Gold ...then Iron (HC) 1st Edition
Hardcover (1st Edition)
During the Sixth Crusade (1240 AD), a talisman created for the Emir of Aleppo is captured, just before the Emir and his family are tortured. Rumors imply the pewter chalice used by Jesus was melted into the Eagle with upraised wings.
War seemed inevitable after Japan invaded China in 1937. Japanese Intelligence officers found ancient records describing a golden eagle. Two Japanese disgraced officers volunteer to recover the artifact.
Off the western coast of Ireland, US Naval Lieutenant James Harant has been observing efforts to prove there are no WWI mines offshore. His Motor Torpedo boat explodes, the bow blown away. Harant and one Brit sailor survived. Harant is asked to lead a ‘training’ exercise into the ‘States’. He does not know they are up against two Japanese Army officers who will commit any atrocity to recover the Eagle of Christis.
Hardcover (1st Edition)
During the Sixth Crusade (1240 AD), a talisman created for the Emir of Aleppo is captured, just before the Emir and his family are tortured. Rumors imply the pewter chalice used by Jesus was melted into the Eagle with upraised wings.
War seemed inevitable after Japan invaded China in 1937. Japanese Intelligence officers found ancient records describing a golden eagle. Two Japanese disgraced officers volunteer to recover the artifact.
Off the western coast of Ireland, US Naval Lieutenant James Harant has been observing efforts to prove there are no WWI mines offshore. His Motor Torpedo boat explodes, the bow blown away. Harant and one Brit sailor survived. Harant is asked to lead a ‘training’ exercise into the ‘States’. He does not know they are up against two Japanese Army officers who will commit any atrocity to recover the Eagle of Christis.
Hardcover (1st Edition)
During the Sixth Crusade (1240 AD), a talisman created for the Emir of Aleppo is captured, just before the Emir and his family are tortured. Rumors imply the pewter chalice used by Jesus was melted into the Eagle with upraised wings.
War seemed inevitable after Japan invaded China in 1937. Japanese Intelligence officers found ancient records describing a golden eagle. Two Japanese disgraced officers volunteer to recover the artifact.
Off the western coast of Ireland, US Naval Lieutenant James Harant has been observing efforts to prove there are no WWI mines offshore. His Motor Torpedo boat explodes, the bow blown away. Harant and one Brit sailor survived. Harant is asked to lead a ‘training’ exercise into the ‘States’. He does not know they are up against two Japanese Army officers who will commit any atrocity to recover the Eagle of Christis.
Details: Published 2003. First Edition contains Annotated Bibliography. Second and Third Editions are revised with no Bibliography.
Cover Image: Ore Carrier inbound to Ore Docks in Duluth, MN harbor.
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