No Small Thing: A Novel of the American Revolution

Harold Coyle

Dec 2025 · Master Wings Publishing

About this ebook

History is written in blood, and lived in heartache, fate, and fire. Seize New York Times bestselling author Harold Coyle’s latest masterpiece of historical fiction: a multi-perspective account of the American Revolution that wheels all the way from the slopes of Breeds Hill to a desperate gamble across the frozen Delaware River on Christmas Day, 1776. Rebellion demands sacrifice. Identity requires dedication. See the limits of loyalty and miracles of heart that shaped America, and fall vividly right into the truth and smoke of battle in the way only Harold Coyle can write.

Fifteen-year-old Anthony Carter yearns for glory but finds brutal realities. Edward Shields defies his loyalist father and pragmatic mother to forge a new path. Lady Katherine Trent walks a dangerous line between fidelity and liberty in British-occupied New York, knowing her dreams reach beyond convention. And French officer Anton de Chevalier, sent to observe, finds himself drawn into a fight that will change both the world and his own fate. Here, early America comes to life through the eyes of young militiamen, seasoned veterans, daring women, conflicted loyalists, and more – all swept into the storm of rebellion and war.

Our world is made by those who dare. And for them, it is no small thing.

About the author

Harold Coyle, author of No Small Thing: A Novel of the American Revolution, A Savage War of Empire: A Novel of the French & Indian War, and The Other Side of the Wire is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Class of ’74, the Armor Officers Basic Course at Fort Knox, Ky, the Infantry Officer’s Advance Course at Fort Benning, Ga, and the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. Ks. Coyle served in Germany from January 1975 to December 1979 with 3rd Battalion, 68th Armor, and continued to be dedicated to military service in the many years following.

In 1987 Team Yankee, Coyle’s first novel, became a New York Times bestseller. It was followed by other works of speculative military fiction as well as historical novels set in the French and Indian War, the American Civil War, and, more recently, World War II. Coyle currently lives in Easton, Kansas.