The Global Syndicator - american novels

The World Wreckers

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:10:55 +0000

The World Wreckers is a science fiction novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley in her Darkover book series. It was first published by Ace Books in 1971.

Plot introduction

The novel concerns a group of entrepreneurs who are hired to sabotage the ecology of Darkover so that the planet will be dependant on imports.

The Whiskey Rebels

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:39:21 +0000

The Whiskey Rebels is a novel by David Liss set in the United States of America towards the close of the 18th century. The story revolves around two main characters, Ethan Saunders and Joan Maycott. Saunders, a disenfranchised former spy for General Washington during The American Revolution, and Maycott, a would-be frontiers woman and whiskey distiller, hatch plots surrounding Alexander Hamilton's recently opened Bank of the United States. The format of the book is one in which the story-lines switch between protagonists per chapter, usually with one chapter being narrated by Saunders and being set in Philadelphia, and the next being narrated by Maycott, which spans several more years of events and a number of locales. Like Liss' other historical novels, The Whiskey Rebels is historical fiction, involving fictional characters and fictionalized portrayals of individuals who actually existed, such as Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, New York Senator Aaron Burr, former Continental Congressman William Duer, among others. Similarly, as well, much of the story involves financial history, mystery, and suspense.

Category: 2008 novels Category: American novels Category: Historical novels

Princeps' Fury

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:39:39 +0000

Furies of Calderon is a 2008 high fantasy novel by Jim Butcher. It is book five of the Codex Alera novel series.

The Rat Race (novel)

Thu, 01 May 2008 02:16:49 +0000

The Rat Race is a science fiction novel by Jay Franklin. It was first published in book form in 1950 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 1,500 copies of which 1,200 were hardcover. The novel originally appeared in the magazine Collier's Weekly in 1947.

Plot summary

The novel concerns Lieutenant Commander Frank Jacklin who is blown up in a thorium bomb explosion while on the battleship Alaska. He awakens in the body of Winnie Tompkins who had perpetrated the explosion. As Tompkins, he learns of a plot by German agents to poison Franklin D. Roosevelt and he tries to warn the authorities. He continues to become involved in intrigue until another accident restores Tompkins to his body, leaving Jacklin in the body of a dog.

Days of Infamy

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:39:10 +0000

Days of Infamy, is a novel by Harry Turtledove. Days of Infamy is a re-imagining of the pacific war. The major difference being that The Empire of Japan not only attacks Pearl Harbour, but occupies it and attacks and occupies Hawaii also.

White (Dekker Novel)

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:32:04 +0000

White is a novel by Christian author Ted Dekker.

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Red (Dekker Novel)

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:32:03 +0000

Red is a novel by Christian author Ted Dekker.

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Right as Rain

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:27:00 +0000

Right as Rain is a 2001 crime novel by George Pelecanos. It is set in Washington DC and focuses on private investigator Derek Strange and his new partner Terry Quinn. It is the first novel to involve the characters and is followed by Hell to Pay (2002), Soul Circus (2003) and Hard Revolution (2004).