| Author: | Tom Behr | ISBN: | 9781452412337 |
| Publisher: | Tom Behr | Publication: | March 26, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tom Behr |
| ISBN: | 9781452412337 |
| Publisher: | Tom Behr |
| Publication: | March 26, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
“If I needed someone to slit a throat or steal a purse, William Eaton thought, I would come here to find him.”
In 1805, in the war-ravaged Mediterranean, William Eaton, an American army officer and secret agent for Thomas Jefferson, enters a squalid tavern in the roughest part of Malta for a critical meeting with a man he needs–but also has reason to distrust.
Eaton is plotting a daring venture: the invasion of Tripoli to liberate three hundred Americans held hostage by the Pasha of Tripoli, place a pro-American ruler on Tripoli’s throne, and bring freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny.
His appointment: Henry Doyle, the cynical soldier of fortune who will guide Eaton’s rag tag invading army of Arabs, European mercenaries, and seven US Marines across five hundred miles of merciless desert.
Eaton’s mission throws together two unlikely allies: Doyle and the half-brother he never knew he had, Peter Kirkpatrick, the young, brashly confident captain of the USS Eagle. Raised by the Mohawk Indians in the 1770’s, Doyle’s memories of the destruction of his people by Americans during the Revolution are still strong – and bitter. He decides to help the Americans for his own purposes.
Like the country he serves, Peter Kirkpatrick is driven by the need to demonstrate the power of America’s ideals the only way he understands: victory over America’s enemies. At sea, the victories come easily. He leads the crew of the USS Eagle in ship against ship battles in which American skill and courage are invincible.
When he joins General William Eaton and a handful of US Marines in the invasion of Tripoli, Kirkpatrick is plunged into an unfamiliar, unforgiving world that will test him and test America’s character as a nation to the breaking point. For Doyle, the question becomes: do I help my brother−or let him die?
Fans of historical novels will love the novel’s tension-filled journey into three mysterious, treacherous expanses: the Mediterranean Sea, the equally vast Sahara Desert, and the ancient, corrupt cities of Egypt−all capable of swallowing up dreams−and lives.
“If I needed someone to slit a throat or steal a purse, William Eaton thought, I would come here to find him.”
In 1805, in the war-ravaged Mediterranean, William Eaton, an American army officer and secret agent for Thomas Jefferson, enters a squalid tavern in the roughest part of Malta for a critical meeting with a man he needs–but also has reason to distrust.
Eaton is plotting a daring venture: the invasion of Tripoli to liberate three hundred Americans held hostage by the Pasha of Tripoli, place a pro-American ruler on Tripoli’s throne, and bring freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny.
His appointment: Henry Doyle, the cynical soldier of fortune who will guide Eaton’s rag tag invading army of Arabs, European mercenaries, and seven US Marines across five hundred miles of merciless desert.
Eaton’s mission throws together two unlikely allies: Doyle and the half-brother he never knew he had, Peter Kirkpatrick, the young, brashly confident captain of the USS Eagle. Raised by the Mohawk Indians in the 1770’s, Doyle’s memories of the destruction of his people by Americans during the Revolution are still strong – and bitter. He decides to help the Americans for his own purposes.
Like the country he serves, Peter Kirkpatrick is driven by the need to demonstrate the power of America’s ideals the only way he understands: victory over America’s enemies. At sea, the victories come easily. He leads the crew of the USS Eagle in ship against ship battles in which American skill and courage are invincible.
When he joins General William Eaton and a handful of US Marines in the invasion of Tripoli, Kirkpatrick is plunged into an unfamiliar, unforgiving world that will test him and test America’s character as a nation to the breaking point. For Doyle, the question becomes: do I help my brother−or let him die?
Fans of historical novels will love the novel’s tension-filled journey into three mysterious, treacherous expanses: the Mediterranean Sea, the equally vast Sahara Desert, and the ancient, corrupt cities of Egypt−all capable of swallowing up dreams−and lives.
