The winner of the
M.M. Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction, announced in June 2015 at the
Historical Novel Society Conference in Denver, and a finalist for the People’s
Book Prize to be announced in April 2016, Lusitania
R.E.X is an historical account of the sinking of the Lusitania replete with spies and secret societies, super weapons,
millionaires and martyrs. After being struck by a single torpedo on May 7th
1915, the Lusitania sank in only
eighteen minutes. Passengers such as Alfred Vanderbilt, one of the wealthiest
men in the world, ignored warnings from the German embassy, confident the
fastest ship in the world could outrun enemy submarines. Since the time of her
sinking, the Lusitania has been
wrapped in mystery and intrigue. Experts continue to debate the cause of the
second explosion that sealed her fate after the torpedo struck. Imperial
Germany immediately claimed she was loaded with explosives destined for the
front. Lusitania R.E.X weaves a tale
around disputed facts to create a plausible explanation of some of the
mysteries surrounding her sinking.