Colonel Jonathan: An American Story is an unusual work of historical fiction-more history than fiction. A deeply-researched story of a remarkable man and his remarkable family, who lived in remarkable times, and who left an impact that intertwines with the history of America and extends from the eastern ocean to the western one. It is a story worth rescuing from beneath grandma's back porch, and gluing back together, and being read by everyone who has an even passing interest in America's beginnings.

Colonel Jonathan: An American Story

".the best life of Franklin yet produced.(a) wonderfully engaging book." Arctic Book ReviewSir John Franklin was many things in his life: an officer in the great naval battles of Copenhagen and Trafalgar; governor of Van Diemen's land; an explorer from Australia to the Arctic, but it is for his mysterious death and the deaths of his 128 crew that he is remembered today. The mystery of the disappearance of the Franklin Expedition to the Northwest Passage has captivated thousands in the 174 years since his men buried Franklin in an unknown grave in the frozen land that kept calling him back. For most of that time only a handful of graves, scattered bones, fragments of debris and Inuit stories have fuelled the speculation as to what killed them all. Now, the wrecks of both of Franklin's ships have been found, preserved in the frigid waters off King William Island, and may contain answers that have been sought for generations. This is the story of the man whose name will forever be associated with the greatest tragedy in Arctic exploration history. An ".excellent overview, the reader is left with an appreciation of the enormous task early exploration of the Arctic represented.a first rate story. Highly Recommended." CM Magazine

John Franklin:  A Brief Biography - Northwest Passage, #5

Steve thinks he made the right choice turning down a snowy week with his cousins at a cabin in northern Ontario in favor of a relaxing (and perhaps romantic) time under the Spanish sun with his friend, Laia. But when an email from his brother DJ arrives, implicating their grandfather in some shadowy international plots involving nuclear bombs, Steve and Laia immediately put aside all thoughts of a lazy, sun-drenched vacation. In a desperate attempt to find out if Steve's grandfather was a Cold War-era spy, they crack mysterious codes, confront violent Russian mobsters, dodge spies, unearth a bomb and avoid nudists. But the more they uncover, the more Steve wonders: whose side was Grandpa really on?

Broken Arrow is the sequel to both The Missing Skull, part of The Seven Prequels and Lost Cause, part of Seven (The Series).

Broken Arrow

Sam and Annabel are on vacation with Annabel's parents in Italy.

While visiting the small hilltop town of Civita, they hear rumors of looted gold from World War II buried somewhere in the town's network of underground tunnels and caves. Once again the two friends cross paths with their old nemesis, Humphrey Battleford, but he is not the only one in pursuit of the gold. An intimidating man named Kurt, the grandson of a ruthless Nazi, is also snooping around. After Annabel is kidnapped, Sam must solve the mystery of the hidden treasure to save his friend.

This is the fourth mystery featuring Sam and Annabel, after Stolen, Bones and Lost.

Gold

".astonishingly nuanced and masterfully told."-Quill & QuireIn the style of Bernard Cornwell, The Heretic's Secret Trilogy is a rollicking historical adventure set during the bloody 13th century wars against the Cathar Heretics of Languedoc. When the armoured knights of Pope Innocent III swept south in 1209, most thought they would be gone by summer's end but, led by the fanatical Arnaud Aumery and the ambitious Simon de Montfort, they stayed for three fiery decades. In that time they slaughtered thousands of Cathars, burned countless towns and castles, destroyed a thriving country that rivaled France in power and culture, and created the foundations for the shape of western Europe we recognize today. John and Peter enjoy arguing about their differing views of the world. Peter sees the Church and an unquestioning acceptance of God's word as the way to salvation. John sees developing an understanding of the wonder of the world around him as a way of becoming closer to God. As the chaos of war erupts around them, the friendly differences of childhood demand that they take sides. Troubled by mysterious visions, Peter seeks refuge in the Church and becomes an assistant to the militant Aumery. Repelled by the horror he sees around him, John finds himself drawing closer to the persecuted Cathar heretics. As the brutal holy war expands and the flames of the Inquisition spread, Peter and John find themselves on opposite sides of a dangerous search for a secret that may have the power to change the world.".in Wilson's hands, the subject entertains as it horrifies. Wilson never lectures readers, but allows his characters to participate in history.he neither glorifies war nor softens the raw violence of the Inquisition.it is a brave book, an unsettling book, and one that is very much needed at this time." Mark D. Dunn, The Globe and Mail

Heretic - The Heretic's Secret, #1

".a richly re-imagined fable which goes far beyond anything the historical record alone might suggest." Russell A. Potter, Arctic Book ReviewPerhaps, on a barren Arctic shore in the summer of 1849, knowing he was dying, a British Naval officer wrapped his journal in sailcloth and buried it beneath a lonely pile of frost-shattered stones. He was the last of the 129 doomed men of Sir John Franklin's lost Arctic expedition. His name was James Fitzjames and for four years he had carefully recorded the expedition's achievements, hopes and, as things began to go horribly wrong, the descent into madness and eventual death of his closest friends. This is his journal."A suspenseful and enjoyable read." Booklist"Wilson has managed to make his invented journal seem authentic and his account of the ill-fated adventurers seem plausible.one reads on, fascinated, to the bitter end." The Globe and Mail

North with Franklin: The Lost Journals of James Fitzjames - Northwest Passage, #1

".the story is.exciting, and the relationships between the humanoid dinosaurs and the young humans are believable and noteworthy. Eric struggles with his dilemma of whether or not to tell Weet that his species is ultimately doomed.What is particularly refreshing .is that there are no easy answers in in the story. Recommended." Canadian Book Review Annual. In the final book of The Dinosaur Chronicles trilogy, the mysterious meteor showers are increasing in frequency and violence. Eric has the unenviable task of telling his friend that the world he has grown up in is destined to be destroyed by a gigantic meteorite, wiping out much of the life on earth. Little does Eric know that the catastrophe is just around the corner and that he, Rose, Sally, Weet, his friend Saar and pet Sinor must try to survive the destruction. In the desolate world after the impact, Weet and Saar must find the strength to rebuild their lives and lead their people in a world that has changed forever."Wilson provides a poignant.portrayal of Weet and his companion Saar as they face the end of their species with courage and determination.He carefully develops Eric's adolescent feelings of not belonging anywhere, as well as Eric and Rose's sibling bond." Resource Links

Tyrannosaurus - The Dinosaur Chronicles, #3

Du Nord du pays, quasiment subtropical, au Sud, presque subantarctique, la Nouvelle-Zélande offre un paysage à la diversité fascinante : volcans bouillonnants, geysers et sources chaudes, lacs et fjords gigantesques, les Alpes... sans oublier des plages de rêve.

New Zealand

".a fast-paced western adventure that ropes in subjects of prejudice, race, and death.a captivating and engrossing read." (Quill and Quire)Set in the harsh desert world of the Arizona Territory and northern Mexico during the 1870s, Written in Blood, the first installment of the Desert Legends Trilogy, follows young Jim Doolen as he attempts to find some trace of the father who abandoned his family ten years earlier. As he travels through a scorched landscape very different from the lush West Coast forests of his home, Jim crosses paths with an assortment of intriguing characters, including an Apache warrior, a cave-dwelling mystic, an old Mexican revolutionary and a mysterious cowboy. And with each encounter he learns something more of the strange world he has entered and adds one more link in a chain that leads back to his father-and a dark, violent past. Jim comes to realize that his father's life was much more complex than he had imagined, and that, in discovering his past, he has opened the way to his future. That future is told in Ghost Moon, where Jim meets Billy the Kid who draws him into a violent range war and its bloody conclusion on the streets of Lincoln. The Trilogy concludes with Victorio's War. Jim becomes a scout for the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry and finds himself in the middle of a brutal war to force Victorio's Apaches onto a reservation far from their traditional lands. As he begins to understand the plight of the doomed Apaches, he finds his loyalties divided, and seems destined to share their fate. "Told in a terse, present-tense narrative, Jim's adventures will thrill all fans of traditional pulp-style oaters." (Booklist) "Has all the markers of a classic Western... Wilson's writing is vivid." (CM Magazine) "The story is very well written and.is full of tension and adventure.Recommended." (Tri State YA Book Review Committee)

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