Civil War Thriller

Imagine the US torn in two, blue states and red states, fighting each other in a war for political supremacy and ownership of an AI that could be used to dominate the world! From the battlefields in Nevada, to naval clashes off the California coast, to the halls of red and blue governments, follow the action and intrigue of a vast cast of characters to the war’s ultimate conclusion. Who will be the victor? Get ready for a read with lots of twists and turns. In the end, for the right and the left, the world will be forever changed!

Empire of Shadows is the epic story of the conquest of Yellowstone, a landscape uninhabited, inaccessible, and shrouded in myth in the aftermath of the Civil War. In a radical reinterpretation of the 19th century West, George Black casts Yellowstone's creation as the culmination of three interwoven strands of history.

The Civil War is Julius Caesar’s personal account of his war with Pompey the Great - the war that destroyed the five-hundred-year-old Roman Republic. Caesar the victor became Caesar the dictator. In three short books, Caesar describes how, in order to defend his honor and the freedom of both himself and the Roman people, he marched on Rome and defeated the forces of Pompey and the Senate in Italy, Spain, and Greece.

A century after Appomattox, the civil rights movement won full citizenship for black Americans in the South. It should not have been necessary: by 1870 those rights were set in the Constitution. This is the story of the terrorist campaign that took them away.

When Grace Wheaton's former professor calls to warn her that there have been a rash of thefts at various historical sites, Grace isn't surprised, because Marshfield Manor has been targeted, too. She wonders if it has something to do with the film crew roaming the grounds, digitally immortalizing the manor, but then she gets distracted by an incident much more dire: the shooting of one guest and the murder of another.

Civil war reenactors have set up camp on the grounds of Marshfield Manor. The group is very believable, especially when the unrest spills out of the barracks and inside the sumptuous mansion. Grace Wheaton, the curator and manager of the manor, manages to settle a minor squabble but loses the war when actor Zachary Kincade is found stabbed to death.

Roark von Graf - former noble and hedge mage, current mid-level mob in a MMORPG - has his sights set on taking down the tyrannical dungeon lord. But the reigning troll despot is nearly as devious as Roark, and his followers are at a much higher level. With forever-death on the line, civil war breaks out in the Citadel, pitting Roark’s new regime against Azibek’s horde of loyalists. To survive, Roark will have to outfox the dungeon lord, forge new, dirtier weapons and shady alliances, and above all, evolve....

Winter 1862. The Civil War has dragged on longer than anyone anticipated. Some in the Confederacy have proposed desperate measures to end the war, even embracing a plot to destroy the Union with a deadly epidemic. Fearing that the actions of Southern radicals could jeopardize Europe's acceptance of the Confederacy, the Confederate Secret Service sends an agent to stop the madman who plans to unleash Rebel Fever in Washington. Not all the enemies wear gray, and nothing less is at stake than the lives of thousands and the future of a nation. Based on an actual incident, this historical ...

WHAT IF THE LEGEND IS TRUE? IT’S BEEN 150 YEARS SINCE the fabled Sinner dispensed his brutal brand of justice on Civil War slave traders and other wrongdoers. Surely he’s long dead by now…isn’t he? § “Heart-pounding adventure” --CCM magazine “A thriller fantastic” --Aspiring Retail magazine “A gritty mystery that’s unpredictable and delightful” --InFuze magazine “An intriguing tapestry, leaving unexplained miracles to enhance the story’s sense of wonder.” --Press & Sun Bulletin “Engaging. Haunting. Innovative...Reminiscent of Dean Koontz on a dark night” --...

Mark Aaron’s quest to protect history continues as he faces his most dangerous adversary yet, Three, a fellow android from the future, whose goal is to apply 21st century tactics to change the course of the American Civil War and bring a speedy victory for the South. Mark, and his companion Jane, must utilize all of their resources, and become something they abhor, in order to preserve history, preserve the Union, and save humanity from ultimate destruction.

The Hunt For Frederick Douglass is an extraordinary first novel by author Terry Balagia, whose historical fiction work takes us along on an outrageously authentic ride, where he combines deep insights, fights with Texas Ranger heroics, and unexpected surprises that keep the listener holding on tight to every word.. It’s the tale of Texas Ranger Rip Gatlin, who is ordered to go up North and capture Frederick Douglass in an attempt to get the newly elected Lincoln to negotiate with the South in hopes of avoiding the Civil War and permanently eliminating slavery.

Follow the story of Shay Montgomery, a field nurse from central Kentucky, who finds herself in the heart of the battle for Justice and uncovers conspiracies that stretch all the way to the White House. It’s an age old story of good versus evil and wrong versus right. The challenge, however, is that things are seldom as they seem. And what do you do when, no one is really interested in the truth? What if you aren’t sure who is evil and who’s not? What do you do then? On a cold night in April 1865, the steamboat, Sultana, exploded in the engorged Mississippi River carrying over two ...

Now that the devasting pandemic has subsided, and the election is over, Americans are eager to return to normal. But, with a stunning decision, the Supreme Court has just thrown the country into pandemonium. Under a shroud of chaos and despair, lines are drawn, and sides are chosen. As the United States begins to unravel, rogue militias march across the nation closing borders and threatening citizens. Laws are flagrantly broken by those who vowed to uphold them. Innocent citizens are kidnapped, some are killed. And, the US President is calling the shots. In disparate corners of the country,...

By the summer of 1660 the last remnants of the Republic have been swept away and the Stuarts have been restored under their king, Charles II. A list of forty-nine regicides believed to be involved in the death of Charles I is drawn up. Executions of the regicides begin to take place and the hunt intensifies for those who have gone into hiding or have fled. Although not a regicide, staunch Republican Damian Seeker is on a list of traitors to the king. Royalist spy Lady Anne Winter is employed to find evidence of guilt or innocence among the names on this Winter List.

In 1850 in Massachusetts, Whittaker House stood as a stop on the Underground Railroad. It’s where two freedom seekers, Little Annie and Clementine, hid and perished. Whittaker House still stands, and Little Annie and Clementine still linger, their dreams of freedom unfulfilled. Now a fashionably distressed vacation rental in the Berkshires, Whittaker House draws seekers of another kind: Black women who only appear to be free.

Sandy Roberts is desperately hoping this is his last mission for the Secret Service of the United States. He wants out. He is heartsick with all the betrayals and blood on his hands. But the service has tapped him for the most dangerous mission of his career. It is the first year of the American Civil War. England looks poised to enter the conflict on the side of the Confederacy, and the Union is losing the battle for control of the sea. As a master mariner Sandy Roberts is just the man Federal spymasters think will help them unravel how so many ships are evading the Union Navy’s blockade...

Repeating rifles that could shoot up to seven times faster than the standard muzzleloading guns of the American Civil War might have given Northerners the victory in the first year of the four-year war. Even though they were a Union monopoly that had been patented before the war, few were deployed until the final year of fighting. Manufacturers could not understand the bureaucratic resistance and historians have argued over it ever since. That's because they did not know that the Confederate Secret Service was involved. Southerners operated clandestinely to cause the Union Army Ordnance ...

Mr. K is coming near to get his pension, so his superior sends him to a last mission. To stop the cruel Dr. Reza, who has invented a method to spread a deadly virus. He has to travel to Lebanon, Turkey and finally into war torn Syrian territory. On his way to Damascus he passes the ruins of Palmyra. Will he be successful in killing the damn iranian scientist? Will he succeed of getting out of Syria alive? All the odds are against him. The reader will not be able to stop reading this amazing and next to real story. The Middle East naked. You will learn all about the fifteen groups of ...

She found love in the West but no peace. He found forgiveness but no rest. Now a new adversary threatens their future together: a proud Lakota warrior named Crazy Horse. Southern war widow Annabelle is eager to start a new life in a Montana gold rush town with Union cavalryman Josey Angel. But the infamous gunman has one last debt to repay. Then a band of warriors seizes Annabelle in a bloody raid, placing her at the center of the deadliest Indian war America has ever seen. Her captor, Crazy Horse, seeks to kill the white men who have trespassed on his people’s land, even as he’s ...

When General William T. Sherman commissions Ezra Justice to form a secret band of cavaliers who will help end the war between the North and South, his order may impact the West as well.