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The Throne of Saturn by
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 255,810. Language: English. Published: August 18, 2021 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
A classic alternate space-race story of the first manned mission to Mars, from the political mastermind, Allen Drury, author of Advise and Consent
A Senate Journal 1943–1945 by
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 205,570. Language: English. Published: April 24, 2021 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Historical » USA
Allen Drury (Advise and Consent) is perhaps the greatest political novelist of the 20th century. A young and idealistic Drury was assigned as a reporter to the U.S. Senate for three of the most turbulent years in our history. He was an eyewitness to World War II, FDR’s New Deal, attempts to pack the Supreme Court, and bitter partisan divides in the face of global war.
A Thing of State by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 133,820. Language: English. Published: November 17, 2016 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Spies & espionage, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
A classic political thriller by Pulitzer Prize-winning master Allen Drury. The U.S. President engages in a clash of wills with Sidi bin Sidi bin Sidi, leader of a tiny Middle Eastern country. Sidi has recently acquired several nuclear weapons and threatens to deploy them against his even tinier neighbor, and the President is determined to take him down.
That Summer by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 105,410. Language: English. Published: August 8, 2016 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
A moving novel of small-town politics and dark secrets from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Advise and Consent. In That Summer, Allen Drury turns from the world of international politics to the private politics of Greenmont, an exclusive vacation colony high in the California Sierras where an intense love story is played out against tribal country-club mores and tragic social pressures.
Anna Hastings by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 88,490. Language: English. Published: June 29, 2015 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Classics, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political
The riveting tale of one woman’s journey and her rise to power, Anna Hastings gives readers an inside glimpse into the workings of journalism in Washington. Drury takes his own experience in the field to reflect on the state of journalism in the 1970s. In contrast to his other series’, notably Advise and Consent, he humanizes the very field he often calls into question.
Return to Thebes by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 121,460. Language: English. Published: June 27, 2015 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Historical » Ancient, Fiction » Historical » General
The spectacular conclusion to the Egyptian epic begun in A God Against the Gods. After his brother’s assassination, a new Pharaoh must take the throne and battle the corrupt and violent priesthood. His name is TUTANKHAMUN.
A God Against the Gods by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 144,520. Language: English. Published: June 5, 2015 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Historical » Ancient, Fiction » Historical » General
The sweeping chronicle of a great and tragic pharaoh who lost his throne for the love of a God. In the glory of ancient Egypt, an epic of a royal family divided, bloody power ploys, and religious wars that nearly tore apart one of the greatest empires in human history.
Promise of Joy by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 187,340. Language: English. Published: November 3, 2014 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Courtroom, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political
In The Promise of Joy, with his Vice President Ted Jason and his wife Beth Knox dead at the hands of an assassin, newly elected President Orrin Knox contends with a game of one-upmanship between the Soviet Union and China. The United States, guided by Knox’s inflexible will, begins to assist rebels seeking to break away from their Communist overlords...
Come Nineveh, Come Tyre by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 207,800. Language: English. Published: November 3, 2014 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Courtroom, Fiction » Classics
In Come Nineveh, Come Tyre, China and the Soviet Union are waiting and watching for any sign of weakness from the untried Ted Jason, survivor of the assassination attempt that took the life of Orrin Knox and catapulted him into the Presidency. Ted Jason has been thrust into this position of power—is he up to the challenge of leadership in such a time of crisis?
Preserve and Protect by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 170,930. Language: English. Published: October 16, 2014 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Historical » USA, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political
The United States is thrown into chaos as the President is killed in a plane crash shortly after securing his party’s nomination in a hotly contested race for re-election. As suspicions are cast upon the circumstances of the place crash, the incumbent party quickly convenes to nominate a candidate in a storm of domestic and international chaos.
Capable of Honor by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 225,990. Language: English. Published: August 19, 2014 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Alternative history, Fiction » Historical » USA
Capable of Honor, the third novel in the grand, bestselling Advise and Consent saga, is a compelling blockbuster that shines a harsh and revealing spotlight on how the media shapes the news, guides public opinion, creates policy—and tries to shape history itself.
A Shade of Difference by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 306,300. Language: English. Published: May 2, 2014 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political, Fiction » Historical » USA
The sequel to the Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller Advise and Consent. From Allen Drury, the 20th Century grand master of political fiction, a novel of the United Nations and the racial friction that could spark a worldwide powderkeg. International tensions rise as ambassadors and politicians scheme, using the independence of a small African nation as the focal point for hidden agendas.
Mark Coffin, U.S.S. by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 121,620. Language: English. Published: February 24, 2014 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political, Fiction » Classics
From Allen Drury, the master of spellbinding political fiction, author of Advise and Consent. Mark Coffin, U.S.S. is a magnificent novel of Washington politics—an insider’s view of power at the top, shown through the eyes of vivid, fascinating, and humanly likable characters. The epic story of a Senator’s rise and fall. Neither Mark nor his wife were prepared for what Washington had in store.
Decision by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 193,820. Language: English. Published: February 24, 2014 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political, Fiction » Classics
A gripping novel about the deterioration of the criminal justice system and the mysterious, powerful body at its core—the Supreme Court of the United States. From Allen Drury, the master of spellbinding political fiction, author of Advise and Consent
Advise and Consent by
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 302,940. Language: English. Published: February 24, 2014 by WordFire Press. Categories: Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political, Fiction » Classics
The #1 New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize winner Allen Drury’s Advise and Consent is one of the high points of 20th Century literature, a seminal work of political fiction—as relevant today as when it was first published. A sweeping tale of corruption and ambition cut across the landscape of Washington, DC.

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