Bill Fawcett: 31 books

They’ve tasted the blood of defeat—Now the brave men and women of The Fleet live only for victory! The Fleet—Pledged to Protect Us All! World-crushing war rages between the human/alien Alliance and the predatory Khalians. Led by courageous pilots and marines from all corners of...

How to Lose WWII is an engrossing, fact-filled collection from Bill Fawcett that sheds light on the biggest, and dumbest, screw-ups of the Great War. In the vein of his other phenomenal compendiums of amazing battlefield blunders, How to Lose a Battle and How to Lose a War, Fawcett focuses on some amazing catastrophic missteps of Axis and Allies alike.

“Fawcett rivals Jim Dunnigan as a general-audience military analyst.” —Publishers Weekly An expert on historical military incompetence, Bill Fawcett now offers an engrossing, fact-filled collection that sheds light on the biggest, dumbest screw ups of the America’s bloodiest conflict....

THE FLEET—In the far reaches of space they are mankind’s last line of defense against hostile alien forces. THEY ARE PLEDGED TO PROTECT US ALL Mankind has taken one step too far and exploring the galaxy-and has run up against the Khalia, vicious weasel-like carnivores whose culture...

TO FIGHT OR DIE AMONG THE FARTHEST STARS ... It’s 2237 . . . and the Far Stars War has begun. Isolated by the light years that lie between them and Earth’s established colonies, the pioneers on the outskirts of the galaxy suddenly face a merciless enemy–the Guerin. An alien warrior...

The great arched train sheds of Victorian Britain are often seen as the nineteenth-century equivalent of medieval cathedrals: once specific railway buildings became necessary around 1830 British architects seized the opportunity with both hands, designing some of the great buildings of their age....

An all-new compendium of 101 historic screw-ups from the author of 100 Mistakes that Changed History. DID I DO THAT??? When asked to name a successor, Alexander the Great declared that his empire should go “to the strongest”. . . but would rival factions have descended into war if...

“Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.” And so we have. Time and again, mankind has faced down problems, but have often failed to take the hard-earned knowledge into the next battle. Doomed to Repeat is a collection of essays, edited by Bill Fawcett, that illuminates some of...

Attending your first convention as a professional writer? Don’t know what opportunities are out there for you? How do you get invited? How do you approach editors? How do you deal with fans who love your book and those who haven’t read it yet? Jody Lynn Nye and Bill Fawcett have answers to the...

TO FIGHT And DIE AMONG THE FARTHEST STARS ... The Hothri have come to Arista ... and the Siege has begun. For almost a hundred years, the Hothri waged a war of conquest against humanity’s strongholds in deep space. Greed upon the part of the humans of the Aristan trade empire triggered...

In The Scottish Ploy, British sleuth Mycroft Holmes and his associates contend once more with the sinister agents of the secret organization known as the Brotherhood.Seemingly unconnected events pull Mycroft in several directions at once. To prevent the leaders of an anarchist group from reaching...

Agent of the Empire Mycroft Holmes is more than a simple agent of Her Majesty’s government—his immense mind calculates and guides the entire political and economic agenda of the British Empire. Paterson Guthrie, Mycroft’s secretary, accompanies his employer to secret negotiations...

The Flying Scotsman: a luxury train and the fastest way to travel between London and Edinburgh, has become the secret escape route for a European Prince who has narrowly escaped assassination at a royal wedding—an assassination intended to prevent the finalization of a treaty vital to British interests...

THE FLEET—MAKING THE GALAXY SAFE FOR THE ALLIANCE AND MANKIND ... ONE WORLD AT A TIME They're Pledged to Protect Us All: The soldiers of the Alliance come from different worlds, different cultures. But they share a common mission: to reclaim occupied space from the savage Khalian invaders....