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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.
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.

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October 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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
October 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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
October 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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
October 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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
September 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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
September 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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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!
September 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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
September 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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
August 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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.
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August 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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.
robertgeorgecruise.substack.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
August 21, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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
GlassVeil - Wattpad
Read story GlassVeil by RobertGeorgeCruise (Robert George Cruise) with 3 reads. suspensethriller, odin, actionthriller. © 2025 Robert George Cruise All rights...
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August 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Every story begins as a whisper.
Ours started as a map, a handful of strangers, and a promise that none would be left behind.
August 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
📖 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
The Thimble's Mark - Chapter One - The Name in the Tricolour - Wattpad
Read Chapter One - The Name in the Tricolour from the story The Thimble's Mark by robertgeorgecruise (Robert George Cruise) with 3 reads. historicalromanticdra...
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August 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Reposted by Robert Cruise
Doing a lil shameless plug - If you like my art

1 favorite my Etsy shop and any products you think are cool ❤️

2 Repost this so the algorithm senpai gods notice me 🙂‍↕️

Thanks besties!
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May 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
1/6 #OnThisDay
Berlin, 28 May 1937: One flourish on an oak desk births the People’s Car. Hitler vows that every worker will drive down new autobahns, funded by 50 million Reichsmarks from the Deutsche Arbeitsfront. Freedom’s promise hides an engine of control. #Volkswagen #History #Germany #Cars
May 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Get ready for Diesel and Discord: The Populist Uprising That Shook Canada’s Pandemic Politics. Robert George Cruise unveils a winter siege on Ottawa, where engines became horns of dissent and democracy stalled in the snow.
📅 July 4, 2025 release
# FreedomConvoy #DieselandDiscord
May 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
At first light on May 26, 1940, Dunkirk’s sands lay gray and silent, soldiers stranded between the tide and the guns. Operation Dynamo had begun, a race against time under a leaden sky. #Dunkirk #OnThisDay #History #WWIIHistory #MiracleOfDunkirk
May 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This Day in History: Judge Sonia Sotomayor

Dawn in the West Wing, curtains sealed, heels echoing on marble. Obama steps forward with Sotomayor’s dossier, bronze light framing her calm profile. From Bronx stoops to Yale Law, her silent cloak of perseverance shines.
#Sotomayor #SupremeCourt #History
May 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
May 25, 2020: George Floyd’s plea “I can’t breathe” echoed worldwide as Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for 9 m 29 s, captured by Darnella Frazier’s video and sparking global #BlackLivesMatter protests. #JusticeReform #ICantBreathe
May 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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May 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
In 1925, a Tennessee classroom lit the fuse on America’s epic clash between science and faith. The Scopes Trial wasn’t just a legal spectacle—it reshaped education and liberty for future generations.
#ScopesTrial #AcademicFreedom #History
May 25, 2025 at 5:42 AM
#PressFreedom: On May 23 2021, Ryanair Flight 4978 was forcibly diverted to Minsk under a fabricated bomb threat by Belarusian authorities to detain dissident journalist Roman Protasevich—an egregious assault on global press freedom
United Nations Press

#Ryanair4978 #Journalism #Belarus #OnThisDay
May 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
#OnThisDay 1430: Joan of Arc’s capture at the Siege of Compiègne on May 23 1430, marked the end of her military command and cemented her legacy as a fearless symbol of French resistance.

#JoanOfArc #HundredYearsWar #History
May 23, 2025 at 5:39 AM