The Blood Of Rataal

After the victorious defeat of the Rataal army at the great battle of the Glasshouse Mountains, Torou and his followers discover that the war has only just begun.Off of the southern coast of Crete, Faure and the archaeologists search desperately for the lost Sarcophagus of the immortal king of the Rataal. Soon they discover that they are not the only ones seeking the artefact and their expedition rapidly becomes a race for the survival of humanity.Across the globe in Papua New Guinea the survivors of the Black Cloud search for the hidden weapon that could end the war for good; the mysterious Crystal of the Sun.In this eagerly anticipated sequel to The Curse of Rataal, the tension, action and adventures surpass those of the first novel as the colourful characters return in an epic battle for the survival of the human race.

On the island of Santorini, a team of archaeologists uncover a find that could change the world's understanding of history. Across the globe in Australia, two detectives struggle to solve a mysterious murder only to find that it is part of a far darker conspiracy. The sunshine of the Gold Coast is darkened by a fierce storm as a group of teenagers fight to survive an attack by strange mythical creatures. In France, a Napoleonic historian uncovers clues to a mystery over three thousand years old. As they each seek the truth they are all drawn together to fight a common enemy. After three thousand years, the race of Rataal has returned to earth to reclaim their king.

In this highly important book, Javier Rodrigo examines the role of Fascist Italy in the Spanish Civil War from 1936 to 1939. Fascist Italy’s intervention in the Spanish Civil War to provide material, strategic, and diplomatic assistance led to Italy becoming a belligerent in the conflict. Following the unsuccessful military coup of July 1936 and the insurgents’ subsequent failure to take Madrid, the Corps of Voluntary Troops (CTV, Corpo Truppe Volontarie ) was created—in the words of an Italian fascist anthem—to ‘liberate Spain’, usher in a ‘new History’, ‘make the peoples oppressed by the Reds smile again’, and ‘build a fascist Europe’. Far from being insignificant or trivial, the intervention of Fascist Italy and Italian fascists on Spanish soil must be seen as one of the key aspects which contribute to the Spanish conflict’s status as an epitome of the twentieth century. Drawing on sources ranging from ministerial orders to soldiers’ diaries, this book reconstructs the evangelisation of fascism in Spain. This book is the first important study on Fascist Italy’s role in the conflict to appear in English in over 45 years. It examines Italian intervention from angles unfamiliar to English-speaking readers and will be useful to students of history and scholars interested in twentieth-century Europe, fascism, and the international dimension of the Spanish Civil War.

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