Spirit of Union, in three volumes, is a classic family saga, taking the reader around the world and introducing them to historical and fictional characters along the way. Beginning in Ireland toward the end of the nineteenth century, Tom Callahan and Katrina Hansen venture forth into a future neither of them could have imagined. With settings in Europe, Alaska, New York City, Utah, South America, Hawaii, New Zealand and many states and locales, Spirit of Union is filled with rousing adventure, tender emotion, family trauma, world war and challenges that will break your heart, yet bring the reader to understand the nature of life's challenges. Dramatic action, combined with memorable characters and exotic locations, assure that Spirit of Union will remain in your mind long after you close the final pages.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
A Princess of Mars
First Published - 1912.
John Carter, a Virginia Civil War officer, is transported mysteriously to Mars. There he meets and befriends Tars Tarkas, who with Carter's help rises to become Jeddak of Thark, and Carter falls in love with Dejah Thoris, princess of Helium. Carter and Dejah Thoris settle in Helium for almost ten years, where they have an egg (in which a son forms), but just before the five-year incubation period ends someone assassinates the keeper of the atmosphere plant and his assistant. Carter helps the Barsoomians open and restart the plant, but he passes out from lack of air and awakes to find himself again on Earth.
Friday, March 2, 2012
A Tale of Two Cities
!±8± A Tale of Two Cities
Written at a point of crisis in his life, A Tale of Two Cities is the embodiment of Dickens' own passions and fears: the revolution which engulfs the characters symbolizes his own psychological revolution, and the three main characters become projections of Dickens himself.