Kirjahaku

Sometimes the only path to sanity is through madness. San Francisco, 1859. Joshua Norton, desperate to survive, sees madness overtaking America. He has lost his fortune and believes the country is losing its mind. In a flash of insight, he finds the answer to both problems. He will become Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico. He will issue proclamations to make things right.Now imagine young Marina. She wants only to sing. Because she allows Joshua into her theater she allows him into her life. Soon she is caught up into the madness of Civil War, a conflict making no sense. In a world turned upside down, the insanity of Emperor Norton becomes her only anchor to Reason. And in defiance of death, there is new life.Read the book and travel to a time past, which haunts us yet today.

Rymer the troubador possesses only one thing of value in all the world: his beloved lute, Ariella. It has been stolen by minions of a terrible ogre. Without fear, Rymer sets off to find Ariella. On the way he learns he must get past the Black Duke in his Castle Grey. Luckily, Rymer has one ally in the person of Swine Girl. If only she didn't smell so bad. Come quickly, he needs your help

Sometimes you bring your own gold when you travel to the gold rush. Marcus Gale wanted only to get out of New York. Now he's bound to California and the Land of Gold. He means to get there even if it means shoveling coal all the way. He's taken a job as stoker on a steamship, without knowing what a stoker does. He finds himself caught up in a conspiracy to take over the ship, robbery, mayhem, and a pirate attack. Marcus decides his main goal is to get to California alive. He doesn't know he's destined to carry gold. Alouette Thorndyke is also aboard the ship. She's beautiful and rich, or claims she is. Marcus doesn't realize she's about to get him involved with swindling, chaos and mutiny. Nor that she is about to save his life. Marcus dreams of getting rich in California, but the journey is long from Inferno to Paradise.Now read the book and travel to a time past, which haunts us yet today.

Sometimes you go after a bandit and find something different.Ira Beard signed on as bounty hunter. He's going after Joaquin Murietta, the worst desperado in California. The reward is one inducement. Another is that his reputation as a lawman is on the line. Trying to find Joaquin, he learns some people think he's a hero, not a badman. Ira needs to see for himself, even if it means a gun fight.Octavia de LaLuz has met Joaquin. She's not sure if he's hero or villain. She will save Ira Beard's life three times. She knows the country needs heros but will never run out of bad men. Octavia wants to bring life to a land of sudden death. She will not let Ira go any more than he can let go Joaquin. The question remains, whose head will end in a pickle jar?Now read the book and travel to a time past, which haunts us yet today.

Sometimes only a fraud and swindler can reveal the truth.Liam O'Malley gives up on the California gold rush. Instead he gets a job photographing ghosts and spirits. Of course the pictures are all fake. He's happy in his job, until he meets Delia, the most beautiful spirit medium on Earth. He falls in love, and then finds out there are people in town who oppose his pictures, among other things. Liam finds himself caught up in a conspiracy he never dreamed existed. The enemy doesn't want only to stop him photographing haunts. They want to own the whole city.Delia makes her living fooling those who wish to be fooled. She knows it's dishonest, but it does no harm and makes people happy. Delia thinks she has problems enough, with her family secrets and strange parents. When she meets Liam she's introduced to a new game of life and real death.Now travel to a time past, which haunts us yet today.

Sometimes real sanity is found only in a mad house. San Francisco, 1879: Georg Vintner, A.K.A the Driver, has returned after two years at sea only to discover the woman he loves is still confined to the lunatic asylum. Only by rescuing her, can he discover if he wants a life with her. Only then can he learn the truth. Wealthy investor, Nathan Foster Casco, must keep that woman locked away. She is Genevieve Sutliff, confessed murderer, and if she gets loose, she will interfere with his schemes - or so he believes. Driver finds himself deep in the middle of plot and intrigue, trying to unravel Casco's tangled web of lies, save the woman he loves, and gain true justice for Murphy - the slain stagecoach teamster. If he fails, everyone will lose. And then there's the matter of the teamster's ghost... Sometimes the murdered refuse to stay dead.

Ira Beard book three. Ira Beard only wants to see the Mojave Desert and a silver mine. He finds instead evil and deceit, and must fight for his life. As a former policeman, he believes in justice and protecting the innocent. He knows if he runs he won't be able to face himself. Ira has young Andrew Grinder to back him up. Andrew wants to work as a desert guide. Instead he runs head-on into Ira's need for justice. He likes playing cards and knows how to cheat, but like Ira he despises cheaters. If Ira loses his game against a crooked mine owner he's likely to die. And so will other people. Read the book to see how an honest man plays in a crooked contest.

Sometimes only a liar can reveal the truth.San Francisco, 1880. Jeremy Fantom dislikes his job as reporter for The Bulletin. He dreams of joining a circus or going to sea. That all changes when he meets Worrell the inventor. Worrell has a machine that will run forever without fuel. Or so he claims. Jeremy soon finds himself involved in city politics, crime, swindling and riots. Then the inventor's daughter is kidnapped. Jeremy embarks on a mission to rescue her and see justice done.Miss Hollyhock is Worrell's daughter. Devoted to her father, she befriends Jeremy and reveals some of Worrell's secrets to him. She hints that powerful circles in New York are intent on suppressing her father's inventions. Jeremy Fantom writes articles for his paper about some of the wonders he has witnessed. Then he begins to have doubts, until Hollyhock disappears. He soon learns that the line between truth and humbug is not always clear cut.Now read the book and travel to a time past, which haunts us yet today.

The only path to safety is through the most dangerous place in this world. Men pursue Benjamin for his wild talent, which he doesn't understand. His path will lead him to imprisonment, to a lesbian biker chick, a gypsy, and a certified lunatic. Among his allies is a woman from another world. His enemy wants his lunch money. Now come on a journey to the Chapel Perilous.

Sometimes you look for peace and find war.The Civil War finds California. Ira Beard volunteers to defend the Union. Instead of traveling east he's sent to bring down a Rebel who has been robbing gold mines. Ira believes in honor and a righteous cause. When he gets wind of a plot to rob the San Francisco mint, he knows he has a war on his hands. When he learns his wife Octavia is held hostage, he really gets mad.Octavia de LaLuz, Ira's wife, is determined to help whether he knows it or not. She decides to become a double agent, spying for both North and South. Playing a dangerous game, she feeds false information to the Rebels and reports back to her Union handler. When the Confederates take her hostage she wonders if maybe she's in over her head. Read the book and travel to a time past, which haunts us yet today.

Sometimes you need a woman's touch to drill through solid granite.Geraldine Halloran resolved not to be terrified. She signed on as telegraph operator, one of only two women at Tunnel 6, a railroad tunnel to join the continent. . It will be like nothing else in the world. It will be over 1600 feet long, at 7000 feet altitude. It will need nitroglycerin and more than ten thousand Chinese laborers. It will need courage. Geraldine needs courage in the face of explosions, landslides, and blizzards. Then she realizes someone is trying to sabotage the railroad and kill the man she's fallen in love with.Stetson Applegate is that man. He deserted from the Confederate Army because he prefers building to fighting. Now he thinks he knows who is trying to stop the railroad. He came to California to work. He discovers he will have to fight, because some ideas are too great for surrender.Now travel to a time past, which haunts us yet today.

Sometimes a man must change even his name if he wants to change his life.Black Bart has had enough of crime. He's done his time in prison. Now he decides to disappear and seek out an old silver claim a friend gave him years ago. He finds out disappearing isn't that easy. His lover Magdalena wants to come with him. So does the man who put him in prison. Black Bart, AKA Charles Boles, heads to Nevada to seek his fortune. He's staking his future on one last roll of the dice.Black Bart hasn't counted on Jason Sutliffe reappearing from his past. Sutliffe is the main reason Bart has come to hate Wells Fargo. The last time they met, Sutliffe took everything. Now he wants to take Bart's future. Sutliffe wants that silver mine.Charles Boles/Black Bart was a real person. It's true he disappeared. This story is not true, it's a fantasy about where he might have gone and what he might have done. It's all a lie. I hope you enjoy the story.Now read the book and travel to a time past, which haunts us yet today.

They say Bradshaw's crazy just because he talks to his cat and eats roadkill. They say that's why he was kicked out of MIT. He knows better, but he's not saying. Now he's come across a Government secret, a super weapon. Who can he trust to share it with? There are all these agents running around looking for it. To make matters worse a beautiful woman turns up seeking revenge. Now even the Sheriff is worried and there are rumors the President himself might be coming to calm the hysteria. This whole thing could be embarrassing. Take a look inside these pages and see what a tangled web we weave