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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The ghosts were easy. Now Jefferson faces something that kills.October 1762, Chesapeake Bay. Nineteen-year-old Thomas Jefferson is returning from routine legal business when he witnesses the impossible: the merchant ship *Providence* lurches violently in calm water, lists to port, and sinks in minutes. No storm. No rocks. No warning. Just a dying ship and sailors screaming in the water as Jefferson and his mentor George Wythe race to pull survivors from the cold bay.The survivors tell a story that should be impossible. A dark shape beneath the waves. Mechanical sounds-grinding gears, hissing steam. And then impact from below, tearing through oak planking like paper.It's the fourth ship lost in three weeks.Hampton's maritime community is in panic. Insurance companies refuse coverage. Ships sit idle at the docks. Virginia's tobacco economy-the lifeblood of the colony-teeters on the brink of collapse. Merchants face bankruptcy. Sailors refuse to crew vessels. And the whispers grow louder: *leviathan, sea serpent, the wrath of God*.But Jefferson notices what others dismiss: the attacks are too precise, too mechanical. Ships disappear only in deep water. Only vessels carrying valuable cargo. Only at dawn or dusk when visibility is poor. This isn't a monster from sailors' myths.This is something engineered.When Jefferson's investigative approach leads him face-to-face with the "creature", he realizes Virginia faces an enemy more dangerous than any ghost.Governor Robert Dinwiddie gives Jefferson seven days to locate and neutralize the threat. Seven days to find a weapon that can vanish beneath the waves.Jefferson isn't a soldier. He's a law student barely out of his teens. But he's learning that investigation sometimes requires more than observation and logic-it demands action, leadership, and the courage to command men in mortal danger.With his mentor George Wythe documenting evidence for the legal case that must follow, Jefferson assembles an unlikely crew: a grieving first mate seeking revenge, a Royal Navy deserter with nothing to lose, a blacksmith-turned-sailor, and a wealthy friend whose ship becomes their hunting vessel. Together they sail into the Chesapeake's deep waters to hunt something that has every advantage-stealth, surprise, and a ruthless naval officer willing to kill anyone who threatens his mission.The Tidewater Leviathan is historical adventure at full throttle-a steampunk naval mystery that trades candlelit libraries for open water combat, clockwork mechanisms, and intellectual puzzles for life-and-death decisions. Perfect for readers who love the maritime adventure of Patrick O'Brian, the mechanical ingenuity of steampunk fiction, and the historical richness of period mysteries.Thomas Jefferson solved his first case with reason and careful observation. His second case teaches him a harder lesson: that protecting what you love sometimes requires fighting for it with everything you have. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The dead are walking in Williamsburg. And three innocent men may hang for it. October 1763. The leaves have turned crimson on the campus of William & Mary, and twenty-year-old Thomas Jefferson should be focused on his legal studies. Instead, he's standing in a fog-shrouded churchyard at midnight, staring at an empty grave. Bodies are disappearing from Williamsburg's cemeteries. Not paupers buried in unmarked plots, but prominent citizens-men of reputation and standing in the community. And witnesses are coming forward with stories that make Jefferson's blood run cold: they've seen the dead walking through the autumn mist. Corpses shambling through churchyards in the gray hours before dawn. The town has found its scapegoats. Three medical students from William & Mary have been arrested, accused of practicing the dark art of "resurrection"-robbing graves and somehow raising the dead through unholy experiments. A mob is gathering. Prominent families demand justice. And unless someone proves their innocence, the students will hang before the month is out. The students swear they're innocent of the worst charges. Yes, they've taken bodies-but only paupers, unclaimed dead, for legitimate anatomical study. They've never touched the graves of gentlemen. They've never made corpses walk. Jefferson believes them. Because he's noticed something the mob has missed: the prominent citizens whose bodies vanished all had something in common. Something that has nothing to do with medical experiments. Something far more dangerous than grave robbery. Someone in Williamsburg is hiding a secret worth killing for. And they're using the hysteria about "resurrection men" to cover their crimes. But proving it means Jefferson must challenge powerful enemies who enjoy Crown protection. It means confronting science twisted to monstrous purpose. And it means racing against time as the mob's fury grows and three young men's lives hang in the balance. With his mentor George Wythe providing legal guidance and the resourceful Arabella Finch at his side, Jefferson begins an investigation that will take him from foggy graveyards to hidden laboratories, from college halls to courtroom drama. What he uncovers is a conspiracy that strikes at the heart of colonial society-and a villain who believes that some knowledge justifies any crime. The William & Mary Resurrection Men combines gothic atmosphere with courtroom tension in a mystery that asks: What happens when science serves evil? How far will powerful men go to protect their secrets? And can truth prevail when the mob has already chosen its victims? Book 3 in the Thomas Jefferson: Paranormal Investigator series Can be read as a standalone, but readers will enjoy Jefferson's continued evolution from promising student to colonial Virginia's most unconventional defender of justice. Before he wrote the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson hunted monsters in the Virginia night. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Father Patrick O'Brien thought exile to rural Kentucky was the worst thing that could happen to him. He was wrong.Three years ago, the Boston priest made the mistake of asking uncomfortable questions about diocesan finances. His reward? Reassignment to three crumbling parishes spread across two Appalachian counties, serving a combined flock of five thousand souls-most of them elderly, poor, or both. Now he spends his days racing between leaking churches, mediating counseling sessions he's too exhausted to remember, and surviving on gas station coffee and the blessed weaponry of Tammy Faye Brewster's cinnamon rolls.Then Jed Messer gets possessed at the VFW on a Thursday night.Black eyes. Multiple voices speaking in unison. Superhuman strength. Knowledge of sins Jed couldn't possibly know. When the possessed man is finally restrained, Father O'Brien realizes he's facing something far beyond his pay grade-or his training.Enter Memaw Bracken: sharp-tongued Baptist moonshiner, keeper of mountain folk magic, and the only person in Stillwater Holler who knows the truth. Seventy years ago, an ancient entity escaped from the depths of Mine Shaft #7. It took a coalition of Catholics, Baptists, and Appalachian root workers to seal it-along with six volunteers who stayed behind in the collapsed mine to maintain the seal. One of them was Memaw's aunt.Now the seal is broken. The entity is loose. And it's hungry.What follows is a nightmare of escalating possessions, a community fracturing under supernatural siege, and one exhausted priest desperately assembling the most unlikely team of spiritual warriors Kentucky has ever seen: a skeptical sheriff's deputy, a nun who's seen too much, a fundamentalist preacher who doesn't trust Catholics, and a seventy-something folk magic practitioner who treats Father Paddy like an incompetent grandson.Because the entity-Legion, as it calls itself-doesn't just possess people. It's strategic. It learns. It adapts. And it feeds on exactly what's tearing rural Appalachia apart: isolation, division, economic despair, and the slow death of community.The solution isn't in the Roman Ritual. It's not in Scripture alone. It's in something that terrifies the diocese and contradicts everything Father O'Brien was taught: Catholics and Protestants and folk practitioners working together, parallel faiths unified against a common darkness.But unity requires trust. Trust requires time. And Legion is very good at making people afraid.From blessed salt circles at a fish fry gone horribly wrong, to exorcisms conducted in three languages simultaneously, to a final descent into the abandoned mine where the entity waits, Hillbilly Exorcist is a genre-bending thriller that asks: What if the only way to fight an ancient evil is to let go of everything that divides us?Part horror, part comedy, part love letter to Appalachian resilience, this is a story about what it costs to protect your community when the diocese won't answer your calls, your church roof is leaking, and the demon you're fighting has had seventy years to plan its comeback.Some victories require sacrifice. Some seals can only be held from the inside. And some priests discover that exile wasn't punishment-it was preparation.For fans of Midnight Mass, The Exorcist, and Good Omens-a fresh take on possession horror that trades cheap scares for genuine stakes and proves that the real power isn't in any single tradition, but in standing together when the darkness comes. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Father Patrick O'Brien thought exile to rural Kentucky was the worst thing that could happen to him. He was wrong.Three years ago, the Boston priest made the mistake of asking uncomfortable questions about diocesan finances. His reward? Reassignment to three crumbling parishes spread across two Appalachian counties, serving a combined flock of five thousand souls-most of them elderly, poor, or both. Now he spends his days racing between leaking churches, mediating counseling sessions he's too exhausted to remember, and surviving on gas station coffee and the blessed weaponry of Tammy Faye Brewster's cinnamon rolls.Then Jed Messer gets possessed at the VFW on a Thursday night.Black eyes. Multiple voices speaking in unison. Superhuman strength. Knowledge of sins Jed couldn't possibly know. When the possessed man is finally restrained, Father O'Brien realizes he's facing something far beyond his pay grade-or his training.Enter Memaw Bracken: sharp-tongued Baptist moonshiner, keeper of mountain folk magic, and the only person in Stillwater Holler who knows the truth. Seventy years ago, an ancient entity escaped from the depths of Mine Shaft #7. It took a coalition of Catholics, Baptists, and Appalachian root workers to seal it-along with six volunteers who stayed behind in the collapsed mine to maintain the seal. One of them was Memaw's aunt.Now the seal is broken. The entity is loose. And it's hungry.What follows is a nightmare of escalating possessions, a community fracturing under supernatural siege, and one exhausted priest desperately assembling the most unlikely team of spiritual warriors Kentucky has ever seen: a skeptical sheriff's deputy, a nun who's seen too much, a fundamentalist preacher who doesn't trust Catholics, and a seventy-something folk magic practitioner who treats Father Paddy like an incompetent grandson.Because the entity-Legion, as it calls itself-doesn't just possess people. It's strategic. It learns. It adapts. And it feeds on exactly what's tearing rural Appalachia apart: isolation, division, economic despair, and the slow death of community.The solution isn't in the Roman Ritual. It's not in Scripture alone. It's in something that terrifies the diocese and contradicts everything Father O'Brien was taught: Catholics and Protestants and folk practitioners working together, parallel faiths unified against a common darkness.But unity requires trust. Trust requires time. And Legion is very good at making people afraid.From blessed salt circles at a fish fry gone horribly wrong, to exorcisms conducted in three languages simultaneously, to a final descent into the abandoned mine where the entity waits, Hillbilly Exorcist is a genre-bending thriller that asks: What if the only way to fight an ancient evil is to let go of everything that divides us?Part horror, part comedy, part love letter to Appalachian resilience, this is a story about what it costs to protect your community when the diocese won't answer your calls, your church roof is leaking, and the demon you're fighting has had seventy years to plan its comeback.Some victories require sacrifice. Some seals can only be held from the inside. And some priests discover that exile wasn't punishment-it was preparation.For fans of Midnight Mass, The Exorcist, and Good Omens-a fresh take on possession horror that trades cheap scares for genuine stakes and proves that the real power isn't in any single tradition, but in standing together when the darkness comes. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The dead are walking in Williamsburg. And three innocent men may hang for it. October 1763. The leaves have turned crimson on the campus of William & Mary, and twenty-year-old Thomas Jefferson should be focused on his legal studies. Instead, he's standing in a fog-shrouded churchyard at midnight, staring at an empty grave. Bodies are disappearing from Williamsburg's cemeteries. Not paupers buried in unmarked plots, but prominent citizens-men of reputation and standing in the community. And witnesses are coming forward with stories that make Jefferson's blood run cold: they've seen the dead walking through the autumn mist. Corpses shambling through churchyards in the gray hours before dawn. The town has found its scapegoats. Three medical students from William & Mary have been arrested, accused of practicing the dark art of "resurrection"-robbing graves and somehow raising the dead through unholy experiments. A mob is gathering. Prominent families demand justice. And unless someone proves their innocence, the students will hang before the month is out. The students swear they're innocent of the worst charges. Yes, they've taken bodies-but only paupers, unclaimed dead, for legitimate anatomical study. They've never touched the graves of gentlemen. They've never made corpses walk. Jefferson believes them. Because he's noticed something the mob has missed: the prominent citizens whose bodies vanished all had something in common. Something that has nothing to do with medical experiments. Something far more dangerous than grave robbery. Someone in Williamsburg is hiding a secret worth killing for. And they're using the hysteria about "resurrection men" to cover their crimes. But proving it means Jefferson must challenge powerful enemies who enjoy Crown protection. It means confronting science twisted to monstrous purpose. And it means racing against time as the mob's fury grows and three young men's lives hang in the balance. With his mentor George Wythe providing legal guidance and the resourceful Arabella Finch at his side, Jefferson begins an investigation that will take him from foggy graveyards to hidden laboratories, from college halls to courtroom drama. What he uncovers is a conspiracy that strikes at the heart of colonial society-and a villain who believes that some knowledge justifies any crime. The William & Mary Resurrection Men combines gothic atmosphere with courtroom tension in a mystery that asks: What happens when science serves evil? How far will powerful men go to protect their secrets? And can truth prevail when the mob has already chosen its victims? Book 3 in the Thomas Jefferson: Paranormal Investigator series Can be read as a standalone, but readers will enjoy Jefferson's continued evolution from promising student to colonial Virginia's most unconventional defender of justice. Before he wrote the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson hunted monsters in the Virginia night. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The ghosts were easy. Now Jefferson faces something that kills.October 1762, Chesapeake Bay. Nineteen-year-old Thomas Jefferson is returning from routine legal business when he witnesses the impossible: the merchant ship *Providence* lurches violently in calm water, lists to port, and sinks in minutes. No storm. No rocks. No warning. Just a dying ship and sailors screaming in the water as Jefferson and his mentor George Wythe race to pull survivors from the cold bay.The survivors tell a story that should be impossible. A dark shape beneath the waves. Mechanical sounds-grinding gears, hissing steam. And then impact from below, tearing through oak planking like paper.It's the fourth ship lost in three weeks.Hampton's maritime community is in panic. Insurance companies refuse coverage. Ships sit idle at the docks. Virginia's tobacco economy-the lifeblood of the colony-teeters on the brink of collapse. Merchants face bankruptcy. Sailors refuse to crew vessels. And the whispers grow louder: *leviathan, sea serpent, the wrath of God*.But Jefferson notices what others dismiss: the attacks are too precise, too mechanical. Ships disappear only in deep water. Only vessels carrying valuable cargo. Only at dawn or dusk when visibility is poor. This isn't a monster from sailors' myths.This is something engineered.When Jefferson's investigative approach leads him face-to-face with the "creature", he realizes Virginia faces an enemy more dangerous than any ghost.Governor Robert Dinwiddie gives Jefferson seven days to locate and neutralize the threat. Seven days to find a weapon that can vanish beneath the waves.Jefferson isn't a soldier. He's a law student barely out of his teens. But he's learning that investigation sometimes requires more than observation and logic-it demands action, leadership, and the courage to command men in mortal danger.With his mentor George Wythe documenting evidence for the legal case that must follow, Jefferson assembles an unlikely crew: a grieving first mate seeking revenge, a Royal Navy deserter with nothing to lose, a blacksmith-turned-sailor, and a wealthy friend whose ship becomes their hunting vessel. Together they sail into the Chesapeake's deep waters to hunt something that has every advantage-stealth, surprise, and a ruthless naval officer willing to kill anyone who threatens his mission.The Tidewater Leviathan is historical adventure at full throttle-a steampunk naval mystery that trades candlelit libraries for open water combat, clockwork mechanisms, and intellectual puzzles for life-and-death decisions. Perfect for readers who love the maritime adventure of Patrick O'Brian, the mechanical ingenuity of steampunk fiction, and the historical richness of period mysteries.Thomas Jefferson solved his first case with reason and careful observation. His second case teaches him a harder lesson: that protecting what you love sometimes requires fighting for it with everything you have. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…