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The Three Emperors: An Ethan Gage Adventure

by William Dietrich
Harper. May 2014. 400p. ISBN 9780062194107. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062194138. F
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Early 19th-century American adventurer Ethan Gage is part con man and part hero. He is also sometimes very deadly, and his adventures have carried him all across Napoleonic Europe and North America. Along the way, he has acquired a wife, Astiza, and a son, Harry. He and his loved ones are constantly in danger and now he is on a quest to rescue them. In his seventh adventure (after The Barbary Pirates), Gage is also tasked to find a demonic device called the Brazen Head, which, in the wrong hands, could change history. At the same time, he has to foil the plots of those who wish to stop him, and that includes Napoleon himself.
VERDICT Dietrich's writing style is vivid, lush, and rich. Readers will get the feel of the time period and the places involved. His plots, and his latest is no exception, are fast-paced and filled with derring-do and close escapes. Readers should suspend their disbelief, make popcorn, and enjoy.
Reviewed by Robert Conroy, Warren, MI , May 15, 2014
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