Military
Poseidon’s Spear
Distraught over the death of his wife, Aristemnos — bronzesmith, warrior, and survivor of the battle of Marathon — flings…
Into Dust and Fire
In the spring of 1941, before Pearl Harbor, before American committed itself to involvement in World War II, a cadre…
The Hard Way: Surviving Shamshuipo POW Camp
Major V.S. Ebbage was taken prisoner with his Royal Army Ordinance Corps when the Japanese captured Hong Kong in 1941.…
Scoundrel! The Secret Memoirs of General James Wilkinson
Historian Keith Thompson blends facts and fiction to tell a hilarious, riveting tale of James Wilkinson and the American Revolution.…
We Fought at Arnhem
Operation Market Garden was an Allied plan in 1944 to capture Dutch bridges over the Rhine using airborne troops to…
The Siege
270 AD. Queen Zenobia of Palmyra has turned on her erstwhile master, Rome. She has sent her armies across Arabia,…
Hellfire
This is the fourth wartime novel from author James Holland to feature the rough and ready Jack Tanner, an uncompromising…
No Empty Chairs: The Short and Heroic Loves of the Young Aviators Who Fought and Died in the First World War
I was riveted by Mackersey’s account from the first page. On the technical side, he makes his in-depth knowledge and…
Dead Man’s Tunnel
With a title like Dead Man’s Tunnel, you might think you are about to read an old Western or a…
Victorio’s War
In this third installment in the Desert Legends trilogy, young Jim Doolen is a scout for the 10th U.S. Cavalry…
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