Dances With Annie

By Charles L Schiereck

American Fiction Awards - "Award-Winning Finalist in the Adventure: Historical category for 2021" By the best-selling author of 'Alone in The Wind' and 'Ghosts in the Wind'. "I represent the interests of Her Majesty The Queen and all that is implied." June 1914 - Gunshots in Sarajevo. Archduke Ferdinand is dead, and as The Great War explodes across Europe, all scheduled Trans-Atlantic Ocean service has stopped. Hazarding a passage, a chartered German liner departs from New York, sailing ever deeper into harm's way. A long arm and a heavy hand. "You'd have people believe that Elizabeth Rutherford was the King's Private Assassin. I'll take no direction from George the Fifth or any man. I represent the interests of Her Majesty the Queen." He didn't need another enemy - had more than enough already. But in the Irish world of Patrick Sullivan, there was always room for one more. Half the passengers are ready to take her on a romp. As SS Imperator steams south, a fiery blonde dancer takes center stage. Annie O'Rourke sets her sights on Sullivan, and Patrick finds himself caught between an iron-willed librarian and a lady in red as he struggles to untangle what's real and what's illusion. Behind the smile, Captain Steiner is in firm command of a disciplined, well-armed crew. With fanatical Intelligence agents, nationalist factions, and financiers betting on the war's outcome, Steiner understands this will need to be an iron-fisted passage. However, with a murdered wife and daughter to avenge, he finds himself torn between duty to country and his personal integrity. And just when events seem well in hand - spiders come out of the woodwork.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1729009328
• ISBN13: 9781729009321
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"