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Wutamo's Song is the fictional memoir of a Native American - Wutamoquok, Elder and Keenomp, or Valiant one, of the Narragansett People - who lived during the turbulent years of the 17th century. Narrated by Wutamo himself on the eve of King Phillip's War, it chronicles his life beginning with his coming of age in 1614, and that of his friend, Miantonomi, who rose to become chief sachem of the tribe and was one of the key historical figures of ...

Based on an actual event, Murder in the Limelight takes place on Martha's Vineyard in November 1898 after the Great Portland Gale has decimated the North East coast. When a body is found aboard a wrecked and burning lime schooner and the remainder of the crew turn up on Captain Matthew Reynold's yacht, he and the recently widowed Martha Dickinson find themselves caught up in a mystery involving drug smuggling, tax evasion, fraud and finally mu...

When an explosion aboard a top-secret test boat kills a young naval officer and severely injures Matthew Reynolds, Martha and his friends are forced to investigate. How could such a thing have happened? Murphy discovers the cause and when secret plans also go missing, sabotage is confirmed. But who and why? The investigation goes beyond the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, RI and threatens to cause an international incident. Meanwhile, the ...

The Gilded Murder follows Matthew and Martha as they mingle with Newport high society in the summer of 1899 while setting out to enjoy the America's Cup Trials between Columbia and Defender. When Matthew runs into a group of fellow Civil War veterans, one of whom has become a multi-millionaire, they are invited aboard his yacht where one of them is viciously murdered. Under police suspicion themselves, Matthew and Martha must enlist several co...

In this third volume of the Valerian Chronicles, Valerius' plans to strike at Fantar are forestalled when he is besieged in the city of Zagorbia. Meanwhile, his half-brother, Thorngere travels north to gather troops in his homeland and discovers the secret of his birth, while Princess Vahla, who like Thorngere is still pained by the revelation that their love is incestuous, travels east with her ubiquitous servant Chad. Some of the tricks taug...

What makes a king? It takes more than a name, more than gold, more even than the possession of an ancient power stone-as Valerius learns in this second volume of the Valerian Chronicles. With his Hidden Valley discovered by the enemy, Valerius faces tough decisions about the future of his rag-tag force, and must either make war on an old friend, or risk annihilation. Meanwhile, Thorngere travels the Inland Sea in the guise of a peddler, buildi...

The Empire secure at last, Valerius finds that far from being able to rest, he must now rebuild what he has conquered. Exhausted after two years of effort, he takes a vacation with Queen and their young children to visit her ailing father King Reuters in Dulcai. But rest is not to be had there, either, for a strange prophecy drives Valerius back to the Inland Sea to confront yet another form of evil. Sailing a new type of ship designed by King...

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Each key chapter contains much up-to-date material which will interest specialist and general readers alike.