Military – CIRCLE OF ORIGIN

A Path of Blades

This life is a path of blades. Will you grasp the hilt or face the point?

Ingvar Darelle is an honour-bound soldier, a knight tasked with defending his country whenever he is called to battle. Violence and war provide no glory for Ingvar, who only wants to be at home on his rural estate.

His hopes for peace are shattered and his life is thrown into turmoil as secrets are revealed and plots are hatched. Beset on all sides and running out of allies, how will Ingvar’s friendships and family cope with the forces that try to tear them apart?

How will he even survive?

Which path will he choose?

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Xek Rychtevorik’s 3991

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Forcibly conscripted as a child under a tyrannical regime, Exékiel reaches his breaking point and goes AWOL. In the year 3991, Exékiel is soon plunged into a new life as a free man, and must now find his place in a world that is nearly two thousand years post-nuclear war and recovering. After being taken under the wing of an ex-sky pirate and his wife, operators of a bounty hunting ring, Exékiel goes back to doing what he was trained to do his entire life. Killing and tracking down targets is second nature. Only this time, it’s on his own terms.

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Stone Warrior

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From the award-winning author Avery Christy, comes a new series set in the Mountain Lords universe, following the journeys of Thurgan Stonebrow.

The Empress has banned mercenary companies, putting Thurgan Stonebrow out of work after ten years of fighting other people’s battles. Before he can fully consider his next move, Thurgan agrees to help a young Rodoan woman to reach her family. But there is nothing easy in this act of kindness, as the journey brings Thurgan and his growing band of companions into the middle of a fight for survival between nations.

Lady Pannek, the ruler of the land of Surigard, is besieged by hired raiders led by the savage Bruimar, and the armies of the Empire and its minions who seek to destroy her and her nation. Knowing of Thurgan’s prowess on the battlefield, she names him general of the Red Legion in the desperate hope he can lead Surigard to victory against its enemies

But how can one man with one little army win against the power of an empire on so many fronts? Even with the help of friends and allies, this may very well be the final battle for Thurgan, and the fall of Surigard!

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The Shield

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The Blades are a prestigious organization tasked with protecting the world of Crearia from creatures known as Malignin, and Sainte Nore wants to become one. When the recruiter visits Sainte’s hometown, he volunteers to join, leaving behind everything he’s ever known. Faced with the harsh realities of training, having to make new friends in less-than-ideal circumstances, and learning how to navigate this new world he’s entered, Sainte realizes that the most challenging part about this isn’t the physical aspect but the mental.

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Dancing Through Minefields

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From trauma to triumph. This a story of a life with many traumas. Death of her mother at 11, gang raped at 13, marriage to a violent alcoholic, losing her third daughter at 17 months. This is a story of faith and determination to break free and live a happy life. Which she does, eventually becoming a military wife and traveling the world. This a gritty gutsy story of a life full of many twists and turns and incredible courage against all odds.

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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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