HNR Issue 19 (February 2002)
Achilles
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Achilles, son of the goddess Thetis and King Peleus, and one of the greatest of all the Greek heroes of the Trojan War, ...Read Review
The God Who Begat a Jackal
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From the author of the acclaimed memoir of Ethiopia, Notes from the Hyena’s Belly, comes a haunting first novel steeped in African ...Read Review
The Holy Road
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In 1874, the US wants to extend their railroads into the southwestern territories, but to do so they must overcome the resistance of the ...Read Review
Freedom’s Altar
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Freedom’s Altar is a lyrical, beautifully written tale of ordinary families struggling to remake their lives in post-Civil War North Carolina. Former ...Read Review
Vicksburg
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This fifth novel in the Civil War Battle series focuses on the West and on the Union taking the city of the book’...Read Review
Incubus: ll, Hippieville
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Most novels taking place in the Elysian days of the late 1960s — sex, drugs and rock & roll — seem to center around San ...Read Review
Bone Walker
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In this novel, the third in the series, the authors weave together twin plots. Set in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, both stories are ...Read Review
The Fall of Light
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The story opens in early 19th-century Ireland. Francis Foley’s wife leaves him after he steals a telescope from their landlord. Francis flees ...Read Review
Troy
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Toward the conclusion of the Trojan War, two orphaned sisters, Xanthe and Marpessa, watch events transpire from within Troy. Very human teenage girls, ...Read Review
Black Lotus
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Rowland’s latest novel of 17th century Japan will not disappoint her readers. Samurai detective Sano Ichiro’s newest case plunges him and ...Read Review
