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Narrative Theme: War and Conflict
The Barracks Thief
The Barracks Thief is the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to Vietnam. Brought together one sweltering afternoon to stand guard over an ammunition dump threatened by a forest fire, they discover in each other an unexpected capacity for recklessness and violence. Far from...
Black Cross
World War II, Book 1
It is January 1944—and as Allied troops prepare for D-Day, Nazi scientists develop a toxic nerve gas that will repel and wipe out any invasion force. To salvage the planned assault, two vastly different but equally determined men are sent to infiltrate the secret concentration camp where the...
The Caine Mutiny
Willie Keith, a carefree young man from a privileged background, joins the U.S. Navy during World War II expecting adventure but little responsibility. Assigned to the aging minesweeper USS Caine, he gradually matures under the pressures of military life. When the ship receives a new commanding...
De Niro
Childhood best friends Bassam and George have grown to be men in war-ravaged Beirut. Now they must choose between the only two futures available to them: to stay in the devastated city and consolidate power through crime or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have ever...
A Fable

A Fable 2011

Set during World War I on the Western Front, A Fable centers on a mysterious French corporal who leads a group of soldiers in a quiet but radical act of defiance: they refuse to continue fighting. Their unexpected mutiny briefly halts the war, disrupting the machinery of conflict and drawing the...
Guard Of Honor
At a major Army Air Forces base in Florida during World War II, a single weekend becomes a crucible for leadership, responsibility, and the hidden strains of command. As officers prepare for a high-profile visit, a series of unexpected crises unfolds—ranging from racial tensions among troops to...
The Hunters
Captain Cleve Connell has already made a name for himself among pilots when he arrives in Korea during the war there to fly the newly operational F–86 fighters against the Soviet MIGs. His goal, like that of every fighter pilot, is to chalk up enough kills to become an ace. But things do not turn...
The Killer Angels
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more...
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
August, 1943: Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his affair with his uncle’s young wife two years earlier. His life, in a brutal Japanese POW camp on the Thai-Burma Death Railway, is a daily struggle to save the men under his command. Until he receives a letter that will change him...
Spandau Phoenix
World War II, Book 2
The Spandau Diary—what was in it? Why did the secret intelligence agencies of every major power want it? Why was a brave and beautiful woman kidnapped and sexually tormented to get it? Why did a chain of deception and violent death lash out across the globe, from survivors of the Nazi past to...
Waiting for the Barbarians
For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into...

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
August, 1943: Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his affair with his uncle’s young wife two years earlier. His life, in a brutal Japanese POW camp on the Thai-Burma Death Railway, is a daily struggle to save the men under his command. Until he receives a letter that will change him...
The Hunters

The Hunters August 21, 2012

Captain Cleve Connell has already made a name for himself among pilots when he arrives in Korea during the war there to fly the newly operational F–86 fighters against the Soviet MIGs. His goal, like that of every fighter pilot, is to chalk up enough kills to become an ace. But things do not turn...
A Fable

A Fable November 29, 2011

Set during World War I on the Western Front, A Fable centers on a mysterious French corporal who leads a group of soldiers in a quiet but radical act of defiance: they refuse to continue fighting. Their unexpected mutiny briefly halts the war, disrupting the machinery of conflict and drawing the...
De Niro

De Niro's Game August 5, 2008

Childhood best friends Bassam and George have grown to be men in war-ravaged Beirut. Now they must choose between the only two futures available to them: to stay in the devastated city and consolidate power through crime or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have ever...
Black Cross

Black Cross November 1, 1995

World War II, Book 1
It is January 1944—and as Allied troops prepare for D-Day, Nazi scientists develop a toxic nerve gas that will repel and wipe out any invasion force. To salvage the planned assault, two vastly different but equally determined men are sent to infiltrate the secret concentration camp where the...
Spandau Phoenix

Spandau Phoenix April 1, 1994

World War II, Book 2
The Spandau Diary—what was in it? Why did the secret intelligence agencies of every major power want it? Why was a brave and beautiful woman kidnapped and sexually tormented to get it? Why did a chain of deception and violent death lash out across the globe, from survivors of the Nazi past to...
The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny April 15, 1992

Willie Keith, a carefree young man from a privileged background, joins the U.S. Navy during World War II expecting adventure but little responsibility. Assigned to the aging minesweeper USS Caine, he gradually matures under the pressures of military life. When the ship receives a new commanding...
The Barracks Thief

The Barracks Thief January 1, 1990

The Barracks Thief is the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to Vietnam. Brought together one sweltering afternoon to stand guard over an ammunition dump threatened by a forest fire, they discover in each other an unexpected capacity for recklessness and violence. Far from...
The Killer Angels

The Killer Angels August 12, 1987

In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation’s history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more...
Waiting for the Barbarians
For decades the Magistrate has been a loyal servant of the Empire, running the affairs of a tiny frontier settlement and ignoring the impending war with the barbarians. When interrogation experts arrive, however, he witnesses the Empire's cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war. Jolted into...
Guard Of Honor

Guard Of Honor October 7, 1964

At a major Army Air Forces base in Florida during World War II, a single weekend becomes a crucible for leadership, responsibility, and the hidden strains of command. As officers prepare for a high-profile visit, a series of unexpected crises unfolds—ranging from racial tensions among troops to...