Myrmidon
The Garden of Evening Mists
Malaysian Chinese Judge Teoh Yun Ling takes early retirement from the Bench in 1987 without telling anyone why. Now free…
Roma Victrix
This is the second novel of a trilogy, following on from Gladiatrix (HNR 49, pp. 9-10). Lysandra, brought up in…
Breaking Bamboo
The novel begins in Nancheng, China in 1266 and is the second instalment of a trilogy, although it works fine…
The De Lacy Inheritance
Nobleman Richard FitzEustace returns from the Holy Land suffering from leprosy and, according to the law of the land, must…
Hope Against Hope
Editors' choice
1837 sees the start of a powerful story about two young sisters, stoical and industrious Carrie, and carefree and vivacious…
The Blood Lance
In 1935 Otto Rahn publishes a book about the Holy Grail that catches the eye of Himmler. Rahn agrees to…
Mrs. Lincoln
Born in 1819 and brought up in Kentucky in a slave-owning family, Mary Lincoln visited a black one-legged ‘conjure woman’…
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