The objective of the Muslim Turkish attack in the 16th Century on the Christian Fiefdom of Kostel is straight-forward-kidnap pre-puberty children and bring them to Istanbul. These stolen five-to-ten-year-old young ones are forced to convert to Islam and are taught to become unwaveringly loyal to the Sultan. They are educated to fulfill special roles in the Ottoman Empire as warriors, administrators, clergy in the Greek Church, housemaids, eunuchs or concubines. Christian serfs, land-bound slaves working the farms on the Balkan Peninsula, are defenseless as the raiders repeatedly pillage, burn...

Early pioneers on the American frontier, are armed with self-reliance, courage, and daring-just like North Carolinian, Abraham Rallemore. He learns at the Battle of New Orleans that the mettle of a man is what he does, not the color of his skin; fights the slave system on his tobacco plantation; confronts dangers traveling west; and is stunned as a nation is ripped apart by civil war. He struggles with the evils of slavery and the many dangers that crisscross his lifelong path-tornadoes, Indians, cutthroats, wildfire, and Hooker, the slaver. Whetting his appetite for new adventures is Big...

Violence rages in the 1850's, as marauding men roam the lawless border of Missouri and Indian Territory in this historical, fact-based novel. Bent on looting and killing, they raid Curtis Sommer's farm, which sets the young man on a journey seeking justice while confronting brutal enemies and nature's fury. One after another, the outlaws are brought to account, except the last-Veeko. He is the most cunning and elusive villain of all. The Sommer family is in turmoil, after the outlaw brutally rapes a young girl, Curtis' long and demanding pursuit leads to startling twists of fortune and an...