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A Secret Of The Sphinx
Spring of 1798: Young Rory MacHugh leaves his Blackfoot World for an Ancient World. There determination, versatility, and several unique friends enable him to survive many new lives -- a British sailor, an Egyptian Mameluke, a convict, a Secret Agent, a French Grenadier, a Highland soldier, and a forbidden lover in an Egyptian court. But the most devastating is his first encounter with the man destined plunge the world into war and to become Rory’s own personal demon, the young General Napoleon Bonaparte
On Secret Service
It is 1810, shortly after the British victory over the French invaders of Portugal. During the winter lull, MacHugh is sent to London to track down a beautiful French spy. Things do not work out as planned and he ends up kidnapped and imprisoned in France. He soon encounters, among others, the notorious Joseph Fouché (head of Napoleon’s Secret Police), the future King George IV, and the Duke of Wellington. MacHugh even finds himself embroiled in American plans to invade Canada.
The MacHugh Memoirs
THE MacHUGH MEMOIRS tell the adventures, secrets, and loves of Rory MacHugh in his own very private memoirs from his teens as a Blackfoot warrior, then over two decades as a soldier and secret agent battling his arch-enemy, Napoleon Bonaparte, and finally culminating as an "old-timer" at The Alamo.
Black War-Bonnet
In this, the earliest known volume of The MacHugh Memoirs, the traumatized thirteen-year-old Rory MacHugh is taken captive by a band of Blackfoot. His tragic and strange life becomes even stranger as he matures into a Blackfoot Warrior — until the day he solves the tragic mystery that forces him to return to the whiteman’s world to seek vengeance....read more
A Secret Of The Sphinx (Book Excellence Finalist Award)
Spring of 1798: Young Rory MacHugh leaves his Blackfoot World for an Ancient World. There determination, versatility, and several unique friends enable him to survive many new lives -- a British sailor, an Egyptian Mameluke, a convict, a Secret Agent, a French Grenadier, but the most devastating is his first encounter with the man destined to plunge the world into war and to become Rory's personal demon, the young general Napolean Bonaparte.....read more
Spring of 1798: Young Rory MacHugh leaves his Blackfoot World for an Ancient World. There determination, versatility, and several unique friends enable him to survive many new lives -- a British sailor, an Egyptian Mameluke, a convict, a Secret Agent, a French Grenadier, but the most devastating is his first encounter with the man destined to plunge the world into war and to become Rory's personal demon, the young general Napolean Bonaparte.....read more
The AssassinsMacHugh returns to Paris as the bodyguard for the mysterious Count Méhée de la Touche, There his affair with the glamorous Duchess of Abrante lands him in the notorious mountaintop prison, the fortress of Bitche. After a unique escape he becomes embroiled in several assassination attempts aimed at his very personal enemy, the Emperor Napoleon....read more
The Fugitives
Lieutenant Rory MacHugh, the British Army’s only Blackfoot Highlander, is about to depart the fortress of Almeida when one of the greatest man-made disasters in history turns him into a fugitive. Fate brings MacHugh together with a small band of fugitives, each with his own secret. Joined by a bewitching and mysterious Spanish widow, their perils increase until only three remain to take a vital role in the epic Battle of Bussaco....read more
On Secret Service (Coming Soon!)
1810, Under suspicion of disloyalty, MacHugh is ordered to England to track down a beautiful enemy agent. He falls in love, is kidnapped and taken to France by smugglers. Here he meets the head of Napoleon's Secret Police, two old flames, and three of his most relentless foes. Once again he saves Wellington from assassination, at the same time bringing advance warning of both wars that will make 1812 famous.
Five Trails to Texas (Coming Soon!)
Avenging the murderers of his Blackfoot family, MacHugh in turn becomes the prey. Tragedy leads him along the Oregon, Old North, and Santa Fe Trails, then the Camino Real to Texas in the company of saints, sinners, and the Yellow Rose of Texas herself, fighting off Apaches, Comanches, a vengeful murderer, and the French agent sent to kill him for his Memoirs.
The Last-Chancers (Coming Soon!)
While defending the freedom and virtue of the Yellow Rose of Texas, MacHugh reluctantly becomes entangled in the Texas Revolution after encounters with Sam Houston and Santa Anna. Trapped in the Alamo with Buck Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett, MacHugh comes face to face with the warrior sworn to kill him, the murderer of his mother, and with his own sense of Duty.