The Esterhazy Press invites you to read the companion volume to our earlier offering, 'Archival: Most Secret.' Enter a world where things are not what they seem. . . Or not what they were. Things taken for granted may soon not be taken at all. Enter the fascinating, or horrifying world of hidden mysteries, and lurking adepts.
Rob S. Rice has long had a fascination with the histories of war, technology, and always the sea. His interests in human activity on the sea extend to all historical periods. He has delivered papers before the American Philological Association in addition to a presentation at Annapolis and has taught successfully subjects from Mythology to Roman History in the course of his teaching career. He received his doctorate in Ancient History from Penn in 1994.
His articles on the U.S. Navy appear in The Oxford Guide to American Military Historyand the respected Reader's Guide to Military History. He wrote sections of Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World, Fighting Techniques of the Early Modern Era, Decisive Battles of the Ancient World, Battles of the Bible, Fighting Techniques of Naval Warfare, and Fighting Techniques of the Colonial Era. Two books for juveniles on warfare in the ancient world are in libraries and schools. Dr. Rice is an accomplished marksman and a published poet and editor. He is also the author of five novels, with more forthcoming, and has participated in live and street theater in large venues. He is the cherishing owner of Big Dodge, his faithful 1970 Dodge Dart, and Winston, a 1984 Volkswagen Westfalia Camper. He lives near Denver, Colorado.
From the Back Cover
There is something in the shadows. . .
There, in the corner of the glass. . . Perhaps it's just an imperfection, the mirror is old and neglected. . . But you know that it's not an imperfection. There is something, there, moving with purpose. Something that wants something. . . And what might that something be?
There is something in the Bayeaux around New Orleans. . . Something tragic. Something evil. There is a reason why a man hardened in the school of the alley and the life-preserver cannot think of the heads in Blenheim Castle without shuddering, and a horrible reason for what some would call a dire revenge. There is an exhibit in a museum that, to a trained mind, radiates fear. . . betrayal. . . bewilderment. There is something moving in the darkness in the mirror.
The Esterhazy Press is very pleased to re-acquaint you with some of the characters and locations of our first publication, Archival: Most Secret. Perhaps some questions will be answered as other mysteries reveal themselves under the dust and cobwebs of a forgotten age. It is well to proceed carefully. Even a deaf-mute may have many, many things to tell you. . . If you have the courage to look for them.
"The General said that you should take a bottle of rum and run for the Chalmette Battlefield. It's your only chance. I hope you make it."
About the Author
Rob S. Rice has long had a fascination with the histories of war, technology, and always the sea. He has delivered papers before the American Philological Association, lectured at Annapolis and has taught subjects from Mythology to Roman History. Before all THAT, he won the 1st Del Rey `Writers of Tomorrow' contest in 1983, the bug bit hard and early, and has never quite let him go.
His articles on the U.S. Navy appear in the respected Reader's Guide to Military History. His wrote sections of Fighting Techniques of the Ancient World, Fighting Techniques of the Early Modern Era, and other non-fiction. He has two books of historical fantasy out from The Esterhazy Press, Archival: Most Secret and Darkness in the Mirror.
Dr. Rice is an accomplished marksman and a published poet and a street actor and historical consultant for the Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur. He is the cherishing owner of Big Dodge, his 1970 Dodge Dart, and Winston, a 1984 Volkswagen Westfalia Camper. He lives in Centennial, Colorado.
