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Acclaimed author, Marty Duncan, brings you the sweeping saga of the Harant family. Whether it be the exciting search for gold set against the tumultuous days leading up to World War II, or through the eyes of an accidental witness to a brutal murder in a small Northern Minnesota town during a turbulent teacher's strike, or the newest adventures set in the dark days of the Civil War, you will want to follow the exciting exploits of the Harant family.

Black Powder,
Gray Hope
Book I: Vengeance
By Marty Duncan

A feisty Irish lass, Kelsey O'Welin survives the slaughter of white families during the 1862 Dakota War. She is captured and thrown among the 260 white women who were threatened and abused by Dakota Warriors. Kelsey survives by wearing an old leather dress; she is protected by a Dakota chief.

Her rescuers include Ransom Purdy, a debonair man about town, an agent-spy for Grant's Army. His good friend Patrick Harant is a brave but naive Union volunteer. Fate throws them together; the Civil War keeps them apart.

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Black Powder, Gray Hope
Book I: Vengeance

Gold . . .then Iron
By Marty Duncan

James Harant (U.S. Navy) and two British leftenants leave Southampton aboard the Empress of Scotland on a 'training' exercise to recover the Golden Eagle. They know only that a monk, Godfrey, has hidden the artifact among the Irish miners in northern Minnesota. Emery and Mackay do not know they are up against two Japanese Army officers who will commit any atrocity to recover the artifact.

A series of deadly encounters will challenge the loyalty of Harant's team. James Harant almost discovers love before fate hands him one final surprise!

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NOTE: Gold...then Iron has been selected for display and sale at the 2010 Beijing International Book Fair, running from August 30th through September 3rd.

Iron Lake Burning
By Marty Duncan

Five lives are entangled by politics, passion and personal tragedy when arson becomes murder and Tom Harant, the accidental witness, discovers love and integrity. Iron Lake Burning is a story of the state's longest teacher strike and the passions enflamed among board members and parents. Iron Lake Burning is the second of the Harant family stories.

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Arriving Soon . . .more exciting stories of the Harant family:

Coming in 2011

Book II: Heroes: follows the Fifth Minnesota Regiment and the lives of Kelsey O'Welin, Patrick Harant and Ransom Purdy into the western theatre of the Civil War. Patrick was present when former slaves in two all black regiments stand up to Gen. Richard Taylor's Texicans at the battle of Milliken's Bend. Patrick, recovering from an injury, begins to romance the feisty lass from Minnesota. They are both at Vicksburg when the Sultana sails north into a disaster.

Coming in late 2011 or early 2012

Book III: New Americans: (currently in development) follows the saga of Patrick and Kelsey when they encounter angry neighbors, a deadly cougar, the need for the first schoolhouse, locusts and land speculators. Their two sons James and Peter enlist and are with General Custer. Peter (in an echo of his Uncle who died at Gettysburg) dies at Little Big Horn. The family celebrates the new century shortly before the devastating April 19 blizzard of 1900 catches Patrick out in the fields. Patrick's sons swear to re-build the farm.Mark will start a new family tradition by joining the Navy (Mark is the grandfather of James Fynmore Harant, the Naval
lieutenant in Gold .then Iron.)

Coming in 2012

Special Edition: A single volume containing ALL THREE Books in the Black Powder, Gray Hope series, along with with Internet Research Notes and Annotated Bibliography.