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The following are summaries of books not yet published by Thomas Thorpe.
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Desperate Crossing |
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DESPERATE CROSSING is
the story of two couples (William and Elizabeth Darmon, Charles and
Emily Bagwell) who are stranded on Russia's east coast in the year of
1840, and their desperate attempt to cross the vast wilderness. As they
make their way westward, survival is jeopardized by harrowing encounters
with Cossacks, Manchus, escaped convicts and ultimately, accusation
for murders tied to a Romanov conspiracy and the disappearance of giant
ruby known as the Antares. |
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Without Redemption |
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WITHOUT REDEMPTION: For years, William and Elizabeth Darmon toured the world as wealthy tourists in search of adventure. In the spring of 1846, however, they receive a mysterious letter from a soldier dying on a Punjab battlefield. Soon after, a survivor arrives at London dock pursued by a Russian agent who kills the Sikh and kidnaps Elizabeth. William trails them to India where he shoots the predator high on Rakaposhi Mountain. Then the unthinkable happens: Cossacks invade over the Himalayas to join a rebel leader in Jammu.
Within the war-torn province, the Darmons make their way back to Rakaposhi and find a letter stolen from Tsar Nicholas alluding to a Russo-American agreement to eliminate British presence in the western hemisphere by the sale of Northwest territories. Using the proceeds, the Emperor intends an invasion of the Crimea. The Darmons race across the Taklamakan desert, Afghanistan, and Persia under pursuit of Cossacks and Khiva warriors in an attempt to reach Constantinople and warn Sultan Abd al-Majid, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. |
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