Mostrando resultados por Editor "Books In Motion" en Ficción Histórica

This is audiobook #18 in the Casca Series. Casca Longinus was cursed by Christ on Golgtha. Condemned to outlive the ages, and wander the globe a constant soldier. Forever fighting, surviving, and waiting for Christ to return. In this book, it is the turn of the century in colonial China, and Casca is a British soldier with a choice: a suicide mission, or the agony of death on the gallows. To avoid the rope, he must penetrate the heart of the mysterious land and bring back word of the impending revolution.

Two Colorado cowboys searching for strayed cattle during a harsh snow storm discover the remains of an ancient city built into the side of a huge cliff. It is the ruined city of the Anasazi Indians, a civilization lost for over a thousand years. This is the story of how Mesa Verde, the cliff city, came to be. It is A.D. 400 at the Animus river Valley in what is now Northwestern New Mexico, and Echata, the leader of the Raven Clan, was concerned for his people.

Seeking an escape from the monotony and drudgery of days-on-end army life, Frank Rocklin, an actor, approaches his commanding general with a bold plan to spy on Vicksburg and assess its military condition. Vicksburg is the last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi.

Wrested from the primordial Australian wilderness, Tibooburra Station has taken the blood, sweat, and tears of generations of Kerricks and given them a magnificent heritage in return. But now the golden legacy of the outback station is threatened by the disappearance of the young boy who will one day inherit it all.

Upon the death of her mother, Mark Rocklin learns of Allyn, the daughter he didn't know existed. He asks a friend to bring her to Gracefield. Upon her arrival, she is treated well, but cannot seem to make a place for herself with the Rocklins or her father. Hoping to help his daughter, Mark buys a plantation for her, with the requirement that she marry for the property to be put in her name.

This is audiobook #12 in the Casca Series. Casca Longinus, witness to the crucifixion of Christ on Golgotha. Emerging in our modern world as "Casey Romain," he gathers the best-trained mercenaries available to topple the regime of Matthew Dzhombe, the crazed dictator of Kimshaka. Killing Dzhombe, who claims to be an immortal god, is only part of the problem. The tougher part is dealing with the treacheries of tribal politics and international intrigue. The West, the Chinese, and the Russians are all seeking the lion's share of Casca's conquest.

Sprawling and magnificent, the outback is the territory of jackaroos and convicts, kangaroos and koalas. Many a man is captivated by the lure and mystery of the unending wilderness, but few possess the strength and daring to tame the savage land. A brilliant young doctor, Stephen Brendell loves the continent his forebears died trying to conquer, and he vows to use his skills helping settlers survive.

This is audiobook #23 in the Casca Series. Cursed by Christ on Golgotha, condemned to outlive the ages, and wander the globe as a constant soldier. Forever fighting, surviving and waiting for Him to return. When pirates sink the merchant ship he's traveling on, Casca becomes trapped within the wreckage and dragged to the bottom of the Atlantic, where his immortal curse continues to keep him alive even as he drowns.

This is audiobook #9 in the Appomattox Series. It's a hot summer along the Mississippi River, and the Civil War still rages on, bringing devastation to countless lives. But David Rocklin, wealthy son of a Richmond planter, hasn't been touched by the suffering - until now. A surprise meeting with a feisty redhead (who is Confederate to the bone) forces David to make a choice: will he join the Confederate army and fight for the southern slavery he believes is wrong? Or will he risk losing the one woman he's ever loved?

Johnny Shooter was sentenced to hang at noon. But Judge Isaac Parker, widely known as the "Hanging Judge", made Johnny an offer he couldn't refuse. The judge made him a Deputy United State Marshal, then sent his new deputy after the worst-of-the-worst outlaws the Indian territory had to offer, with the orders not to burden the court by bringing them back for trial. Now, rumor has it that whenever outlaws gather around a campfire, the word is: "The only thing worse than standing before the Hanging Judge is hearing that Johnny Shooter is on your trail!"

Burke Rocklin, Clay's irresponsible brother, returns home with one goal: to marry an heiress. He fixes his sights on Belinda King, a spoiled, beautiful young heiress who leads him on a merry chase. But Burke's plans are waylaid by the Second Battle of Manassas, where he is critically wounded.

Harry Destry was a rough-and-tumble fighter who never lost a battle. But after six years in jail for a robbery he didn't commit, he comes back a changed man. The townsfolk believe he's beaten. They think all the fight's gone right out of him. And that's exactly what Destry wants them to think....

This is audiobook #22 in the Casca Series. Cursed by Christ on Golgotha, condemned to outlive the ages, and wander the globe a constant soldier. Forever fighting, surviving and waiting for Him to return. A slave of the savage Tartars, Casca is a champion in the blood sports that make his masters rich...a rare prize for those who wager on his skills...and a nightmare for those who face him in a fight where only one survives.

This is audiobook #21 in the Casca Series. Casca Longinus, cursed by Christ on Golgotha. Condemned to outlive the ages, and wander the globe a constant soldier. Forever fighting, surviving and waiting for Him to return. It was the last gasp of Europe's royal families. World War I began with the assassination of an obscure archduke. But before it ended, most of Europe would turn into a corpse-littered battleground.

After burying their parents, the three young Isom brothers faced starvation. Desperate and penniless, they set out in search of work. Their long, difficult journey forces them to discover themselves, and the harsh reality of life in the late 1800s. With hard work, determination, and a dream, they emerge as one of the greatest success stories of the old west.

Patrick Garrity started life unwanted and unloved as the bastard son of a female convict. Barely out of his teens, he worked to make a new life for himself in the limitless back country of New South Wales. There he met Mayrah, the native girl he bought to satisfy his passions and the woman who would change his destiny and that of an entire continent. Divided by competing cultures, they were nevertheless united by their fierce love of the land -- and eventually, each other.

This is audiobook number 15 in the Casca Series. Casca Longinus, cursed by the crucified Christ on the hill called Golgotha, is condemned to outlive the ages wandering as a mercenary soldier. His long travels eventually land him across time in a Carribean paradise. There he joins the crew of the infamous Bluebeard; while aboard, he must attempt to rescue the beautiful and mysterious Michelle LeBeau from those who would use her to build a pirate empire.

Now known as "Kasim The Spear", Casca is captured by fanatical Hashishi tribesmen. He is forced to commit murder after murder until the earth seems soaked with the blood of Hassan al Sabah's enemies. Living under a curse from the lips of the crucified Christ on the hill of Golgotha in centuries past, the eternal mercenary must endure the horror of thousands of deaths, until, with his always growing skill at arms, he can claim a life of his own.

This is audiobook #20 in the Casca Series. Casca Longinus, cursed by Christ on Golgotha. Condemned to outlive the ages and wander the globe a constant soldier. Forever fighting and surviving, he must wait for Christ to return. Casca returns to the Middle East, but it is now the 20th century, and he has signed on to fight a religious war.

This is audiobook #19 in the Casca Series.

Casca Longinus, cursed by Christ on Golgotha. Condemned to outlive the ages, and wander the globe a constant soldier. Forever fighting and surviving, he must wait for Christ to return.