John Smolens
Quarantine
Set in 1796 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, a young man comes of age during an age of pestilence, loss and grief.…
The Schoolmaster’s Daughter
This story, an action-packed, superbly written piece of historical fiction, takes place in Boston and covers the two months from…
The Anarchist
Editors' choice
This novel is a fictitious account of Leon Czolgosz, who, on September 6, 1901, in Buffalo, New York, shot and…
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