The moment I’d been waiting on for several years happened, out of the blue, just the other day.

Someone complimented me on my hair?, you say?

No. Still waiting for that one. Won’t hold my breath.

Several years ago I read my favorite books on WWII in the European Theater/(Theatre?), the Liberation Trilogy by Rick Atkinson. The books are An Army at Dawn (war begins, war in North Africa), The Day of Battle (Italy/Sicily), and The Guns at Last Light. Wept when I’d finished because … I’d finished. They were that good.

In May of 2013, Atkinson announced he’d begun work on a trilogy about the American Revolution. You remember that one: it was in most of the papers. Well, you don’t just sit down and knock one of those out overnight so … it was going to be a while. But at least the clock was ticking.

And this week, I discovered that the first book of the trilogy, cleverly titled The British Are Coming, is due for release May 14.

Joy! Rapture!

You can pre-order or you can read mine. I’ll be done around May 17.

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