Adventure
Assegai
Popular adventure novelist Smith sets his latest tale of the sprawling, ambitious Courtney family in British East Africa as the…
Bedlam South
In 1863, Alabama native Dr. Joseph Bryarly reluctantly accepts an invitation from a family friend, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, to…
People of the Thunder
It’s about 1300 CE in what today is Mississippi and Alabama. The dominant Sky Hand people have quickly risen to…
Envoy of the Black Pine
‘This is a very strange book,’ I was told after I had agreed to review it. It moves between the…
The Fall of the Templars
In this novel, set in the late 13th and early 14th centuries, Will Campbell, a Knight Templar, returns to Europe…
The Book of Love
Estranged both from the man she loves and her brother, Maureen Pascal requires their assistance to unravel Matilda of Tuscany’s…
Fire At Midnight
Rachael Penrose has been confined to Bedlam by her wicked uncle Victor, who frames her in order to steal her…
Nor The Battle To The Strong
Editors' choice
This novel of the American Revolution in the South is told from the contrasting viewpoints of Major General Nathanial Greene…
A Kingdom For The Brave
The story begins seven years after the first settlers arrived in New South Wales, following the fortunes of three interconnected…
Attila, The Judgement
AD 449. In this, the final volume of Napier’s ambitious trilogy, Attila has united the Hun tribes. Streaming off the…
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