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Acclaimed author, Marty Duncan, brings you the sweeping saga of the Harant family. Whether it be the exciting search for gold set against the tumultuous days leading up to World War II, or through the eyes of an accidental witness to a brutal murder in a small Northern Minnesota town during a turbulent teacher's strike, or the newest adventures set in the dark days of the Civil War, you will want to follow the exciting exploits of the Harant family.

UNFORTUNATELY, Red Lead Press has announced they will close December 31, 2012. Their parent publisher Dorrance has decided to close Red Lead Press. A LIMITED number of these books are available from the author at the prices on the order form. Iron Lake Burning (and) Gold ...then Iron are available from Create Space. The upcoming novel, Alien Ancestors: Ours, will be printed in 2013 with CreateSpace.com.

Black Powder, Gray Hope: Vengeance (2nd Ed.) By Marty Duncan A feisty Irish lass, Kelsey O'Welin survives the slaughter of white families during the 1862 Dakota War. She is captured and thrown among the 260 white women who were threatened and abused by Dakota Warriors. Kelsey survives by wearing an old leather dress; she is protected by a Dakota chief. Her rescuers include Ransom Purdy, a debonair man about town, an agent-spy for Grant's Army. His good friend Patrick Harant is a brave but naive Union volunteer. Fate throws them together; the Civil War keeps them apart. Click Here for more about Black Powder, Gray Hope: Vengeance	Black Powder, Gray Hope: A Civil War Romance By Marty Duncan Follows the Fifth Minnesota Regiment and the lives of Kelsey O'Welin, Patrick Harant and Ransom Purdy into the western theatre of the Civil War. Patrick was present when former slaves in two all black regiments stand up to Gen. Richard Taylor's Texicans at the battle of Milliken's Bend. Patrick, recovering from an injury, begins to romance the feisty lass from Minnesota. They are both at Vicksburg when the Sultana sails north into a disaster. Click Here for more about Black Powder, Gray Hope: A Civil War Romance	Black Powder, Gray Hope: New Americans By Marty Duncan Kelsey finds a reason to trust Patrick and together they struggle against locust invasions, blizzards, land speculators and angry neighbors. Their brothers, wives and children join their small community; together they build a church. Patrick’s niece Eva disappears; Patrick and Tom pursue buffalo hunters into South Dakota. During a formidable blizzard Patrick marches into the white-out to search for ‘General Thomas,’ his beloved bull. His sons swear to lead the Harant family; his son Mark renews an old family tradition and joins the Navy. (Mark is the grandfather of James Fynmore Harant, the Naval Lieutenant in the novel Gold …then Iron) Click Here for more about Black Powder, Gray Hope: New Americans
Black Powder, Gray Hope: Vengeance (1st Ed.) By Marty Duncan (This edition includes Internet Research Notes and an Annotated Bobliography.) A feisty Irish lass, Kelsey O'Welin survives the slaughter of white families during the 1862 Dakota War. She is captured and thrown among the 260 white women who were threatened and abused by Dakota Warriors. Kelsey survives by wearing an old leather dress; she is protected by a Dakota chief. Her rescuers include Ransom Purdy, a debonair man about town, an agent-spy for Grant's Army. His good friend Patrick Harant is a brave but naive Union volunteer. Fate throws them together; the Civil War keeps them apart. Presented at London Book Fair, 2012 and Book Expo America, 2012. Click Here for more about Black Powder, Gray Hope: Vengeance	*Gold . . .then Iron* By Marty Duncan James Harant (U.S. Navy) and two British leftenants leave Southampton aboard the Empress of Scotland on a 'training' exercise to recover the Golden Eagle. They know only that a monk, Godfrey, has hidden the artifact among the Irish miners in northern Minnesota. Emery and Mackay do not know they are up against two Japanese Army officers who will commit any atrocity to recover the artifact. A series of deadly encounters will challenge the loyalty of Harant's team. James Harant almost discovers love before fate hands him one final surprise! Click Here for more about Gold...then Iron NOTE: *Gold...then Iron* was selected for display and sale at the 2010 Beijing International Book Fair, which ran August 30 through September 3..	*Iron* Lake Burning By Marty Duncan Five lives are entangled by politics, passion and personal tragedy when arson becomes murder and Tom Harant, the accidental witness, discovers love and integrity. Iron Lake Burning is a story of the state's longest teacher strike and the passions enflamed among board members and parents. Iron Lake Burning is the second of the Harant family stories. Click Here for more about Iron Lake Burning
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Arriving Soon . . .more exciting stories of the Harant family: