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Author Event with James Haley

Meet award-winning author James Haley as he discusses and signs The Devil in Paradise at your Dallas Flagship Half Price books on Wednesday, October 23rd at 7 p.m.

ABOUT THE DEVIL IN PARADISE
Captain Bliven Putnam returns in THE DEVIL IN PARADISE, venturing into the Pacific in this next installment of James L. Haleys gripping naval saga. Following the naval victories of the War of 1812 and the Second Barbary War, the United States is finally expanding its navy to take a place of prominence in world affairs. Bliven Putnam, now Captain of the sloop of war Rappahannock, is ordered to the Pacific. But with this new tour of duty to last more than two years, his wife, Clarity, at last puts her foot down. If she cant keep Putnam with her, then shell just have to go with him. As Putnam sets sail for his new home port in Honolulu, Clarity joins a new missionary effort from Boston to Hawaii. On their respective paths, the Putnams encounter a new breed of pirate and meet an unexpected force of nature: Kahumanu, the formidable Queen of the Hawaiian Islands. Inspired by the real-life Olowalu Massacre and the famed Congregationalist mission of 1819, this third outing is unlike any adventure the Putnams have faced before.

ABOUT JAMES HALEY
James L. Haley is the award-winning author of The Shores of Tripoli and A Darker Sea, as well as numerous books on Native American, Texas, and Western history, and historical and contemporary fiction. His two biographies, Sam Houston (2002) and Wolf: The Lives of Jack London (2010), each won the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America. Passionate Nation: The Epic History of Texas (2006) won the Fehrenbach Award of the Texas Historical Commission. His most recent nonfiction is Captive Paradise: A History of Hawaii (2014). He lives in Austin, Texas.