Ring of Fire #20
Baen
January 2016
On Sale: January 5, 2016
Featuring: Oliver Cromwell; Alex Mackay; Darryl McCarthy
ISBN: 1476781095 EAN: 9781476781099 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Book #20 in the multiple New York Times best-selling Ring of
Fire series. When the diplomatic embassy from the United
States of Europe was freed from the Tower of London during
the Baltic War, most of its members returned to the
continent. But some remained behind in Britain, including
notorious enemy to the crown Oliver Cromwell. Now, the hunt
for Cromwell is on, with King Charles himself demanding
Cromwell’s head.
When the diplomatic embassy from the United States of Europe
was freed from the Tower of London during the Baltic War,
most of its members returned to the continent. But some
remained behind in Britain: Oliver Cromwell and a few
companions, including the sharpshooter Julie Sims, her Scot
husband Alex Mackay, and Cromwell’s Irish-American
self-appointed watchdog Darryl McCarthy.
Soon, the hunt is on for the most notorious rebel in English
history, with King Charles himself demanding Cromwell’s
head. The new chief minister Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork,
brings over from Ireland a notorious crew of cutthroats led
by the man called Finnegan to track down and capture the
escapees from the Tower.
The hunt passes through England and into Scotland, where the
conflict between Cromwell and his companions and their
would-be captors becomes embroiled in Scotland’s politics,
which are every bit as savage and ruthless as Finnegan and
his men. To make things still more conflicted and confused,
the time Darryl McCarthy spends fighting alongside Cromwell
forces him against his will to admire and respect—and even
like—the man, despite Cromwell’s demonic reputation among
all self-respecting Irish nationalist families like Darryl’s
own.
It’s a Gordian knot anywhere you look—until Julie Sims
brings out her rifle. Now it’s the turn of Scot partisans
and English lords and Irish toughs to learn the lesson
already learned on the continent:
A safe distance isn’t what you think it is. Not after the
American angel of death spreads her wings.
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