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Beatrice at Bay is the second Beatrice McIlvaine Adventure, a story that follows the soft-spoken and somewhat telekinetic Beatrice as she grows up in a world of increasingly sophisticated threats. The saga started with Beatrice and the Basilisk, a modern-day fairy tale that resonated unexpectedly with readers young and old. Beatrice was twelve then. She's fifteen now, and facing different challenges: a potential step-father, her own immense bu...

Centerpiece of this collection is "The Turning Point, " a narrative poem about the battle for Guadalcanal in November of 1942. Fusing elements of Homeric and Norse saga with contemporary slang, it's McCandless's attempt to create a uniquely American epic out of one of World War II's most important campaigns. Also included: poems about baseball and businessmen, and an extended sonnet sequence about lost love, "A Beginner's Guide to Disappointme...

Sometimes the Enemy Walks Among Us. An ancient curse. An army of the dead. A vengeful spirit that has walked the world since before the time of man. They all come together in Libya in 1805, when a makeshift army of foreign mercenaries and U.S. Marines sets off across North Africa to rescue three hundred American sailors imprisoned by the King of Tripoli. In this haunted land, the Realm of the Hidden, the expedition is soon beset by a series of...