Böcker av Harry F Rey

Teenager Achilles is fresh out of juvie.It wasn't even for something he did; he took the fall for a crime committed by his father, a member of the Greek mafia. As hard as prison was for Achilles, being outside is proving even harder. He struggles to reconnect with his former girlfriend Carla while getting his GED and navigating the bizarre parole condition of qualifying for a Greco-Roman wrestling competition. At least his mom, an ardent follower of traditional Greek religion, is there to help Achilles win the favor of the gods with animal sacrifices in the back garden.When Principal McKenna sets Achilles up with a student tutor, out-and-proud Hispanic math genius Jesús, things start to turn mythical. After saving Jesús from a violent homophobic attack, the Gods want a word with Achilles. With the help of Underworld boatman Charon (in full drag), Achilles' heroic actions spark an epic adventure of mythological proportions that will force Achilles to confront, and defeat, all his many, many demons in order to win what his heart truly desires.

As Britain hurtles toward the coronation, the battle for the line of succession comes to its final-and deadly-conclusion. Who will survive and wear the crown? Andrew is missing, having absconded from his lifetime of duty to James' every whim and desire. But Andrew's new master has his own agenda. Vengeance. In London, plans for the coronation of King James go awry as a series of deadly attacks target senior royals and Alexandra's children have been snatched from her grip by the government, carrying out its own secret strategy. Meanwhile the tables have turned on Lizzie, who must now serve the very institutions she longed to destroy. But if James, Alexandra, and Lizzie are to have any hope of surviving, they must unite against the forces that sent their father to his fiery death years ago. They must unite against the crown itself.

There is no war so great, love cannot overcome it.Jerusalem, 1967, one day before the sudden outbreak of the Six Day War. In Jordanian East Jerusalem, Omar's Muslim family are preparing traditional Kurdish dishes for his older brother's wedding. Meanwhile, across the barbed wire border in Israeli West Jerusalem, Asaf's Jewish family are also preparing traditional Kurdish dishes for a wedding. Omar slips through the heavily guarded border dividing the city with his Jordanian father's diplomatic pass, where he meets Asaf in the busy Jerusalem marketplace.Despite the boys' searing differences in religion and nationality, their cultural connection sparks a friendship that holds the promise of young love. Slipping across barbed-wire borders, their brief relationship becomes trapped in the flipping pages of history and shifting borders of the Middle East. As Jewish and Arab armies battle across Jerusalem, Omar and Asaf must fight for their own chance at love.Praise for Harry F. Rey's other historical fiction works: What impressed me most was the ease with which Harry F. Rey brought all these people together, made them join the storyline, had them discuss sometimes highly philosophical subjects with what really felt like genuine sentences that any of them could have said in that particular time and place. I highly recommend it not only for lovers of historical fiction, but simply to all those who love a perfectly well-written, well-researched book that grabs the reader's attention from the first to the last page, takes them on an unforgettable journey, and keeps lingering in their mind for a long time afterwards.-- Dieter Moitzi, Rainbow Book ReviewsWhy in Paris? is truly extraordinary. In Why in Paris? Harry F. Rey explores every aspect of the human experience. Lust, greed, friendship, fate, love... and freedom. And at its most basic form, the human right of freedom from persecution, of course. Beyond that, the complexities of all varieties of artistic expression are questioned. The amount of research that went into Why in Paris?, the skill of crafting this amazing tale, and the depth to which Anders and his companions explore their world, leaves me breathless.-- Kimmers Book BanterHarry F Rey beautifully captures the post-Bohemian vibe of districts of Paris (and a cast of characters) usually hidden from tourists. The scene-setting in the run up to WW2 was 'chefs kiss'. I loved Anders innocence, the bitchiness of Claude (I kind of fell in love with Claude from the first page) and the delicious beauty of Jean. A hard recommend.-- Author Fearne HillSix Days in Jerusalem is a star-crossed lovers historical gay romance novel about two boys - one Arab, one Jewish - trapped in the flipping pages of history and falling in love against the shifting borders of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.