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11 The Sands of Saturn by Lumpy

Imperium
With the Carthaginians pushed inside the walls of Londinium, the Britannians can finally stop reacting and take the fight to them. Hoping to retake the British Isles and even add new allies to the Alliance, legions are dispatched to Ériu, the emerald isle, to push back Carthaginian expansion there. Ky, a test pilot from the future and now Consul for the Britannic Empire, knows that Carthaginian retaliation is coming and prepares an explosive new surprise for the invaders.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Politics, Violence, Historical, War, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Alternate Timeline, AI
Downloads: 5550 | Votes: 74 | Score: 9.13
Size: 568KB | 106,775 words | Posted: Concluded:

12 Bad Day at the Greasy Grass by D. T. Iverson

He was an Irish cop from the toughest part of Manhattan. She was a Cheyenne maiden from the Montana High Country. He rescued her from some very bad men. In return, she mended his broken heart. The whole improbable story plays out against the panorama of the Civil War and America's relentless movement West. There's a bit of a twist at the end. But who doesn't like surprises?
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Western
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Historical, Western, War, Military
Downloads: 1984 | Votes: 151 | Score: 9.12
Size: 111KB | 21,792 words | Posted:

13 Lucky Jim 1--Firehair by FantasyLover

A story in the Lucky Jim Universe
The adventures of 16-year-old Jim Reynolds start in 1856 Virginia. When his family and several others head west to settle near Council Bluffs, his adventures continue, becoming more numerous and earning him the moniker Lucky Jim. Follow Jim as he grows into a leadership role that he feels unqualified to hold, until finally forced to test both his leadership ability and his luck. A "fantasy history."
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Coming of Age, Historical, War, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 8596 | Votes: 230 | Score: 9.12
Size: 733KB | 137,560 words | Posted: Concluded:

14 Robledo Mountain by Kraken

Paul McAllister wants nothing more than to put the wars, cancer, and death of his wife behind him as he numbly glides into his final years doing the only thing he still enjoys - selling weapons and his services as a gunsmith on the gun show circuit of the American southwest. Driving down the road in the Mesilla Valley of southern New Mexico Paul loses consciousness while returning home from a gun show. An hour later, he awakens, finding himself swept away on the tides of time.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Western
Tags: Historical, Western, Science Fiction, Time Travel
Downloads: 23532 | Votes: 444 | Score: 9.05
Size: 1018KB | 199,219 words | Posted: Concluded:

15 Accidental Family by Graybyrd

A man scarred by injustice, a lost love, and wounds of combat, finds himself volunteered as a foster father, a protector, and a combatant in a lethal struggle against a past bully and a vengeful cartel lord.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Crime, Violence, Historical, Western, Military, Drugs
Downloads: 13979 | Votes: 359 | Score: 9.05
Size: 380KB | 71,971 words | Posted: Concluded:

16 The Sword of Jupiter by Lumpy

Imperium
An Uncertain Future in a New Past. During the test flight of a prototype faster-than-light craft, Lt. Commander Ky is flung into the ancient past that never existed. Rome has fallen, defeated by the mighty Carthaginian Empire. Hounded by the Carthaginians bent on conquering the known world, Rome is on the verge of destruction. Stranded and alone, except for a tactical AI implanted in his head, Ky has lost everything and must find a way to live in a world different than anything he's ever known.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Historical, War, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Alternate Timeline, Nanotechnology, AI
Downloads: 17132 | Votes: 185 | Score: 9.01
Size: 961KB | 180,225 words | Posted: Concluded:

17 Depression Soup by TC Allen

The Great Depression devastated the country. The drought, hurricanes and dust storms caused havoc across the land. This is the story of a farm boy and his family and how they coped during those terrible years.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Historical
Tags: Historical, Young Adult, Vignettes
Downloads: 13354 | Votes: 469 | Score: 8.98
Size: 526KB | 104,685 words | Posted: Concluded:

18 Vikings by rlfj

Time traveling Vikings! Do we need more of a description than that? How did they get here and what do we do with them? Enjoy!
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Romantic
Tags: Romance, Historical, Military, Science Fiction
Downloads: 3747 | Votes: 84 | Score: 8.98
Size: 537KB | 100,027 words | Posted: Concluded:

19 Lucky Jim 4--Prequel by FantasyLover

This tale begins in southwest Virginia in "the colonies" a few years before the American Revolution. For my readers in Britain, sorry 'bout that. It follows James through being a long hunter, starting a new estate in North Carolina, and his involvement fighting against the British.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Historical
Tags: Historical, War, Rags to Riches, Fantasy
Downloads: 1330 | Votes: 63 | Score: 8.93
Size: 223KB | 41,260 words | Posted: Concluded:

20 The Young Trailers by Joseph A. Altsheler

A The Young Trailers Series
A STORY OF EARLY KENTUCKY
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Historical, Novel-Classic, Young Adult
Downloads: 5133 | Votes: 132 | Score: 8.91
Size: 405KB | 77,383 words | Posted: Concluded:
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