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Will to Conquer #3
The Flying Dragon
In this thrilling climax to the multiple-prize-winning Will to Conquer trilogy (Bk. 1, The Crouching Dragon, Bk. 2, The Raging Dragon), French teens Willi and Louise serve in the 60s Kennedy White House, fly daring rescue missions during the American Civil Rights struggle, uncover the DragonSlayers' muderous plot during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and make shocking discoveries about Willi's "real" father.
523 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1, 2003
10 people want to read
About the author
Len Lamensdorf
13 books1 follower Len Lamensdorf is the award-winning author of 9 novels, 3 full-length plays and one successful feature film. His novels, published by Simon & Schuster, Delacorte and SeaScape Press in the United States and translated into other languages, have won Gold and Silver Benjamin Franklin Awards, three IPPY (Independent Publisher) awards and a ForeWord Magazine Book-of-the-Year.
Len’s young adult Will to Conquer trilogy won the Children’s Choice Award from the prestigious Children’s Book Council and the International Reading Association. His historical novel, The Ballad of Billy Lee – George Washington’s Favorite Slave, was acclaimed by Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Ron Chernow and Joseph J. Ellis, who called it, “One of the most poignant untold stories in American history.” It was a finalist for ForeWord Book of the Year, as is his current thriller, The Mexican Gardener. Adding the new The Murdered Messiah series, brings the total of Len's published books to 14.
Len is an honors graduate of the University of Chicago and the U. of C. Law School (editor, Law Review) and completed his post-graduate work at Harvard Law. He also studied playwriting at UCLA with Kenneth Macgowan, founder of the Provincetown Players and the original producer of Eugene O’Neill.
In another incarnation, Len was the builder (design, construction, management) of several large mall shopping centers and office buildings.
Len is married, the father of two children and grandfather of six. He lives in Westlake Village, California.
His personal website is www.lenlamensdorf.com
Len’s young adult Will to Conquer trilogy won the Children’s Choice Award from the prestigious Children’s Book Council and the International Reading Association. His historical novel, The Ballad of Billy Lee – George Washington’s Favorite Slave, was acclaimed by Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Ron Chernow and Joseph J. Ellis, who called it, “One of the most poignant untold stories in American history.” It was a finalist for ForeWord Book of the Year, as is his current thriller, The Mexican Gardener. Adding the new The Murdered Messiah series, brings the total of Len's published books to 14.
Len is an honors graduate of the University of Chicago and the U. of C. Law School (editor, Law Review) and completed his post-graduate work at Harvard Law. He also studied playwriting at UCLA with Kenneth Macgowan, founder of the Provincetown Players and the original producer of Eugene O’Neill.
In another incarnation, Len was the builder (design, construction, management) of several large mall shopping centers and office buildings.
Len is married, the father of two children and grandfather of six. He lives in Westlake Village, California.
His personal website is www.lenlamensdorf.com
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