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SWEET THUNDER
DOIG, IVAN
In the winter of 1920, a quirky bequest draws Morrie Morgan back to Butte, Montana, from a year-long
honeymoon with his bride, Grace. But the mansion bestowed by a former boss upon the itinerant
charmer, who debuted in Doig’s bestselling The Whistling Season, promises to be less windfall than
money pit. And the town itself, with its polyglot army of miners struggling to extricate themselves from the
stranglehold of the ruthless Anaconda Copper Mining Company, seems—like the couple’s fastdiminishing
finances—on the verge of implosion. These twin dilemmas catapult Morrie into his new career
as editorialist for the Thunder, the fledgling union newspaper that dares to play David to Anaconda’s
Goliath. Amid the clatter of typewriters, the rumble of the printing presses, and a cast of unforgettable
characters, Morrie puts his gift for word-slinging to work. As he pursues victory for the miners, he
discovers that he is enmeshed in a deeply personal battle as well—the struggle to win lasting love for
himself.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 75,000
RIVERHEAD
320 PAGES
9781594487347
$29.50 HC
AUGUST 2013
SWORD OF ROME
JACKSON, DOUGLAS
AD 68. The Emperor Nero’s erratic and bloody reign is in its death throes when Gaius Valerius Verrens is
dispatched to Rome on a mission that will bring it to a close. With Nero dead, the city holds its breath and
awaits the arrival his successor, Servius Sulpicius Galba, governor of Hispania. The Empire prays for
peace, but it prays in vain. Galba promises stability and prosperity, but his rule begins with a massacre
and ends only months later in chaos and carnage. This will become known as the Year of the Four
Emperors, a time of civil war which will tear Rome apart and test Valerius’s skills and loyalties to their very
limit. Fortunate to survive Galba’s fall, Valerius is sent on a mission by Rome’s new Emperor, Otho, to his
old friend Vitellius, commander of the armies of the north. Vitellius’s legions are on the march, and only
Valerius can persuade him to halt them before the inevitable confrontation. In an epic adventure that will
take him the length and breadth of a divided land, the one-armed Roman fights to stay alive and stave off
a bloodbath as he is stalked by the most implacable enemy he has ever faced.
FICTION - HISTORICAL
TRANSWORLD
9780593070550
$22.95 TP Original
SEPTEMBER 2013
336 PAGES