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 Fun Fact: Braddock had gone down beneath French and Indian fire. Admiral Byng had fallen before a British firing squad. When the French attacked Fort Ontario, another head would roll.  The Marquis de Montcalm--whose name would later be linked forever with James Wolfe, Quebec, and the Plains of Abraham--sailed from Fort Frontenac across Lake Ontario to Oswego and surrounded the British forts of Ontario, Pepperell, and George. Fort Ontario on the east bank of the Oswego River overlooked Fort Pepperell on the western bank and the small redoubt of Fort George farther to the west. Montcalm placed his guns and rolled for initiative. Winning the roll, he opened up on Fort Ontario on August 12, 1756. Lieutenant Colonel James Mercer did not appreciate Montcalm's arrival and felt he was not properly prepared to welcome visitors. He evacuated Fort Ontario and retreated. Montcalm did the inevitable, and placed his guns on the heights to send his greetings to the other two forts. Mercer f...

 Fun Fact: General Braddock had the good sense to join the 500 corpses he left in the wilderness, so no action could be taken against him. Vice Admiral John Byng wasn't so fortunate. The French looked in the Mediterranean for a soft target and found Minorca. They massed 15,000 men with siege artillery and the duc de Richelieu sailed with them from Toulon. Vice Admiral Byng at 52 years of age was tagged to take a hastily assembled fleet from Portsmouth to intercept the French. The French landed and laid siege to Fort Saint Philip. Byng's orders and those of the governor of Gibraltar, where he was supposed to get additional troops, were conflicting. That governor worried about an attack on Gibraltar. Byng had to choose between trying to save Minorca or risking Gibraltar--at a time when no war had been declared. He chose to risk a naval battle for Minorca with his ten ships of the line and two frigates. Galissoniere waited with twelve ships of the line, including Foudroyant , whic...

 First -- Promise of Carnage and Flame is only 99 cents on Sep 11 and 12. After that, the price jumps back to $4.99  A disturbing vision sends Alex and Lucette into action in the cause of liberty. The Americans are losing the war and a new power has risen to counter the efforts of Alex and Lucette. When Alex is forced to make a deal with the devil, neither Alex nor the cause may recover. Will he succeed in defeating his new nemesis, or will the American forces in the north be utterly destroyed? One of the dragon hunters has a secret that may forever rend the alliances, friendships, and new relationships. None of that matters. The secret has driven this one across the sea to face risks unknown to most of mankind. Even the American cause cannot compare with the importance of this very personal mission. These adventures and more await our friends who must put everything at risk for their ideals and obligations. _________________________ Fun Fact: After the treaty of A...

 Interview with Jon Cronshaw Author of The Wasteland Series, and more   Please tell me a little about your current work in progress. I’m currently working on the follow-up to my fantasy novel, Dawn of Assassins . The first book followed a pair of thieves who are recruited by a master assassin. But they’re thieves, not killers. Trial of Thieves is set a week after Dawn of Assassins and deals with the fallout of that story. Where did you get the idea for this book or series? It’s hard to say where ideas come from for stories because they usually stem from thousands of little ideas that come together. The Dawn of Assassins series is set in the same world as The Ravenglass Chronicles. Where The Ravenglass Chronicles tells the story of a bratty princess’s journey to maturity, I wanted something a bit grittier, a bit more down to earth. Do you write in more than one genre? I do! Though, for the sake of branding and marketing, it would be much easier to stick to ...