erloncourt has travelled to Ireland with orders from his master, Louis le Grand, to foment rebellion against William of Orange. Michael "Galloping" Hogan, brigand, boozer and despoiler of Protestant...
87) Devil's gulch
Author
Series
Devil's gulch western volume 1
Publisher
Pinnacle Books published by Kensington
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
John Holt is a traveling gunslinger, liberating towns west of the Mississippi of murdering outlaw trash ever since the Civil War ended. No questions asked. Payment on demand. Holt's latest job is in Devil's Gulch in Colorado Territory. But wiping out bands of bank robbers is just the beginning. More disorder is brewing, and the mayor has handpicked Holt as the new sheriff. Holt is what the town needs but Devil's Gulch also has the vigilance committee....
88) Dead man's hand
Author
Series
Jake Paynter novels volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Jake Paynter is a doomed man. Haunted by an abusive childhood and his participation in atrocities of the Civil War, he seeks the isolation of the Plains Cavalry as a white officer for an all-Black buffalo soldier troop. Now, he is in irons and certain to be hanged for killing his captain after refusing an inhumane order. Despite his best efforts to maintain isolation, he starts to make friends on his journey to trial. The people of the wagon train...
89) Fort Misery
Author
Series
Fort Misery volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Captain Peter Joseph Kellerman was once a promising career soldier who'd proven his mettle in battle time and again. Now he's fighting a battle with a whiskey bottle. He's also in charge of Fort Benjamin Grierson, deep in Arizona Territory. The men under his command aren't fit to wear the uniform. Killers, thieves, and ravagers condemned to death but who've chosen to serve, holding down the hated Fort Misery. Santiago Lozado, the most wanted bandit...
Author
Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 23
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he joined the army twenty-one years ago, and it's been his home ever since. He's a loose cannon, but his unconventional methods make him a valuable weapon. So when, the dust still settling after the Battle of Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington needs a favour, he turns to Sharpe. For Wellington knows that the end of one war is only the beginning of another....
91) Lesser evil
Author
Series
Star Wars. Thrawn Ascendancy volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
For thousands of years The Chiss Ascendancy has been an island of calm, a center of power, and a beacon of integrity. Led by the Nine Ruling Families, their leadership stands as a bulwark of stability against the Chaos of the Unknown Regions. But that stability has been eroded by a cunning foe that winnows away trust and loyalty in equal measure. Bonds of fidelity have given way to lines of division among the families. Despite the efforts of the Expansionary...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"What is the price of magic? Magic that heats cities, powers armies, and transforms continents. Magic that forges empires. The Brannic Empire owes its existence to this magic, and for those in power, no price is too great. Even when that price is their own children. For it is the ashes of those with magical abilities that the Church of Alchemy harvests to fuel this machine of empire. So the furnaces burn, and the empire grows. Trying to escape a lifetime...
93) Wolves of winter
Author
Series
Essex dogs trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"1347. Bruised and bloodied by an epic battle at Crécy, six soldiers known as the Essex Dogs pick through the wreckage of the fighting-and their own lives. Now a new siege is beginning, and the Dogs are sent to attack the soaring walls of Calais. King Edward has vowed no Englishman will leave France 'til this city falls. To get home, they must survive a merciless winter in a lawless camp deadlier than any battlefield. Obsessed with tracking down...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Set during the heroism and heartbreak of World War I, and in an occupied France in an alternative timeline, Sarah Adlakha's Midnight on the Marne explores the responsibilities love lays on us and the rippling impact of our choices. France, 1918. Nurse Marcelle Marchand has important secrets to keep. Her role as a spy has made her both feared and revered, but it has also put her in extreme danger from the approaching German army. American soldier George...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe...and the impossible is exactly what the formidable Captain Sharpe is asked to do when he's sent on an undercover mission to a small village in the Spanish countryside, far behind enemy lines. For the quiet, remote village, sitting high above the Almaraz bridge, is about to become the center of a battle for the future of Europe. Two French armies march towards the bridge. If they meet, the British...
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