Books published by publisher H Hamilton

Prophecy's Quest is the second book in the Andarean Realms series and picks up Brynn's story from Prophecy's Deception as he makes his way back to the Caradon rebel base with his newest companion, Sariah. Their journey is fraught with danger though as they find themselves being pursued by the ruthless Thane of Ancoulan, Nathan Kennelm. Brynn and Sariah are forced to retrace their steps back into Andarea where the danger of confronting Abbarane patrols is high.During their travels, Brynn discovers that not one, but three members of the highly-respected Elvan House of Debanikay are being held captive by the Abbarane regime. It had been thought that the entire bloodline had been extinguished and Brynn realises that the only way to guarantee they survive is to get the whole family free. He conceives a risky plan to rescue them with the aid of his may-en-ghi allies, a dragon-cat race who have magic of their own. But the path he plans to follow is narrow, and if the young mage is not careful, he may end up forfeiting his life.Along the way, Brynn is ever-mindful that he must find the key to The Prophecy. Little does he know, he has already found it, and let it go. Will he retrieve it again? And can he find it before his enemies do?Prophecy’s Quest is the second book in the Andarean Realms Prophecies series and will be followed by Prophecy’s Diversion. The first book in this series, Prophecy's Deception is also available on Amazon.More details on all my books can be found on my website: www.ashamilton.com.

More than seventy-five years have passed since the Holocaust and the terrors visited by German Nazis on occupied Europe. Yet this history continues to be the subject of research, debate, and controversy. One particularly delicate issue is the question of whether non-Jews did all they could to help Jews during the war. In this book, Jarosław Piekałkiewicz examines this issue in detail as it relates to Poland—the country that experienced the harshest German occupation and was slated for permanent incorporation into the German Reich. He examines all the different factors influencing the capacity and willingness of Poles to save Jews and documents the efforts made to save them despite these impediments. Unlike other books on the subject, Piekałkiewicz chooses to start with a chapter on the thousand-year-long history of Jews in Poland. This allows readers to understand why one-third of the world’s Jews lived in Poland before WWII and to learn about their rich and diverse culture. Equally clear are the dark clouds that gathered before the war in the form of fascism and antisemitism expanding in Poland and elsewhere in Europe. Piekałkiewicz is a political scientist who participated in the Polish Resistance as a teenager along with other members of his family. This combination of academic rigor and personal experience gives readers a more realistic understanding than usually available of resistance under German occupation and amid the Holocaust. He provides a detailed understanding of German occupation of Poland and the operations of the Polish Underground and goes on to describe efforts by Poles from many walks of life to save Jews. The text is interspersed with his vivid personal testimonies of surviving and fighting in occupied Poland. At the same time, the author does not shrink from revealing the dark side of the German occupation: fear, envy, greed, demoralization, and collaboration with the Germans to betray Jews, the Poles who hid them, resistance members, and even personal enemies. This book provides readers with the basic elements to understand Polish-Jewish relations during WWII as well as what is probably the last testimony that will ever be published of a former resistance fighter.

Prophecy’s Deception is quest fantasy about a nation enslaved, awaiting the arrival of a saviour who is prophecised to return their freedom. Brynn – an elvan mage – just may be that saviour.When the humans conquered the elvan lands of Andarea, they enslaved the elvan population and executed any elvan mage not willing to pledge their loyalty to the new government. The elvan rebellion has been training mages though, readying for The Prophecy to be fulfilled.Young Brynn is on his first mission: to seek the seer Toormeena who is imprisoned in the city of Sal-Cirus by the Abbarane government, and to find out the full details of The Prophecy. With his loyal companion and horse, Sershja, Brynn finds himself at the centre of the fast-paced action, run down by patrols, rescued by blind warrior, Sariah, extracting slaves, jumping gorges, and crossing deserts in attempting to achieve his goals.Fortunately, he has the support of the may-en-ghi, a dragon-cat race with magic of their own, as well as rebel leader, Riqu, and warriors like Kassan Death-Wielder and renowned archer Sarre Tiengara. Will they be enough to help him avoid the patrols the ruthless thane, Nathan Kennelm, has scouring the country for him? And what of the mages working for the Great Lord Malithorn Abbarane? If the young mage is forced into a confrontation with Colnba and Nisari, he will face the fight of his life.Prophecy’s Deception is the first in the Andarean Realms Prophecies series and will be followed by Prophecy’s Quest and Prophecy's Diversion.