The War Wolf recounts the opening battle of 1066 as King Hardrada of Norway out manoeuvres King Harold of England by landing the largest Viking army ever to set foot in the north of the kingdom. His objective is to capture York, the capital of Northumbria, and in this he is aided by Tostig Godwinson, the traitorous brother of the King of England.Unaware of the coming danger Coenred the Huscarl, an elite warrior of the Saxon army, considers retiring to his estate. His relationship w...

The Devil Within Us is a fast paced thriller set in 1933. A man calling himself Mephistopheles resides in a mountain fortress on the border of both Canada and the USA. He threatens world peace with an arsenal of advanced weaponry, including missiles that can reach the nearby cities of Vancouver and Seattle.Several foreign agents come together in an alliance of expediency. Some, like the British Agent Doc Hunter, want to stop Mephistopheles, others like Hartmann of the German Abwehr...

September 1066. The largest Viking army ever to set foot in England has captured York, the capital of Northumbria, and destroyed the Saxons' Army of the North. Coenred, one of the last surviving huscarl warriors, leads the remnant of that army south to Tadcaster in hopes of meeting the power that the King of the Saxons must send to rescue his kingdom. Within the city walls his lover Mildryth remains, living under the rule of their ancient enemy, in the shadow of the man who murdered her hu...

Scientists from the future travel back to the time of the dinosaurs to discover how life survives mass extinction events. The future Earth experienced just such an event, known to the survivors as the 'Collapse'. The civilisation that we know has gone. A new society is emerging. It is based on science and reason. Its technology efficiently exploits resources in a manner that does not destroy the environment and its ecologies.By special request, Dr Eva Kiesler, the next Leader of th...

The Queen of the Mountain Kingdom is an epic fantasy in a Napoleonic style.On the Holy Mountain of Oroson, the ancient Mountain Kingdom has existed for 5,000 years. The last King of the Pareb Dynasty is dying, however, and his only child is the Princess Saran, but women cannot rule on the Holy Mountain. For the past 500 years they have been banished from all positions of authority. The only place where women rule is in the home.Saran is not like most women of Oroson, however...

1930's Britain the Ministry of Social Biology (MoSB) is responsible for improving the health of the nation along eugenic principles. Spring Bank opens to take into care the feeble-minded, the dissolute, the deformed of body, from private and charitable hospitals. Brinley Valentine Husher is the newly appointed Secretary of State for Social Biology and he is determined to make Britain a country made strong through Eugenics. He hosts an Extraordinary International Eugenics Congress aboard th...

The third part of the Sorrow Song Trilogy, The Blade's Fell Blow, tells the story of the Battle of Hastings, 1066, through the eyes of the significant historical figures and the fictional Saxon warrior, Coenred. Having fought twice already Coenred had looked to retire to his estate with the beautiful Mildryth, but he is a man of honour and he cannot ignore the call to stand under the banner of King Harold of England. The Normans have invaded the south, laid waste to the land, committed out...

Jessica Kemp awakens from a coma to discover that she has survived a brutal attack by a serial killer against all odds. The police inform her that she is his fifth victim, but a man called Proctor, claiming to be a medium, tells her something different. He claims to be able to speak to the dead and the previous victims of the killer have chosen her as the weapon of their revenge. Jessica should indeed be dead, but the Victims saved her life and their price is that she must kill the killer....

The Sorrow Song Trilogy includes the separate novels, The War Wolf, For Rapture of Ravens, and The Blade's Fell Blow, in one volume. The Saga of 1066 is recounted from the opening battle at Fulford Gate, to the greatest victory of the Anglo-Saxons against their ancient enemy, the Vikings, at Stamford Bridge, and ends with their final encounter, against the Normans, at Senlatche Ridge, near the town of Hastings.Follow Coenred, Captain of Huscarls to the brothers, Eorl Edwin of Merci...

In "Peter Simple," Frederick Marryat crafts an engaging narrative that blends adventure, seafaring exploits, and a coming-of-age journey, all steeped in the rich tradition of maritime literature popular in early 19th-century England. The novel chronicles the adventures of its eponymous hero, a naive young man who embarks on a naval career, discovering the complexities of life and human nature amidst the backdrop of the British Navy's operations during wartime. Marryat's vivid prose and kee...

The acclaimed portrait of institutionalized patients whose abandoned possessions recall their forgotten lives“A deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness.” —Oliver SacksWhen Willard State Hospital closed its doors in 1995, after operating as one of New York State’s largest mental institutions for over 120 years, a forgotten attic filled with suitcases belonging to former patients was discovered. Using the possessi...

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