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The definitive volume in Jakes's bestselling series finds the Kent family reaching to finally embrace its legacy, and its future. In the final installment of the Kent Family Chronicles, the remaining Kents seek to fulfill Philip Kent's original American dream. As Gideon Kent's health deteriorates, he fears for the future of his family. Their dynasty, now in ruins, stands as a tarnished symbol of all the Kents have lost in the unstable years of war...
5) The warriors
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This addictive John Jakes adventure blends the Kents' ruthless push for an empire with murderous betrayal and the Civil War's life-altering culmination With the Civil War reaching its gory climax, the divided Kent family is pushed to the edge of complete destruction. With the advent of the transcontinental Union Pacific Railroad, the Kents continue to fight for their foothold among America's wealthy founding families. While their private, insular...
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Two visions of the world gone mad, from master storyteller John Jakes. In On Wheels, the United States has become so overpopulated that a tenth of its people have no home. Instead, they spend their lives on the highway. With all of the dangers of the road, dropping below forty miles per hour would mean certain death, even for men like Billy Spoiler. The clans of the open road spend their lives battling each other for control of the freeway, and the...
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Amazing Stories Volume 105 is a great collection of action short stories from "The Golden Age of Science Fiction". Featured here are three short stories by John Jakes: "Shango", "The Android Kill", and "The Most Horrible Story", and three stories by Gordon R. Dickson, "No Shield from the Dead", "The Stranger", and "Time Grabber".
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A courtesan for hire, a brainless hunk, and alien invaders combine to bring about ancient history's most momentous catastrophe in John Jakes's hilarious take on the fall of Atlantis For centuries the mystery of the lost continent of Atlantis has intrigued mortals everywhere. Who lost it? Where did it go? At last the truth is out-or at least the truth according to Hoptor the Vintner, respectable Atlantean wine merchant and not-so-respectable pimp....
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Brak braves magic and malice on his way to the paradise of Khurdisan. Brak the Barbarian has no time for gods. A simple warrior, he cares only for plunder and women, and sees religion as nothing but foolish superstition. But the disciples of the Dark One, Yob-Haggoth, take their god seriously, and they believe Yob-Haggoth wants Brak dead. In Witch of the Four Winds, Brak tries to pass through rocky country, but ominous things begin to happen. A...
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Braving the ice marshes, Brak seeks his fortune in fabled Khurdisan. Of all the northern barbarians, none is more fearsome than Brak. Cast out by his tribe for daring to question their war-gods, he leaves the frozen north with plunder on his mind. Somewhere in the south, the legends say, lies Khurdisan: a golden land of sunshine, riches, and dark-skinned women. It will be a battle to get there, but battle is all Brak knows. In Brak the Barbarian,...
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Following the lives of two couples intermingling with historical figures such as Allan Pinkerton, George McClellan, Abraham Lincoln, Jeb Stuart, and John Wilkes Booth, this novel brings to life the last untold battle of the Civil War--the war of spies and espionage.