Churchill's Secret Agent

In war, ordinary men become soldiers, on extraordinary man became a hero.

“There are a terrible lot of lies going about the world, and the worst of it is that half of them are true.”

~Winston Churchill

Churchill's Secret Agent

a novel based on a true story

~by Max and Linda Ciampoli

"One extraordinary man" doesn't come close to all the heroes you'll meet in this story, however it is novelized-fiction at it's finest: there's action, exotic locations, war, blood, suspense, terror, defeat, surrender, and heroes. 

When the Nazi's invaded France, Marc left school to join the military. Because of his extensive education-based upbringing by a nearly non-existant dad and a mother who wasn't allowed near her son, Marc quickly found himself in the elite Alpine infantry. On skis.

Enter Winston Churchill. Marc's godfather gave word to his longtime neighbor that Marc was needing to do more for the Allies. The neighborly Churchill summoned Marc to England and into extensive and difficult training that would come to bear the ending of war in France and in fact, the very life of a hero.

Sometimes known as Michel Carbonell, Marc flew in planes and under the sea to get to most destinations where he often had to parachute to relative safety in order to spread false rumors the Nazi's would pick up on or to give money to the Resistance in hopes to defeat the enemies as quickly as possible.

Twice captured and twice escaped, Marc suffered loss of vision, broken limbs, and enough blood and gore to make a "normal" person crack. Marc wasn't normal. 

By the near-end of the war in France, Marc is back up and on his best secret mission yet: he and trained-by-him special soldiers are going to give the last push back to the Nazi soldiers hidden in the rockiest mountains. That's when a lone bullet hits its mark and ... 

Easy to read, the somewhat new information and excitement over a young hero and a vulnerable nation surviving due in part to one of the most well known person during the times, Winston Churchill, Churchill's Secret Agent delivers all it promises and more, though it falls flat at the end. But a dull ending is forgivable since the true ending goes with the fall of the Nazi regime and another win for the Allies. rated 4 bloody knives

From Ashes Come... More Ashes - Then Beautiful Things GROW

My Dearest Victims of Violent Crime, Depression Sufferers, and All-Around Not-Sure-How-I-Got-This-Low-In-My-Life:

Dreaming is great, but ultimately, reality strikes us in the face and often. 

Look, you can dream, you can hope; you should. Without dreams and hopes of change, we couldn't possibly get better (well, there's luck, but not only is that a different story, but those of you suffering from some sort of chronic and serious debilitation or suffering, luck may not be your friend). Again: TO GET AHEAD AND TO ACHIEVE GREATNESS IN ALL WAYS YOU MUST DREAM AND HOPE AND NEVER EVER GIVE UP and maybe thrive on the little failures (ultimately, they'll be little, because you, Dear Reader, WILL come out on top).

But... from ashes come ashes. You first must be real. You always must greet reality with the same positiveness and open arms as you do your dreams. Reality is AWESOME even when it's been quite negative. 

In order to initiate change, things actually HAVE to be negative and maybe even harsh, that's what makes us want-NEED-change. Negative is a great motivator and often more so than positive.

The woman who inherited a great sense of business, a Stanford-Education, and a hundred million dollars can improve and use the greatness to CONTINUE her perceived greatness. Yet, the people who inspire us most are the Homeless-to-Harvard (the Liz Murray story) stories; the stories where the main character overcomes a negative obstacle.

Are you doubting me? Are you mocking me? Because guess what a good book or a good movie have in it? An antagonist and/or a horrible situation to get over. To overcome. To achieve. And we buy it (or at least those of us who can afford the books or movie tickets). In fact, if I even consider submitting a work of fiction (or narrative non-fiction) without some serious conflict to overcome... well, I'll be the owner of a rejection slip (if they consider replying at all).

Are you sifting through ashes now? It's okay. You will be okay. Things WILL get better. This IS temporary.

Find someone you can trust to talk to (counselor, doctor, friend, police, teacher, cousin, etc.) and try to make peace with the ashes because out of the ashes, dreams become reality. 

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