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Nations rise and fall as civilizations expand and contract. But beyond the usual ebb and flow of commerce, agriculture, and war, rumors persisted of a growing shadow far off in the Southeast: whispers of a great conqueror who led a dark army. For the Eastern peoples of the empire of Intempton, these stories remained simply the product of many romanticized fables over the generations. The normalcy of this backdrop was wholly shattered, however, when refugees began fleeing into the empire from the Southeast, giving credence and flesh to what previously were only myth and legend.

In Ways Unimagined is the first of two completed novels that comprise Jerome Ostrov’s World War II saga When Country Calls. The story begins in April 1933, shortly after enactment of the Nazi exclusionary laws prohibiting Jews from occupying university positions. Respected anthropologist Anton Sternbloom has determined there is no longer any future for him at the University of Hamburg.

An unlikely pair - an orphan and an outcast - discover a friendship against all odds. But when one is summoned on a perilous quest to transcribe a prophetic message, they both face an uncertain future. Should compassion or bloodlust prevail? Will destiny be fulfilled or fate defied?

A family secret, a powerful talisman, and an ancient prophesy: After the demise of Cleopatra, a young emperor came to rule the Nile. The ancient gods had a different plan. After the Roman Augustus wrested Egypt from Cleopatra in 31 BC, people up and down the Nile believed a savior possessing a magical device would return to Memphis to topple the "place being built" and rid Egypt of its brutal occupiers.