Historical Fiction

[close] Slave factories, a crucial but largely forgotten part of the slave trade, were bases on the African coast that existed to buy slaves and resell them to slaving ships. They were places of notorious suffering and exploitation, detested by both the natives and by white slavers.

This story, in 12 brief chapters, focuses on the intersection of lives at one slave factory, Porto de Maria. Diego, its boss, is jaded. Matthew, its resident priest, has a terrible secret that drove him to Africa. Bowlu, his slave, struggles to find recompense for what he’s lost. William, the ageing captain of a visiting slaving ship, commands a divided crew, worries about interdiction at sea, and has come to Porto de Maria to determine his future. When these lives cross on the eve of the American Civil War, none of them will remain the same.

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[close] Preston Walker, a living legend in his hometown of Oxford, Mississippi is dying. But before he goes, he has something he has to get off his chest. A secret so profound it would alter the landscape of American history. Trent Oster, a struggling writer and small time bookmaker is lured from his weary existence into Preston’s deceptively enticing world. Trent’s job is to capture Preston’s story and reveal the answer to the most asked question of the 20th century: Who killed the Kennedy’s?

Take a gritty uncensored look into the exclusive world of illegal bookmaking combined with a mind-bending take on the Kennedy conspiracy. Chris Fraser’s gripping debut novel The Bookmaker, will keep the pages turning for traditional fiction readers, sports enthusiasts, history buffs, mystery fans and suspense aficionados alike. Step into a world that seldom reveals its secrets, but tread lightly as you may not like what you find. [close]

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The year is 1968 and the Vietnam War is at its height. William Carson, a World War II veteran teaching in a small New England Prep School, has for more than two decades been haunted by nightmares whose content he has never shared with his wife, Anne, or their two sons, Joshua, a Marine on active duty in Vietnam, and Andrew, an ROTC college senior bound for active duty following graduation. When Joshua is reported missing in combat, the web of secrets and denial that has kept the family together for more than twenty years begins to unravel as Anne and William face the possible loss of their sons and Andrew must confront the tangle of love, obligation, and loyalty that he feels toward his country, his father, his brother, his mother, and himself. Nothing Left to Lose is a story of betrayal across generations – of fathers who send sons to war and mothers who let them go – and the redeeming power of love and forgiveness. [close]