Lost Lands: Scanlon and Fisher, Book 1

By P. J. Keogh

1867 – The American Civil War is two years over, and the French invaders of Mexico are in retreat.

A madman plots to overthrow Mexico’s president, Benito Juarez, and start a war to restore las Tierras Perdidas—the Lost Lands—to Mexico.

If discredited Union Army major, Jose Scanlon, and ‘buffalo soldier’, Lije Fisher, don’t put paid to the lunatic scheme, thousands—Americans, Mexicans, and Indians—will die.

Trouble is, Scanlon is in love with the madman’s daughter.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Torrid Books
• Release date: Apr 15, 2018
• ISBN: 9781682992784

P. J. Keogh

Born in Leeds, Yorkshire, of Irish stock, the writer was educated by Jesuit priests, and at Leeds Polytechnic, Leeds University and at the University of Aston-in-Birmingham. He has been a lecturer and a labourer, a part-time soldier-of-the Queen, and (briefly) one of her full-time ‘guests’. He has travelled widely in Europe, North Africa, the U.S.A and Canada. American history is a lifelong compelling interest.

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