Interesting Fact/Fiction Historical Story With A Time Travel Twist That Will Amaze You.
Dragut’s Divergence by Geoff Nelder.
Admiral Dragut was a barbaric demon to the Christians in the 1500s but a hero to the Ottomans. A real larger-than-life pirate but what if on the verge of the Great Siege of Malta in 1565 Dragut was caught in a violent storm and washed up on a beach in present-day Malta?
We Award 5-Stars And Give Our Endorsement To ‘Dragut’s Divergence’ (Dragut’s Diversion & The Visit) by Geoff Nelder.
Headline: Interesting Fact/Fiction Historical Story With A Time Travel Twist That Will Amaze You.
Author Geoff Nelder brings his readers two short stories that are meant to educate and entertain. The book cover is an actual photo taken by the author on Valletta in Malta. The author’s writing style, characters and passion for this time in history brings these two stories to life in a vivid way with a time travel twist that will amaze you.
In the first short story, ‘Dragut’s Diversion’ Author Geoff Nelder takes fact and fiction to tell us who Admiral Rais Dragut (real buccaneer pirate) is. He educates us on Dragut’s abhorrent act in 1551, when he abducted the entire population of Gozo and sold them into the Libya and Constantinople slave markets. He integrates the thoughts of Dragut, dialog from his secondary characters with an immigrant’s point of view to bring us into the reality of illegal immigration. Then he throws in a ‘What If’? It is the twists that create this Historical Fantasy. A must read for historical buffs and those who dare to see the other side.
Quote From ‘DRAGUT’S DIVERSION’: “It is not a mistake, Admiral. Somehow the storm you encountered threw you forward in time by four-hundred and fifty-nine years. Correct place, but wrong time. You missed your Great Siege of Malta.”
The second short story ‘Visit’ is a mini sequel to the historical fantasy novel Xaghra’s Revenge, which was revamped and released as Vengeance Island. Both relate to Malta. It is set in France and the island of Gozo. This tale is based on the true mass abduction of the people of Gozo by the Ottoman corsair, Rais Dragut.
Quote From VISIT: “You know of the Siege of Malta in 1565. If the Ottomans had won, it might have led to a different Europe, indeed the world. The Christians won that battle, but it was tried again recently. A time-traveling rerun of history in an event known to some as Vengeance Island. If the Christians had lost again, it wouldn’t have led to a Muslim power but ours. We could have saved this planet from its current and future troubles. Not to be. Let humans resolve themselves.”
Author Geoff Nelder weaves this time traveling tale with brilliant imagery that brings the reader into the historical event known to some as ‘Vengeance Island’. This story evokes emotion and causes us to rethink history and prompts us to ask the right questions.
In closing, The author lives in rural England within easy cycle ride of the Welsh mountains. I encourage you to read ‘DRAGUT’S DIVERSION & THE VISIT’ along with his many books which include: ‘Escaping Reality’ (humorous thriller), ‘Exit’, Pursued by a Bee (award-winning science fiction), ‘Hot Air’ (thriller that received an award from an Arts Academy in the Netherlands), ‘ARIA’ (science fiction trilogy) and Xaghra’s Revenge, which was revamped and released as Vengeance Island (historical fantasy set in the Maltese islands).
Editorial Review and Endorsement by Book Marketing Global Network.
Amazon Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 Stars. Nelder Never Disappoints! Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 24, 2024. Verified Purchase. I’ve read all of Mr. Nelder’s books and thoroughly enjoyed them, particularly ‘Xaghira’s Revenge’. These additional tales are cream to this superb read.
Product Details:
Print Length: 54 Pages
Publisher: LL-Publications (December 23, 2024)
Language: English
Genre: Fiction
Books Literature & Fiction
Fact/Fiction Historical Story (Time Travel Twist)
About The Author: Geoff Nelder is a freelance writer living in Chester, UK.
A former high school teacher of geography and information technology, he has had non-fiction books published on microclimates in the UK along with several articles in academic journals such as Weather, Geographical Magazine and the Times Educational Supplement. Geoff is a part-time journalist contributing humorous travel accounts to Cycling World.
He has had short stories published and won a commendation for a story in the Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Competition. He won first prize in the Cafe Doom short story competition in 2005. Besides his 2005 released humour novel, Escaping Reality, published by Brambling Books, he won an award for mystery thriller, Hot Air, to be published by a Dutch Arts Academy in 2009, and a Science Fiction block buster, Left Luggage is in the hands of an agent. Double Dragon Publishing published Geoff’s Exit, Pursued by a Bee science fiction in 2008.
Geoff is an editor for Adventure Books of Seattle, co-editor of Escape Velocity – a print and ezine magazine of science fact and fiction. He has been a freelance editor of novels and short stories for several years. Geoff is the 2009 sort-fiction judge for the Whittaker Prize.
Additional Books:
- Best of British Science Fiction 2020 Jul 27, 2021 by Donna Scott, M. R. Carey, Lavie Tidhar, Anne Charnock, Liz Williams, Ian Watson, RB Kelley, Eric Brown, Ida Keogh, Neil Williamson
- M is for Monster Oct 27, 2010 by Ian Woodhead, Serenity Banks, David Youngquist, Simon Unsworth, Geoff Nelder, Kate Jonez, Zach Black, John Prescott, Ash Krafton, Adrian Chamberlin
- CROOKED TALES: Deception & Revenge in 14 Short Stories Sep 1, 2016 by Mark Fine, Pamela Crane, Traci Sanders, Elizabeth Horton-Newton, Joseph Mark Brewer, Keith Dixon, Eric J. Gates, Geoff Nelder, Anita Kovacevic, Michelle Medhat
- Once Upon A Scream Feb 7, 2022 by Dorothy Davies, Dan Allen, Rie Sheridan Rose, Brooke MacKenzie, Stuart Holland, David Turnbull, Gina Easton, Liam Spinage, Jason R Frei, Geoff Nelder
- SFerics 2017 Oct 22, 2017 by Rosie Oliver, Roz Clarke
- The Horror Zine Magazine Summer 2017 May 2, 2017 by Jeani Rector, Vitaly S. Alexius, Peter Ferguson Swarr, Liz McAdams, Ariana Carlson, katie Marie, David Subacchi, Teresa Frazee, Edmund Stone, James Ward Kirk
- The Horror Magazine Spring 2020 Feb 4, 2020 by Jeani Rector, Jeffrey Genung, Kristen Houghton, Harrison Kim, Richard Dawkinson, Juan Perez, Stephanie Smith, Lori Lopez, Kim Vincent, Sana Amber
- The Horror Zine Magazine Spring 2016 Nov 14, 2015 by Charles E.J. Moulton, John T. Biggs, Timothy Wilkie, Geoff Nelder, John C. Adams, Sebastian Crow, Kristen Houghton, Frank Schury, Larry Hinkle, Jeani Rector
- Personal Bests Journal Issue 1 Aug 6, 2020 by David Gardiner Editor
- Twisted Tails IX: Wunderkind Jan 27, 2016 by J. Richard Jacobs
- Twisted Tails VIII: Para-abnormal Jan 20, 2016 by J. Richard Jacobs
- Shrieks and Shivers from the Horror Zine Jan 6, 2015 by William F. Nolan, Ray Garton, Elizabeth Massie, Lisa Morton, Joe McKInney, Tim Waggoner, Martin Rose, Jeani Rector, Bentley Little
- 100 Stories for Queensland May 3, 2011 by Jodi Cleghorn, Kate Eltham
- Monk Punk Apr 19, 2011 by A.J. French, D. Harlan Wilson, Dean M. Drinkel, Geoff Nelder, Adrian Chamberlin, John R. Fultz, William Meikle, R. B. Payne, Sean T. M. Stiennon, Zach Black
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