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Gene Hackman

From Academy Award winner Gene Hackman, an epic and immersive 19th-century Western novel about family, revenge, and redemption.Teenager Jubal Young is forced into manhood much sooner than expected when he returns to his family farm and discovers it burned down, with his mother and sister raped and murdered and his father left for dead. Alone in the world, he buries the bodies of his family and heads west to seek vengeance on the outlaws responsible.With his...

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Gene Hackman, Daniel Lenihan

The Oscar-winning actor teams up with a shipwreck diving expert to spin a cinematic tale of nineteenth century pirates, shipwrecks, and sea adventure.In 1805, seventeen-year-old Jack O'Reilly sets sail with his parents from America to Cuba aboard the Perdido Star. But when tragedy strikes shortly after their arrival, Jack makes a desperate escape, rejoining the departing Star as a member of the crew. On his yearslong journey around the globe, he on...

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Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman, acclaimed actor and author of Payback at Morning Peak, “takes aim at a clear target: telling a good story” (St. Augustine Record) in this gripping thriller that pits a devoted police sergeant against a predator who may cost her everything that matters.“I’ll say this for the last time. Take your hand off the shotgun.”In a tense standoff with a shopping mall shooter, Sergeant Juliette Worth has the suspect about to sur...

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Gene Hackman

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Gene Hackman

Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 - February 17, 2025), a former US Marine, was an American actor with a career that spanned over four decades, winning two Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. Hackman's two Oscars were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was also Oscar-nomina...

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Gene Hackman, Daniel Lenihan

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James Daniels

Jack O' Reilly is a 17-year-old New Englander who in 1805, sails with his parents on the Perdido Star to Cuba, his mother's birthplace, to claim the land she inherited. But for Jack, the trip that began with high hopes and the excitement of a new life, becomes a descent into violence and revenge. His parents murdered, their land confiscated, his own life nearly taken, Jack is forced to rejoin the Star as a member of the crew, sailing through the world's most treacherous waters under a drin...

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Gene Hackman, Daniel Lenihan

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Christopher Lane

July 1864. Union officer Nathan Parker has been imprisoned at nightmarish Andersonville prison camp in Georgia along with his soldiers. As others die around them, Nathan and his men hatch a daring plan to allow him to escape through a tunnel and make his way to Vicksburg, where he intends to alert his superiors to the imprisonment and push for military action. His efforts are blocked by higher-ups in the military, so Parker takes matters into his own hands. Together with a shady, dangerous...

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Peter Gibbons

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The Chronicles of Arthur

The thrilling next instalment in Peter Gibbons', The Chronicles of Arthur seriesTo save his people, a warrior must become more than a king…Dark Age Britain crumbles.Cruel kings of Britain sit alone atop their hilltop fortresses as brutal Saxon invaders push ever forwards, greedy for plunder and weakened kingdoms to conquer.Blood feuds, jealousy, and pride keeps these Kingdoms isolated. Only the Pendragon, Uther, the high king of kings, has ...

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William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

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Murphy's Law

Johnstone Country. Where the Brave and the Bold Serve Justice.From the national bestselling authors of American Western sagas and legends comes an action-packed new series. Cullen Murphy was forged in the fires of notorious towns, rough cattle drives, and brutal battlefields. And in a land where the strong prey on the weak, he’s a law unto himself . . .Orphaned as a child, Cullen Murphy battled against life’s cruelties as he drifted from on...

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Gigi Griffis

The king killed the love of her life—and she's going to make him pay.Step into this epic revenge tale a la The Count of Monte Cristo**, based on the true story of France's most notorious lady pirate. By the author of** The Empress**—as seen on Netflix.**It's 1343 and Jeanne de Clisson is out for revenge.At forty-three, her perfect life—a loving husband, three young childre...

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William W. Johnstone, J.A. Johnstone

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The Last Wagon Train

Legendary nationally bestselling Western authors return with a brand-new West Texas–set series for their legions of loyal fans.WILL THIS BE . . . THE LAST WAGON TRAIN?A new railroad line is coming to Hansen’s Bend—and the Old West will never be the same. Especially for the Callahans. They’ve been running the local wagon train outfit for years. But now a pompous rail boss named Arbuckle wants to put them out of business. This big-city weasel...

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Paul Weston

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Paul Weston Historical Maritime and Naval Fiction

Britain is at war with Napoleonic France, and Lieutenant Snowden RN is sent to Bermuda to commission a fast cedar built schooner, Oleander. In the Mediterranean, the French control the island of Corsica, having defeated the short lived Corsican Republic, and Pasquale Paoli, the Republic's leader, now an old man, is in exile in London. Snowden and Oleander are sent to Corsica to support a delicate and dangerous operation which could be of considerable assistance in defeating Bonaparte....

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Richard Cullen

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Chronicles of the Black Lion

The start of an epic new historical adventure series from Richard Cullen introducing The Black LionAs war approaches, the lion will roar…1213AD.King Richard the Lionheart is dead, and his brother, John Lackland, sits uneasily upon the throne of England.Across the sea, Prince Louis, heir to the powerful King Philip Augustus of France, looks to King John’s crown with a covetous eye.But King John must be wary of rebel...