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| STAND FAST, FREEDOM'S COST, THE NEW KINGDOM, SUNSET FOR EAGLES, and TWILIGHT OF GRANDEUR are available on the Internet through Publish America.com. Enter author: Mary T. Dresser to order. Bookstore outlets providing copies include: Barnes & Noble, Ingram, Baker & Taylor, the Brodart Co. and retailers nationwide. Chapters in Canada. |
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| STAND FAST |
| It is 1746, the Age of Enlightenment, the Age of Revolution, and Johnny Grant is 17 years old. Captured and sentenced to hang after the Highlander's defeat at Culloden, charming and aristocratic Johnny is sent into bond slavery in the American colonies. He serves seven years and finally escapes with a keg of whiskey and his black son, Alex. As the American rebellion begins will Johnny risk his life and Alex's freedom? A tattered colonial army starves, prisoners languish on death ships, Johnny and Alex experience torture and love. Can they stand fast? |
| FREEDOM'S COST |
| Alex Grant explores the Great Lakes territories. . Once a slave, Alex will stoically face death to keep slavery from the new states. The tribes call him "Many Wounds" because of his raw courage but can he withstand his passion for the golden medicine woman who gives him two sons and haunts his dreams? From the primitive forests of the territories, to the Great Lakes, to the storming of Bastille, to the crucial battle of Fallen Timbers, Alex pays a heavy price for freedom. |
| THE NEW KINGDOM |
| The old kingdom is gone. Now John Grant, Alex Grant, and Mal Grant must learn to live in the new kingdom of the United States of America. Ireland and Haiti are crushed by European conquerors, Arab pirates in Tripoli and English press gangs threaten American sailors, and an unprepared nation limps toward 1812. Mal Grant faces the greatest traitor in American history, General James Wilkinson. |
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| Mary T. Dresser was born in Chicago, Illinois. She has been a City Editor on a Chicago-suburban newspaper, a public television writer, and editor of union newspapers in Washington D.C. She lives in Dunedin, Florida. |
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| SUNSET for EAGLES |
| Rolf has sinned against a sacred Celtic maiden and can find no redemption. He carried his guilt along with his gladius as the Roman Legions march across Europe---toward the Dark Ages. A prince of Britain, Rolf faces bloody warfare, dishonor and slavery. Can he survive the arena and the malevolence of Roman power to save a country facing distruction? |
| Left for dead after a Saxon raid on his British home, Peter Gerontius seeks revenge for his loss of innocense by joining the 5th Century British resistance led by Arthur. Roman, Christian, Pagan, and Saxon cultures clash. Peter finds solace in the arms of many women. The legend of "King Arthur'is born. |
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| TWILIGHT OF GRANDEUR |