Damned Yankees is a gripping tale set during
America’s Revolutionary War, where loyalty is tested, and survival is anything
but certain.
Damned Yankees
by Ray Deptula
Genre: Historical Fiction
Those who fight their nation’s wars are typically
those least able to avoid it.
The world was, is now, and always will be a complicated and
volatile place filled with those whose self-interests supersede more noble
aspirations.
If history has taught us anything, it is that times may
change, but human nature does not.
The competing interests and political tensions of the
formation of our country were no more or less dysfunctional than they are
today, with the best and worst of individual behavior continually on display.
Jack Halliday wants nothing more than to belong
somewhere that provides him with security and values his worth.
In an uncaring world that devours the weak, he is forced to
rely on his strongest attribute, his ability and willingness to fight, which
ironically belies his benevolent nature.
Much like the fledgling union of the thirteen original
colonies, Jack’s rebirth into autonomy constantly teeters on demise in a world
where his decisions are all he can control.
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Ray Deptula is a native of Wells, Maine, and a graduate of
Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine.
He spent 24 years in the U.S. Navy as a helicopter pilot and
a political-military officer.
He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College in Newport,
Rhode Island with a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic
Studies.
Damned Yankees is the first book Ray has published, having
conceived of it while taking a Revolutionary War elective at the Naval War
College.
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