Books with author Thomasina Ross

An ex-spy and his sidekick hunt for a rogue assassin of Nazi war criminals—“Thomas is without peer in American suspense” (Los Angeles Times). Nicolae Polscaru, a three-and-a-half-foot-tall dwarf, is tossed into a Hollywood swimming pool by four drunken screenwriters, who take bets on how long he can tread water. Minor Jackson, his OSS training still fresh a year after World War II’s end, beats the bullies senseless and pulls Nicolae from the water. A friendship is born. Jackson is broke, his spying days over, and Nicolae offers him a job. A former spy himself, the globetrotting Romanian has a commission to find Kurt Oppenheimer, an expert assassin of high-ranking Nazis. Kurt won’t stop killing, no matter what the bloodshed will do to the fragile world peace, and the Soviets, the British, and the remains of the Nazi High Command all want his head. Jackson will beat them all to finding Kurt—unless his new friend betrays him first.

Excerpt from A Light Shines Through Darkness.Just forget it they said And I triedBut I cried until I tasted bloodAs I witnessed foreign shipsSailing boldly in route to the motherland with plans to rob her of her greatest assets Just let it go they saidAnd I tried But still I find myself Frantically reaching out Clinging on to every last bit Of my heritage, my history , my Africa As the first enslaved brother must have.But slavery didn't effect you they sayAnd I agreedBut I was wrong it seemsBecause we are still in this boat together Shackled side by side Chained down by ignorance and self hateIn the sweltering heat of manic oppressionForced fed materialism and instant gratification Until we are good and full with vain conceit that we begin to relieve our bowels all over each other They told me to suck it up the Jews had it worstBut I couldn't Engulfed in wave after wave of lynchings, police brutality and the raping of our beautiful black diamonds I could do nothing but choke on the injustice Frantically but I failed At the bottom of the sea of forgiveness I witness millions if those who Were casted over during the middle passage like a sailor tosses back a unwanted fish A like girl no older than 7 each her hand to meAs a great circle formed She pulled me down with a smile And said come lets join hands as we pray Pray for what I said perplexed One prayer for our oppressor and what we have endured at their hands And the second I asked That we never forget She said as she grasped my hand and looked forward By Tommy Ross

Excerpt from A Light Shines Through Darkness.Just forget it they said And I triedBut I cried until I tasted bloodAs I witnessed foreign shipsSailing boldly in route to the motherland with plans to rob her of her greatest assets Just let it go they saidAnd I tried But still I find myself Frantically reaching out Clinging on to every last bit Of my heritage, my history , my Africa As the first enslaved brother must have.But slavery didn't effect you they sayAnd I agreedBut I was wrong it seemsBecause we are still in this boat together Shackled side by side Chained down by ignorance and self hateIn the sweltering heat of manic oppressionForced fed materialism and instant gratification Until we are good and full with vain conceit that we begin to relieve our bowels all over each other They told me to suck it up the Jews had it worstBut I couldn't Engulfed in wave after wave of lynchings, police brutality and the raping of our beautiful black diamonds I could do nothing but choke on the injustice Frantically but I failed At the bottom of the sea of forgiveness I witness millions if those who Were casted over during the middle passage like a sailor tosses back a unwanted fish A like girl no older than 7 each her hand to meAs a great circle formed She pulled me down with a smile And said come lets join hands as we pray Pray for what I said perplexed One prayer for our oppressor and what we have endured at their hands And the second I asked That we never forget She said as she grasped my hand and looked forward By Tommy Ross

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