Alternate History
Margot
Margie Franklin prefers to live a quiet and solitary life. She works as a secretary in a Philadelphia law firm…
Farthing
Jo Walton’s 2006 novel, now reissued in paperback, is set in a counter-historical Britain of the late 1940s. It is…
The Blood of Innocents
John Bridges tells the story of Jesus Christ’s last days through the eyes of the priests. With a large dose…
The Boleyn King
What if Anne Boleyn had not miscarried of her son and savior in the winter of 1536 and instead had…
The Place of Dead Kings
In 1855, Britain has been conquered by a magical Indian empire. Only a few small bands of rebels hold out…
Spartacus: Talons of an Empire
This slim novel is a new addition to the already crowded Roman history genre, and Robert Southworth’s is a new…
Mosaic of an Unquiet Time
This novel is set in 1963 in the fictional British colony of As Areias, an archipelago located off the coast…
In A Milk & Honeyed Land
We are introduced to the hill country of Canaan here and the life of a village priest. His life, his…
Merely Dee
The background for this book is the capsizing of the steamer SS Eastland in the docks at Chicago on July…
Shieldmaiden
Cumbria, 934, and the English fight Vikings for political supremacy in the North, whilst the traditional Viking way of life…
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