Southern War

Set in the nineteenth century, World Odyssey (The World Duology, #1) follows the fortunes of three young travelers as each embarks on an epic journey. Their dramatic adventures span sixteen years and see them engage with Native American Indians, Barbary Coast pirates, Aborigines, Maoris and Pacific Islanders as they travel around the world - from America to Africa, from England to the Canary Islands, to Australia, New Zealand and Samoa. Ambitious American adventurer Nathan Johnson's journey begins when he runs away to sea to escape a violent father. After surviving a shipwreck and ...

Step into an enthralling chronicle of international dynamics with "Shifting Forces". This gripping eBook will lead you on an extraordinary journey through the complex world of global alliances and rivalries, from their historical roots to their present-day implications. Unearth the origins of alliances and rivalries by exploring their nuanced historical context and progression, as revealed in the earliest chapters. Discover the fascinating evolution of alliances, unravel the forces that lead to the birth of rivalries, and gain an eye-opening understanding of the machinations that shape our ...

As the storm clouds of war gather, there are rough seas ahead for the Sunchaser. December 1941. The Japanese are rampaging across the Pacific. Travis Johnson and the crew of the Sunchaser are caught in the onslaught. Facing imminent capture, and possibly death, they undertake a perilous journey across the war ravaged Far East. What began as a routine voyage becomes a race for their very survival.

Something is wrong in California.Martial Law is in place. UN Peacekeepers take on enforcement in the cities as their secret Islamist allies terrorize the countryside. The trouble starts right away. UN Peacekeepers push the population around, beating or killing those who resist and kidnapping women to fulfill their own evil desires.Ivan the Butcher leads a movement to foil the plans of the globalists, setting up two core groups. One group works in the extreme south of the state, led by Ji-Ho, a wealthy Korean man with mob and mercenary ties. The other group works in the South Bay, led by ...

An exposed family secret changed her life forever and blindsided his Marine heart. From the day Hannah was abandoned as a newborn, her adoptive parents have kept the truth of her origin from her and her siblings. But when that secret is exposed, a threat arises which forces her to leave the only family she’s ever known and the adoptive brother she adores. She must start her life anew in Charleston. U.S. Marine Lieutenant Adam White, harbors a secret—more confidential than patrolling the Caribbean for French corsairs, more threatening than the fight against Barbary pirates in the ...

The story of the intelligence war in South Africa during the Second World War is one of suspense, drama and dogged persistence. In 1939, when the Union of South Africa entered the war on Britain’s side, the German government secretly contacted the political opposition, and the leadership of the anti-war movement, the Ossewabrandwag. The Nazis’ aim was to spread sedition, undermine the Allied war effort, and - given the strategic importance of the Cape of Good Hope sea route - gain naval intelligence. Soon U-boat packs were sent to operate in South African waters, to deadly effect.

In 1860, Charleston, South Carolina, embodied the combustible spirit of the South. No city was more fervently attached to slavery, and no city was seen by the North as a greater threat to the bonds barely holding together the Union. And so, with Abraham Lincoln's election looming, Charleston's leaders faced a climactic decision: They could submit to abolition - or they could drive South Carolina out of the Union and hope that the rest of the South would follow.

The Paraguayan War of 1864–1870 was the bloodiest war between nations in South American history. Discover how tiny Paraguay had a tyrant with a giant ego and the largest army on the continent, and how and why he invaded Brazil and Argentina. Learn about the biggest naval battle in South America’s history, and about the Paraguayan fortress called South America’s Gibraltar.

It's 1963. George Wallace, the new governor of Alabama, has declared "Segregation forever!" Simon Klein and his family, Jews from St. Paul, Minnesota, have moved to the small town of Picketville, Alabama, where Simon must finish his senior year of high school. He is as mystified of the South as Southerners are of a Jew. While gathering information for a story he is writing for his high school paper, he becomes friends with Cecilia Goodwin, a Black girl. They have much in common. Sitting together on her porch swing, they talk about the Civil Rights movement, literature, the looming Vietnam ...

Before the empire, before the legends—there was the Battle of the Sabis. In 57 BCE, deep in the forests of ancient Gaul, Julius Caesar’s legions faced one of their most dangerous encounters against the fierce Belgic tribes. Outnumbered and nearly ambushed, the Roman army teetered on the edge of disaster. Yet through discipline, innovation, and sheer will, they would turn the tide. Strategies of Conquest pulls back the curtain on one of history’s most overlooked yet pivotal battles. Author Terry Sloan brings this clash to life with vivid storytelling and in-depth analysis of Roman and ...

An inside account of the South Vietnamese elites who strove to carry on the war against the Communists during the US Army’s withdrawal. The book is a personal memoir of the author’s service as a US Army advisor during the end stages of America’s involvement in Vietnam. During the period 1970–71, the US was beginning to draw down its combat forces, and the new watchword was “Vietnamization.”

From the Trail of Tears to Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn, the narrative of American history is incomplete without the inclusion of the Native Americans that lived on the continent before European settlers arrived in the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the first contact between natives and settlers, tribes like the Sioux, Cherokee, and Navajo have both fascinated and perplexed outsiders with their history, language, and culture.

Two Southerners thrown together by the Union army. He’s on a quest for vengeance. She’s determined to preserve her family. Lydia Gibson’s life is overturned when the Union Army invades her hometown and burns down the cotton mill where she and her stepdaughter worked. Even worse, she and the other workers are arrested and sent to Marietta, where they wait for the army to send them north. Confederate Sergeant Seth Morgan finally reaches Marietta to check on his family, but the last thing he expects is to meet a woman who sparks attraction he thought he’d never feel again. ...

Rebecca Marchant had led a sheltered life until she's inexplicably drawn to the home of her father's youth. Surrounded by the historical landscape of the Chickamauga Battlefield in Georgia, Rebecca finds herself plagued by haunting dreams and vivid visions of Civil War events. As Rebecca walks a mile in another girl's moccasins through her visions and dreams she learns about compassion, forgiveness, temptation, the trauma of war, and the power of true love. A perfect blend of history, romance, mystery and principles woven together in an engaging tale that will keep you turning pages wanting...

Richard Sharpe, asked to help an old friend, meets, at last, the greatest enemy. Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe's peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands--a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth. Sharpe, along with Patrick Harper, finds himself bound for Chile via St. Helena, where they have a fateful meeting with the fallen emperor Napoleon.

A gut-wrenching, scared-as-hell story of a group of World War II college-age kids who flew B-25 Bombers in the South Pacific by the seat of their pants and wreaked havoc on Japanese military aspirations. Nine out of ten from the 345th Bomb Group didn't make it back. In 1945, just before the end of World War II, First Lieutenant Blount participated in the attack of the Japanese cargo ship Kanju Maru at Saigon.

Glenna McMann had been shunned, teased and bullied since the seventh grade. Her rural Alabama classmates, especially the boys, enjoyed making nasty comments about the early development of her body, especially her breasts. She dealt with painful social pressures all alone because she was from an uneducated and uncaring family. Her life was tortured and lonely. Sam Bennett is a local high school football star who protects her during a physical attack which leads to a brief encounter. His protecting her from Bobby and Tommy Jackson creates a deep hatred and leads the brothers to plot against ...

Family meant everything to Ayden Stratton. It always had even when he didn’t always allow it to show. Because of that, he understood the fury in Tobias Blaise’s eyes when they learned that his sister had been dragged out the backdoor of her restaurant despite every effort to stop her from being kidnapped. Fury didn’t begin to describe what he saw in his brother’s face. Cassidy Blaise might be Tobias’s sister, but she was Benjamin’s entire world. Tobias Blaise never expected to find any woman he wanted to spend his life with, let alone one who looked at him the way Ellis did, ...

📍 Beaufort, South Carolina, 1948 In a town where whispered judgment hides behind every smile, Etta Mae Johnson keeps her head down, her heart quiet, and her desires locked away. Until a soldier walks into her life—and changes everything. Corporal Luca Moretti is just passing through… or so he says. Tall, olive-skinned, and sharp in his uniform, he looks at Etta like she’s not just beautiful—she’s unforgettable. Their attraction is forbidden, undeniable, and far too dangerous to name. ⚠️ One kiss turns into a secret night. 🔥 One night turns into a love worth risking ...

This love lost and found and historical novel begins with a current-day vehicle accident on a Mississippi highway. The vehicle chasing an elderly couple, Thornton and Melissa, careens off a bridge leaving two of the occupants dead. While aiding the lone survivor, Thornton is puzzled by his incoherent comments and wonders if his life is in danger, and what relationship a little girl has with the survivor's family and his family. The story reveals that relationship began from a tragic event at the end of the Civil War. Set in the South, many scenes depict hardships, relationships, and despair...