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Critical Hours -LUSITANIA: The Final 24 Hours

From the series: Critical Hours

At 2:10 p.m. on 7 May 1915, a single torpedo struck RMS Lusitania off the coast of Ireland.

Eighteen minutes later, one of the most famous passenger liners in the world had vanished beneath the Atlantic.

More than 1,100 people were dead.

The disaster shocked the world.

But what happened during the final twenty-four hours before impact?

In this...

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Galleons of Glory: History was Forged beneath the Sail (Galleons of Glory series Book 1)

Galleons of Glory Serires Book 1
Book #1 from the series: Galleons of Glory

Seville, 1587.

The Spanish Empire stands at the height of its power.

Gold and silver flow from the New World. Vast treasure fleets cross the Atlantic. Kings build empires from wealth carried in the holds of mighty galleons.

For Captain Diego Álvarez, command of the San Cristóbal is both an honour and a burden. Entrusted with protecting one of Spain...

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Empires Shadow: A Maritime Adventure of Lost Empires and Forgotten Secrets (Galleons of Glory Book 2)

Book #2 from the series: Galleons of Glory

The wreck of the Santa Isabella was supposed to be the end of the mystery.

Instead, it was only the beginning.

When former mariner Alex Fraser uncovers evidence linking the legendary Spanish galleon to a hidden archive beneath an ancient monastery, he finds himself drawn into a centuries-old conspiracy stretching across empires, oceans and...

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The Eagles Wake: Voyage Into the Unknown (Galleons of Glory Book 3)

From the series: Galleons of Glory

Captain Diego Álvarez thought he was escorting treasure.

Instead, he found a secret hidden for centuries.

When a mysterious vessel bearing the symbol of a black eagle appears in the South Atlantic, Diego and the crew of the San Cristóbal are drawn into a dangerous pursuit that leads beyond the limits of every known chart.

Following the trail of...

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The Silver Passage (Galleons of Glory book 4

Book #4 from the series: Galleons of Glory

A treasure fleet vanishes.

A conspiracy emerges.

And the fate of an empire hangs in the balance.

When Captain Diego de Alvarado escorts a convoy carrying Spanish silver across the Caribbean, he expects storms, privateers and the dangers that have always haunted the sea lanes of empire.

What he does not expect is murder.

After a treasury investigator...

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The Crown’s Reckoning: A Royal Commission. A Hidden Empire. A Reckoning Decades in the Making (Galleons of Glory Book 5)

Book #5 from the series: Galleons of Glory

For years, Captain Diego Alvarez has sailed the oceans in service of the Spanish Crown.

Now he faces his most dangerous voyage yet.

When a Royal Commission is dispatched across the Atlantic to investigate corruption within the Empire, Diego expects political intrigue and resistance from powerful interests.

He does not expect murder.

As mysterious...

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Whispers beneath the Citadel (The Ashen Throne Series Book 1)

Book #1 from the series: The Ashen Throne Series. Rowan Blackwell

Beneath the kingdom, the truth still survives.

For four centuries, the Ashen Crown ruled the realm from the black stone Citadel towering above Greywater Harbour.

Its authority seemed eternal.
Its history unquestioned.
Its banners feared across every province.

Until hidden archives are discovered beneath the fortress foundations.

Archivist murders.
...

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The Winter Crown (The Ashen Throne Series Book 2)

Book #2 from the series: The Ashen Throne Series. Rowan Blackwell

The Covenant has returned.

What began as buried history has become something far more dangerous: lawful truth.

As winter tightens its grip upon the Ashen Realm, the kingdom fractures beneath the weight of revelations hidden for centuries. The capital of Greywater starves behind frozen harbour walls while black-banner fleets gather beyond the ice....

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The Ashen Throne (The Ashen Throne Series Book 3)

Book #3 from the series: The Ashen Throne Series. Rowan Blackwell

Winter nearly destroyed the Ashen Realm.

Now comes the harder task:
rebuilding civilisation before fear tears it apart again.

The Hall of Measures stands reopened in Greywater. The first Charter has been written beneath witness. Across the realm, citizens gather in public assemblies, demanding a voice in the future of their kingdom for the first...

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The Fractured Realm: (The Ashen Throne Series Book 4)

When Truth Finally Outweighs Fear.
Book #4 from the series: The Ashen Throne Series. Rowan Blackwell

For two centuries, the Ashen Realm survived because its rulers concealed the truth.

Now the silence is ending.

As riots spread through the capital and provinces begin withdrawing from Crown authority, hidden archives buried beneath the kingdom reveal a devastating reality: the realm was never truly united. It was held together by a secret compact...

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The Silent Accord: (The Ashen Throne Series Book 5)

Silence remains. Loyalty Bleeds. Power Remains
Book #5 from the series: The Ashen Throne Series. Rowan Blackwell

The king is dead.

Before the Crown can announce succession, hidden powers beneath the kingdom begin moving to control what comes next.

Deep below the capital lies a buried network of continuity chambers, forgotten military corridors, and secret command systems built long ago to preserve the realm during times of collapse. Now those systems are...

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The Fractured Crown: (The Ashen Throne Series Book 6)

A kingdom Divided. A Crown Reforged
Book #6 from the series: The Ashen Throne Series. Rowan Blackwell

Greyhaven burned.

The king is dead.

And the kingdom no longer trusts the silence of the Crown.

As unrest spreads through Valemere and the provinces begin demanding answers, Prince Edric returns to a capital on the edge of transformation. Food shortages deepen. The military fractures under political strain. Public assemblies rise across the city....

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The Broken Oath: Book 7 of the ashen throne series

A Kingdom Divided by Law, Loyalty, and Fear (The Ashen Throne Series Book 7)
Book #7 from the series: The Ashen Throne Series. Rowan Blackwell

The kingdom survived the fracture.

Now it must survive the reckoning.

As reform charters spread across Valemere and provincial powers begin asserting their own continuity authority, the realm enters its most dangerous crisis yet — not rebellion, but competing visions of lawful rule.

Prince Edric struggles to hold together a kingdom that no longer...

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The Hollow Crown Book 8 in the Ashen Throne series.

When Faith Dies, Kingdoms Follow
Book #8 from the series: The Ashen Throne Series. Rowan Blackwell

The kingdom still stands.

But fewer people believe in it.

Winter grips the realm as provinces fortify their borders, military commanders question old loyalties, and the capital struggles to hold together a kingdom slowly breaking apart from within.

Roads close.
Trade fractures.
Signal fires burn across distant ridges.
And beneath the ancient banners...

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The Ashen Crown: (The Ashen Throne Series Book 9)

The Final Fall of the Kingdom
Book #9 from the series: The Ashen Throne Series. Rowan Blackwell

The Wintering: A Novel set on The Isle of Skye (The Skye Stories Collection Book 1)

Some places hold memories.
Some places refuse to let them go.

When Elspeth returns to the Isle of Skye following the death of her grandmother, she expects only silence, solitude, and time to put her fractured life back together. Instead, she discovers hidden letters, old island secrets, and whispers of a man who vanished decades earlier during one...

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The Summer Harbour: A Novel of Returning Home The Skye Stories Book 2

The Skye stories Collection Book 2

When Isla MacLeod returned to the island for what was meant to be a short summer stay, she never intended to remain.

But among the quiet harbour roads, shifting Atlantic weather, and familiar faces she left behind years earlier, something long dormant begins slowly awakening again.

As the island moves through another Hebridean summer, Isla finds...

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The Autumn Tide: A Skye Seasons Novel The Skye Stories Book 3

The Skye Stories Collection Book 3

When Isla MacLeod returns to Skye after months away, she expects grief, silence, and the painful memories she left behind.

What she does not expect is Calum Fraser waiting for her at the ferry.

Autumn has settled heavily across the island now. Summer tourists are gone. Storms roll in across dark water, harbour lights glow through rain, and old...

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The Winter Harbour: (The Skye Stories Collection Book 4)

Some Places Wait for You Long After You’ve Stopped Believing You Can Return

When Isla McKenzie returns to the Isle of Skye after more than twenty years away, she intends to settle her late mother’s affairs, sell the old cottage above the harbour, and leave before winter closes in around her.

But Skye has other ideas.

As storms sweep across the island and old memories rise with the tide, Isla finds herself drawn back into...

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The Pentagon Papers Crisis: Inside the Leak, the manhunt, and the collapse of control in Washington (American Power and Secrecy Book 1)

Washington, D.C.
June 1971

The system did not fail quietly.

It did not fracture in some distant corridor or obscure archive. It broke at the very centre of power, where classified truth was meant to remain contained, controlled, and unquestioned. When the first instalments of what would become known as the Pentagon Papers leak appeared in print,...

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