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  The Marquis of Carabas

  Rafael Sabatini

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  A master swordsman travels to dangerous, Revolution-era France to claim his inheritance, in this swashbuckling adventure by the author Captain Blood.The French Revolution is well underway. Countless French nobles are escaping from the horrible violence and traveling to England for refuge. Meanwhile, Quentin de Morlaix, master swordsman, runs a popular fencing school in London. He may have been raised in England since he was a baby, but his French blood gives him some sympathy for these emigrés. His concern for France ends there, until he receives a surprise from a lawyer. Quentin is a noble and he has six months to claim a sizable inheritance from a brother he never knew about. To claim his fortune, however, Quentin must travel into the heart of the French Revolution, a land of chaos, mystery, suspense, and certain death.

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  Sands of Sirocco

  Annabelle McCormack

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  Return to a world of secrets, love, and spies this historical novel of epic romance, dangerous deceit, and gripping adventure in the Middle Eastern front of the Great War, the second book of The Windswept WWI Saga by author Annabelle McCormack. 
    
  Egypt, 1917: British nurse Ginger Whitman thought she escaped the intrigue that devastated her family and threatened her life on the desert sands of WWI Palestine. But when she's drafted into an investigation for the Cairo Intelligence Department, she uncovers forces at work to destroy the man she loves: intelligence officer Noah Benson. 
    
  As an old enemy resurfaces, Ginger and Noah are pulled into a minefield of lies, greed, and political deception that threatens the stability of the British alliance. With an enemy that knows their secrets, no one they love is safe. But nothing is what it seems-and a far more nefarious foe may be toying with them both. 
    
  Sands in Sirocco is the second novel in the Windswept WW1 Saga, a historical fiction series featuring a strong female protagonist. A story of spies, family drama, romance, and epic adventure, it is set in the British Middle Eastern front of the First World War. This novel contains violence, mild language, and romantic, steamy scenes.

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  Amazons - Revolution

  Christopher Allen

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  Set in ancient Greece 4,000 years ago, "Amazons - Revolution" tells the story of a society where Amazon women rule as warrior queens while men are enslaved as servants and breeding stock. The protagonist, Damon, is a 25-year-old male servant who has known nothing but oppression his entire life, forced to clean, serve, and submit to the whims of his Amazon mistresses. 
  The story begins when Queen Penthesilea publicly humiliates Damon, but this encounter awakens something within him—a realization that the Amazons, despite their claims of superiority, are mortal and dependent on their male slaves for everything from weapons to food. This revelation sparks the first flames of rebellion in his mind. 
  Damon carefully begins organizing a resistance movement among the male servants, using the palace's hidden passages and service networks to spread his message. The catalyst comes during the brutal Festival of Artemis, where Damon witnesses Amazon cruelty firsthand and sees a gladiator's defiant final act prove that Amazons can bleed and die like anyone else. 
  When Queen Penthesilea departs with half her forces for a military campaign, Damon seizes the opportunity to launch a coordinated uprising. The rebels successfully capture Themiscyra, but their victory is short-lived as Penthesilea returns with her army, leading to a climactic battle. 
  The turning point comes through Hippolyta, the queen's sister, who begins to question the Amazon system of oppression after witnessing the rebels' honor and dignity. In a final confrontation, Hippolyta sacrifices herself to convince her sister that true strength lies in cooperation, not domination. 
  Moved by her sister's dying words and the devastation around her, Queen Penthesilea chooses to end the cycle of violence. She extends her hand to Damon in a gesture of equality, beginning a new era where Amazons and men work together as equals rather than oppressors and oppressed.

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  Dear FIN

  Andrea Layne Black

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  Andrea Layne Black's LGBQT novella Dear FIN tells the story of Jack Wilson, a young man mourning his beloved dog, on the eve of his 17th birthday and the six-year anniversary of the tragic death of his parents, as he struggles with friends, family, sexuality, and his troubled feelings in the small coastal community of Old Riverdam.
  Dear FIN creates the dazzling, funny, and raw world of a troubled teenager; coming of age; coming out; coming to terms; and coming together with new friends and loves.
  The narrator Jack is an instant friend to the reader, too ― and Jack will make you look at life more differently than ever before.
  A book that dives deep into the pressures of how mental health and loss can take a toll on your life, Dear FIN is a fun heart-pounding novella that looks at coping with loss.
  To read Dear FIN is to step with Jack as he struggles with friends, family, sexuality, and his troubled feelings in the small coastal community of Old Riverdam. A funny and charismatic tale from Canada, Dear FIN is a satisfying and thoughtful novella, within which the reader can unusually participate.

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  Beyond the Tracks

  Michael Reit

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  Berlin, 1938 
  It’s no longer safe here. 
  When the Jewish families of Berlin start disappearing in nightly raids, 21-year-old Jacob Kagan knows it’s only a matter of time before the trucks come for him. Along with his family and best friend, he flees the country he’s always called home to find shelter in a Dutch refugee camp. Before long, the Netherlands falls to the Nazi war machine — Jacob’s new home is transformed into a transit camp with weekly trains bound for the horrors of the Eastern concentration camps. 
  Handpicked by the cruel new SS regime to police the camp’s Jewish population, Jacob has the opportunity to save his parents and best friend from the dreaded transport lists — but at what cost? 
  Based on true events, Beyond the Tracks is a redemptive story of unconditional loyalty and a will to survive at impossible odds.

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  The New Kingdom - The Sunday...

  Wilbur Smith, Mark Chadbourn

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  An Ancient Egyptian novel from the master of adventure fiction and global number 1 bestselling author, Wilbur Smith.In the heart of EgyptUnder the watchful eye of the godsA new power is rising In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful façades a sinister evil is plotting. Craving power and embittered by jealousy, Hui's stepmother, the great sorceress Isetnofret, and Hui's own brother Qen, orchestrate the downfall of Hui's father, condemning Hui and seizing power in the city.Cast out and alone, Hui finds himself a captive of a skilled and powerful army of outlaws, the Hyksos. Determined to seek vengeance for the death of his father and rescue his sister, Ipwet, Hui swears his allegiance to these enemies of Egypt. Through them he learns the art of war, learning how to fight and becoming an envied charioteer.But soon Hui finds himself in an even greater battle - one for the very heart of Egypt itself. As the pieces fall into place and the Gods themselves join the fray, Hui finds himself fighting alongside the Egyptian General Tanus and renowned Mage, Taita.  Now Hui must choose his path - will he be a hero in the old world, or a master in a new kingdom?The New Kingdomis an Egyptian Series thriller by the master of adventure, Wilbur Smith. Don't miss the rest of the Egyptian Series, River God, The Seventh Scroll, Warlock, The Quest, Pharaoh and Desert God. Available now.

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