A Falcon Flies: The fifth book of Talon. Talon has returned to Acre the crusader port after more than a year in Byzantium. He is now a rich man, the owner of ships and and in possession of a license to play the merchant within the Empire to the north. However riches bring enemies and his past is about to catch up with him as accusations of witchcraft have followed him from Languedoc. An investigation is about to disrupt his life but then everything is changed when he travels to a small fort with Sir Guy de Veres his Templar mentor. They survive a daring attack by 'Assassins but here also he...
A Falcon Flies: The fifth book of Talon. Talon has returned to Acre the crusader port after more than a year in Byzantium. He is now a rich man, the o...
Fiction, Historical, Action, Adventure, Thrillers, Mid-east, Islam, Crusades Talon de Gilles, son of a Christian knight of Jerusalem during the time of the Crusades, is only 13 when ferocious Saracens attack his family's caravan and take him captive. Instead of selling him into slavery, slaying him for their amusement or ransoming him, his captors impose a dire fate upon the boy, forcing Talon to become one of them, an Assassin of the Ismaili, the most feared and hated sect in all of Persia, and beyond. The Master of the Ismaili has plans for this youngferengi, who will be able to pass...
Fiction, Historical, Action, Adventure, Thrillers, Mid-east, Islam, Crusades Talon de Gilles, son of a Christian knight of Jerusalem during the time o...
A joyous homecoming turns into a nightmare, as a trained assassin must do the one thing he didn't want to do-become an assassin again. Knight Assassin is story of treachery, greed, love, and heroism set in the Middle Ages, just prior to the Third Crusade. Talon, a young Frank, returns to France with his uncle Phillip, a Templar knight, to be reunited with his family who lost him to the Assassins of Alamut when he was just a boy. When he arrives, he finds a sinister threat hanging like a pall over the joyous reunion. Ruthless enemies, who will stop at nothing to destroy his entire family to...
A joyous homecoming turns into a nightmare, as a trained assassin must do the one thing he didn't want to do-become an assassin again. Knight Assassin...
Cairo, Saladin, assassins, crusades, Egypt, adventure, thriller Courage, comradeship, sacrifice, and treachery in the time of the Crusades: The Third Book of Talon Talon is returning to the Holy Land to search for his beloved Ravan, but Fate has other plans for him. When his ship is wrecked off the coast of North Africa in a storm, Talon and Max, his sole surviving companion, escape captivity and the threat of execution, only to risk their lives preventing a massacre. Barely surviving the ambush they interrupted, they find themselves in the care of a wealthy Egyptian family in a region known...
Cairo, Saladin, assassins, crusades, Egypt, adventure, thriller Courage, comradeship, sacrifice, and treachery in the time of the Crusades: The Third ...
Borneo, Sarawak, The Confrontation, jungle, adventure, war, soldiers Set in Borneo during a little known war known as The Confrontation, this story tells of the British soldiers who fought in one of the densest jungles in the world. Jason, a young soldier of the Light Infantry who is good with guns, is stationed in Penang, an idyllic island off the coast of Malaysia. He is living aimlessly in paradise until he meets Megan, a bright and intelligent young American from the Peace Corps. Megan challenges his complacent existence and a romance develops, but then the regiment is sent off to Borneo....
Borneo, Sarawak, The Confrontation, jungle, adventure, war, soldiers Set in Borneo during a little known war known as The Confrontation, this story te...
War and Military, Adventure, Historical, Fiction In the fourth book of Talon, James Boschert delivers fast-paced adventures, packed with violent confrontations and intrepid heroes up against hard odds. Imprisoned for brawling in Acre, a coastal city in the Kingdom of Jerusalem, Talon and his longtime friend Max are freed by an old mentor from the Order of the Templars and offered a new mission in the fabled city of Constantinople. There Talon finds that winning the Emperor's favor obligates him to follow the Emperor to war in a willful expedition to free Byzantine lands from the Seljuk Turks....
War and Military, Adventure, Historical, Fiction In the fourth book of Talon, James Boschert delivers fast-paced adventures, packed with violent confr...
Talon, an assassin turned knight turned merchant, is restless. Enticed by tales of lucrative trade, he sets sail for the coasts of Africa and India. Traveling with him are his wife and son, eager to share in this new adventure, as well as Reza, his trusted comrade in arms. Treasures beckon at the ports, but Talon and Reza quickly learn that dangers attend every opportunity, and the chance rescue of a Chinese lord named HsU changes their destination--and their fates. HsU introduces Talon to the intricacies of trading in China and the sophisticated wonders of Guangzhou, China's...
Talon, an assassin turned knight turned merchant, is restless. Enticed by tales of lucrative trade, he sets sail for the coasts of Africa and India...
After returning the heads of assassins to the Master of Hashashini, Talon flees with his family and closest companions to the Kingdom of Jerusalem to escape retribution. But death and disaster follow them, dashing hopes of finding a safe haven. Talon and Max travel to Cyprus only to discover that it is ruled by a psychopathic tyrant. The self-styled emperor Isaac Komnenos captured the island earlier in the year with the help of mercenaries and is plundering his kingdom into destitution. When Talon swindles Komnenos out of a prominent castle fortress, he quickly earns the emperor’s...
After returning the heads of assassins to the Master of Hashashini, Talon flees with his family and closest companions to the Kingdom of Jerusalem ...