William Dietrich Books in Order

This reported account of the Pacific Northwest timber wars follows the conflict over old-growth forests and the northern spotted owl. Dietrich brings together loggers, scientists, environmentalists, and politicians to show why the battle over Forks mattered so deeply.

Dietrich traces the Columbia River from its geology and Native history through exploration, settlement, dams, irrigation, and shrinking salmon runs. It is a wide-ranging account of how a once-wild river transformed the Pacific Northwest and its people.

American pilot Owen Hart joins a German expedition to Antarctica before World War II, unaware of its darker purpose. A remote volcanic island, a lethal disease, and Nazi ambitions pull Owen and biologist Greta Heinz into a fight that spans years.

In 2048, Daniel Dyson feels trapped by a painless, corporate-managed world with no room left for wilderness. A survival adventure in plague-emptied Australia promises freedom, but he and his fellow travelers learn they have been abandoned among dangerous prisoners.

Geologist Jed Lewis joins a small team wintering at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole station, where rescue is impossible. When people begin dying, he must investigate a hidden agenda and a killer amid lethal cold, darkness, and isolation.

These essays celebrate the animals and plants of the Pacific Northwest through humor, close observation, and accessible natural history. Dietrich finds connections between everyday human life and the region's wildlife, encouraging curiosity rather than nostalgia.

On Rome's northern frontier, Hadrian's Wall is meant to hold back the unconquered peoples beyond Britannia. But the arrival of a visitor brings personal loyalties, cultural conflict, and political change to a border already under pressure.

As Attila gathers his forces in 450 A.D., the weakening Western Roman Empire faces its last great threat. Imperial secretary Jonas Alabanda becomes a Hun hostage and must survive betrayal, escape captivity, and warn Rome before the Battle of Chalons.

In 1798 Paris, American adventurer Ethan Gage wins a strange Egyptian medallion and is framed for murder. Fleeing with Napoleon's expedition to Egypt, he must unlock the Great Pyramid's secrets while enemies close in from every side.

During Napoleon's 1799 invasion of the Holy Land, Ethan works for the British while hunting the lost Book of Thoth. The search carries him through war, Petra, and dangerous old rivalries as he seeks answers about Astiza's fate.

After serving Napoleon at Marengo, Ethan escapes to the young United States and receives a secret assignment from Thomas Jefferson. His search on the Great Lakes frontier involves competing powers, Native alliances, Norse artifacts, and Thor's Hammer.

Back in Paris, Ethan is drawn into a quest with Robert Fulton and other scientists for the legendary Mirror of Archimedes. Barbary pirates, an old enemy, a prototype submarine, and Astiza's fate turn the Mediterranean mission deeply personal.

In 1938, an SS expedition heads for Tibet seeking a legendary power source for the Nazi regime. Decades later, Seattle publicist Rominy Pickett becomes entangled in the unfinished mission and must uncover her family's connection before violence returns.

Ethan hopes to retire with Astiza and their young son, but British agents instead recruit him for a dangerous rescue. His journey from an Alpine prison to revolutionary Haiti leads toward treasure, war, betrayal, and a growing hurricane.

Believing Astiza dead, Ethan joins a royalist plot to overthrow Napoleon in 1804 France. When old loyalties and new revelations upend his mission, he is pulled into espionage, a sacred relic's mystery, and the naval crisis at Trafalgar.

Teenagers Nick and Ellie are thrown back 50,000 years to East Africa and given an impossible assignment, save humanity's shared ancestors. With only modern knowledge and a few supplies, they face predators, survival, and a test of whether humans deserve a future.

A richly illustrated exploration of Washington's North Cascades, from high summits and old-growth forests to rivers and small communities. Dietrich and fellow contributors consider the region's natural history, human stories, outdoor possibilities, and conservation challenges.

Ethan must survive the Battle of Austerlitz, reunite with his imprisoned wife and son, and find the Brazen Head, a medieval automaton rumored to predict the future. Venice, Prague, alchemy, and political plots make every alliance risky.

This concise nonfiction guide uses Napoleon Bonaparte's rise and fall to explore leadership, ambition, mistakes, and satisfaction. Drawing on more than 200 maxims and contemporary observations, it presents fifteen practical lessons alongside a timeline and reading suggestions.

In 1806, Ethan Gage and Astiza travel from St. Petersburg to Constantinople after being recruited to steal Polish swords. A Trojan relic said to make empires invincible draws them into murder, royal intrigue, and a dangerous family secret.