Description
<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</span><br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;">B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!</span></p>
Story Behind The Book
An American astronaut named Ariel Wolfe is working near the International Space Station when he is bombarded by a huge coronal mass ejection (giant flare) of the sun. Expecting his death, something else happened. Ariel's mind floats faster than light reaching a distant planet similar to Earth, where his mind is downloaded into an alien body. He finds himself in a society that has similar values to America, except for one. They have been fighting a mysterious enemy on the other side of the planet for many centuries. So much time has passed that the two sides no longer understand why the war started. They hate the enemy but no longer know why. Ariel joins the air force, like he did on Earth. He is a formidable fighter pilot. On a sortee over a jungle filled with terrifying monsters, Ariel and his wing mate are shot down. They must face the horrific monsters in a place where no one has ever survived. Read the book to find out what happens to Ariel.
