This is the tale of the USS Talbot APD-7 (DD-114) in World War II, as told by her radioman, Ellis Holden Kinyon, or "Kinny" as his friends and family knew him. She was built in 1918 and Kinny met her in 1941, before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He wrote "The Odyssey Of A Lady" on a typewriter over the course of the war, while serving as Radioman. They sailed the icy northern waters around Alaska and navigated the tropical Pacific, playing a vital role in some of the most important battles of WWII. After the war, Kinny gave a few hand-bound copies to shipmates. Now, for the first time, this...
This is the tale of the USS Talbot APD-7 (DD-114) in World War II, as told by her radioman, Ellis Holden Kinyon, or "Kinny" as his friends and family ...
On the planet Geaeh, the touch of iron means excruciating death for any with a Gift set. Any, that is, except for Tilli Kuru. Recruited by the megalomaniac Yellow Wiqq for his unique Gift set, he can touch iron with impunity and even make magic with it. His mission: infiltrate the Hanlish Commonwealth to further their plans for world domination. To celebrate his first mission, he kidnaps a Wiqq woman so they can breed an iron-proof, magically-gifted dynasty. By keeping her magically silenced and pretending she's his wife while she brings his ill-gotten child to term, he secures an influential...
On the planet Geaeh, the touch of iron means excruciating death for any with a Gift set. Any, that is, except for Tilli Kuru. Recruited by the megalom...
