A young man searching for a life that demanded everything from him.What followed was life inside one of the world’s most mythologised fighting forces — the French Foreign Legion.From brutal training grounds to deployments across Africa, Mackenzie experienced the Legion beyond the legend: the discipline, the camaraderie, the exhaustion — and the moments when life and death balanced on a knife’s edge. Among men from more than a hundred nations, he trained, marched, p...

A young man searching for a life that demanded everything from him.What followed was life inside one of the world's most mythologised fighting forces — the French Foreign Legion.From brutal training grounds to deployments across Africa, Mackenzie experienced the Legion beyond the legend: the discipline, the camaraderie, the exhaustion — and the moments when life and death balanced on a knife's edge. Among men from more than a hundred nations, he trained, marched, p...

A short story of trip to L5 station meeting some trouble along the way but is all well that ends well

this book is the fictionized account of a relationship between a young gay male and older Bi Male, an officer in the military. I occurred in the Era of DADT.It contains description of sex between 2 men although the acts are not explicitly described. It is a disturbing (I hope) including suicide. It is a story of a young man coming of age or trying to, and oldder guys dealing with issues of his mostly ignored bisexuality,

A first book of Bible-based micro-tales“Fiction Favours the Facts” is a collection of the first 22 micro-tales from the Bible Tales Newsletter.Micro-tales? What are they? Short stories about Bible characters or events.Bible-based fiction – the facts of the Bible rounded out with imaginative detail to help us recognise the lives and feelings of real people.Some are about Bible characters you have never heard of, while others concentrate on an incident in the ...

“I was twenty-one years old when the letter arrived. It was the most exciting letter I ever received. Written in my father’s untidy scrawl, it had obviously been sent in the joy of discovery and his happiness showed in every word.The Book of the Law of God had been found!”King Josiah hears the words of God and everything starts to change.Idolatry is forced to take a backward step and the true servants of God have some breathing space.Let the Passover celebra...

Herein is the account of the experience of the author joining the army think he was in fact a heterosexual male as required by the rules and regs of the time and finding it wasn't necessary so. It is not maybe a pleasant read. It is set in the year 1987 and is the best recollection of the author after a bit of editing. The name of those have been removed since frankly I don't not want to be sued over recounting the tale.

"Chapter 1 – My BirthdayIt was on my seventeenth birthday that I first heard – or felt – God’s voice. In those days, we seemed to have a happy extended family in Anathoth and I was welcome in it. Times are different now…"From a family of priests in the peaceful reign of good King Josiah, came a young man Jeremiah, bringing words from God to his people. It was no message for the fainthearted, either. It was a message of Terror on Every Side!A young king and a young p...

Terror on Every Side! The Life of Jeremiah: Volume 5 – No Remedy (Volume 5 of 6)Mark Morgan (Bible Tales Online – www.BibleTales.online)No-one would believe Jeremiah's words until it was too late - and then there was Terror on Every Side! The cruel Babylonian army waits outside the city and King Zedekiah can't make up his mind what to do. Jeremiah advises surrender, but has Zedekiah the courage to obey?Food and water are running out and Jeremiah's enemies blame him ...

Terror on Every Side! The Life of Jeremiah: Volume 4 – The Darkness Deepens (Volume 4 of 6)Mark Morgan (Bible Tales Online – www.BibleTales.online)Jehoiakim’s body is dumped outside the gates of Jerusalem, and his son Jeconiah reigns briefly over a city under siege.Jeconiah surrenders and King Nebuchadnezzar takes him to Babylon – as Jeremiah had predicted – along with thousands of others.Zedekiah promises to be Nebuchadnezzar’s vassal, but is weak and easil...

Some tell of little-known Bible characters, while others concentrate on an incident in the life of one of the more famous Bible characters.Share the experiences of people who met the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel; consider how God’s curse dogged the rebuilding of Jericho; see Jesus as his family saw him; marvel at the faith of a woman who was sure that just touching Jesus’ clothes would heal her.Have you ever wondered how Hosea came to marry a prostitute? Hosea’s Story migh...

A young boy with 11 brothers; favourite of his father; chosen of God.Joseph, Rachel's son, lived a privileged life in Canaan until his jealous brothers sold him into slavery in Egypt. There, the favourite son learned hardship and faced undeserved punishment.Overcoming one trial after another, he finally faces the greatest test of all: power over his brothers. When they bow before him – as prophesied so many years before – will he take revenge, or show the forgiveness that c...