"King of Drones" eBook (EPUB & PDF formats)
On February 22, 2022, the sovereign nation of Ukraine was brutally attacked and invaded by Russia, its infinitely more powerful neighbor to the east. Dramatically outgunned and out-manned, Ukraine was forced to defend itself using unconventional means, which slowed the Russian onslaught and forever changed the nature of modern warfare. King of Drones is a fact-based fictional story that is interlocked with real events occurring in this tragic conflict and was written by British author Sir Carlton Lawrence.
Regularly priced at $9.99, we are giving away this title absolutely free as a special introductory promotion!
On February 22, 2022, the sovereign nation of Ukraine was brutally attacked and invaded by Russia, its infinitely more powerful neighbor to the east. Dramatically outgunned and out-manned, Ukraine was forced to defend itself using unconventional means, which slowed the Russian onslaught and forever changed the nature of modern warfare. King of Drones is a fact-based fictional story that is interlocked with real events occurring in this tragic conflict and was written by British author Sir Carlton Lawrence.
Regularly priced at $9.99, we are giving away this title absolutely free as a special introductory promotion!
On February 22, 2022, the sovereign nation of Ukraine was brutally attacked and invaded by Russia, its infinitely more powerful neighbor to the east. Dramatically outgunned and out-manned, Ukraine was forced to defend itself using unconventional means, which slowed the Russian onslaught and forever changed the nature of modern warfare. King of Drones is a fact-based fictional story that is interlocked with real events occurring in this tragic conflict and was written by British author Sir Carlton Lawrence.
Regularly priced at $9.99, we are giving away this title absolutely free as a special introductory promotion!
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Excerpt
Prelude
King of Drones is a fact-based fictional account of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine with the story progressing through 2024 and mirroring real events. It is also a story about how the ever-changing circumstances of war can create and dissolve temporary alliances.
Scott Beamer, a retired USAF Major and former F-15 pilot living in eastern Ukraine, and Lt. Colonel Konstantin Yefremov, a high-ranking officer in Russia’s 76th Guards Air Assault Division, face off in a unique and evolving personal battle embedded within the greater conflict. As the fortunes of war ebb and flow for Russia and Ukraine, so also do the circumstances involving these two individuals who find themselves pitted against one another in an ongoing struggle for life, or death.
Chapter One: “The Enemy is at the Gates”
Though it was midday, the sun was absent from the colorless February sky as Scott Beamer meticulously spread Anna’s ashes in the garden that was to be her final resting place.
“Sweetheart, I promise you this place will become the most beautiful spot on earth come Spring”, Beamer proclaimed, as a solitary tear rolled off his chin and fell into the fertile ground that was now mixing with the ashes of his wife of close to two decades. “Please wait for me. I’ll join you here one day.”
The Beamers’ home was a cute but small villa in the Donetsk region of Eastern Ukraine, yet their land exceeded two hundred acres. Scott had met Anna at the University of Kyiv after retiring as a Major from the USAF, where he flew F-15’s and was a sure bet to make Colonel. However, he decided instead to explore a second civilian career, which he initiated by first studying abroad. Though Anna was his second wife, when he fell for her, he knew it was the first time in his life he’d ever truly been in love.
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