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Climax of the Starlight On Stone saga in which the peace-bride must decide between forgiveness or vengeance.
Fiction without the mythology...
A classical confrontation between the armies of history's two most powerful empires. The characters of the previous four books are propelled into the intrigue, violence and death surrounding a legendary battle which is likely the creative mythic spark for all subsequent escalations. These lead like self-fulfilling prophecies to the Armageddon so many ardently desire today. But this story is about those long-ago warriors, princes and noble women who must fend off their own dark age. The options they have are grim. It is up to the Boy-king and his Nubian armies, a soon-to-be emperor of a coll | |  | | Starlight On Stone CRUX (ebook)
Climax of the Starlight On Stone saga in which the peace-bride, Harranish, must decide between dark vengeance in her own land and bright possibilities in the strange one of her traditional enemies.
Science and history - Fiction without the mythology ...
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Waaloo and a desperate band of refugees brave widespread disaster in search of safety. But there is none and their only hope is to deliver a peace-bride onto the battlefield between antiquity's two most powerful empires.
Science and history - Fiction without the mythology ...
p style="text-align: justify;"> Jansen Estrup's second book in the Starlight On Stone series tells the story of those who come from the East, slogging through endless miles of destruction and death, each for their own compelling reasons. Waaloo seeks wealth and fame. Twi imagines himself on a worldwide trek to find the secrets which will permit all people to live in harmony and happiness. Canni, after the devastation of her sisterhood, hopes to endure until something new can spark her regeneration. Parro, the entertainer, looks for new stories, new ways to entertain a grim po | |  | | Starlight On Stone EAST (ebook)
Led by a crafty merchant adventurer a ragged band of refugees brave natural disaster,desperate refugees and brigands to find safety. But there is none.
Science and history - Fiction without the mythology.
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Desperate to shore up the southern boundary of his crumbling empire, the Emperor sends his slave, the disgraced Hurrian prince, Attili, on a peace mission through utter chaos.
Science and history - Fiction without the mythology.
p style="text-align: left;">span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Attili Once Valiant, a disgraced Hurrian prince, has been sent on one quest after another by his master, Muwattilis the Valiant, emperor of a thousand year reign. But this new task seems impossible. He, with only a few soldiers, must brave a surge of starving refugees, desperate deserters and pirates, make his way to the battlefield around the trade center and sanctuary at Kadesh. There, faced with the Egyptian armies of boy-king, Shi-shi, he must deliver the emperor's sealed clay instructions to his rebelliou | |  | | Starlight On Stone NORTH (ebook)
At the end of a thousand year old Anatolian empire, two warriors are dispatched on a desperate peace mission.
Science and history - fiction without the mythology
span style="font-size: small">The thousand year old Sunburst Empire is in ruins. Muwattillis the Valiant's armies have fled, been slaughtered or scattered./span>
span style="font-size: small">From north and west barbarian Acheans, Do-Ri, Cimmarians and Kassites prowl mountain villages, trade routes and great cities, vital groves and grain stripped fields, looting, raping and murdering./span>
span style="font-size: small">And from the south comes the vengeful wings of the boy-king's armies. Shi-shi will | |  | | Starlight On Stone SOUTH
An historical novel about the Pharaoh boy-king, Shi-shi, and his struggles at war, ruling a fallen empire and in love.
Science and history - Fiction without the mythology...
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The boy-king, Shi-shi, can defeat his enemies if the generals will follow him. He will survive plots by ambitious priesthoods, if the gods smile upon him and if he can find the right woman amidst the wreckage of a looming dark age, he just might found a vital new dynasty.
Science and history-fiction without the mythology ...
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A bold young shadow queen and her devoted companion flee pirates, assassins and a looming dark age. Not even the two brave giants who vowed to protect them know what to do when they are caught between the desperate armies of antiquity's two most powerful empires.
Science and history - fiction without the mythology
History and science - fiction without the mythology
Science and history without the mythology ..
The first installment of a five part novel titled i>WEST, EAST, SOUTH, NORTH/b>/i> and i>CRUX/b>/i>, Starlight on Stone draws ficitonal and historical figures together from across the known world of 900BCE. WEST is both an adventure and a socio-political commentary of a wild, devolving period which came to define current thinking about our relationship to the world around us. The characters are memorable, bold and strong but swept up, like children everywhere in the turmoil of events beyond their understanding and ability.
Tyrana, smart, courageous and schooled in arcane | |  | | Starlight On Stone WEST (ebook)
A bold young girl, her companion and two bewildered giants flee assassins, pirates and a looming dark age. But how will any of them survive when they find themselves trapped between the desperate armies of antiquity's two greatest empires.
Science and history - fiction without the mythology
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The heavens, we are taught, have always inspired awe, tradition, even salvation. Why? What did our ancestors see there?
Humanity has always looked to the heavens for inspiration, solace, even salvation. Why? What did our ancestors see there? And how will we, in this enlightened, hi-tech age, benefit from understanding their ancient teachings? Jansen Estrup's Tales of a Clear, Dark Night is a stunning inquiry into the archeology, mythical and cosmological lore, and their relationship to the persistence of violence in modern socieites. Asking questions until he has answers, the author masterfully weaves together threads of the past and present into a gripping read.nbsp;
These essays are examinati | |  | | War Stories for My Grandchildren - A Memoir in Short Stories
The author served during many of the Cold War's most intense years, including 5 tours to Southeast Asia, but it was as a child that he fought his most courageous battles. For the past 4 decades he has lived in a remote star powered home in the Sierra Nevada with his wife of 53 years, a painter and writer.
p style="text-align: justify">There is no good reason why any of us should have identical recollection of adventures we shared only superficially. Being there, we know from courtroom ‘eye-witness accounts’, is no guarantee of truth or even useful observation.
p style="text-align: justify">Often I feel (and suspect that my fellow veterans do, too) we were severely misused, but because we are so profoundly indoctrinated against questioning authority (by family, school and church) that we dare not blame our obviously corrupted leaders. Instead we find a scapegoat, a faux-Judas |
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Boy in a Box
by Paul Lonardo
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 This book is an autobiographical account of the lessons I learned about life and how I was able to apply them to inspire, motivate and empower others in my own work as a firefighter, as well in my daily life as a husband, a father and a man. When I w |
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