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 Cromwellβs 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 Cromwellβs 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 Cromwellβs 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 Scotlandβs 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 respectβand even likeβthe man, despite Cromwellβs demonic reputation among all self-respecting Irish nationalist families like Darrylβs own.
Itβs a Gordian knot anywhere you lookβuntil Julie Sims brings out her rifle. Now itβs the turn of Scot partisans and English lords and Irish toughs to learn the lesson already learned on the continent:
A safe distance isnβt what you think it is. Not after the American angel of death spreads her wings.
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