title: The Book of Kings
author:  James Thackara 
description: Landing on bookshelves with something between a bang and a whimper, <i>The Book of Kings</i> has been its own war as much as it is about war. Twenty-five years in the making, James Thackara's near-800 page tale focuses on four friends whose lives are both scattered and sculpted by the winds of Nazism. It is first and foremost a war novel, and an unbelievably ornate one at that. Thackara draws the particulars of tank battles as lavishly as he does the incessant dinner-party set pieces in which moneyed armchair military strategists opine. For instance, Hitler himself is best defined not from the handful of scenes he actually occupies but rather by the appearances he makes in the correspondence and parlor rumor of the book's vast supporting cast.
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  The King’s Gate
  
  
  By K.T. Munson
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  ISBN 978-1-7320589-6-5
  
  
  Copyright © K.T. Munson 2020
  
  
  1st Edition
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The right of K.T. Munson to be identified as the author of this work has been
  asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act
  1988.
  
  
  
  
  
  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in
  or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any
  means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without
  the prior written permission of the writer. Any person who does any
  unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal
  prosecution and civil claims for damages.
  
  
  
  
  
  Cover art by Asahi Art
  
  
  Copyedited by Tanya Egan Gibson
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Dedication
  
  
  For Harmony.
  
  
  Sometimes family are connected by blood and sometimes they are by bond.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
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