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- the DEVIL’S RUSE
by Ruth Welburn - Three Gold Nuggets
by Marty Ray - YESHUA!
by Edmund Jonah - Red, White, Black & Blue
by Chuck Fair - Hellpath 1859
by Chuck Fair - White, Red, Black & Blue
by Chuck Fair - Foxtail
by Paul Freeman - Roots of Life
by Sidney Decker - Written In Blood
by Theresa M. Moore - The Sisters of Thistle
by Christina Hamlett
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- The Night Fishermen
- by Jeff Williams
AOTEAROA: TIDES OF HEAVEN
The Night Fishermen
Jeff Williams
ISBN: 978-0-473-22062-4 (Kindle)This is a beautifully woven epic of changing, violent times seen through the eyes of the hirama – the night fishermen – and their warrior tribe, the Toa people of Kawhia Harbour and Kapiti Island. Set in the early years of 19th century Aotearoa (New Zealand), this story cleverly pulls together a great variety of historical strands to create a deep and hauntingly spiritual tale.
Read it carefully, for what you will probably think is fiction, may be fact. What you swear is fact, is probably fiction. It is extremely hard to fathom which is which. It is, however, much more… you are quickly, and magically, drawn into this different world of courage, spirituality and wizardry, and that other ‘real’ dimension is complex, amazing and healing.
A gift of the ancestors, this spell-binding novel is an opening of the three sacred baskets of knowledge of the creator god Io, the return of one’s soul to the true history and spirit of the islands of the Double Sea. Somewhere in here is your story…
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- Spirit Walks
- by Aaron Kruse
Wyoming, in the 1890s, is still a rough and dangerous place. If most of the Indians are on reservations, horse thieves and bandits still roam the countryside, and it’s no place for the weak-willed or the squeamish.
Wyoming rancher Andy Gunder, protecting his family and ranch, does whatever is necessary and raises his son the same way. Even at seven years old, Samuel is an apt student, and Andy figures he’ll do alright on the frontier. The preacher still teaches the meek shall inherit the earth and love conquers all, and Andy believes it’s just plain foolish, but Samuel seems to have found a way to balance the two views and Andy’s very proud of his son.
When Crow Indians leave the reservation and return to the mountains seeking their ancestral way of life, they challenge young Samuel harshly and his parents beyond anything the family has ever seen; Andy and Sandy’s love becomes the only chance the boy has.
The adventure which follows provides a whole new outlook on life. Andy still knows the meek aren’t going to inherit much of anything, but sometimes, love does conquer all.
Spirit Walks is the third in the Andy Gunder series. Look also for Gunder’s Bride and Gunder’s Law.
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- Gunder's Law
- by Aaron Kruse
Frontiersman Andy Gunder doesn’t know if there really is a Heaven, but for him his ranch in Wyoming is close enough. With his wife Sandy beside him, he’s making new friends, has the respect of neighbors, and he’s growing his businesses. Life is good.
But, even in Heaven, things can go wrong – and as usual, humans are behind it. A leisurely trip to Rock Springs to pick up supplies goes wrong when he crosses the son of the town banker and kills him. Then it turns out the Marshal there knows more than he’s telling about Andy. And a new silver strike in Andy’s hometown brings in some bad elements who just won’t listen to reason.
From a phony gold strike on his ranch to threatened exposure of Andy’s own past to a mysterious watcher who visits the ranch to spy, humans are again testing Andy’s patience. He does the best he can to avoid trouble. But when the threat turns to Sandy, it’s time to lay down the law.
Gunder’s Law.
Gunder’s Law is the second in the Andy Gunder series.
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- Gunder's Bride
- by Aaron Kruse
Life on the New Mexico frontier in 1878 is not easy for anyone, but for mountain man Andy Gunder, orphaned since age 10, it’s a daily struggle for survival. When a savage bandit robs the bank and kidnaps three girls from the school, Andy takes the job of tracking down the bandit and getting the girls back. All he wants is the money the town has offered. What he gets, he never expected.
The surprise is on him when one of the girls turns out to be as tough as he is. But when he returns home with the job done, he’s still as much an outcast in the town as ever before. Andy’s chance to pay the town back and break with his past is a while in coming, but when it comes he grabs it – and sets the stage for a future he can’t imagine.
From New Mexico to Wyoming, Andy goes in search of fortune and friends. And in the end he learns you just never know what fortune and a few friends have planned for you.
Gunder’s Bride is the first in the Andy Gunder series. Look for the following books, Gunder’s Law and Spirit Walks.
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- UNLEASHED
- by Christina Hamlett
Since the 16th century, the Russians have had a secret weapon, an elite military brigade which strikes terror in the hearts of its enemies each time the moon is full. As the modern war in the Middle East continues to draw world criticism, American intelligence officer Lucy MacDonald and her aide, Captain David Armstrong, are sent to Moscow to engage Soviet assistance in wresting nuclear weapons from Islamic fundamentalists.
Lucy's forbidden attraction to Dmitri Volkov, charismatic leader of the Tsar's brigade, challenges her modern sensibilities against a backdrop of double-dealing terrorists, chauvinistic superiors, and a media that's literally out for blood. Compounding the unexplained presence of supernatural forces interfering with Allied maneuvers at the Pakistan borders is the legend that the brigade answers only to the man they recognize as their Tsar.
Lucy's endeavors to uncover the truth regarding the 1918 survival - and subsequent birth - of an unacknowledged Romanov heir put her in jeopardy at the hands of the brooding officer with whom she feels an inexplicable bond.
