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I have enjoyed writing since childhood. Once, while in elementary school, I wrote a book about a space odyssey. When I was finished with it my teacher took it and read a chapter out of it each day to the entire class. My classmates really enjoyed it.

I went to work in underground coal mines in Southeastern Kentucky at the age of 18. I spent a little over fifteen years working in the coal fields. These experiences helped me to gain a unique prospective on life that comes through in my writing that can be seen my latest book “Murder Seen Through the Eyes of a Child and in my upcoming book “The Mysterious Black Box from Dark Ridge.”

I have discovered my passion for writing once again. I really believe you will enjoy reading my upcoming books.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Nathan Rhodes

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<p>Emerging from the long shadow cast by his formidable father, Harold Godwineson showed himself to be a worthy successor to the Earldom of Wessex. In the following twelve years, he became the King's most trusted advisor, practically taking the reins of government into his own hands. And on Edward the Confessor's death, Harold Godwineson mounted the throne—the first king of England not of royal blood. Yet Harold was only a man, and his rise in fortune was not blameless. Like any person aspiring to power, he made choices he wasn't particularly proud of. Unfortunately, those closest to him sometimes paid the price of his fame.<br /><br />This is a story of Godwine's family as told from the viewpoint of Harold and his younger brothers. Queen Editha, known for her Vita Ædwardi Regis, originally commissioned a work to memorialize the deeds of her family, but after the Conquest historians tell us she abandoned this project and concentrated on her husband, the less dangerous subject. In THE SONS OF GODWINE and FATAL RIVALRY, I am telling the story as it might have survived had she collected and passed on the memoirs of her tragic brothers.<br /><br />This book is part two of The Last Great Saxon Earls series. Book one, GODWINE KINGMAKER, depicted the rise and fall of the first Earl of Wessex who came to power under Canute and rose to preeminence at the beginning of Edward the Confessor's reign. Unfortunately, Godwine's misguided efforts to champion his eldest son Swegn recoiled on the whole family, contributing to their outlawry and Queen Editha's disgrace. Their exile only lasted one year and they returned victorious to London, though it was obvious that Harold's career was just beginning as his father's journey was coming to an end.<br /><br />Harold's siblings were all overshadowed by their famous brother; in their memoirs we see remarks tinged sometimes with admiration, sometimes with skepticism, and in Tostig's case, with jealousy. We see a Harold who is ambitious, self-assured, sometimes egocentric, imperfect, yet heroic. His own story is all about Harold, but his brothers see things a little differently. Throughout, their observations are purely subjective, and witnessing events through their eyes gives us an insider’s perspective.<br /><br />Harold was his mother's favorite, confident enough to rise above petty sibling rivalry but Tostig, next in line, was not so lucky. Harold would have been surprised by Tostig's vindictiveness, if he had ever given his brother a second thought. And that was the problem. Tostig's love/hate relationship with Harold would eventually destroy everything they worked for, leaving the country open to foreign conquest. This subplot comes to a crisis in book three of the series, FATAL RIVALRY.</p>

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Growing up and watching families struggle to hold on to their land that they cherished along with seeing families first hand as an adult and coal operator fight tooth and nail for their land stuck with me for many years. They perceived what they were doing to be honorable, just and right. Like a lot of people, I wanted to put these accounts, feelings and emotions down on the written page.

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<div class="a-row a-spacing-micro" style="width:1125px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> <div class="a-row a-spacing-micro" style="width:1125px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:small;" width="90%"> <div style="margin-left:.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"><span style="margin-right:5px;"><span class="swSprite s_star_5_0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:middle;width:65px;height:13px;background:url(http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/g/01/common/sprites/sprite-site-wide-3._v375430972_.png) no-repeat -30px 0px;" title="5.0 out of 5 stars"><span>5.0 out of 5 stars</span></span> </span><span style="vertical-align:middle;"><b>Good read</b>, February 3, 2015</span></div> <div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <div> <div style="float:left;">By </div> <div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1EK8F2QKQ9I00/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp" style="color:rgb(0,75,145);"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Jill Ford</span></a> - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1EK8F2QKQ9I00/ref=cm_cr_pr_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview" style="color:rgb(0,75,145);">See all my reviews</a></div> </div> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> </div> <div class="tiny" style="font-size:x-small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><span class="crVerifiedStripe"><b class="h3color tiny" style="color:rgb(228,121,17);margin-right:.5em;">Verified Purchase</b><span class="tiny verifyWhatsThis">(<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/community-help/amazon-verified-purchase" style="color:rgb(0,75,145);">What's this?</a>)</span></span></div> <div class="tiny" style="font-size:x-small;margin-bottom:.5em;"><b><span class="h3color tiny" style="color:rgb(228,121,17);">This review is from: </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Seen-Through-Eyes-Child-ebook/dp/B00SESM2T2/ref=cm_cr_pr_orig_subj" style="color:rgb(0,75,145);">Murder Seen Through The Eyes of a Child (Kindle Edition)</a></b></div> <div class="reviewText">I really enjoyed this book. Loved how the chapters flowed. I definitely recommend this book to everyone. I am going to pass it to my daughter to read it</div> </div> </td> </tr></tbody></table><div class="a-icon-row a-spacing-none" style="line-height:0;padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><a class="a-link-normal a-text-normal a-color-base" href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R19JD7M6WUE0PK/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1634901746&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=283155&store=books" style="color:rgb(17,17,17);"><span class="a-size-base a-text-bold" style="line-height:19px;font-weight:700;">Great story</span></a></div> <span class="a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);"><span class="a-size-normal"><span class="a-color-secondary">By </span><a class="noTextDecoration" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1P47GUYJD0JG1/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp" style="color:rgb(0,102,192);">Amazon Customer</a> </span><span class="a-color-secondary">on August 25, 2014</span></span></div> <div class="a-row a-spacing-small" style="width:1125px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:10px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="a-size-mini a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:11px;line-height:1.465;">Format: Kindle Edition</span> <div class="a-section" style="margin-bottom:0px;">Very impressive writing, very well written. This story kept you on the edge of your seat. Very adventurous and very entertaining and informative about the Middle Branch area. I would highly recommend this read.</div> </div> <div class="a-icon-row a-spacing-none" style="line-height:0;padding-top:1px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-bottom:0px;"><a class="a-link-normal a-text-normal a-color-base" href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R32EKDJLP8TBRD/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1634901746&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=283155&store=books" style="color:rgb(17,17,17);"><span class="a-size-base a-text-bold" style="line-height:19px;font-weight:700;">Great Book!! A Must Read!!</span></a></div> <span class="a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);"><span class="a-size-normal"><span class="a-color-secondary">By </span><a class="noTextDecoration" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A14EM2LQR5HBUM/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp" style="color:rgb(0,102,192);">Amazon Customer</a> </span><span class="a-color-secondary">on July 27, 2014</span></span></div> <div class="a-row a-spacing-small" style="width:1125px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:10px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="a-size-mini a-color-secondary" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-size:11px;line-height:1.465;">Format: Kindle Edition</span><span class="a-size-mini a-color-state a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(196,85,0);font-size:11px;line-height:1.465;font-weight:700;"> Verified Purchase</span> <div class="a-section" style="margin-bottom:0px;">This was a great read!! The vision he paints of the beauty of the mountains in contrast to the vileness that greed reduces it to is very realistic as to what happened in a lot of the appalachian areas, The fact that that he shows how life must go on by bringing into the story the antics of the mischievous boys shows him to be a well rounded writer who looks at all the facets in life. My emotions ran the gambit in this book, from laughing at the boys to trying not to cry at the obvious waste of life and nature that also takes place. i HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone that wants a good laugh, a look at the past, or the way strip mining affected the mountainous regions</div> </div>

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