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BRIAN VAN NORMAN
Immortal Water offers a unique portrayal of the very human fear of ageing. The novel depicts two men from two time periods: the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon in the 16th Century and a retired teacher named Ross Porter in contemporary times, both in the midst of life altering crises. Inside parallel plots the two men form an obsession with a quixotic search for the mythical fountain of youth. The protagonists sparkle into fullness as each is depicted in his struggle to remain vital while age slowly steals his significance away.
Immortal Water
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A spy thriller, THE BETRAYAL PATH is an epic novel bringing history to life with a dynamic mix of factual events and human conflict. Filled with plot twists, intriguing characters and a complex love story the novel follows events of the three years leading to General Wolfe's victory on the Plains of Abraham and to English control of North America.
Alan Nashe, English spy, is summoned from the gaming haunts of Bath to a new assignment. Sent to Quebec, his mission is to discover the state of French defenses and find a way to sabotage them. But within the pit of espionage, fate hands Nashe a conundrum. The war within him begins to reflect that which roils around him. Enamored of French Quebecois culture and in love with an exquisite noblesse, Nashe wrestles with his conscience.
Can he fulfill his duty to betray his new found friends or turn traitor and protect them?