Bøger af Anthony R Fanning

Piers and Cathleen Satterfield, siblings to Natalie Brennan, have been kidnapped by the ruthless Captain William Abraham. Joan Satterfield must pay the ransom demand of risk having her children dismembered and killed. Enlisting the aid of her estranged daughter-in-law, Natalie Brennan, she is determined to rescue Piers and Cathleen. With no promise of reward or treasure, Natalie and her step-mother are joined by Black John and Bill in search of the fierce pirates. From Charles Town to Nassau to Philadelphia, the small but determined crew sails in search of the helpless children. With the help of a desperate young stowaway Natalie puts her plan in motion and sets off on her boldest adventure yet.Set sail once again with the girl who never gives up and never gives in. Follow the perils faced by her young brother and sister as they learn to cope with a crew of sinister pirates. Discover the spirit which moves them all to push ever forward to face the greatest challenge of their lives.ADVISORY - The stories in these books often describe graphic violence, strong sexual situations, nudity, alcohol consumption, drunkenness, smoking, and questionable morals which are generally applied to people who are underage in today's society.

Discovery City has been freed from the threat of the Cyclone war machine: Colossus. Destroyed by Captain Annie Reid, Lieutenant Perky Whittier, and the four Whittier clones; Una, Dosey, Traci, and Suzi, using the New World Order's own war machine, the hailstorm, against it. The people of Discovery City have risen against the occupying forces and are fighting to drive the Cyclones from the city. Captain Anne Reid, Lieutenant Perky Whittier, and Sergeant Hannah Perry form the core of a group of daring guerillas who will risk their lives to wreak havoc on the army of the New World Order. They become known as the War Bitches.One girl stands out among those fighting females: Lieutenant Victoria "Perky" Whittier. Beginning with the battle at Gem City, tales of Perky's valiant struggles and determination to win has stirred the hearts of thousands. Her lionhearted actions have also caught the attention of General Orson. He blames the spirited girl for the destruction of his primary research facility, of his war machine, Hailstorm, and of the ship Colossus. General Orson wants Perky Whittier dead.The fight is far from over. The airfields, dirigible works, and fuel refineries of Discovery City are important to the New World Order. The sister ship to Colossus, the Mjölnir, is moving on Discovery City, with intentions of taking the city back, or destroying it.Stopping the Mjölnir will be an enormous task, but the War Bitches are up for the fight.ADVISORY - The stories in these books often describe graphic violence, strong sexual situations, nudity, alcohol consumption, drunkenness, smoking, and questionable morals which are generally applied to people who are underage in today's society.

A tropical island paradise might as well be a prison when you're marooned; so learns sixteen year old, Natalie Brennan Satterfield, a proper English lady of London society. Set in 1722, NATALIE'S GOOD FORTUNE follows Natalie's adventures after the death of her mother in London when she sails for the colonies of America to join her father. Halfway across the Atlantic, the ship is beset by pirates. Managing a daring escape, the girl is marooned on an island only to face perils of which she little equipped to handle. To her good fortune, she finds a former privateer and pirate living on the island who teaches her to cope with the savage new world into which she has been cast. Determined, she learns she must work, she must think for herself, and she must fight. Everything the young English socialite has been taught she cannot do she is compelled to learn in order to survive and to escape her island prison. Natalie discovers more dangers ahead, the kind a pampered and privileged society girl should never know. Fleeing capture by pirates, escaping bloodthirsty cannibals, encountering a ship of half dead madmen, struggling to survive raging storms at sea, battling buccaneers on the open ocean, and finding a new family in those with whom she shares her adventures, Natalie lives the adventures of a lifetime, all packed into the year before her seventeenth birthday.ADVISORY - The stories in these books often describe graphic violence, strong sexual situations, nudity, alcohol consumption, drunkenness, smoking, and questionable morals which are generally applied to people who are underage in today's society.

After the battle of Gem City Annie Reid has fled to the forest with a contingent of local militia while Perky Whittier has been captured and finds herself at the Cyclone research and development base Camp Phanes, to be a part of an experiment called Project X. Annie is determined to find Perky, and Perky is determined to wreak havoc on Project X. Meanwhile, Discovery City is under siege by the New World Order's monstrous battleship, Colossus. Aboard the Colossus, a clone girl and product of the previous iteration of Project X, Sybil Ludington, has been tasked to infiltrate the citizenry of Discovery City. Bearing a particular hatred for the Cyclones, Sybil sets of on her assignment. When the whole group begins to work against the Cyclones the threat levels rises.ADVISORY - The stories in these books often describe graphic violence, strong sexual situations, nudity, alcohol consumption, drunkenness, smoking, and questionable morals which are generally applied to people who are underage in today's society.

The world of 18th century sailing ships and the men who work them is dangerous place for the average girl of only seventeen years, but Natalie Brennan is no average girl. Having faced bloodthirsty savages, challenged the limitless and deadly power of the sea, and tested her mettle in the brutality and violence of battle, Natalie has earned the right to sail. With the treasure map of Jacques LeTessierre in hand, Natalie and her crew set canvas to the wind in search of the late pirate captain's horde of gold and silver. The crew of the Natalie's Good Fortune are not alone in their quest, and soon find themselves in a perilous race for the prize. In the absence of her mentor Black John Hayes, Natalie alone must lead her crew. Through her own ingenuity and determination, Natalie must remain one step ahead of those who would steal her treasure as she proves herself to be a cunning leader. In a race to the spoils, Natalie must outwit, out-think, and out-maneuver some of the most ruthless pirates ever to sail the seven seas. Quite a tall order for a girl who has just reached her seventeenth year.ADVISORY - The stories in these books often describe graphic violence, strong sexual situations, nudity, alcohol consumption, drunkenness, smoking, and questionable morals which are generally applied to people who are underage in today's society.

The Thin Gray Line speaks of women's right to be themselves without judgement and live free of violence and abuse, and of a young woman forced to choose between doing what is right or what is legal.Twenty-six-year-old June Garrett is a smart but impulsive laborer, as serious about her job as she is about having fun. Since her mother's death fifteen years before, June has become fiercely devoted to her sister November, and her father, Sam, whose health has been deteriorating. Little sister November is naïve and vulnerable, and married a somewhat older man named Jake, a mascupathic monster just waiting for his wife to inherit the family farm, their share of the company, and insurance money. When June's father dies, June is left in complete care of his estate and money. Jake's hope for his wife's inheritance is shattered, and November's husband unleashes his frustrations and fury on first June, and then his wife, nearly killing the latter. In the aftermath, June must decide on action to liberate her sister and change their lives forever.

In 1725, ten-year-old Cathleen Abigail Satterfield pleads with her father to allow her to become an officer in the navy, as her brother Piers has done. Her father, Richard, demands the girl conduct herself as a proper young lady destined for marriage and responsibility. Cathleen, known to most as Cat, is a clever and wilful child. She disguises herself as a boy and runs away from home to become a sailor in hope of finding adventure in faraway places. On his wife's insistence, Richard enlists his eldest daughter Natalie to help find the girl. She borrows a small ship, assembles a crew, and sets off in search of her young sibling. Cat, meanwhile learns that working aboard a ship of His Majesty's Navy is not a game. Playing the part of a young orphan in order to join the crew, Cat finds she does not enjoy the social status amongst the men that she did as a child of a wealthy merchant in the colonies. She must work hard and face dangers she could never have imagined in order to prove herself a valuable member of the crew, and she must do so without the discovery of her being a girl.

Piney Wood has a strong loathing for Natalie Brennan. They have been at odds for many months. When he stumbles upon a debauched man obsessed with the young girl in a painting, Piney sees a clear way to make his arch nemesis suffer and offers to deliver the girl for a price. Plotting his revenge, Piney kidnaps Natalie and makes his way to Philadelphia where his buyer awaits. Natalie knows she will be missed, and also that if she is delivered she will be violated. Her plan then is to slow Piney and hope that those who love her will catch them in time. The time has come for Natalie to test herself, pitting her cunning and feminine wiles against the determination of Piney Wood.ADVISORY - The stories in these books often describe graphic violence, strong sexual situations, nudity, alcohol consumption, drunkenness, smoking, and questionable morals which are generally applied to people who are underage in today's society.

Annie Reid and Perky Whittier are two girls just trying to make their own ways in a post-apocalyptic world where technology and big cities have been destroyed by global war, called; The War of the East and West. In the aftermath of war the smaller communities and the age of steam and Edwardian social mores have made a big comeback; creating a place where being an independent girl can be difficult. Annie is twenty-four years old; an aviator, a mechanic, and a steam-car racer. Perky is seventeen and Annie's assistant mechanic, an athlete, and a proud cadet in the Gem City Home Guard. They have happy lives in their modern world; but their happiness is shattered when the city comes under attack by a heavily armed brigade of clone soldiers designed for combat and serving egomaniacal former General; Maxwell Orson. Making a daring escape from the onslaught, the girls flee to an unknown land to enlist the help of militia units from other cities because these girls fight back.With a touch of steampunk, a dash of dieselpunk, and a world thrown back to an early 20th century/WW1 setting, there are horses and carriages, steam cars, motorbikes, biplanes and dirigibles. There are also war-walkers, occubots, warbots, nomads, rovers and combat model Y chromosome clone soldiers called Cyclones. When all hell breaks loose, two girls must find a way to strike back, to fight for the people they love and the lives they have come to know. Given the opportunity, a host of leftover technology from before The War of the East and West, and a wealth of human spirit, the two girls and the people they come to know make their stand against tyranny.ADVISORY - The stories in these books often describe graphic violence, strong sexual situations, nudity, alcohol consumption, drunkenness, smoking, and questionable morals which are generally applied to people who are underage in today's society.

Natalie Brennan Satterfield is eighteen years of age and over two years have passed since the meek young girl's many adventures began: trials which required she learn to draw on her own inner strength and depend on herself. Having seen her beau off to sea, his mission to defend the Satterfield merchant fleet, she and her friend Amanda see smoke on the horizon. Without hesitation the two sail Natalie's cutter to investigate. They soon realize their mistake when they discover pirates have attacked the fleet and captured one of the ships. Natalie and Amanda find themselves prisoners of the villains and must do what they can to survive the ordeal, even if that means taking command of the vessel. During the voyage, the two learn more about themselves than they ever imagined.ADVISORY - The stories in these books often describe graphic violence, strong sexual situations, nudity, alcohol consumption, drunkenness, smoking, and questionable morals which are generally applied to people who are underage in today's society.

In the year since their father's death, June and November Garrett have made a fine life for themselves on their ranch. Romance has bloomed between November and Deputy Cash O'Shea, and June, in her own unorthodox manner has been cultivating her relationship with the sheriff, Henry Redwolf. It would seem an idyllic time in their lives, but for one thing: a band of local outlaws and their scheme to rob a drug delivery van goes terribly awry. When Sheriff Redwolf is shot and laying helpless in the hospital, it will be up to his deputy, Cash O'Shea, and June Garrett to track down the outlaws who attempted to murder the man.