Book Review: Bernard Cornwell’s Sharpe’s Rifles

New to command, Lt Richard Sharpe must lead the demoralized, distrustful men of the 95th Rifles to safety via a dangerous trek through the enemy-infested mountains of Spain.
New to command, Lt Richard Sharpe must lead the demoralized, distrustful men of the 95th Rifles to safety via a dangerous trek through the enemy-infested mountains of Spain.
Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy and the crew of the USS Walker find themselves caught between the nation they swore to defend and the allies they promised to protect. For even as the Allies and the Empire of New Britain Isles stand united against the attacks of both the savage Grik and the tenacious Japanese, the “Holy Dominion”-a warped mixture of human cultures whose lust for power overshadows even the Grik-is threatening to destroy them both with a devastating weapon neither can withstand.
She was murdered, but came back as a Greywalker, able to move between our world and the mysterious, cross-over zone where things that go bump in the night exist.
Someone has kidnapped the sons of the Duchess Dianda Lorden, regent of the Undersea Duchy of Saltmist. To prevent a war between land and sea, Sir October “Toby” Daye must not only find the missing boys, but also prove that the Queen of the Mists was not behind their abduction. She’ll need all her tricks and the help of her allies if she wants to make it through this in one piece.
When Torin finds out why the pirates needed Craig, she calls in the Marines to get him back-and to stop the pirates from changing the balance of power in known space.
Each of the three friends must face his or her demons and find their true strength as they seek to become the full Heralds, Bards, and Healers of Valdemar.
Medieval scholar Tess Alexander is thrilled about living in a castle. But then she encounters a mechanic who looks like the man who married her sister…800 years ago.
The delicate balance of October “Toby” Daye’s life is shattered when she learns that an old friend is in dire trouble. Lily, Lady of the Tea Gardens, has been struck down and Toby must confront her own past as an enemy she thought was gone forever raises her head once more.
Breaking their ancient rules, shifter Drake Donovan must set these bayou leopard-shifters straight and battle those who don’t want a foreigner messin’ with their women.
The magic within a dilapidated castle (being restored in 1241 by Montgomery de Piaget) encounters a Pippa Alexander’s fairytale designs in today’s world