Ray Thompson
River of Stars
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In his acknowledgements, Kay explains that his novel is “shaped by themes, characters, and events associated with China’s Northern Song…
Battle of Kings
First published by Headline in the UK (2011), this is the US paperback edition of Book One of Hume’s series…
Rebel
Like its predecessors, Healer and Thief, this, the third in the Brides of Alba series, is a Christian historical romance.…
Hill of Bones
This is an anthology of mystery novellas by the writing team of Susanna Gregory, Bernard Knight, Karen Maitland, Ian Morson,…
Sunrise of Avalon
This concludes the trilogy, begun in Twilight of Avalon (2009) and Dark Moon of Avalon (2010), which sets the story…
The Divine Sacrifice
This is the second novel in a series of mysteries set in King Arthur’s Britain during the 5th century. In…
The Divine Sacrifice
This is the second novel in a series of mysteries set in King Arthur’s Britain during the 5th century. In…
King Arthur’s Bones
This is an anthology of mystery novellas by the writing team of Michael Jecks, Susanna Gregory, Bernard Knight, Ian Morson,…
A Land Beyond Ravens
At the very end of this novel, the fourth and final book of Guler’s Macsen’s Treasure series, Claerwen tells her…
Guinevere’s Gamble
Book II of the Chrysalis Queen Quartet for younger readers chronicles the formative years of the woman destined to become…
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