Showing results for "The Monument" in Historical Fiction

One small handwritten letter, sent from a dark, remote corner of the planet and lost in the system for 60 years, is about to change the entire human race. Outside Denver, Colorado, Joe Rickards stands over a small aircraft wreckage, studying burnt remains still smoldering in a field of freshly fallen snow. He's an investigator for the NTSB, working to carefully roll back the last several hours and identify the cause of the accident. But this time, he can't.

“Violaine Huisman explores and contests the myths surrounding the great men of her family, using fiction where the official archives fall silent. The Monuments of Paris is a moving elegy for her accomplished, mercurial, outrageous father—and a beautiful act of disobedience.” —Ben Lerner...

Neapel im 15. Jahrhundert: Arnau Estanyol, Enkel einer der größten Baumeister Spaniens, dient dem König von Aragonien bei der Eroberung Neapels. Arnaus Halbbruder hat sich gegen ihn verschworen und ist bereit, ihm alles zu nehmen. Seine Angriffe treffen die Menschen, die Arnau am wichtigsten sind, angefangen bei seiner Stieftochter. In diesen dunklen Zeiten wird Arnau miterleben, wie sich die Welt um ihn herum verändert, wie sich die Kunst des Krieges wandelt und wie die Liebe selbst das härteste Herz berühren kann.

There's Always a Trail When a stranger named Handy offered to track down Cass Bailey's stolen money for a stake in the CB range, Bailey has nothing more to lose. But his pretty hot-tempered daughter, Ann, was certian that Handy couldn't find the money unless he'd had a hand in stealing it. So...

From Pro Se Productions, the leader in new pulp and genre fiction, and the creative mind of Author Jerry Kokich explodes the debut adventure of Michael Gordon, the Occultist! Monuments of Doom brings the breathtaking action and nail-biting adventure of classic pulps and movie serials screaming into new pulp today. Michael Gordon once loved Aurelia Desantis, until she discovered ancient mystical rites of immense power in an archeological dig in Mexico.

In about 1450 AD, an exceedingly prosperous generation of Native Americans, known then as the Anasazi, vanished from their strongholds in the American Southwest--disappeared without so much as a trace. However, the Native Americans of the present day Navajo Nation dispute the theoretical findings of modern day archeologists and anthropologists.

This priceless collection of once lost stories brings to life a time of desperate violence and true courage in a wide-open country of fortune seekers and dreamers, lawbreakers and pioneers. A newly sworn-in marshal must outwit a mysterious killer who’s fleecing his neighbors while secretly...