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Echoes of Liberty: A novel of four women's triumph amidst the American Revolution by Frank A. Mason

Frank A. Mason

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Echoes of Liberty: A novel of four women's triumph amidst the American Revolution

by Frank A. Mason

Historical Fiction

From award-winning author Frank A. Mason, creator of the acclaimed Journeyman Chronicles and the Sunlit Silence Series, comes an unforgettable tale of courage and survival during America's fight for independence. Celebrating America250, the 250th Anniversary of the United States, Echoes of Liberty: A Novel of Four Wom ... en’s Triumph Amidst the American Revolution transports you to the turbulent battlefields of the American Revolution, where four women, each with her own fight for freedom, defy the chaos of war and shape history. In the crucible of revolution, heroes are born... - Eliza: A fierce and patriotic planter’s daughter from South Carolina, must defend her home against ruthless bandits who see war as a license to plunder. As the battle rages, Eliza's determination is tested—will she stand her ground or be consumed by the violence surrounding her? - Anfy: Enslaved and desperate, Anfy’s only hope is escape. The brutal realities of her existence demand cunning and courage as she navigates a world where death is a constant threat. Can Anfy find the path to freedom for herself and her children? - Betsy: A loyalist in the besieged city of Savannah, Betsy is caught between love and loyalty as American and French forces close in. With her beloved at the front lines, Betsy must endure the relentless bombardment while grappling with the peril of losing everything she holds dear. - Peggy: On the rugged frontier of Georgia, Peggy's strength is all that stands between her family

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The Tiger Returns (The Skies of Fire Series Book 2)

by Frank A. Mason

Historical Fiction

The Flying Tigers may be finished. The fight is not. China, 1942. Former Marine fighter pilot Tuffy Kowalski has become one of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group who battle overwhelming Japanese air power with worn aircraft, limited supplies, and sheer determination. Flying from rough airfi ... elds carved from jungles and river valleys, Tuffy and his comrades wage a brutal air war against an enemy that seems to possess endless airplanes and pilots. The odds are impossible, but the Tigers fight anyway. From desperate dogfights over Burma and western China to dangerous attacks against advancing Japanese forces, Tuffy learns that survival often depends as much upon courage and luck as flying skill. Then the Flying Tigers cease to exist. Separated from the Flying Tigers, men who became his family, Tuffy begins a long journey home. But while America welcomes back its heroes, the Pacific War continues to rage. The woman he loves waits in Annapolis. The Marine Corps offers a chance to reclaim the career he left behind. And far across the ocean, Marines are fighting and dying for a remote jungle island called Guadalcanal. When Tuffy returns to combat, he finds a different kind of war. Wildcat fighters patched together by exhausted mechanics. Primitive airstrips hacked from the jungle. Veteran Japanese pilots determined to destroy Henderson Field and take back Guadalcanal. read more

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Under a Red Spanish Sky: A Novella of the Sunlit Silence Series of WWII in the Air

by Frank A. Mason

Historical Fiction

A Sunlit Silence Novella Every fighter pilot has a first war. From the award-winning pen of Frank A. Mason comes Under a Red Spanish Sky, a tightly written historical aviation novella chronicling Trip Gibson’s transformation from restless college youth to hardened air warrior amid the death and destruction of the ... Spanish Civil War. In 1938, wealthy American student Trip Gibson abandons the comfort and pleasures of Paris for the deadly skies over Spain. Flying the nimble but unforgiving Polikarpov I-16 “Mosca,” Trip joins the doomed Spanish Republican Air Force and discovers the terrifying exhilaration of aerial combat. By night, Madrid trembles under bombardment as Trip drinks at the legendary Hotel Florida alongside Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, John Dos Passos, and hard-bitten fighter pilots who measure life in cigarettes, whiskey, and tomorrow’s survival. There, he also meets the beautiful young American reporter Claire Robards, whose passion and restlessness mirror his own. By day, Trip battles German and Italian aircraft in twisting dogfights where victory and death are often separated by only a few seconds and a few miles per hour. As Spain spirals toward inevitable tragedy, Trip learns unsettling truths about war, courage, love, and himself. The Spanish Civil War becomes the brutal classroom for his education in life and death, and the proving ground for the fighter pilot he will one day become. Combining vivid air combat, emotional depth, and rich historical

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