Fear was the enemy. But from fear came courage. And from courage came freedom.
When the boy rose to face the darkness, he glimpsed phobos, intangible fear, peering back at him. The fear looked at him teasingly, infuriatingly, on the verge of withdrawing itself into its own silent rage. He felt that it was his own disembodied dread making its untimely departure. Deep inside, the boy had already become a man.
A dying Xerxes told the tale of Leonidas to a scribe. He was gripped by fear, which gave him the courage to tell his tale in its entirety. In his last moments, he recalled Leonidas' beginning.
When Ionian cities joined the Persian empire, a revolt was quietly overtaking the conquered cities. The Ionian Revolt allowed tyrants to rebel against the Persian crown, and Darius aimed to quash the rebellion through whatever force necessary. When the revolt failed, Darius became more determined than ever to expand his empire. Greece would be the next to fall under the mighty Persian yoke. But little did the Persians realize that the Spartans were unlike any other warriors, for they would take a stand against the might of the Persian empire.
Fleeing from a scorned past,Catherine Merit struggles with her failing medical practice and a rich man's obsession of her.Book Four in the Indignities Series
First Place Winner in historical fiction in the Purple Dragonfly Awards for excellence in children's literature, and named a U.P. Notable Classic.
Feel like you are in the moment nearly 100 years ago with a young girl, daughter of Finnish immigr
A novel about a family during World War II, set on the homefront in Springield, Mass., and in the South Pacific. The book focuses on four characters and how their lives were affected and changed during the war years.
