When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, it sparked an arms race between the Union and the Confederacy, some of the most dramatic episodes of which involved the development of heavily armed and armored ironclad warships. Two of the first and most famous of such vessels were the USS Monitor and CSS Virginia, which engaged in a brutal hull-to-hull battle off the coast of Virginia... [click here for more]
One bullet can change history... Berlin, 1945. Karl Fairburne is a member of an elite sniper corps, working for the American secret service deep behind enemy lines. Stalin's troops have over run the city looking to revenge the battle of Stalingrad and seize control of the Nazi's nuclear secrets before their British and American allies.
SS General Helmstadt, head of the Nazi nuclear programme, is... [click here for more]
Robert Sidney Bowen, Jr. (1900– 1977) was a World War I aviator, newspaper journalist, magazine editor and author. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died of cancer in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the age of 76. Bowen is best known for his boys’ series books written during World War II, the Dave Dawson War Adventure Series and the Red Randall Series. He also worked under the name R. Sidney... [click here for more]
"We came up to the main gym. Those things were packed inside like sardines. Just standing there, they didn’t make a sound, they just stood. As soon as we pushed inside the room, they all turned and moved on us. We advanced shoulder to shoulder, firing as we went. Around me I could see soldiers disappear into the crowd of zombies. Like a sinking ship slipping beneath the waves. By the time we... [click here for more]
In the throes of the burgeoning communist revolution sweeping across Russia, a disparate band of souls finds themselves ensnared in a harrowing odyssey. Battling the unforgiving Siberian winter and the relentless zeal of revolutionaries, they cling to hope as they embark on a perilous escape aboard the Siberian railway. "Towards The Red Dawn" immerses readers in the heart of one of Russia's most tumultuous... [click here for more]