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Robert Cruise
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Canadian historian and writer from Orillia, Ontario. Author of Canada’s Unfinished Century, an eight-volume history tracing the nation from Laurier to the constitutional battles of 2000.
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · 4d
Preorder now (don’t make me haunt your dreams):
📘 Kobo: tinyurl.com/y9ym9mnr
📗 Amazon: tinyurl.com/48cudn7a

I’m not saying it will blow your mind. I’m saying it will steal it.

#AuthorLife #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch #LiteraryRebel #EpicReads #WritersOfTwitter #NextGreatRead #bookstagram
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · 4d
Halifax Ledger (1812–1815) — a smart, sharp alternate history of the Atlantic that proves good clerks beat good cannons.

Pre-Order now → Kobo: tinyurl.com/y9ym9mnr
| Amazon: tinyurl.com/48cudn7a

Launch Nov 7 #AltHistory #HalifaxLedger #CrownAndRepublic #HistoricalFiction #IndieAuthor
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · 7d
4 out of 5 dentists recommend it. The fifth wears dentures.

Halifax Ledger (1812–1815) — where the War of 1812 never ended, and Halifax became history’s last hinge.

Preorder now → tinyurl.com/48cudn7a

#AltHistory #HistoricalFiction #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · 9d
Some stories don’t come flat-packed.
Halifax Ledger (1812–1815) — Crown & Republic: Atlantic Hinge Book 1.
No assembly required.

Presales Oct 20 | Launch Nov 7.

#AltHistory #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #histfic
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · 26d
A plot twist even M. Night Shyamalan couldn't dream up, Clinton and Trump unite in true bipartisanship: torching Epstein's files on the White House lawn like it's a bipartisan BBQ. "What happens on Lolita Express stays on Lolita Express!" #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #EpsteinTrumpFiles #BipartisanBonfire
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · 27d
Release Date Set!
October 1, 2025
Canada’s Unfinished Century — Vol. I & II

Laurier’s Long Afternoon (1896-1924)
Robert George Cruise
ISBN 978-1-998497-60-7

War & Aftermath (1914-1920)
Robert George Cruise
ISBN 978-1-998497-61-4

- Kindle
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- Apple
- Google
#Books
#Writing
#History
#Canada
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adlerseal.bsky.social @adlerseal.bsky.social · 27d
The Earth Remembers
(Historical Fiction)

Release date to be next week, exact day is not pinned down yet but it will be on ebook first. Amazon Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, Google Play

#writingcommunity #writing #book #books #history #Canada #fiction

Follow me for specific release date!
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · 27d
Canada’s Unfinished Century — Volume 1
Laurier’s Long Afternoon (1896-1914)

Due out on ebook next week, Volume 1 is ready to go I am just doing a final proofread on Volume 2 so that I may release them at the same time.

#book #writingcommunity #author #history #canada #20thCentury #writing
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 25
It’s midnight, and the wait is over ✨
Bread and Wine: A Soldier’s Ledger is live on Wattpad!
Survival, duty, and choices in the shadow of war.
tinyurl.com/5f7y8ncc

#Wattpad #HistoricalFiction #NewBookLaunch
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 24
Three books, three roads:
🕯️ GlassVeil (ongoing)
🌊 We Kept the Sea (ongoing)
🌍 The Earth Remembers (complete)
⚔️ The Tenth Hour (new)

New chapters drop every other night, 8:30PM ET.
🔗 w.tt/4fE0R4M
🔗 w.tt/3V9FEq1
🔗 w.tt/3Jr0nTG
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 24
Glass Veil — Commentary (Chs. 1–6) is live.
Short reflections on themes, motifs, and writing craft from the opening chapters.

Read here: robertgeorgecruise.substack.com/p/glass-veil...

#GlassVeil #Commentary #WattpadReads
Glass Veil — Introduction & Commentary (Chs. 1–6)
Behind-the-scenes notes for the opening movement.
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 19
New parts every other day at 8:30 PM ET. Next drop Thu Aug 21.
Raven’s already in the air. Ledger’s already open.
#Wattpad #SerialFiction #Thriller #Mythology #Espionage
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 19
When gods place wagers, mortals bleed.
GlassVeil is live — a modern-myth techno-thriller where three operatives move under ordinary faces for one day that decides everything.
First 3 chapters: w.tt/4fE0R4M
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Read story GlassVeil by RobertGeorgeCruise (Robert George Cruise) with 3 reads. suspensethriller, odin, actionthriller. © 2025 Robert George Cruise All rights...
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 19
If you like gods watching mortals, meticulous tradecraft, and quiet consequences—boost this so it finds its readers. Raven’s in the air. Ledger’s open.
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Read story GlassVeil by RobertGeorgeCruise (Robert George Cruise) with 3 reads. politicalthriller, fantasy, espionage. © 2025 Robert George Cruise All rights r...
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 19
New chapters every other day at 8:30 PM ET.
Next drop: Thu Aug 21.
Start here ➜ w.tt/4fE0R4M
#SerialFiction #TechnoThriller #ModernMyth
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 19
Meet the four you’ll follow:
Ash (Mykhailo) — calm driver, team’s ballast.
Quartz (Oksana) — charm as cover, camera ready.
Mercury (Halyna) — logistics, dry humor, steel nerves.
Keystone (Taras) — grid tech, patient and precise.
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 19
They pass as ordinary—border lanes, market lots, motel keys—while a divine council tallies wagers in ledgers.
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 15
They call it The Glass Veil.
You won’t know you’ve stepped through until you can’t go back.

And by then, you’re already part of the story.

#GlassVeil #Mystery #WattpadSerial
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 15
There’s no map for this.
Only instincts. Shadows.
And the knowledge that every choice can be your last.

Would you still cross the border?

#GlassVeil #Thriller #Wattpad
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 15
Green leaves hide more than birdsong.
A shed in the middle of nowhere can hum with secrets.
And one phone call can set everything in motion.

You’ll never see it coming.

#GlassVeil #Suspense #WattpadReads
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 14
We’re not here to ask for followers. We want witnesses.
The story is coming. Stay close.
#WritingCommunity #AmReading #LitFic
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 14
It’s not written — not yet. But we’re building it in arcs: sixty parts weaving humanity and myth, the brutal facts of war and the small, silent moments that no one sees.
This is just the beginning — first arc coming soon.
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 14
Every story begins as a whisper.
Ours started as a map, a handful of strangers, and a promise that none would be left behind.
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Robert Cruise @rgcruise.bsky.social · Aug 11
📖 New on Wattpad — The Thimble’s Mark
Napoleonic France. A young soldier. Letters that carry more than words.
Start reading: w.tt/3HvM2oe
#HistoricalFiction #Romance #Wattpad
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