Books with author Chris Harris

We all know the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, but to often we forget that the colonies were almost a year into the Revolutionary War by the time of the signing. Can you replicate historical success? Or will your colonies fall back under British rule? Building upon 1775: Rebellion, an award winning board game, this book presents a week-long unit with detailed lesson plans, primary source documents, and additional instructional resources for teaching the American Revolution through play. Exclusive print-and-play game "Intolerable Acts" designed for classroom use by Brian Mayer and Christopher Harris.

The sole witness to the slaughter of eight young prostitutes at a house of refuge near Covent Garden, Hero Jarvis, daughter of the Prince Regent's cousin, Lord Jarvis, joins forces with Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, to investigate the massacre, following a trail of danger that takes them from London's seedy underbelly to the highest levels of society.

The grisly murder of a West Indies slave owner and the reappearance of a dangerous enemy from Sebastian St. Cyr’s past combine to put C. S. Harris’s “troubled but compelling antihero” (Booklist) to the ultimate test in this taut, thrilling mystery.London, 1813. The vicious decapitation of Stanley Preston, a wealthy, socially ambitious plantation owner, at Bloody Bridge draws Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, into a macabre and increasingly perilous investigation. The discovery near the body of an aged lead coffin strap bearing the inscription King Charles, 1648 suggests a link between this killing and the beheading of the deposed seventeenth-century Stuart monarch. Equally troubling, the victim’s kinship to the current Home Secretary draws the notice of Sebastian’s powerful father-in-law, Lord Jarvis, who will exploit any means to pursue his own clandestine ends.Working in concert with his fiercely independent wife, Hero, Sebastian finds his inquiries taking him from the wretched back alleys of Fish Street Hill to the glittering ballrooms of Mayfair as he amasses a list of suspects who range from an eccentric Chelsea curiosity collector to the brother of an unassuming but brilliantly observant spinster named Jane Austen.But as one brutal murder follows another, it is the connection between the victims and ruthless former army officer Sinclair, Lord Oliphant, that dramatically raises the stakes. Once, Oliphant nearly destroyed Sebastian in a horrific wartime act of carnage and betrayal. Now the vindictive former colonel might well pose a threat not only to Sebastian but to everything—and everyone—Sebastian holds most dear.

The prime suspect in the brutal rape and murder of a young woman whose body is left on the altar steps of an ancient church, Sebastian St. Cyr, a young aristocrat haunted by his experiences in the Napoleonic Wars, becomes a fugitive, joining forces with an unlikely group of allies as he flees a ruthless powerbroker with ties to the Prince Regent. A first novel.

Jesse's next move might be her last.Jesse's latest assignment is to infiltrate a sleepover camp and locate two targets. One is a C2 agent working undercover. The other is a camper with "unusual skills" who has been placed at the camp by a vicious group called Nimbus. Jesse knows that the kid she has to find is some kind of threat, but information is scarce. What she uncovers turns out to be larger and more terrifying than anyone has imagined.

In Brighton, England, in 1811, when the beautiful wife of an aging marquis is found dead in the arms of the Prince Regent, wearing an ancient necklace with mysterious ties to Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, Sebastian turns sleuth to investigate the woman's death and follows a deadly trail of murder and conspiracy that threatens his own identity and the monarch itself. 15,000 first printing.

An epidemic has struck the world and its only salvation has disappeared into the Bermuda Triangle. The I.D.I. has sent a team to discover what has happened to it and hopefully retrieve it before it is to late. As this band of men and women bravely go to save the earth, a even greater force is prepared to do whatever it takes to stop them. As the bodies pile up, can these few brave souls survive and find the earths only hope?

Emily Sylvester is a shy, ordinary girl until she accidentally discovers that her mother's emerald necklace has secret powers. When she begins to research a project on Atlantis for a school project, the emerald leads her on a trail to an ancient lost world. Along the way, Emily meets a descendant from the lost world she is seeking who sends her on a mission to save a fabulous secret civilization. To save this world, Emily and her friends must travel through dangerous and mysterious places where they constantly experience new adventures and challenges. How can Emily and her friends survive the terrors and obstacles that they continually face? The fate of an unknown world rests in Emily's hands. Can she save it?