Micah Hansen

Colonel Brandon is the consummate gentleman: honorable, kind almost to a fault, ever loyal and chivalrous. He's also silent and grave, though. So, what events in his troubled past left him downcast, and how does he finally find the path to a brighter future? In Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen gives us glimpses, but not the complete picture. Now Colonel Brandon tells us his full story in His Own Words. He relates the truth about his early family life and his dear Eliza - his devotion to her and the devastating way she was lost to him forever. He shares with us a poignant tale from his military days in India - about a woman named Rashmi and how she likewise left a permanent mark on his soul. And of course Marianne. What did Brandon think and feel when he first saw her? How did his hopes for her subsequently rise, plummet, and then eventually climb upwards again? After Willoughby's desertion, what finally caused Marianne to see Colonel Brandon in a different light? This is not a variation but a supplement to the original story, chronicled in Brandon's point of view. It's a behind-the-scenes look at the things Jane Austen didn't tell us about a true hero - the very best of men.

This combination boxset includes two stories from the Strengthen What Remains series, the novella, A Long Way Home, and the novelette, Nightmare in Slow Motion, over 32,000 words in total. In the three full-length novels of the series we glimpse the life of Caden's brother Peter. In the 13,000 word novelette, Nightmare in Slow Motion, we see Peter helping with the evacuation of Seattle when terrorists explode a nuclear bomb. This is the story of Peter's final mission. In The Long Way Home, a 20,000 word novella, five cities have already been decimated by nuclear terrorism, and nearby Seattle is in danger, when Trevor Westmore must set out on a mission to bring Sue, his pregnant daughter-in-law, back to the relative safety of the family farm. He also hopes to find his daughter Lisa and bring her home. But, almost immediately upon finding Sue, in the suburbs of Seattle, terrorists detonate another nuclear bomb and the two must flee amid the chaos and fallout.