Alternate History
Sunset Empire (Morris Baker, 2)
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Alternate HistoryMystery/CrimeThriller
In an alternate 1952, Joseph McCarthy, architect of the communist-hunting House Un-American Activities Committee, becomes President amid a wave of postwar xenophobia and antisemitism. ...Read Review
Half-Life of a Stolen Sister
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An ailing mother describes her children: Annie who will always be the baby; Em who cares less for people than places; Branny, the ...Read Review
The Apple and the Tree
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This Tudor timeslip story takes London nanny Ella Buckley, whose modern life is blighted by the recent death of her adored grandmother, and ...Read Review
Solomon’s Crown
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Twelfth-century Europe. King Henry II of England faces insurrection on all sides from his three sons: Richard, Geoffrey, and John. The King of ...Read Review
Queen of Ophir
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960 CE, Ethiopia. Queen Judith, leading a country of devout Israelite faithful, is preparing for war. After her father’s murder by the neighboring ...Read Review
The Albion Initiative: A Newbury & Hobbes Investigation
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Alternate HistoryMystery/Crime
A prospective patient is being led by wheelchair into London’s notorious psychiatric hospital, known as Bedlam. Accompanying him is a nurse and ...Read Review
The Calculations of Rational Men
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In The Calculations of Rational Men, 500 British prisoners are caught in a nuclear disaster in December 1962. Forced into a WWII air raid shelter ...Read Review
Queen High (UK) / Queen Wallis (US)
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This is the sequel to C. J. Carey’s well-received 2021 novel, Widowland (reviewed in HNR 97). England in 1955 remains under the dominion of a ...Read Review
The Once and Future Queen: Guinevere Reimagined
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515 AD. Gwenhwyfar and Arthur are both on the cusp of retaking their lands. Their plans have been shaping for 10 years now. Gwenhwyfar, born ...Read Review
Singer Distance
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In response to a message carved into the Tunisian desert in 1894, Martians began communicating with Earth. At first, the questions were simple equations, ...Read Review