Historical – Page 3 – CIRCLE OF ORIGIN

The Mud Man

When anthropologist Veronica Booth is called to consult on a dig in northern B.C., she expects to see the usual remnants of early indigenous habitation. Never in her wildest dreams does she imagine finding a man’s body preserved a metre deep in a thawing bog. More shocking still—he’s alive, albeit barely.

The mud man, as Veronica initially thinks of him, matches no missing person reports and his DNA is like nothing on record. Radio-carbon dating of his clothes and items found with him return the impossible age of 9,500 years!

As he slowly recovers from his ordeal, the mysterious man reveals a host of incredible surprises, stunning Veronica and others who are growing close to him.

But can a man who lived millennia ago adapt to life in the modern world? Should he be expected to?

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The Silence Broken

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Get ready to step back in time to the Great Depression, where Olivia Wainwright is the only thing standing between the people of Big Town and the ruthless crime families that dominate the area. As the District Detective, Olli is used to going it alone, but when a new partner arrives on the scene and a mysterious figure starts stirring up trouble, she realizes she can’t do it all herself.

With tensions rising and lives on the line, Olli must work quickly to unravel the truth and take down the culprit before it’s too late. But when the shocking truth is finally revealed, it turns out the danger was closer than anyone could have ever imagined – right in the heart of Civilized Big Town.

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Darkness and Light Intertwined

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How far would you go to survive?

In 1954 Vietnam 16-year-old Chi Anh Ong found herself pregnant by a foreign soldier. Forced to give up her baby, abandoned by her lover, and betrayed by her father, Chi joined the Viet Cong and channeled a lifetime of resentment and anger into killing American soldiers. Decades later and now living in America, the secrets of her past threaten to destroy her future.

Chi’s daughter, Linh, had no memory of her mother. As a child, she lived on the streets of war-torn Vietnam. As a teenager, she chose prostitution over starvation. After meeting an American soldier and falling in love, Linh dreams of a better life. But will he reject her once he knows her darkest secret?

Spanning generations and continents, Darkness and Light Intertwined tells the gut-wrenching saga of soldiers and civilians brought together and torn apart by war or circumstance and the struggles and successes they encounter as they each pursue their own American dream.

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Lives Intertwined

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The old man wasn’t always old. He was barely 18 when he was drafted and sent to fight for his country. After a decade in an army at war, his instincts were finely tuned. Kill or be killed. But instincts don’t fade just because the war ends or even because you grow old.

Ashley England is a DNA analyst tasked with identifying the serial killer known only as the Vigilante Virginian. Using a combination of forensic genealogy and sheer determination, she is dead set on ending his reign of vengeance. When her investigation reveals far more than what was expected, the effects ripple across two continents and multiple lives.

From the long-ago battlefields in Vietnam to the modern-day laboratories of the California Bureau of Investigation, Lives Intertwined weaves an emotional family saga with a murder mystery that is better left unsolved.

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The Judas Legacy

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Brad, a dealer in rare and ancient coins, is thrust into a world of myth and espionage. In the aftermath of a family tragedy, he receives a package from his wife’s long-time friend and museum curator, Maricia. Inside is an ancient Roman coin.

Maricia discovers her (soon-to-be ex) boyfriend Garrett has been secretly acquiring a set of ancient coins. From a trusted mentor, she learns the coins have a 2000-year-old history of malignant evil.

Garrett has been procuring the coins for Thaddeus Robinson, who has uncovered the true nature of the 30 pieces. If he gets the last coin and completes the collection, the nefarious power of the coins will enable him to achieve his diabolical goal of deep state global domination.

Robinson’s people kidnap Maricia’s daughter as leverage to retrieve the stolen coin. Maricia must recover the coin to get her daughter back. But life’s not that simple. Maricia doesn’t know that a centuries old order is also searching for the set of 30 coins. It’s now a critical race to save her daughter, while keeping the cursed relics away from those that misuse them.

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Playing Through

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When Nicole Snow finds a box of relics in her great-grandmother’s attic, she sends the box of mementos to a transcriptionist who attempts to compile them into a coherent story. Through letters, journal entries, newspaper clippings, and telegrams, we learn the real story behind Jordan Baker. Her story does not begin and end that one summer on Long Island with The Great Gatsby.

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Three Headed View

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It seems like there were two things that he was born for: War and Conquering.

At last, Iraddi, leader of a blood thirsty warrior clan of barbarians, had finally found his opportunity to establish a legitimate kingdom. The massive Mount Tunjii stands tall before him, ripe for the taking. Its weakly Tunjii Defenders had put up a poor defense. The only obstacle which stood in his way was three brave miners that had defied all odds and had driven back his barbarian horde multiple times, but nothing could stop Iraddi’s small, frail, twisted body, with sunken eyes and a massive overbite from becoming king.

With their back against the walls of their last fortified town, the three miners finally surrender. Though impressed with their bravery, Iraddi decapitated their heads and places them on long poles, as a reminder of who the victor was and what would happen should others try to revolt. These Three Lonely Heads, staring across a Field of Sorrows, would become a catalyst for a resistance movement against Iraddi, as well as a refuge of contemplation for the king.

Throughout the remainder of the novel, these Three Lonely Heads serve as a focal point, a Three Headed View, on the actions taken on both sides, perhaps aiding in the telling of the history of the new Kingdom of Iraddi.

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Voyages of Fortune Book One: Hidden Truths

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Divergent times. Distant lands. Different missions. One gambit.

In Austro-Hungary, 1898: a sickly girl discovers a bundle of instructions addressed to her by a legendary nobleman, who lived centuries ago. He entrusts her with a powerful ring and mission to protect the world from the ambitions of both factions of a mystical power struggle. It will require her to embark on a quest that will cause her own culture to reject her; the girl knows she has to accept. Now an outcast, she must outwit the Society’s and the Urumi’s evil designs as she attempts to alter a series of magical devices that can give anyone the power to control the world.

In Thailand, 2004: Mei Hua and Mark, two unvalued interns, are swept out to sea by a giant wall of water. They are rescued by a space-folding sailing ship, crewed by a gang of pirates. To survive, Mark and Mei are required to join forces with the mercenaries and fight to retrieve another powerful object that — known only to the ship’s enigmatic captain — can make the world descend into chaos. Trapped on the strange ship, Mei and Mark must find it within themselves to keep this artifact from falling into the wrong hands – assuming they can determine whose hands those are.

In Russia, 1889: Natalia, the untested heir of her gypsy camp, finds herself in charge when her grandmother is abducted by an enemy her troop is not prepared to fight. The situation seems hopeless; from a secret buried deep in her past, Natalia knows it is her fault. Then a mysterious note from a sender she does not know offers an impossible way out – one that will doom her troop to slavery, or worse, if it fails. Natalia must find her inner courage and overcome the demons of her past if she is to lead her troop to salvation.

These are the Voyagers. Each believes they are working for their own ends. They are dead wrong. They have unknowingly become pawns in a centuries-spanning gambit to control time and the world itself. Their paths are about to cross. All that remains to be seen is: who is really about to take over?

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Keepers of the Stone Book One: Outcast

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A trained killer. A demonic Order. A jewel that could change the course of history.

An orphan raised by a fanatical Sect of thieves, Malka has already sacrificed the lives of her people to protect the object she carries. Having become its unwitting guardian, she is forced to flee British India for the American West. Her immediate goal? Keep the Urumi’s demonic Order off her trail and avoid being taken into the ranks of its enslaved members. But – even with her superhuman speed and the aid of a mysterious shapeshifter – doing so will prove tougher than she could’ve possibly imagined.

Stas is about to go on a journey of his own. The courageous son of a refugee learns he is being sent home to a continent he has never visited. But, even as he begins to grapple with his new environment, the Order of the Urumi sets it’s own plans in motion for Stas and his closest friend, Nell. They are about to embark on their most dangerous adventure yet….

Trapped in unfamiliar parts the globe and thrust into a fantasy world they do not understand, Stas, Nell and Malka must struggle to find allies. Battle the Urumi. And uncover their path to the stone’s cataclysmic final purpose.

Whether they know it or not, their most epic quest has just begun….

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Tito’s Lost Children. War One: Slovenia

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Yugoslav People’s Army brats Jovana and Hristijan grew up in a secluded border-watch compound, dreaming of grander horizons. They get their wish in the worst way possible when Predrag, a rogue Army captain, kidnaps Jovana for no apparent reason. Hristijan manages to rescue her, but their ordeals are far from over.

On the run, they uncover the shocking secret behind Jovana’s upbringing: she is the chosen successor to Maršal Josip Broz Tito. With Yugoslavia on the brink of collapse, it is her duty to keep order among the country’s quarrelsome nationalities – and stop the Serbs from grabbing power. There’s only one tiny problem: Jovana was never trained to take on her new role as the only hope for a unified Yugoslavia.

Joining forces with a hard-fighting mute girl, Jovana and Hristijan must make their way to Slovenia to prevent its secession from the Yugoslav Federation. To get there, they will have to outwit Predrag, who is determined to capture Jovana and win the approval of his Serb nationalist father.

The fate of Yugoslavia now rests with a band of snarky teenagers. Armed with nothing but a few guns and an old Army truck, they are about to make their mark on history. Don’t miss out on this action-packed alternative history adventure that dares to answer the question: What if Maršal Tito, the strongman of Yugoslavia, had named a successor?

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