Kirjahaku

The 'phoney war' ends when Hitler launches his blitzkrieg on Western Europe, 1940. Three unlikely lives are destined to intersect: a French doctor, a German tanker, an English pilot. It becomes more about love than hate, about humanity rather than enmity.

Family tragedy propels Spanish youth, Tomas Alvarado, into the brutal world of sixteenth century naval warfare when he sails with the famed Spanish Armada to make war on Elizabeth1's Protestant England. His harrowing battle for survival sees him confronting not only the English, epitomized by the wily Sir Francis Drake, but violent storms, hostile foreigners, and those who stand in the way of his all-consuming love for a girl who dramatically alters his allegiances. Tomas's Spanish heritage is traced over five centuries in a spellbinding story that explores the mysterious pull of the sea, and its power to linkwith human destiny.

from the grave. A young girl is uprooted from the sheltered life that is all she has known and must learn to survive in a violent and pitiless world where man is wolf to man. A valiant young warrior loses his heart to her, but the unforeseen tears them apart. Fate conspires to throw all three into each other's path with shattering results. A colorful cast of minor characters helps to create a stunning, stained-glass-montage of an adventure that will enthrall readers young, old, and in-between.

Following the dramatic events that closed Book One, the Valarsards settle back into harmonious co-existence. But tranquility is short-lived, enemies are close at hand, and both the wolf and the eagle are called upon as never before to protect loved ones and avert further tragedy.