In May 1915, the RMS Lusitania, then the world's fastest liner, departed from New York. Seven days later she was torpedoed off the Irish coast with the loss of 1,198 lives. Suspected by the Germans of carrying clandestine munitions to Britain, the great ship steamed into a fatal encounter with the German submarine U-20. One of the largest naval disasters in history, it was a factor in bringing America into the First World War. Patrick O'Sullivan presents the complete story of the Lusitania...

Hiro's WelcomeNot all soldier’s homecomings are filled with joy.And not all sweethearts remain true.Sergeant Kintoki Hiro knows this.But he has hope.Two years living out of a helmet and hope is all he has.In just one moment he’ll learn the truth.Is hope enough for a man?Or for a woman?This romantic story originally appeared in, “Fiction River: Hidden in Crime.”

When high school student Ernesto Suarez wins the Lamplighter Prize for Best Amateur Space Blog he finds himself thrust into the heart of a hidden conspiracy that will forever change the course of human space exploration.This short story is the 2013 grand prize winner in the James Patrick Baen Memorial Writing Contest sponsored by Baen Books and the National Space Society.

A mysterious uncle from Ireland. A magic fiddle. And a dark secret from beyond the grave that will destroy a family — or save it.According to Matty’s dad, busking is another name for begging. The day he catches Matty playing music in the street is the day Matty can pack his things and go.That’s fine for Dad to say, but Matty needs answers, and his uncle’s magic fiddle only works miracles under the naked sky. Matty needs a miracle. The Keane family is seriously screwed up, a...

When wine flows tongues wag. Tempers flare. A war of words escalates toward bloody war, resurrecting the sins of the past and threatening to surpass them.A blind harper; harsh-tongued, hot blooded, bearing a grudge that could spark a war.A merciless judge; discarded, exiled, determined to see the Queen’s law enforced to the letter.And Daniel Duncanava; dutiful son, faithful servant, loyal subject. A mild man, determined to stop these two jabbering fools. Stop them b...

Originally published in 1979 and with a case-study from Indonesia, this volume examines the question of planning the provision of transport facilities as a special case of the general planning problem. It deals with the modelling (including conceptual short-comings of it), analysis, estimation and control of transport planning and the challenges associated with planning in uncertainty. As well as devoting specific chapters to network planning, the book also provides background material on ...

The Priest HunterIn the early 1700s a conniving man in Ireland could earn a mighty wage betraying his friends, his family, and his faith. Priest hunters they were called, bounty hunters scouring the countryside for Catholic clergy. Countryside like the Burren, a desolate, treeless landscape of unrelenting stone.In Irish a wolf is called ‘mac tíre’, which means literally, ‘son of the countryside’. But the Burren is no country for wolves.A priest hunter couldn’t run i...

The contemporary geopolitical order is marked by profound instability: international law appears fractured and largely ineffective, might is often right as power prevails over principle. This book identifies one fundamental reason for the apparent gangsterish anarchy— lack of enforcement power for international institutions and the primary premise of international law being that of an effectively absolute national sovereignty. Drawing on the political philosophies of Hobbes and Kant this b...

This book takes a fresh look at an age-old controversy in ethics and political economy that stretches right back to Aristotle: the morality and the economics of debt financing, or the charging of interest on loans. It endeavours to show the immense relevance of those ancient debates in the contemporary economy.Outside of countries which practise Islam and Islamic finance, the charging of interest is taken completely for granted today and little or no thought is devoted to its moral...

O'Casey's WarAfter four years serving in the South Pacific John O’Casey knows the score.Take one step into another man’s jungle and the rules get real simple, real fast.Kill or be killed.That’s why, once O’Casey’s heels kiss New York concrete, he keeps moving.Moving up 5th Avenue, toward the mansion of Josiah Stride, the crooked Wall Street alchemist whose wartime profiteering turned lead into gold and American boys into casualties.Stride, li...

A man on the move, without a past, without a future. An unwanted package bearing police reports, disturbing photographs, hints of escalation. And a handwritten plea in a lady's delicate hand, a summoning invocation Merlin Thorn dare not refuse. "Come home."

A dozen of the best young spellcasters in the land. The heir to the throne, determined to beat them all. And Maddy Dune, a half-human enchanter who'll settle for getting through the competition without killing anyone.This story was first published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 27.