Military
Young Bloods
This is the first in a quartet of novels about Wellington and Napoleon, covering the years 1769-1795. Arthur Wesley…
Lost Souls
Two brothers, Luke and Jack Macpherson, raised on a sheep station owned by a Scottish father who has no…
Fort Pillow
It’s 1864 in Jackson, Tennessee, at a military headquarters that has changed from Confederate to Union and now back…
Search and Destroy
Editors' choice
Rick Ward, a confused boy from Long Beach just out of high school, drifts into the army. He may…
Blue Man Falling
Blue Man Falling is set during the Battle of France in 1939-40. It follows the fortunes of two RAF pilots,…
Knife Edge (The Royal Marines Saga #5)
Towards the end of the 20th century Lieutenant Ross Blackwood contemplates the bleak future of the Royal Marines as they…
Courage on Little Round Top
The struggle for Little Round Top during the second day of the climactic Battle of Gettysburg has captured readers’ attention…
Salisbury: Civil War Death Camp in North Carolina
Though packaged and titled (oddly) like a non-fiction book, Salisbury is a novel based on the Civil War experiences of…
Company of Spears
This is the eighth Matthew Hervey military adventure, set in 1827. After a considerable time in the Hounslow Barracks, from…
No Greater Courage: A Novel of the Battle of Fredericksburg
Richard Croker’s talents as a Civil War novelist were first displayed in his well received To Make Men Free: A…
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