Lusitania Lost: A Novel (Historical Fiction Book) - Softcover

Carpenter, Leonard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1633536556 ISBN 13: 9781633536555

Publisher: Mango, 2017

Synopsis

If you loved Titanic, you’re going to like Lusitania Lost!

Lusitania Lost: The author of the Conan the Barbarian series turns his novelistic eye to real-life history of World War 1 in a “Titanic meets the Guns of August” spy thriller.

A Lusitania spy thriller: History, romance, action. This is the final voyage of the Lusitania, the world's fastest luxury liner torpedoed by a German U-boat in the first year of the Great War. The story is told above and below decks, in the capitals and battlefields of Europe. We meet world leaders, the swank Broadway party set on shipboard, and the relentless submarine crew who fired the torpedo that launched America into war.

Romance, intrigue and murder: Alma Brady is on the run from a New York mob boss. Desperate to escape Big Jim Hogan and his murderous gang, she joins a group of nurses bound for the Great War in Europe. Their ship is the Lusitania, the most celebrated luxury liner of 1915, with a passenger list of Broadway and Continental celebrities headed for certain doom. Aboard the Lusitania she meets Matthew Vane, a war correspondent who wants to find out what secret weapons may be hidden in the Lusitania cargo hold. During the one-week voyage, the characters are drawn into romance, intrigue and murder, culminating in a disaster whose full harrowing details have never been revealed in history or fiction.

Lusitania horror and hope: Even with the threat of German U-boats and the too-recent Titanic disaster, who can guess that the passengers aboard Lusitania face dangers more horrifying than any on the war-torn battlefields across the Atlantic? Nor does Alma realize how relentlessly her past will pursue her. And, the lover she meets is a daredevil reporter intent on probing the Lusitania’s innermost secrets. His quest may lead them both into even greater peril, or give rise...just possibly...to hope.

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Review

“A sea epic replete with love and intrigue, tainted by tragedy.”

S.L. Gore, author of The Red Mirror Trilogy
“Anyone who thrilled to the Titanic film will love this book.”

Sandra Nielsen
"Leonard Carpenter puts real magic and electrifying action into everything he writes! Highly recommended!"

Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling author of Dogs of War and Mars One
“Action barely held in check, suspense under taut control with a master at the helm, Lusitania Lost is that rare book where we know the ending, yet thrill at how the author gets us to the tragic, unavoidable conclusion. Here are real people on both sides, the hunters and the hunted, caught in a geopolitical conflict and trying to find a solution that includes staying alive.”

Mark Arnold, author of Monster: The Story of Young Mary Shelley
"I'm always excited to read WW1 stories, but this one rewarded me beyond my expectations. Heart-breaking in places, always a page-turner. Read it!"

Sheila Finch, author of A Villa Far From Rome
"I'm a good writer; Leonard Carpenter is a great writer, and Lusitania Lost is his greatest yet."

Leonard Wise, author of the Center Street Trilogy
“You have a wonderful imagination, and it was a very enjoyable read.”

F. Gregg Bemis, diver and owner of the Lusitania shipwreck

About the Author

Leonard Carpenter is the author of numerous books including the Conan the Barbarian paperbacks, Biohacker and Lusitania Lost, and the soon-to-be-published Chronicles of Creighton Craven. His short fiction has received much recognition including Year’s Best Fantasy and Writers of the Future-Best of the Best. He resides on the central California coast with family and pets.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mango
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1633536556
• ISBN 13: 9781633536555
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332