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‘Cherokee Talisman’ To Be Released November 2012!

[image error]In 1775, chance brings together an orphaned Cherokee boy, Redbird  (Tot-su-wha) and ‘the Dragon,’ a historic Chief of the great Nation.  Twenty years of broken treaties, battles, and maturity follow as the boy grows under the master tutelage of his mentor. The young man takes his place as a shaman of the rapidly displaced Cherokee people. He raises his own son in the truest traditions until, on the verge of the infamous Trail of Tears, the family and their Nation, is ripped apart. Dramatic and historically accurate to the most finite detail.

How Angels Die – Damn Good Deal!

Hysterical clip from Inglorious Bastards…been “chewed out” before! How Angels Die is a damn good deal. Buy now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble!

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Another 5 Star Review for ‘How Angels Die’

How Angels Die by David-Michael Harding



  Intriguing , May 31, 2012
This is a terrific book and historical fiction at its best! Set in occupied France during WWII, we learn so much about what life was like during the Nazi occupation, both the normal day-to-day living as well as the horror of those years. I love the characters and we became fast friends. I laughed with them and I cried with them, and mostly I found myself cheering them on in their courageous work in the French Resistance. The book really was a page turner with plenty of action as well as drama. I could hardly put it down! The ending is very satisfying and you won’t be disappointed.





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Excellent Picture of WWII French Resistance

5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Picture of WWII French Resistance


By
Joan A. Adamak “Joan Adamak” (Prescott Valley, AZ) -

(VINE VOICE)



This review is from: How Angels Die (Paperback)

There are many novels and non-fiction works describing the French Resistance during WWII and this tale does not encompass the French collaborators, who after the war accused by the Resistance fighters, almost tore France apart. In this story, those who might be seen to be collaborators were actually Resistance fighters, but not as military units, which is the crux of this novel.After the surrender of France to Germany and occupation by the German military and Gestapo, all young men and able bodied older ones who had not died nor been maimed fighting for France, were picked up and sent to Germany as slave labor. The McLeash family are the main protagonists in this tale. Sean, the father, is Irish, although living in France, having married Estelle, a French woman. They had two daughters, Claire, who was fifteen when France was first occupied. She with other teenagers harassed the Germans and by the time she was eighteen, was an activeResistance fighter, trained in shooting and demolition. Her older sister, beautiful Monique, age twenty-one, known only to the top echelon of the local Resistance fighters as one of them, flirted with German officers. They were the only ones with knowledge of important German military activities. She would allow them to take her to bed, knowing that because of their heavy drinking and bragging as soldiers, during pillow talk would often reveal their actions and maneuvers. This information was valuable to the Resistance in their fight. Only German officers who wore gray were fraternized with since they were regular military. The black uniformed Gestapo were feared by everyone, even German soldiers, and left alone. This is important to this story.Monique never made any emotional attachments until she met Major Pieter von Straussen and there was an instant attraction and love between them. The Major, however, after spending several hours with her, mentioned that he had a large transport of ammunition and supplies moving out the next day and where it was going. She memorized this, wrote it down on a piece of paper. While the Major was walking her home, she paused before a house to straighten her stockings and slipped the paper into an air vent. This was a safe house for Resistance fighters and the members inside quickly planned a demolition of this transport group. Pieter saw her push something in the vent and immediately became suspicious.From then on the story, made up of many subplots, encompasses the fighter Claire and her sexually active sister, Monique, in their trials, their loves and their hates. There are several important actors in this story besides this family and the author does an excellent job of character building plus weaving these subplots back and forth throughout the tale, which makes the story a mystery in some aspects. I read this on Kindle so do not know the number of pages, but it is long and a page turner. There are emotional scenes that I cried through because the author has the ability to visualize and express emotions that become alive for the reader.I truly enjoyed this story and recommend it to those who like WWII war dramas.

‘How Angels Die’ 5 Star Review from Readers Favorite!

 ***** Reviewed by Alice D. for Readers Favorite

“How Angels Die” tells of Claire McCleash of Irish descent who lives with her mother, Estelle, father Sean and sister Monique in France during World War II. Claire hates bicycling along the French beachline where she and her friends once played for now it is filled with miles of barbed wire and with German concrete pillboxes containing machine guns. As part of the French Resistance, Claire and her school friends go from throwing rocks at Nazi vehicles to shooting at the German soldiers with guns. Monique, however, prefers to dress up at night and go to nightclubs where she intermingles with Nazi officers and passes what information she learns on to French Resistance fighters. Monique and a German officer, Pieter Von Strausser, fall in love and into bed together, while Claire is ambushing Nazi patrols. Monique visits a French orphanage to play with the children there, but why is the little girl Essey so very special to her? And will Claire learn to accept what Monique is doing?

“How Angels Die” is a brilliantly written account of life in France during the Nazi occupation of World War II. All characters are believable and sympathetic, especially Monique and her Nazi lover, Pieter Von Strausser, Claire and her parents who are caught up in abnormal everyday living in the time of war. The plot spares the reader none of the horrors of those years of the French Resistance. The story’s ending is powerful, believable and unforgettable as the reader learns of the bravery of people now long dead and forgotten.

Keep Calm Sticker on Mailbox!

Author, Keep Calm Sticker on a Mailbox in Monopoli, ITALY.

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Author Gets Pic Taken with National Italian Water Polo Team!

Author with Italian National Water Polo Team.

‘Cherokee Talisman’ to be Released November 2012!

In 1775, chance brings together an orphaned Cherokee boy, Redbird (Tot-su-wha) and ‘the Dragon,’ (Dragging Canoe)  a historic Chief of the great Nation.  Twenty years of broken treaties, battles, and maturity follow as the boy grows under the master tutelage of his mentor.  The young man takes his place as a shaman of the rapidly displaced Cherokee people. He raises his own son in the truest traditions until, on the verge of the infamous Trail of Tears, the family and their Nation, is ripped apart. Dramatic and historically accurate to the most finite detail.

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