The Boy Who Wanted Wings (Europe Besieged by The Ottoman

The Boy Who Wanted Wings (Europe Besieged by The Ottoman Empire) : Love in the Time of War (Romeo and Juliet with a Twist)

GOLD MEDAL WINNER in the Independent Publisher Book Awards, the IPPYs.

Do you know that the FIRST 9/11 attack actually occurred at Vienna on September 11-12 in 1683 when the Ottoman Empire stood poised at the gateway to Christian Europe with the intention of forcing Islam on the entire continent? After a months-long assault, the Turks were just hours away from bringing down the weakening citadel and imposing jihad.

Aleksy, a Tatar raised by a Polish peasant family, holds in his heart the wish to become a Polish winged hussar, a Christian lancer who carries into battle a device attached to his back that holds dozens of eagle feathers. As a Tatar and as a peasant, this is an unlikely quest. When he meets Krystyna, the daughter of the noble who owns the land that his parents work, he falls hopelessly in love. But even though she returns his love, race and class differences make this quest as impossible as that of becoming a hussar. Under the most harrowing and unlikely circumstances, one day Aleksy must choose between his dreams.

That day is September 11, 1683.

"History comes alive in this captivating saga of a desperate war to stave off conquest and extermination. A young man with dreams of greatness is swept up amid the deadly clash, but will he have to sacrifice love itself to become an elite defender of his homeland? The Boy Who Wanted Wings is a powerful, emotionally moving story, highly recommended."
~MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

"Characters are complex, well developed, and consistent. Their emotional lives are exposed even as the horrors of war loom. The Boy Who Wanted Wings is an excellent read whether oneâ€™s preferred genre is historical fiction or not."
~PORTLAND BOOK REVIEW
Country USA
Manufacturer Hussar Quill Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-08-31
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Hussar Quill Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-08-31
Format	Kindle eBook

The Boy Who Wanted Wings (Europe Besieged by The Ottoman Empire) : Love in the Time of War (Romeo and Juliet with a Twist)

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