WW2
Operation Underworld
Operation Underworld is based on a true story about the underground partnership between the American government and the Mafia. This…
The Puzzle King
Simon Phelps emigrated to the United States as a nine-year-old boy, making the journey from Latvia to New York City…
Hitler’s War: September 1938 — War is declared
Many people regard alternative history as neither legitimate history nor legitimate historical fiction. Yet the past has meaning only in…
The Postmistress
Editors' choice
This atmospheric novel follows the intersecting lives of three American women during 1940 and 1941. Iris James is the postmaster…
The Lakewoman
Editors' choice
Alec Dearborn, a thoroughly likeable Australian soldier in the British paratroopers, takes part in the Allied invasion of France. On…
The Yard Dog
Hook Runyon is a railroad agent, a yard dog. His name is a nickname he inherited after an unfortunate accident…
The Promise of Rain
This is a moving novel about family, love and war. It is split between the viewpoint of an 11-year-old girl,…
No Less Than Victory
The final novel in this three book series starts in November 1944 in the middle of a B-17 bombing mission…
Jungle Soldier
Lieutenant-Colonel Freddy Spencer Chapman was an infantry officer who survived for more than three years in the jungles of occupied…
The Swiss Courier
Imagine yourself in 1944 Switzerland, literally surrounded by a bloody war. Hitler’s Gestapo is tracking down enemies of the Reich,…
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