Martin Swan
The Last Rose Of Evernight
The Last Rose of Evernight
Book One of The Ash & Starlight Chronicles Trilogy
The Midnight Bloom has protected the Seven Kingdoms for five hundred years.
Now it is dying.
Raised in the quiet safety of Saint Orwyn's Monastery, Seren Ashmere has never questioned her mysterious past. She tends the monastery gardens, hears whispers from flowers no one else can hear, and bears a strange black rose birthmark over her heart. But when ancient shadow creatures descend upon the monastery and a forgotten prophecy awakens, Seren discovers that everything she believed about her life is a lie.…
Martin Swan
The Crimson Falcon: The Last Bell
The Crimson Falcon: The Last Bell
Book Three of the Crimson Falcon Trilogy
The war is over.
Now the dead demand to be heard.
The mighty Empire has withdrawn from the shattered walls of Asterra, and the greatest siege of the age has finally ended. But peace proves far more difficult than victory. Cities must be rebuilt. Families must bury their loved ones. Enemies must learn to live beside one another. And the legendary mercenary captain Cassian Varek must answer for the decision that made him both savior and butcher.…
Martin Swan
The Crimson Falcon: Judgment
The Crimson Falcon: Judgment
Book Two of the Crimson Falcon Trilogy
The city still stands.
Now comes the reckoning.
Asterra has survived the first assault, but victory has come at a terrible cost. Thousands lie dead, trusted allies have become suspects, and the enemy gathering beyond the walls may be even more dangerous than anyone imagined.
Legendary mercenary captain Cassian Varek has uncovered a conspiracy that reaches far beyond the battlefield. The secretive Raven Court has infiltrated both armies, replacing trusted commanders with deadly impostors and manipulating an entire war from the shadows. With every order questioned and every alliance tested, Cassian must uncover the truth before the Empire launches its final assault.
Time is running out.…
Martin Swan
The Crimson Falcon
The Crimson Falcon
Book One of the Crimson Falcon Trilogy
The greatest mercenary captain in the world accepted one final contract.
He expected to die defending a city.
He never imagined surviving would be the harder fate.
When the mighty city-state of Asterra stands alone against the largest invasion in living memory, its rulers turn to the one man whose name has become legend—Cassian Varek, the Crimson Falcon. Drawn from retirement by duty rather than glory, Cassian must forge an army from condemned criminals, frightened refugees, broken veterans, and desperate volunteers before an unstoppable empire reaches the city walls.
But the enemy is already inside.…
Martin Swan
The Eagle on Gran Sasso
July 1943. Fascist Italy is collapsing. Benito Mussolini has been overthrown, arrested, and hidden somewhere deep inside a country teetering on betrayal. For Adolf Hitler, losing Mussolini is more than a political disaster—it is a symbol of weakness Germany cannot afford.
Captain Lukas Falk, a battle-hardened German paratrooper, is given an impossible mission: find Mussolini before the Allies do… and bring him back alive.
With only a small team of elite commandos—deadly marksman Erik Bauer, volatile explosives expert Otto Weiss, young signals operator Franz Keller, and the dangerously enigmatic SS officer Karl Adler—Falk is thrown into a race against time across a fractured Italy.
But nothing is straightforward.…
Martin Swan
The Eagles Over Crete
The Eagles Over Crete
May 1941. An island stands between Hitler's armies and control of the Eastern Mediterranean.
As thousands of German paratroopers descend from the skies in the largest airborne invasion the world has ever seen, the fate of Crete rests in the hands of an unlikely alliance. Greek soldiers, British and Commonwealth troops, Cretan civilians, and determined resistance fighters must hold the line against an enemy renowned for speed, discipline, and overwhelming air power.…
Martin Swan
David: Hammer Of Israel
David: Hammer of Israel
Before he became a legend, he was a fugitive.
Before he wore a crown, he learned the brutal cost of survival.
This gripping historical novel reimagines the life of David with realism, political intrigue, and relentless military action. Hunted by King Saul, forced to seek refuge among his enemies, and surrounded by betrayal from every side, David must evolve from shepherd to warrior, from outlaw to leader.
As rival kingdoms clash and ancient alliances shift, David discovers that winning battles is only the beginning. Holding a fractured nation together demands sacrifices that threaten everything he believes in. Loyal companions become dangerous rivals, old friendships are tested by ambition, and every victory carries a terrible price.…
Martin Swan
The Desert Jackal
The Desert Jackal
North Africa, 1940.
The British Army is outnumbered, outgunned, and expected to do little more than survive. But Sergeant Tom Mercer and his newly assembled platoon are about to become part of an offensive that will change the course of the desert war.
Thrown together from every corner of the British Empire, Mercer's men are an unlikely band of soldiers: a sharp-witted Londoner, a stubborn Scottish Bren gunner, an unflappable Indian veteran, a fearless Australian, a resourceful South African mechanic, a quiet New Zealander, and young recruits experiencing battle for the first time. Bound by danger rather than friendship, they must learn to trust one another as they face an enemy that outnumbers them at every turn.…