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Winner of the Florida Writers Association 2021 Royal Palm Literary Award Best Published Book of the Year 4th Runner-Up Best Published Historical Fiction Silver Award "...when it comes to storytelling, Pennington delivers." James L. Nelson, author of The Norsemen Saga "Pennington has written an exciting novel...I recommend this well-researched and stirring Revolutionary War adventure." -- Historical Novel Society "Pennington writes...well, and…leaves a sense that we know what the characters are experiencing…this is a good adventure story."-- Muzzleloader Magazine 1777 War Drums echo ...

GOLD MEDAL WINNER for BEST PUBLISHED HISTORICAL FICTION! Florida Writer's Association 2022 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition "... a well-written novel full of suspense, heartache, romance, and intrigue. Readers will be swept away..." Historical Novel Society Scotland and Ireland in the 17th and 18th Centuries — an age of unrelenting civil wars, religious conflicts, natural disasters, and treachery at the highest level Fulfilling a once-abandoned dream, young Alexander Moorhead and his mother risk their lives on a perilous voyage to America in 1764. During the long months at sea, Alex ...

"...when it comes to storytelling, Pennington delivers." - James L. Nelson, author of The Norsemen Saga INSPIRED BY ACTUAL EVENTS! A VOLCANO SPEWING DEATH AND DESTRUCTION A TOWN BURIED IN ASH AND MUD A MILLION DOLLARS IN AN ABANDONED BANK AND THE MOST INEPT GANG OF THIEVES IN THE CARIBBEAN In 1997, two years into the Soufriere's destruction of Montserrat, the once-idyllic town of Plymouth is disappearing beneath the volcano's onslaught, the government has collapsed into anarchy, and thousands are fleeing the island. Amid this chaos, a group of desperate men plan to rob Barclays Bank of over...

"...when it comes to storytelling, Pennington delivers." — James L. Nelson, author of The Norsemen Saga Pennington expertly weaves fiction and history together to portray events during this terrible time in U.S. history. This is so much more than a mystery." — Historical Novel Society “…a fast-paced thriller that breathes life into each historic character…and captures the look and feel of nineteenth-century Indiana County.” — Jonathan Bogert, Director, Historical and Genealogical Society of Indiana County During a blizzard in the cold winter of 1826, the quiet Western ...