WWU's William Dietrich has new historical thriller "The Barbary Pirates" published

William Dietrich (Environmental Studies) has had his new book, "The Barbary Pirates," published by HarperCollins. The book was released on March 30. It's the fourth in a series of historical thrillers featuring American adventurer Ethan Gage in the Napoleonic era, and it includes a hunt for the Mirror of Archimedes and the use of Robert Fulton's pioneering submarine, the Nautilus. Dietrich will have a slide show and reading at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 15, at Village Books in Bellingham.