Curtis Macurdy would have been content to spend his life with his wife Varia earning a living by tilling his land in the American Midwest. But Varia is from Yuulith, and when the Sisterhood called her home, she refused to go. Their big mistake was kidnapping her. For Curtis may seem like an ordinary farmer, but underneath lurks a strategic genius of the highest order.

The Macurdies had been farmers for generations, and Curtis Macurdy would have been content to spend his life with his exoticallybeautiful wife Varia, earning a living by tilling his plot of land in the American Midwest. Varia was from Yuulith, a magical world separated from Earth by only a dimensional barrier that could sometimes be broached.

The Macurdies had been farmers for generations, and Curtis Macurdy would have been content to spend his life with his exoticallybeautiful wife Varia, earning a living by tilling his plot of land in the American Midwest. Varia was from Yuulith, a magical world separated from Earth by only a dimensional barrier that could sometimes be broached.

The Lion Returns

Returning to Earth in the hopes of settling down to a quiet farmer's life, mystic warrior Curtis Macurdy is dismayed when one of Hitler's psychic recruits discovers the Bavarian Gate and unleashes the militaristic Voitusotar on the Allied forces.

The tenth installment in the beloved, epic Aubrey/Maturin series and inspiration for the major motion picture starring Russell Crowe. The War of 1812 continues, and Captain Jack Aubrey sets course for Cape Horn on a mission after his own heart: intercepting a powerful American frigate outward bound to wreak havoc with the British whaling trade. Meanwhile, Stephen Maturin has a mission of his own in the world of secret intelligence and comes face to face with the harsh realities for women of the age. Disaster in various guises awaits them in the Great South Sea and in the far reaches of the Pacific—typhoons, castaways, shipwrecks, an ill-fated affair, murder, and criminal insanity—as well as a bold rescue by a crew of seafaring female warriors.