HNR Issue 26 (November 2003)

Quicksilver

By Neal Stephenson - Published 2003

Genres:

Epic

Quicksilver is the first novel in what the author describes as the Baroque Cycle. This lengthy narrative explores “the bold, curving forms, elaborate ...Read Review

Winter Count

By Dallas Chief Eagle - Published 2003 (c1967)

Genres:

AdventureRomanceWestern

Set in the midwestern United States between 1875 and 1890, this novel’s protagonists are Turtleheart, a Teton Sioux, and his young wife Evensigh, a ...Read Review

Unholy Fire

By Robert J. Mrazek - Published 2003

Genres:

MilitaryMystery/Crime

While the plot of this fine novel contains a significant amount of combat, it is primarily a crime story. It’s October, 1861, and ...Read Review

The Reluctant Suitor

By Kathleen E. Woodiwiss - Published 2003

Genres:

Romance

The epitome of perfection, Lady Adriana Sutton controls the hearts of the eligible bachelors of England’s Wiltshire countryside. Yet because of a ...Read Review

The Clearing

By Tim Gautreaux - Published 2003 (UK)Published 2003 (US)

Genres:

AdventureSaga

This classic Southern gothic novel is set in the cypress forest of Louisiana in the 1920s. The rich plot of family, marriage, and ...Read Review

The True Story of Hansel and Gretel

By Louise Murphy - Published 2003

Genres:

Literary

On the side of the road and a dark and forbidding wood, a father abandons his two children with the words “Go into ...Read Review

Westward

By Dale L. Walker editor - Published 2003

Genres:

Short StoriesWestern

In celebration of their 50th anniversary, the Western Writers of America went all out in producing this large collection of original western fiction. ...Read Review

Strangers: A Family Romance

By Emma Tennant - Published 1999 (UK)Published 2003 (US)

Genres:

Nonfiction

Strangers is a haunting and sometimes humorous memoir of Emma Tennant’s wealthy, influential, and eccentric family. The narrative is impressionistic yet richly ...Read Review

The Feast of Roses

By Indu Sundaresan - Published 2003

Genres:

Biographical FictionSaga

“What is her attraction?” the courtiers wonder. Why has Emperor Jahangir married Mehrunnisa, the daughter of a treasurer? Granted, she is beautiful, but ...Read Review

The Master of Monterey

By Lawrence Coates - Published 2003

Genres:

EpicLiteraryNautical

In 1842, false rumors of war between Mexico and the United States send zealous Commodore Thomas ap Catesby Jones of the U.S. Navy ...Read Review

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