Robert Cruise
@rgcruise.bsky.social
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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I’m not saying it will blow your mind. I’m saying it will steal it.
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I’m not saying it will blow your mind. I’m saying it will steal it.
#AuthorLife #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch #LiteraryRebel #EpicReads #WritersOfTwitter #NextGreatRead #bookstagram
October 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Preorder now (don’t make me haunt your dreams):
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I’m not saying it will blow your mind. I’m saying it will steal it.
#AuthorLife #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch #LiteraryRebel #EpicReads #WritersOfTwitter #NextGreatRead #bookstagram
📘 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
Halifax Ledger (1812–1815) — a smart, sharp alternate history of the Atlantic that proves good clerks beat good cannons.
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Launch Nov 7 #AltHistory #HalifaxLedger #CrownAndRepublic #HistoricalFiction #IndieAuthor
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Launch Nov 7 #AltHistory #HalifaxLedger #CrownAndRepublic #HistoricalFiction #IndieAuthor
October 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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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Launch Nov 7 #AltHistory #HalifaxLedger #CrownAndRepublic #HistoricalFiction #IndieAuthor
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.
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#AltHistory #HistoricalFiction #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity
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
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
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
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
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
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
Halifax Ledger (1812–1815) — Crown & Republic: Atlantic Hinge Book 1.
No assembly required.
Presales Oct 20 | Launch Nov 7.
#AltHistory #IndieAuthor #IndieBooks #histfic
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
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
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
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#Canada
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
- Kobo
- Apple
#Books
#Writing
#History
#Canada
September 25, 2025 at 2:24 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
🕯️ 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
August 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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
🕯️ 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
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.
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.
August 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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.
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.
They pass as ordinary—border lanes, market lots, motel keys—while a divine council tallies wagers in ledgers.
August 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
They pass as ordinary—border lanes, market lots, motel keys—while a divine council tallies wagers in ledgers.
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
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
August 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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
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
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
Only instincts. Shadows.
And the knowledge that every choice can be your last.
Would you still cross the border?
#GlassVeil #Thriller #Wattpad
August 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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
Only instincts. Shadows.
And the knowledge that every choice can be your last.
Would you still cross the border?
#GlassVeil #Thriller #Wattpad
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
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
August 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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
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
We’re not here to ask for followers. We want witnesses.
The story is coming. Stay close.
#WritingCommunity #AmReading #LitFic
The story is coming. Stay close.
#WritingCommunity #AmReading #LitFic
August 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We’re not here to ask for followers. We want witnesses.
The story is coming. Stay close.
#WritingCommunity #AmReading #LitFic
The story is coming. Stay close.
#WritingCommunity #AmReading #LitFic
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.
This is just the beginning — first arc coming soon.
August 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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.
This is just the beginning — first arc coming soon.
Every story begins as a whisper.
Ours started as a map, a handful of strangers, and a promise that none would be left behind.
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
Every story begins as a whisper.
Ours started as a map, a handful of strangers, and a promise that none would be left behind.
Ours started as a map, a handful of strangers, and a promise that none would be left behind.
5/5
The climax: Trudeau’s historic invocation of the Emergencies Act & the clash over civil liberties vs. order. Was it justified? Read the full analysis in Diesel and Discord. Preorder now 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#EmergenciesAct #CivilLiberties #BookRelease
The climax: Trudeau’s historic invocation of the Emergencies Act & the clash over civil liberties vs. order. Was it justified? Read the full analysis in Diesel and Discord. Preorder now 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#EmergenciesAct #CivilLiberties #BookRelease
May 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
5/5
The climax: Trudeau’s historic invocation of the Emergencies Act & the clash over civil liberties vs. order. Was it justified? Read the full analysis in Diesel and Discord. Preorder now 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#EmergenciesAct #CivilLiberties #BookRelease
The climax: Trudeau’s historic invocation of the Emergencies Act & the clash over civil liberties vs. order. Was it justified? Read the full analysis in Diesel and Discord. Preorder now 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#EmergenciesAct #CivilLiberties #BookRelease
4/5
Border arteries froze: the Ambassador Bridge blockade halted billions in trade and stalled factories. Diesel and Discord traces the convoy’s ripple through global supply chains. Preorder 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#Trade #Economy #DieselAndDiscord
Border arteries froze: the Ambassador Bridge blockade halted billions in trade and stalled factories. Diesel and Discord traces the convoy’s ripple through global supply chains. Preorder 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#Trade #Economy #DieselAndDiscord
May 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
4/5
Border arteries froze: the Ambassador Bridge blockade halted billions in trade and stalled factories. Diesel and Discord traces the convoy’s ripple through global supply chains. Preorder 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#Trade #Economy #DieselAndDiscord
Border arteries froze: the Ambassador Bridge blockade halted billions in trade and stalled factories. Diesel and Discord traces the convoy’s ripple through global supply chains. Preorder 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#Trade #Economy #DieselAndDiscord
3/5
Confederate flags, swastika-emblazoned banners & far-right symbols pierced the convoy’s unity. Diesel and Discord uncovers how extremist fringes co-opted a truckers’ crusade. Dive in 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#FreedomConvoy #Extremism #NewBook
Confederate flags, swastika-emblazoned banners & far-right symbols pierced the convoy’s unity. Diesel and Discord uncovers how extremist fringes co-opted a truckers’ crusade. Dive in 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#FreedomConvoy #Extremism #NewBook
May 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
3/5
Confederate flags, swastika-emblazoned banners & far-right symbols pierced the convoy’s unity. Diesel and Discord uncovers how extremist fringes co-opted a truckers’ crusade. Dive in 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#FreedomConvoy #Extremism #NewBook
Confederate flags, swastika-emblazoned banners & far-right symbols pierced the convoy’s unity. Diesel and Discord uncovers how extremist fringes co-opted a truckers’ crusade. Dive in 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#FreedomConvoy #Extremism #NewBook
2/5
From bouncy castles to barbecues under Parliament’s Gothic spires, the convoy became a surreal winter carnival of dissent. Explore this festival-like occupation in Diesel and Discord. Secure your copy 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#Protest #History #DieselAndDiscord
From bouncy castles to barbecues under Parliament’s Gothic spires, the convoy became a surreal winter carnival of dissent. Explore this festival-like occupation in Diesel and Discord. Secure your copy 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#Protest #History #DieselAndDiscord
May 29, 2025 at 5:08 AM
2/5
From bouncy castles to barbecues under Parliament’s Gothic spires, the convoy became a surreal winter carnival of dissent. Explore this festival-like occupation in Diesel and Discord. Secure your copy 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#Protest #History #DieselAndDiscord
From bouncy castles to barbecues under Parliament’s Gothic spires, the convoy became a surreal winter carnival of dissent. Explore this festival-like occupation in Diesel and Discord. Secure your copy 👉 bit.ly/4kjHL5J
#Protest #History #DieselAndDiscord
5/6
1955: millionth pastel-green Beetle rolls past brass bands; Madison Ave soon says “Think Small,” turning the Bug into a counter-culture icon. Success soars while oil stains whisper older sins. #Beetle #ThinkSmall #60s #AutoHistory #PopCulture
1955: millionth pastel-green Beetle rolls past brass bands; Madison Ave soon says “Think Small,” turning the Bug into a counter-culture icon. Success soars while oil stains whisper older sins. #Beetle #ThinkSmall #60s #AutoHistory #PopCulture
May 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
5/6
1955: millionth pastel-green Beetle rolls past brass bands; Madison Ave soon says “Think Small,” turning the Bug into a counter-culture icon. Success soars while oil stains whisper older sins. #Beetle #ThinkSmall #60s #AutoHistory #PopCulture
1955: millionth pastel-green Beetle rolls past brass bands; Madison Ave soon says “Think Small,” turning the Bug into a counter-culture icon. Success soars while oil stains whisper older sins. #Beetle #ThinkSmall #60s #AutoHistory #PopCulture
4/6
April 1945: Major Ivan Hirst rewires rubble, paints a prototype khaki, and wins a 20,000-car order. Wolfsburg’s presses clatter again, swapping conquest for mail runs & ambulances. #Postwar #Reconstruction #VW #Resilience #Innovation
April 1945: Major Ivan Hirst rewires rubble, paints a prototype khaki, and wins a 20,000-car order. Wolfsburg’s presses clatter again, swapping conquest for mail runs & ambulances. #Postwar #Reconstruction #VW #Resilience #Innovation
May 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
4/6
April 1945: Major Ivan Hirst rewires rubble, paints a prototype khaki, and wins a 20,000-car order. Wolfsburg’s presses clatter again, swapping conquest for mail runs & ambulances. #Postwar #Reconstruction #VW #Resilience #Innovation
April 1945: Major Ivan Hirst rewires rubble, paints a prototype khaki, and wins a 20,000-car order. Wolfsburg’s presses clatter again, swapping conquest for mail runs & ambulances. #Postwar #Reconstruction #VW #Resilience #Innovation
3/6
1939: War flips the plan. Beetles become Kübelwagen & Schwimmwagen; 20,000 forced labourers toil beneath four brick chimneys. Allied bombs loom. Ruins wait for salvation. #WWII #ForcedLabour #Industry #Volkswagen #DarkHistory
1939: War flips the plan. Beetles become Kübelwagen & Schwimmwagen; 20,000 forced labourers toil beneath four brick chimneys. Allied bombs loom. Ruins wait for salvation. #WWII #ForcedLabour #Industry #Volkswagen #DarkHistory
May 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM
3/6
1939: War flips the plan. Beetles become Kübelwagen & Schwimmwagen; 20,000 forced labourers toil beneath four brick chimneys. Allied bombs loom. Ruins wait for salvation. #WWII #ForcedLabour #Industry #Volkswagen #DarkHistory
1939: War flips the plan. Beetles become Kübelwagen & Schwimmwagen; 20,000 forced labourers toil beneath four brick chimneys. Allied bombs loom. Ruins wait for salvation. #WWII #ForcedLabour #Industry #Volkswagen #DarkHistory