Bookbuzzr flipper - The is the title of the book

Sponsors

About

J. P. Moore writes in southern New Jersey, which is a long way from the settings of his novels and stories. He has fond memories of a childhood in the Pine Barrens, however, where endless tracks of mossy wilderness informed the spirit behind his fiction.

Whether in worlds of his own design, or slightly off-center historical settings, Moore digs for the streams of mythology and folklore that run beneath day-to-day life. Pulling them forth, Moore makes prime motivations and manifest realities of these undercurrents. He finds his characters as bystanders and transforms them into heroes and heroines as they face horrific enemies.

Perhaps no surprise, J. P. Moore is a student of speculative history. His library card unlocks a Best of the Best parade of works on King Arthur, the Knights Templar, Gnosticism and countless other mysteries from ancient and medieval history. His browser’s bookmarks lead to a mess of conspiracy theories that, in conglomeration, present a truly frightening world.

Just the right kind of world for his characters, however--Moore’s settings are on the brink. Their histories are lost, or misunderstood. Their futures are uncertain.

All of the heroes are gone.

Only the unlikely heroes are left.

Description

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.

Reviews

<div style="padding-top:7px;padding-right:7px;padding-bottom:7px;padding-left:7px;background-color:#ffffff;font:normal normal normal 13px/1.22 arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;"><p style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:1em;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;">Toothless is "brutal, and ... utterly brilliant." (Podagogue)<p style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:1em;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;">"[Moore spins] a tale of woe, loss, despair, and the dauntless face of human courage despite insurmountable and indescribable odds. Toothless struggles with his guilt and grasps desperately to the fleeting memories he still holds of his lost wife and daughter. In these memories, in the loves he knew as a man, are the seeds of his redemption, and therein lies the story of Toothless." (Podagogue)<p style="border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;font-size:1em;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit;margin-top:1em;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;">"... the writing is fantastic." (Cloud Culture)</div>

Sponsors

Sponsors

J. P. Moore

About

A King Under Siege: Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy

Description

Story Behind The Book

Media Links

Reviews