{"title":"Troy Matthew Carnes","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTroy Matthew Carnes is an author and career educator with a passion for American literature and historical fiction. He has taught Language Arts and coached sports for more than three decades. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is a native Mississippian and graduated from Ole Miss. He taught English, Spanish, and Journalism and coached basketball, tennis, and track in the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools for twenty years. His girls’ basketball teams won three state championships. During the 1980s, Carnes served as a Green Beret in the US Army Special Forces and later worked as a freelance journalist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarnes wrote his first novel while living in Colorado. He later moved to Tennessee, where he earned a Master of Educational Leadership from Lipscomb University. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarnes currently teaches English and coaches tennis and girls’ basketball at Liberty Creek High School in Gallatin, Tennessee. He lives in Gallatin with his wife, Courtney, and their two sons, Colt and Caleb.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"giorgi-s-gift","title":"Giorgi’s Gift","description":"\u003cp\u003e- Rasputin’s Legacy Book One - \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sunburypress.com\/collections\/troy-matthew-carnes\"\u003eTroy Matthew Carnes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat if the two most ruthless mass murderers in the world wanted you dead?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGiorgi Lazarov is just a young boy, but he has a very special ability. He can predict the future. Until recently, no one knew that Giorgi’s remarkable gift was passed down to him from his famous grandfather, Grigori Rasputin.  But now, the two most dangerous men on earth are aware of his special power. Adolf Hitler learns of him through SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler’s most gifted witch, and Joseph Stalin discovers him when an insane prostitute languishing in an asylum claims to have borne Rasputin’s child.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow, as the Nazi war machine invades the Soviet Union, launching the bloodiest conflict in human history, both Hitler and Stalin want the boy desperately. They send their most capable operatives to find him and either claim his powers for their cause or make certain that he does not live to help their enemy. When the Germans capture his village, Giorgi finds himself in a world of madness and utter evil where it seems there are only killers and corpses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGiorgi is not alone; he has two unlikely helpers: Otto Brock, a German war hero, and Zoya Levonskaya, a Ukrainian peasant woman. Both have lost everything they care about to the war. Everything, that is, except for Giorgi. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe people of Ukraine see no hope for salvation, but Giorgi can see everything . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-9317994b-7fff-a70a-21c4-4bfaf20fc730\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREVIEWS:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eRasputin’s Legacy\u003c\/em\u003e is a well-researched, persuasive, and powerful novel about World War II in Russia.  It’s a moving story, complex and authoritative.”\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eNoel Polk, William Faulkner scholar, former professor of English at Mississippi State University, and author of more than twenty-five books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eRasputin's Legacy\u003c\/em\u003e is a sweeping saga set against the dramatic backdrop of Germany's betrayal and turning against the Soviet Union in the later years of World War II. Author Troy Carnes masterfully brings into sharp focus the malevolent forces controlling the Third Reich and Russia. Both sides are focused on a win-at-all-cost strategy. Only one thing stands in their way: a nine-year-old boy with the power to foretell the future. Readers will be enthralled with this dazzling account of how honor and truth survive even in the darkest of times.\"\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eSherye Green, author of \u003cem\u003eSurviving Hitler, Evading Stalin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Supremely riveting, \u003cem\u003eRasputin's Legacy\u003c\/em\u003e is a dynamic page-turning thriller. Inexorably captivating, it is a cerebral tale of nonstop action and adventure. The highly recommended debut of what promises to be a stellar literary career.\" 5 out of 5 stars\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eApex Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fans of Tom Rob Smith's \u003cem\u003eChild 44\u003c\/em\u003e and early Greg Iles should bundle up for a cold, brutal winter. When Troy Matthew Carnes is in the driver's seat, the action is served up blood-red on matching German and Russian platters. \u003cem\u003eRasputin's Legacy\u003c\/em\u003e features evil at its most potent with a historical cast of monsters. Carnes's character-driven prose moves the story forward like a panzer force.\"\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eJ.C. Patterson, \u003cem\u003eClarion Ledger \u003c\/em\u003eliterary critic \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eRasputin's Legacy\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping page-turner to the very end.\"\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMidwest Book Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I do not always like to read books about history, but when I read this book, I was captivated. I loved the book because the plot was great, and the characters were believable. The book was well-researched, and I felt that I was right there in the action. There was a lot of suspense, and the ending was just right. I wonder what book the author is working on now, and I hope that he continues to write in the future.\"\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eMelissa, \u003cem\u003eBooks-R-Us Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDudgeons and Daggers\u003c\/em\u003e is a well-researched and expertly crafted thriller that will gratify the most hard-nosed fans of historical and political fiction. Troy Carnes has proved once again that he is not only a masterful storyteller, but a first-rate historian, as well.\"\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e—\u003c\/span\u003eAndrew C. 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