Fiction - War & Military

The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) is a novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux's career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Great War in England in 1897 is a story of broken...

When the People's Republic of China unleashes a devastating attack on the United States, newly appointed Navy Commander Bill Wilkins and his crew are suddenly alone, deep in the enemy's backyard, and unable to communicate with naval or national leadership. At home in Washington,...

GONE TO GRAVEYARDS-An Epic Novel of the Korean War has a immediate relevance as today, over a half-century after the Korean truce was signed, incredibly the daily headlines portend the ominous threat of North Korea's nuclear ambition while UN troops still anxiously patrol the...

From the author of the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Black Obelisk is a classic novel of the troubling aftermath of World War I in Germany. A hardened young veteran from the First World War, Ludwig now works for a monument...

Girl Fighters is a novel based on a true account of two girls who passed as men and fought in Yemen's 1960's civil war.The characters in our story are two cousins who dress as males and are known as Mohammed and Ali. The men...

From author Diney Costeloe, a gritty drama about a mother's struggle to protect her family and escape Nazi persecution in World War II Germany.Germany 1937: fear and betrayal stalk the streets. People disappear. Persecution of the Jews has become a national pastime.When Ruth Friedman's...

Northern Ireland 1994.There was a rumour in the air, one which nobody dared to whisper. Some wouldn't even contemplate its potential consequences. Microscopic green shoots had appeared, and individuals with vision had nurtured its development which would hopefully create a pathway to peace. Common...

The French Foreign Legion is a mysterious organization that operates mostly in the shadows. Capturing the Sunset is the coming-of-age story of someone who entered this clandestine group as a boy, and emerged a man.Facing death taught this former legionnaire about life. He overcame...

This chilling, futuristic novel, written in 1913, was incredibly prophetic on a major scale. Wells was a genius and visionary, as demonstrated by many of his other works, but this book is clearly one of his best. He predicts nuclear warfare years before research...

Ardnish, the Highlands of Scotland, 1944. On his deathbed, Donald John Gillies sends for a priest to hear his last confession. During his 85 years he has witnessed much - world wars, the loss of family through death and emigration, and the daily struggles...

As Lancastrian forces struggle to win the English crown in the War of the Roses, Martin Robsart sees his parents killed and his home destroyed. Orphaned and alone, he grows up to serve his cousins, the Yorkist kings Edward IV and Richard III. And...

Sergeant Warren Parish is a dangerous man--in more ways than his military training would explain. Nowhere in the world is this more clear than war-torn Iraq, where his "special skill set" is crucial on more than one deadly occasion. When a new enemy arises...

On leave after a difficult mission, Navy SEAL Tony Gallo steps off the plane in Rome and tumbles right into the arms of the woman who dumped him nine years ago, and they're both there for family events. He discovers Darcy's attending the wedding...

The Crimean War is at its peak as the winter of 1854 sets in, and Commander Phillip Hazard of the 31-gun, steam-screw frigate Trojan is sent to bring troop reinforcements from Constantinople to Eupatoria. On the way, he must handle an overbearing young nobleman...

The Crimean War rages on. Determined to break the stalemate, the British decide to send a spy into Odessa. And who better for this perilous mission than Captain Phillip Hazard, newly promoted to command of the steam-powered Huntress and fluent in Russian? Hazard bravely...

Carolina Winds and GI Hearts is a warm fictional tale of lives caught up in the Vietnam War era. Young people's lives are scattered across the country with young men and women in the military in service of their country. While stationed in Fort...

The news of a war raging in China and a sepoy mutiny in India threatening thousands of British lives in the Bengal Presidency is alarming to Commander Phillip Hazard, for two of his sisters are in India. He boards the HMS Shannon, bound for...

To break the stalemate in the Crimea, where the Russian city of Sebastopol still stands strong against the allies' siege, the British must search for unlikely help among the self-reliant mountain people of Circassia. Commander Phillip Hazard of HMS Huntress is dispatched with a...

Spring 1855: At the height of the Crimean War, the siege of the Russian city of Sebastopol continues. In a desperate attempt to cut the Russians' supply line at the Sea of Azoff, the Allies commit 15,000 troops, 5 batteries of artillery, and virtually...

October 1854: Admidst brutal cannonade and flashing sabers, the Plain of Balaclava thundered to two of the most incredible military maneuvers of all time--the charge of the Heavy and Light Brigades.Author: V. a. StuartISBN-10: 1590130405ISBN-13: 9781590130407Publisher: McBooks PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2003Pages: 236Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 8.50h...