Gerald T. Burke
Red Rover
The novel opens in 1927 with two of the main characters, Neil and Aidan Tierney (nine and thirteen, respectively), riding…
A Fictional History Of The United States With Huge Chunks Missing
This diverse collection of short stories spans the history of the United States from 1426 to the year 2011. The…
Smonk
It’s 1911 in Alabama. The citizens of the small town of Old Texas have had enough of E.O. Smonk, a…
It Wakes In Me
In what is now west-central Florida in prehistoric times, Sora, the leader of Black Falcon Nation, is suspected of multiple…
A King’s Trade
It’s 1799, and the Napoleonic Wars have just begun. Alan Lewrie, captain of the 32-gun British frigate HMS Proteus, is…
The Rommel Mission
This novel’s setting is the summer of 1944. In Normandy, the D-Day invasion is under way. Field Marshal Rommel is…
The Light Of Evening
Editors' choice
The novel opens in the latter half of the 20th century. Dilly, bedridden in a small rural Irish hospital, reminisces…
A Sound Like Thunder
The novel is set in Fairhope, Alabama, a small Gulf Coast town during the early years of World War…
An Iliad
The Iliad is one of the oldest works of western literature. Composed during the 8th century BC, it still maintains…
Richard Temple
The novel opens with the protagonist, Richard Temple, enduring repeated sessions of torture at the hands of Nazi interrogators. It…
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