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Angel of Windword
by Maggie Dove
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Evil forces are at play surrounding Angelique Beauvisage, but she has no clue. Sensuous and suspense-filled, ANGEL OF WINDWORD, begins with a murder that takes place four years before and turns into a perilous cat and mouse game played by two reluctant lovers, who spin a web of deception that only their love can unravel. (Published: 2009)
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A Breath of Snow and Ashes [Secure]
by Diana Gabaldon
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Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in Diana Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time. Since the initial publication of Outlander fifteen years ago, Diana Gabaldon's New York Times bestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world over--and sold more than twelve million books. Now, A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser a... more info>> Quill Book Award Winner
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Victory of Eagles [Temeraire Series Book 5] [Secure]
by Naomi Novik
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Naomi Novik's triumphant debut, His Majesty's Dragon, introduced a dynamic new pair of heroes to the annals of fantasy fiction: the noble fighting dragon Temeraire and his master and commander, Capt. Will Laurence, who serves Britain's peerless Aerial Corps in the thick of the raging Napoleonic Wars. Now, in the latest novel of this dazzling series, they soar to new heights of breathtaking action and brilliant imagination. It is a grim time for the dragon Temeraire. On the heels of his mission t... more info>>
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The Last Free Men: IX Legion
by David Coles, Jack Everett
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During the reign of Emperor Marcus Aurelius in the 2nd Century AD, Rome's Ninth Legion was sent to Hadrian's Wall in northwest Britain to quell an insurrection that threatened the Empire's hold on the region. They were never heard from again. Historians have speculated for centuries about what might have happened to the mighty Ninth Legion--here is one intriguing possibility. THE LAST FREE MEN is the story of Marcus Gettorix, son of a Roman general and a British woman living in the northwest fro... more info>> (Published: 2008)
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The Given Day [Secure]
by Dennis Lehane
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In his long-awaited eighth novel, filled with the same suspenseful storytelling that shot Mystic River and Shutter Island to the top of the charts, award-winning author Dennis Lehane again puts all of his literary talents on display. The Great War is ending; the Bolsheviks are overthrowing the Tsar, the Kaiser is running roughshod over Europe, and the Spanish influenza is beginning its deadly rampage. On American shores, communist and socialist movements are swelling in numbers and anarchists ar... more info>>
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The Other Queen [Tudor Series Book 6] [Secure]
by Philippa Gregory
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This dazzling novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Philippa Gregory presents a new and unique view of one of history's most intriguing, romantic, and maddening heroines. Biographers often neglect the captive years of Mary, Queen of Scots, who trusted Queen Elizabeth's promise of sanctuary when she fled from rebels in Scotland and then found herself imprisoned as the "guest" of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and his indomitable wife, Bess of Hardwick. The newly married couple w... more info>>
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Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade [Secure]
by Diana Gabaldon
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In her much-anticipated new novel, the New York Times bestselling author of the Outlander saga brings back one of her most compelling characters: Lord John Grey--soldier, gentleman, and no mean hand with a blade. Here Diana Gabaldon brilliantly weaves together the strands of Lord John's secret and public lives---a shattering family mystery, a love affair with potentially disastrous consequences, and a war that stretches from the Old World to the New....
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Lord John and the Hand of Devils [Secure]
by Diana Gabaldon
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Diana Gabaldon, the New York Times bestselling author of Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade and the wildly popular Outlander novels, delivers three tales of war, intrigue, and espionage that feature one of her most popular characters: Lord John Grey. In the heart of the eighteenth century, here are haunted soldiers ... lusty princesses ... ghostly apparitions ... dark family secrets. And here Lord John will face enemies who come in the guise of friends, memories in the shape of a fiery-h... more info>>
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The Archer's Tale [The Grail Quest Series Book 1] [Secure]
by Bernard Cornwell
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At dawn on Easter morning 1343, a marauding band of French raiders arrives by boat to ambush the coastal English village of Hookton. To brave young Thomas, the only survivor, the horror of the attack is epitomized in the casual savagery of a particular black-clad knight, whose flag--three yellow hawks on a blue field--presides over the bloody affair. As the killers sail away, Thomas vows to avenge the murder of his townspeople and to recapture a holy treasure that the black knight stole from the... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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The Boleyn Inheritance [Tudor Series Book 3] [Secure]
by Philippa Gregory
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Three Women Who Share One Fate: The Boleyn Inheritance. Anne of Cleves: She runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a throne whose last three occupants are dead. King Henry VIII, her new husband, instantly dislikes her. Without friends, family, or even an understanding of the language being spoken around her, she must literally save her neck in a court ruled by a deadly game of politics and the terror of an unpredictable and vengeful king. Her Boleyn Inheritanc... more info>>
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The Pale Horseman [Saxon Series Book 2] [Secure]
by Bernard Cornwell
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Uhtred is a Saxon, cheated of his inheritance and adrift in a world of fire, sword, and treachery. He has to make a choice: whether to fight for the Vikings, who raised him, or for King Alfred the Great of Wessex, who dislikes him. In the late ninth century, Wessex is the last English kingdom. The rest have fallen to the Danish Vikings, a story told in The Last Kingdom, the New York Times bestselling novel in which Uhtred's tale began. Now the Vikings want to finish England. They assemble the Gr... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Cade's Quest: The Beginning
by Ed Howdershelt
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Surviving the War Between the States had made young Sergeant Ed Cade superbly adept at killing. Returning to the ruins of his family's farm, Cade discovered that his parents hadn't survived the war years. He also discovered that he no longer had any interest in farming. After leasing his land to others, Cade set forth to find or make some kind of a future for himself amid the bitter aftermath of the American Civil War. (Published: 2005)
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Highland Wishes [Scottish War for Independence Trilogy Book 1]
by Leanne Burroughs
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A Highlander Obsessed.... While the Scottish War for Independence rages, a young Laird heads to the Scottish-English border to avenge his father's vicious murder. The time for retribution has arrived. Rage tightly controlled, Grant Drummond presses forward toward the magnificent Norman-style manor to take its inhabitants by surprise. A Woman Defiant Victoria Blackstone tensed with a sense of foreboding. Her stomach knotted as she surveyed the large men surrounding her. Instinct warned her to esc... more info>> (Published: 2004) RIO Award Winner, Laurie Award Winner, RIO Award of Excellence Winner
Words: 153929 - Reading Time: 439-615 min.
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Jackdaws [Secure]
by Ken Follett
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D day is approaching. They don't know where or when, but the Germans know it'll be soon, and for Felicity "Flick" Clairet, the stakes have never been higher. A senior agent in the ranks of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) responsible for sabotage, Flick has survived to become one of Britain's most effective operatives in northern France. She knows that the Germans' ability to thwart the Allied attack depends upon their lines of communication, and in the days before the invasion, no target ... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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Lords of the North [Saxon Series Book 3] [Secure]
by Bernard Cornwell
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From Bernard Cornwell, the undisputed master of historical fiction, hailed as "the direct heir to Patrick O'Brien,"* comes the third volume in the exhilarating Saxon Chronicles: the story of the birth of England as the Saxons struggle to repel the Danish invaders. The year is 878, and as Lords of the North begins, the Saxons of Wessex, under King Alfred, have defeated the Danes to keep their kingdom free. Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, helped Alfred win that victory, but no... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Shane
by Jack Schaefer
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Joe Starrett is a humble farmer, loving husband and father, and law-abiding citizen, but a rancher such as Luke Fletcher can get the worst out of even him. The Starrett family and others like them are having land conflicts with the notorious cattle owner, and they seem to be at the losing end. But then Shane comes into the picture--and their lives change forever. What seemed to be a simple political issue turns out to be a lesson in life.
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Agincourt [Secure]
by Bernard Cornwell
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Young Nicholas Hook is dogged by a cursed past--haunted by what he has failed to do and banished for what he has done. A wanted man in England, he is driven to fight as a mercenary archer in France, where he finds two things he can love: his instincts as a fighting man, and a girl in trouble. Together they survive the notorious massacre at Soissons, an event that shocks all Christendom. With no options left, Hook heads home to England, where his capture means certain death. Instead he is discove... more info>>
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Alone in the Ashes [Ashes: 5]
by William W. Johnstone
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America the beautiful has gone hellishly awry. Nuclear war has descended on Main St. USA and left two things in its horrible wake: apocalyptic anarchy and Ben Raines, a lone patriot with a compulsion for pulling the trigger. He's a crusader for all the things he thought America stood for. But with the fallout of nuclear and germ warfare all around, survival is the nation's new favorite pastime. Raines finds out that it's a whole new ball game as he is hunted from state to smoldering state, a pri... more info>> (Published: 1985)
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Anarchy in the Ashes [Ashes: 3]
by William W. Johnstone
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In the aftermath of germ and nuclear warfare, of plague and pillage and bloody anarchy, the fate of a divided world hangs by a slender thread. Ben Raines and his SUSA Rebels are on one side ... the enemies of freedom are on the other. There's only a slim chance America will make it, but it's a chance that wasn't there before. And Ben Raines has sworn to make the dream of government by the people a reality. Until ruthless mercenary Sam Hartline puts together a mammoth army of invading Russians th... more info>> (Published: 1984)
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Battle Cry [Secure]
by Leon Uris
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Battle Cry is the riveting Marine epic by the bestselling author of such classics as Trinity and Exodus. Originally published in 1953, Leon Uris's Battle Cry is the raw and exciting story of men at war from a legendary American author. This is the story of enlisted men--Marines--at the beginning of World War II. They are a rough-and-ready tangle of guys from America's cities and farms and reservations. Led by a tough veteran sergeant, these soldiers band together to emerge as part of one of the ... more info>>
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Blood in the Ashes [Ashes: 4]
by William W. Johnstone
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The year is 1999 and the world is a smoldering shell of its former self, ravaged by the tragic spoils of nuclear warfare. Amid the holocaust, there are survivors. Although few, there are enough to rebuild and enough to oppress others. Ben Raines was a mercenary, a soldier of fortune, but his fortune has taken a turn now that he is the only man alive capable of bringing together a band of rebels and creating a new America. But there is a fiendish force at work determined to quash their efforts an... more info>> (Published: 1985)
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Captain Blood: Starring Errol Flynn - The Classic Radio Adaptation of the Greatest Pirate Movie of All Time [MP3 Audio]
by Rafael Sabatini
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A stunning radio dramatization of the immortal pirate movie, with Errol Flynn reprising his title role. Here is a story as true today as when Sabatini first penned it, of a man of healing persecuted until he is forced to turn pirate on the high seas. Filled with romance, swordplay, action, and humor. From Lux Radio Theater. If you love pirates, you must hear Captain Blood.
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Creekwood Green [The Apple Tree Book I]
by J.F. Bernard
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It all began one quiet evening up on Lazy Hill Road, at the Nickel Pig Saloon, that is? you know, down 'round Creekwood Green? They were all there: Pete Liddle, the sheriff, Doc Thiemann, Deacon Hoot, the mayor (of course). Jim Bob was there too; and so was his little brother, Tater?. Well, he wasn't really his brother, but that doesn't matter right now. Lil' Tate was actually somewhere down in Pete's basement, playing in the stardust with his new friend. They were rolling a stone back and forth... more info>> (Published: 2009)
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Danger In The Ashes [Ashes: 8]
by William W. Johnstone
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During the years following the nuclear holocaust that decimated the United States, the legend of Ben Raines has flourished throughout the shattered land. Soldier and survivalist, Raines has dedicated his life to rebuilding civilization from the ruins of humanity. But for a once-great nation to rise again, the new laws that are imposed must be just but harsh--they must be Ben Raines laws. The bloody war continues against the hordes of subhuman cannibals infesting the urban wasteland. But Raines a... more info>> (Published: 1988)
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Doctor Syn, a Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marsh
by Russell Thorndike
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Posing as a respectable vicar in Dymchurch at the turn of the 18th century, Dr. Syn is actually the retired pirate Captain Clegg. Clegg, believed hanged in Rye, is no longer being sought by the authorities. However, country life proves too tame for Syn, and his attention turns to smuggling. He takes on a secret identity, The Scarecrow, and returns to his criminal ways. (Published: 1915)
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