Arklight: Task Force Crusader by J.M. Myrick (24 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

Powerful enemies threaten. Everlasting judgment begins. Reoutfitted and recovered from the costly Battle of Nashville, Spear Team launches a crusade to uncover the truth. This time, they know their enemy: a brutal and cruel special operative known as Magnus O'Keefe. Desperate to locate the next piece of the ultimate weapon, Arklight launches a mission to retrieve the infamous Spear of Destiny. Soon after, they learn of another bygone piece of the puzzle that has been unearthed, bringing to light an astonishing history, lost in the annals of conspiracy and lore. A long-forgotten Nazi regime will stop at nothing to finish what they started under Hitler's genocidal rule. Rising from the ashes, the Fourth Reich's Order of the Black Sun covertly initiates the final solution, using a weapon of unimaginable destruction.Bridging over two thousand years of human history, two timelines converge into a singular event; while Spear Team struggles against Magnus, the Alsos Mission Team transcends time, continuing their quest to understand the cryptic Knights Templar journal. In the midst of World War II, clues lead the Alsos Team on a journey until they learn of a judgment day - planned since the beginning of all things. Purpose drives this "battle to end all battles" against an ancient foe, who is fighting to free itself from a dimensional prison - that is, until the portal is opened, the seal is broken, and the Apocalypse begins. The ultimate battle of good versus evil takes place in this final installment of the Arklight trilogy.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Cuckoo in the Nest by Diane Mitchell (34 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

Evicted from their Devon home in the autumn of 1850, John Price is forced to take to the road with his wife Mary and their two young children, one cold winter's night finding them trudging the lanes of Gloucestershire in search of shelter. Their meagre resources exhausted, John reluctantly decides he has no option but to leave his family at the gates of the Workhouse, finding work at the Grange, the home of Major Carruthers. Moving into a tied cottage, the lives of the Price family become caught up in the fortunes and misfortunes of the Carruthers and their near neighbours, Sir Ian Stuart and his wife Lady Margaret. But the many lies and violent deaths John witnesses over the years are to make him rue the day the Major took him in.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Five Days in September: The Invasion of England 1940 by P R Burrell (RoadRunner Publications) (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

Five Days in September (Second Edition) September 1940, the Battle of Britain is over, the Luftwaffe has air superiority over England and the invasion of England has been set in motion. Jimmy Webb and his two lifelong friends, Penny Packard and Harry Hughes, who live in the southeast of England, in a clifftop village between Dover and Folkestone, are all involved in the defence of Britain, despite being only 17 years old. Jimmy is in the resistance, a member of an Auxiliary Patrol, Harry is a member of the Home Guard whilst Penny has been recruited as a local intelligence agent, a member of the Auxiliary Units Special Duties Branch tasked with reporting on enemy actions, troop movements and the morale of the populace. Karl Dressler, leader of an SS Assault Group of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, the crack unit of the Waffen-SS, has been tasked with securing and holding the area between Dover and Folkestone, an area that includes the invasion headquarters. The story of the invasion is told through the eyes of Jimmy, Penny and Karl. The nascent romance between Jimmy and Penny is interrupted by the invasion and the SS Officer also becomes involved with Penny. The invasion has violent and painful consequences for all, bringing the horror of war to English soil.

Genre: Historical Fiction

The Falconer's Apprentice by Malve von Hassell (7 Reviews)    Price verified 58 minutes ago

The Falconer's Apprentice is a story of adventure and intrigue set in the intense social and political unrest of the Holy Roman Empire in the thirteenth century. That bird should be destroyed!" Andreas stared at Ethelbert in shock. Blood from an angry-looking gash on the young lord's cheek dripped onto his embroidered tunic. Andreas clutched the handles of the basket containing the young peregrine. Perhaps this was a dream -- Andreas, an apprentice falconer at Castle Kragenberg, cannot bear the thought of killing the young female falcon and smuggles her out of the castle. Soon he realizes that his own time there has come to an end, and he stows away, with the bird, in the cart of an itinerant trader, Richard of Brugge. So begins a series of adventures that lead him from an obscure castle in northern Germany to the farthest reaches of Frederick von Hohenstaufen's Holy Roman Empire, following a path dictated by the wily trader's mysterious mission. Andreas continues to improve his falconry skills, but he also learns to pay attention to what is happening around him as he travels through areas fraught with political unrest. Eventually, Richard confides in Andreas, and they conspire to free Enzio, the eldest of the emperor's illegitimate sons, from imprisonment in Bologna.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Fairlyden by Gwen Kirkwood (Lume Books) (432 Reviews)    Price verified 13 minutes ago

'Romance with a capital R.' - Manchester Evening News It is nineteenth century Scotland and change is on the way. Sandy Logan is a man of his word and when Mattie Camerson's father dies, he intends to honour his promise to marry her. But dark forces are at work and Mattie finds herself betrothed to the son of cruel Jacob Reevil. Before the marriage can take place, Jacob and his son corner Mattie alone in the shed. Sandy comes to her rescue, but his actions have terrible consequences and he and Mattie are forced to flee. They trek for many miles and eventually find refuge at the rundown farm of Fairlyden, nestling in a peaceful valley. Mattie quickly wins the heart of its owner, Daniel Munro who needs to produce an heir or else Fairlyden will fall into the hands of the unscrupulous Earl of Strathtod. Mattie and Sandy work hard on the farm to make a living and to restore the fertility of the land but Mattie is still haunted by the Reevils. To escape her betrothal, Mattie must be wed before the Reevils can find her. So Daniel comes to Mattie with a proposal: Marry him and escape her fate. Mattie and Sandy have loved each other since they were children, but Mattie fears he is only marrying her to appease her dead father. Will Mattie accept Munro's offer? Will she choose her childhood sweetheart, Sandy? Or will the Reevils make the decision for her? Fairlyden is a charming romance set against the scenic backdrop of Scotland's wild and rugged landscape. Praise for Fairlyden: "Romance with a capital R." - Manchester Evening News "A dramatic period tale set in the villages and countryside of Lowland Scotland." - Fife Free Press "An enjoyable family saga of life in nineteenth century Scotland, when country people lived close to starvation and were subject to the whim of the laird." - South Hams Free Press Gwen Kirkwood is the author of sixteen Scottish novels and six shorter romantic novellas, including A Question of Love, The Wary Heart and A New ...

Genre: Historical Fiction

Thomas Marchant: a novella by Pamela Stephen (3 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

When he returns home after graduating from Trinity College Cambridge in 1720, Thomas Marchant wants to channel his passion as an innovator and engineer into devising and improving steam-driven engines for mining. He has plans running in his head to expand the family business, and make a name for himself at the start of a momentous period in British manufacturing history. But a twist of fate is about to change the direction of his life and with the help of his friends and neighbours, he must learn to live with the consequences of it. This freestanding story is the second of three about the lives of a group of characters in 18th century West London.

Genre: Historical Fiction

Bad vs Evil by David Rountree (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

Murder, burglary, muggings, counterfeiting, train robbing, safe-blowing, and other nefarious gang activities terrorized the local population. Law enforcement and the inept justice system couldn't deal with the problems, so, finally, the outraged citizens in two Indiana communities conspired to resolve the crime issue themselves. However, many considered their ultimate solution to be far worse than the problem.

Genre: Historical Fiction

With a Trusting Heart by Dawn Kinzer (Morningview Publishing) (31 Reviews)    Price verified 58 minutes ago

Will trust be the winning ticket to mending two wounded hearts? The 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition is taking place in Seattle with participants from all over the world when Lizzie Clark accepts a position at an orphanage in the city. After suffering heartbreak and loss, she is determined to make a life for herself independently. Jack Butler's mother abandoned their family when he was a young boy. Loyalty to his father cost him fulfilling his own aspirations, so Jack strives to take their family farm in a new direction. A newborn is left at the orphanage with a note asking Lizzie to take care of him. Why did the woman abandon her child? And why is Jack, a handsome local farmer so interested in helping Lizzie search for the infant's mother? When shocking revelations disrupt their plans, Lizzie and Jack are faced with life-changing decisions. Will they open their hearts to trusting again? This story was inspired by events that took place at the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo -- Seattle's first world's fair.

Genre: Historical Fiction