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Meeting his relatives in Italy for the first time, Ross Cameron receives a request from his gravely ill great uncle Ercole. “The Pope must be stopped,” he tells Ross, following it with a command “to find the Prophecies.” Knowing only a little about the Prophecies of Fatima, he teams up with the man’s devoted granddaughter, a blond named Sabrina. Ercole’s few clues lead them to the highest peak of the Apennines, where they search for a mysterious chapel.

The stakes are raised when Ross and Sabrina, after locating the missing papers, narrowly escape the mountain with their lives. Delivering their find to Ercole’s friend, an enigmatic monk named Giotto, they are dismayed to find they have recovered only two of the missing Prophecies. The subsequent search for the all important third mystery takes them to Rome, where they are soon immersed in a dangerous competition, one that connects them to events from a half century ago.

In 1943 German occupied Rome is a powder keg. Jews are being rounded up in the streets. The threat of the bombing is a daily reality. Allied forces, aiming for the capital, are only slowly advancing up the boot of Italy. Their German foes, resolutely seeking to stop them, prepare to fight in the streets of Rome itself. Communist cells plan terrorist attacks against the occupiers. One Vatican priest considers an Allied victory as the only solution, and works behind the scenes for the liberation of the city. Another, a monsignor of the Curia, collaborates with the occupiers, supplying support to religious war criminals operating in Croatia. Repelled by this, a crusading priest from that region openly rebels against the Pope’s authority, calling on him to resist the Nazi’s. A terrified Pope attempts a desperate balancing act to guide the Church through these dangers. All comes to a head at the Ardeatine Grotto, where the Nazi’s massacre over three hundred innocent people.

The Ardeatine massacre is the event that connects the past with the present. The crimes of those days, refusing to stay buried, comprise the secret awaiting Ross and Sabrina. They discover that the evils of war, far from remaining in the past, reverberate right up to the present day, putting their lives in great danger.

$15.95 ISBN 978-1450592222, 452 pages

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THE ROMMEL MISSION

"I have given him [Hitler] his last chance...I'm going to open up the Western Front. Only one thing matters now, the British and Americans must get to Berlin before the Russians do.”

-- Field Marshall Erwin Rommel

Major Helder, an officer on the staff of Rommel’s headquarters, witnesses the failure of the German army to prevent its Allies’ success on D-day. Although he expects Rommel to somehow master the crisis, he soon realizes the Field Marshall himself doesn’t believe in victory. Indeed, the major soon becomes caught up in a plot to turn over the German Armies in the West to the Allies.

Author explains the historical back ground -- article in the December issue of Yarnspinners and Wordweavers

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$16.95 ISBN 0978515897, 302 pages,

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ROCKED BY MURDER

“John recoiled from the sight, letting go of the body as he fell backwards, the head hitting the floor with a sickening thump.”

Visiting professor of geology John Jennick discovers the body of his longtime friend and colleague lying next to his work in a deserted lab, his head crushed. When suspicion falls upon him, the professor endeavors to find the perpetrator. From the first, an English woman, a fellow instructor in the department, volunteers to assist him. As they work together, a mutual attraction develops, one that is problematic for our professor, as he is still mourning the untimely death of his wife, the event which drove him to the university. The investigation takes them through a myriad of deceptions and suspicions, ultimately leading to tragic past events that have come to life in the present. The professor must confront his own past as well, one well guarded by his own private demons, to discover who killed his friend, and more importantly, why.

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$19.95 ISBN: 1-4137-6284-0, 246 pages,

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FOREIGN GROUND: Traveler’s Tales

I’m in London and I Have No Clothes

Ken Kreckel

is featured in an inspiring collection that will transport the reader from their comfortable chair to places both exotic and familiar. An encounter with a mysterious stranger in Mexico, finding yourself in London with no clothes or among sympathetic Brits on 9/11, in a sandstorm in Africa or alone with your mate at a secluded cove along the Italian coast all offer different perspectives on different places, different ways of life. In Foreign Ground, twenty talented writers share their experiences around the globe - from Ireland to Africa, South America to the South Pacific, from India to France, from Italy to Mexico - in 41 pieces of poetry and prose.

$17.95 ISBN# 0-9714725-4-8, 224 pgs

Now available at Pronghorn Press