Dana Dillon: Author and Veteran
Dana Dillon has authored 100's of articles, written a non-fiction book, and is releasing a historical fiction book series.
Just Released: Sowing DragoN Teeth
First Book in the Series
Sowing Dragon Teeth: A Novel of the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the Struggle for Rights
In Colonial Massachusetts, an enslaved African American and a tavern-owner must battle the British regulars to stop their raid to destroy Patriot arms at Concord. Quock grows up enslaved on a farm in Lexington but joins Lexington’s militia. Jason Green shares his countrymen’s anger at Parliament but is still loyal to his King. Llewellyn Caradoc is a veteran line officer in the British Army sent on a risky mission. Lord Robert Dandridge yearns for battlefield fame but hides a carnal secret.
On April 18th, 1775, Llewellyn and Robert meet in Jason’s Boston tavern to gauge American grievances, but the British Governor calls Llewellyn and Robert to a secret meeting. The Governor orders Llewellyn to assemble a corps, march overnight to Concord, destroy the rebel arms, and return before the American militia can turn-out. Robert uncovers a spy, but she knows Robert’s secret and blackmails him to silence. Jason slips out of Boston to join his militia regiment at Concord. When the regulars march through Lexington Quock stands with the militia and fires the first shot of the war. Later, Jason’s minutemen defeat the regulars at Concord’s North Bridge and a running battle ensues against swarming militia.
Robert’s brigade rushes from Boston to rescue Llewellyn’s floundering corps. Meanwhile Jason sets a trap he hopes will ensnare the regulars and win the war before it starts. Quock finds that even in an Army that rises to fight for its rights, the White patriots may not extend those rights to Black Americans.
Dig Deeper: Sowing Dragon Teeth Book Club Discussion Questions
Sowing Dragon Teeth: Battles of Lexington Concord
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Dana is currently writing a series of historical fiction book taking place during the American Revolutionary War.
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After retiring from the Army, Dana went to work as a national security and international policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation, a Washington DC Think Tank, where he wrote the book The China Challenge: Standing Strong Against the Military, Economic and Political Threats that Imperil America.
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When Dana retired from the Army, he went to work as a national security and international policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation a Washington DC Think Tank where he published over 100 articles.