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Night Crossing: The Third in the Trilogy of Remembrance
Night Crossing: The Third in the Trilogy of Remembrance
Night Crossing: The Third in the Trilogy of Remembrance
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Night Crossing: The Third in the Trilogy of Remembrance

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Magical light suffuses Alexander Wainwrights paintings. But he must find something new. A vision of a golden sphere studded with gems appears before himthe cosmic egg, source of all creativity.
Next day, his art dealer shows him an unsigned painting of the very same cosmic egg dedicated to a Parisian pianist, Dumont.
Does the cosmic egg exist not just in Alexs imagination but in the real world? That burning question drives Alex to take the ferrya night crossing from Portsmouth to Caen and then onto Paris to find the pianist and the artist.
On that trip, the elderly Miss Trump, enters Alexs life with myriad mysterious effects. The ferry capsizes. Alex tries to save her and a young mother and her child. Miss Trump drowns but mother and child are safe. When her body is mistakenly cremated, Alex is seized with an inexplicable sense of responsibility and carries the ashes with him to Paris where he simply comes across Dumont playing in a caf. The pianist says the painter, Anton, is in St. Petersburg.
Still determined to carry the ashes, Alex travels by train to St. Petersburg to find the artist.
Stunning revelations await him. Learning far more than imagined, he finally understands the meaning of his vision and the true purpose of carrying the ashes across Europe. But when he returns to London, he may find that he has lost what he cherishes mostDaphne, his love and muse.
This tale is about love so strong it transcends life and death. Its about cruelty and compassion, life, art and the magic of creation. All told, it speaks of that yearning within us for what lies beyond.
LanguageEnglish
PublisheriUniverse
Release dateJun 20, 2014
ISBN9781491737163
Night Crossing: The Third in the Trilogy of Remembrance
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Mary E. Martin

Read what you've been missing.Scroll down to see five novels downloadable onto any reading device.I've written "The Osgoode Trilogy" which was inspired by my many years of law practice in Toronto, Canada where I live.Set in the world of law, the protagonist/lawyer, Harry Jenkins, must deal with murder and fraud. If you're looking for suspense thrillers to get your teeth into, try one of these. They can be read in any order.Below, you'll see all three novels in The Osgoode Trilogy listedConduct in QuestionFinal ParadoxA Trial of One.After writing three legal suspense novels, I was ready for a change...a new world. And so, the Trilogy of Remembrance is literary fiction set in the world of art.The Drawing Lesson which asks "Is the universe random and chaotic or does it have a secret, mysterious order?"The question in the next one, The Fate of Pryde, is "How can the very best and very worst thrive in one man's breast?"The third and final novel in The Trilogy of Remembrance was published in 2014 which tells a tale of a love so profound it transcends life and death!If you want to keep up with my characters, subscribe to my blog where the characters of The Trilogy of Remembrance have taken over to tell their own stories in their own voices...their own words. http://maryemartintrilogies.com

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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    This is a reasonably good historical thriller taking place during WWII in Germany and England. Comparisons have been made to Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks and it is certainly a similar story involving a love triangle amoung three young people who are then separated by war. The novel follows their tragic lives. One of the interesting historical aspects of this book is the internment of Germans living in Britain. Many ordinary Germans left Germany during the 30's to escape the brutality of the Nazi movement. When war broke out these people were rounded up and sent to camps due to a fear that some of them were spies. Families were divided and property was lost. Many were transported to Canada. The irony of course was that most were anti-Nazi.This book tells a very good story and it is an enjoyable read
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Robert Ryan’s historical novel Night Crossing is an intriguing blend of literary ingredients consisting of murder, World War II history, action adventure, family drama, and romance. This marvelous mix of stirring together everything a reader could want in a story, offers an engaging and interesting war-torn tale of events that are shocking, frightening and sad. Yet, Ryan pulls on the readers heart strings and serves up a healthy dose of love, hope, and determination against odds that seem unlikely to overcome. The blurb on the cover misleadingly promotes this book as more of a historical romance but I found that this is primarily an espionage filled spy novel, toting a love-interest in the background. Although this is a German holocaust story, the author showed great talent in describing horrific events by just touching on them lightly in the background so that the reader is aware what is happening and what abominable acts occurred, without being so graphically described that you get put off not wanting to read it. This I found appealing because a lot of WWII holocaust stories are very difficult to read, often so disturbing, not allowing people to fully learn and grasp what happened during those years of struggle and bloodshed. I was enthralled with the sections of adventure and terror beneath the seas in the German U-boats and learned a lot of what it was like for those brave men living in claustrophobic, damp and odorous conditions that often turned out to be their tombs.Our entwined characters are a Scotland Yard British spy named Inspector Cameron Ross who starts out investigating a murder in Berlin; a young and beautiful German violinist named Ulrike Walter who inflicts tragedy upon herself in order to remove herself from her father’s overbearing protection. Erich Hinkel; her Hitler Youth soldier-boy fiance who early in the story departs for the war- cause as a U-Boat code cipher; and Alex Schuller a Berlin street cop who has high aspirations of climbing the ranks within Hitler’s reign. The novel switchbacks from character to character as each of them experience the horrors of war in their own way, each finding hardship and pain, yet each having the perseverance to survive brought on by either the love of one woman, or by the lust for power. With mysterious coded messages traveling from Berlin to London, exciting adventures in an underwater submarine, first hand experiences of the London Blitz, a love-triangle between two men and one woman scattered across the Atlantic, and a background entity of classical musicians of the time, I cant help but say that this is a marvelous page turner that not only helped me get a clearer picture of World War II Europe and what these hardened people endured, but gave me a few nights of a truly enjoyable yarn well spun. This was the first book by this author I have read, leaving me to eagerly pick up his others.

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