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LAURA FUSTER
NEWS AND EVENTS:
FIGHTING FATE SERIES
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MARKED BY THE CROSS OF LORRAINE
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An action-packed historical adventure inspired by real-life events—Book 1 of the FIGHTING FATE series.
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Evacuated from Gibraltar and estranged from his Spanish father, 13-year-old Enrique, his three sisters and mother are just trying to survive the London Blitz.
When his mother is killed and adoption threatens to rip his sisters from his life, Enrique smuggles himself into war-torn France to find his father.
Coerced into working for the Resistance, Enrique must use every ounce of courage and ingenuity to steal crucial intelligence from Nazi headquarters in Paris. One slip-up will not only sign his death warrant, but ensure reprisals against the students at the commandeered l’École Impériale du Roi Louis XV.
DEFYING THE SWORD OF DAMOCLES
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An action-packed historical adventure inspired by real-life events—Book 2 of the FIGHTING FATE series.
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The safe house has been compromised. The Gestapo is hunting for him. Thirteen-year-old Enrique must make it to the French unoccupied zone, somehow getting past the zealous Nazi border guards.
The Resistance’s escape line awaits to sneak him across the Pyrenees to Spain, but enemies dead and alive will try to stop him. A tip to where his father might be cannot be ignored. But if he is to save his father, he must first survive the journey.
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Archie ​
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A novella of one of the most endearing characters in MARKED BY THE CROSS OF LORRAINE, a streetwise thief named Archie.
Clues in a hidden box lead a streetwise orphan to discover he’s not who he thought he was.
Full of adventure and mystery, this heart-wrenching tale follows the orphaned Archie’s unwitting search for the true meaning of family.
A DEADLY DEBT FREELY PAID
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Another action-packed adventure - Book 3 of the FIGHTING FATE series
1941: A friend is in trouble in Rome. Fascist Italy’s geography and allegiance to Hitler renders infiltration treacherous and escape nearly impossible. But Enrique’s promise is a debt he is willing to pay with his life.
**Tentative publication date: Summer 2025