Beasts of the Seventh Crusade (The Crusades Book 4) (30 page)
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Authors: Mark Butler
As for the Coquets, returning to France could prove to be disastrous. The civil reaction to a failed crusade could be many things, but praise and adulation for the participant soldiers surely wouldn’t be one of them. When the men of a nation disappear for months or years, and return with nothing but broken spirits and poverty, they can ruin the economy. Thus, the Coquets may need to go on adventuring across the wild landscape of medieval Europe, until they meet their ultimate destinies.
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THIS BOOK could not have been written without the amazing support and encouragement of many people. First and foremost, I thank my parents for permitting their blonde-haired, blue-eyed young son to sit alone in his room for hours, reading by the lamplight. I want to thank my wonderful wife, Maria, for her patience and gentle touch while her husband huffed and puffed in front of the keyboard. I also want to thank my sister, Elizabeth, for her promotional savvy and inexhaustible enthusiasm. A great debt is also owed to my fine editor, Joni Wilson, whose sharp eyes and literary experience took this novel beyond its author's skill. A final thank-you is owed to the reader, who is my boss, friend, and reason for my life's work. Thank you.
MARK BUTLER is an author from Arlington, Texas. His family history stretches back to Italy and England, and medieval literature has been a lifelong passion of his. Mark served in the U.S. Navy as a combat corpsman, and he deployed to Iraq with the 3
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Amphibious Assault Battalion. Many of those days were spent hunkered down in a burned-out Iraqi village, reading one of the many novels that his family sent every month. After his time at war, Mark returned to the United States and married his girlfriend and fellow corpsman, Maria. A beautiful boy and girl blessed Mark and Maria’s lives shortly thereafter, and they are Mark’s greatest blessing and motivation. If you’d like to follow Mark on Twitter, his handle is @MarkBWrites. Mark is also on Facebook and Kindle Boards.
MARK BUTLER has written several novels, spanning many different genres. His primary work has been in historical fiction, but Mark has also dabbled in horror, romance, and drama.
Here is a listing of his works:
The Fourth Crusade
The Fifth Crusade
The Sixth Crusade
Her Lovely Colors (romance)
Teaching Bobby & Catching Bobby (two-part thriller/drama series)
Dark Friends (horror)
There is also a web address on Mark’s Amazon Author Page to sign up for his new release emails. Because this is something the author only uses to announce brand new novel releases, a maximum of 3-4 emails can be expected per year. This is the web address: http://eepurl.com/BvF3n
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