Marine III
Island of Dreams
By
Tanya Allan
Marine III – Island of Dreams –
Copyright2016 Tanya Allan
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The Author
With enormous experience of life, the author brings to life some of the nastier sides of the human condition, with many of the better attributes. Having started writing as a teenager, but never publishing anything until the half century loomed, Tanya successfully brought together elements of the real world, her dreams, fantasies and failed aspirations to breathe life into three-dimensional characters and situations that warrant further attention. Known for producing happy endings (for the most part), but also keen to see true justice is seen to be done, which unfortunately doesn't happen as often as it should in real life.
Now concentrating on writing, the author enjoys foreign travel, family, faith and furry friends.
Books by Tanya Allan
Her AMAZON.COM PAGE: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B004VTB5OQ
A Chance would be a Fine Thing (Knox Journals Book 1)
A Wedding and Two Wars (Knox Journal Book 2)
A Fairy's Tale
A Girl can but Dream
Amber Alert
A Tale of Two T’s*
Behind The Enemy - Book 1
Beginning's End – Book 2
The Candy Cane Club – Book 1
Dead End – Book 2
Dragons & Stuff!
Emma*
Entirely Blank
Every Little Girl's Dream #
Rise to the Challenge
Extra Special Agent
Fast Forward with a Twist
Flight or Fight
Fortune's Soldier
Gruesome Tuesday*
In Plain Sight*
In The Shadows
It Couldn't Happen, Could it?
Killing Me Slowly*
Marine I: Agent of Time*
Marine 2: A very Different Roman
Marine 3: Island of Dreams
Modern Masquerade
Monique*#
Monique (L’edition francais)
Queen of Hearts*
Ring the Change
Shit Happens - so do Miracles*
Skin*
Tango Golf: Cop with A Difference
The Badger’s Girl
The Hard Way*
The Offer
The Other Side of Dreams
There's No Such Thing as a Super Hero
The Summer Job & Other Stories
The Torc (Book 1 – The Emerging)
To Fight For a Dream*
Twisted Dreams*
TWOC - A Comedy of Errors
Weird Wednesday*
When Fortune Smiles - Book 1
Changed Fortune – Book 2
When I Count to Three #
Whispers in the Mind* - Book 1
Whispers in the Soul* - Book 2
*Paperbacks can be found here: http://www.feedaread.com/profiles/368/
# = Published on KOBO.COM
Author’s note.
Unlike the previous books in the series, this book is told through the eyes of several different people. Often, different people see events in a different way; yet subjective views are so much more meaningful than the objective third party narration.
Ed Ryan is still the focus of attention; however, others are equally as important, as you will see.
This, the third in the series, introduces us to more characters, one of whom we will see a lot more of in future books. However, just in case you haven’t read the previous two books, this one takes place upon Ed’s return from his second mission into the past. (See - Marine 1: Agent of Time & Marine 2: A very Unusual Roman)
Ed, a senior US Marine Sergeant has been told by a US Navy doctor that his active days are over, as his knee replacement is just not up to the task of an active service Marine. Having been given special leave by his Commanding Officer, Ed is on way to meet up with an old Marine buddy who is running a charter boat out of Florida. The charter is of a British scientific expedition to a remote island upon which some natives have been discovered who have been out of contact with the rest of the world for at least two centuries. Believed to be the descendents of a wrecked slave ship, the scientists seek to identify from where they originated by studying their language.
Ed never got there, as he was targeted and recruited into a mysterious Time Corps, dedicated to patrolling the streams of time and preventing illegal interference with the time line.
He finds himself propelled into the past at the time of the Napoleonic wars, as a woman. No sooner does he return from that one when he sets off once more to the old days of the Roman Empire.
However, after returning from his last successful assignment in the beginning of the second century AD, Ed is now allowed to carry on with his life and to actually take a well-earned vacation.
It turns out that a vacation is not going to happen, as the natives have a single racial memory of the men with white skins – that of the slavers who stole their ancestors all those years ago. Combine that with the news that a hurricane is on its way to the island mean that Ed is about to have to deal with a lot more than he initially expected.
However, Ed, and his new friends discover a lot more to the islanders’ history and culture than they anticipated. Some of which have the ability to change lives –is it for the better?
You decide!
Once again, my heartfelt thanks to Tom Peashey for his tireless editing skills.
Prologue
(& End of Book 2 – A Very Different Roman)
It was strange standing in the parking lot by the diner where I first met Michael.
It felt like it had been a long time since I was last here, and as I walked towards my mustang, it was hard to realise that it had just been the previous evening that I had gone to that shack and started the adventure of a lifetime – two lifetimes!
The sun was shining, and the trucks rolled by on the freeway oblivious to all that had occurred to me. I glanced at the diner to see the same plump waitress serving the truckers their breakfasts. I was almost tempted to drop in for a coffee, just to announce my return to the real world, but decided that it would never be as nice as the coffee that I had taken just a few minutes ago in the centre when I said farewell to Michael.
“No rush, old man; just use this to call us when you feel you want to come back,” he said, passing me what appeared to be a normal cell phone.
“Oh, it’s perfectly normal, except my number is already plumbed in and you won’t find it in any of the books,” he said, chuckling.
“What if there’s a rush job that you need me for?” I asked.