HNR Issue 79 (February 2017)

The Chosen Maiden

By Eva Stachniak - Published 2017

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In her fifth novel, Eva Stachniak tells the story of real-life dancers Bronia Nijinska and Vaslav Nijinsky, siblings who took the world of ...Read Review

A Hope at the End of the World

By D.W. Lovett (trans.) - By Sarah Lark - Published 2017

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In 1944, with WWII raging, two Polish orphans, 16-year-old Luzyna and 19-year-old Helena, are surviving in the relative safety of a refugee camp in ...Read Review

1588: A Calendar of Crime

By Shirley McKay - Published 2016

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This title is described as a novel in five books, consisting of five short stories featuring Shirley McKay’s characters from the Hew ...Read Review

Billy Gogan: American

By Roger Higgins - Published 2016

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In 1844, 15-year-old Billy Gogan is dismissed from St. Patrick’s College in Ireland after his father’s death in prison. He goes to ...Read Review

Pharaoh

By Wilbur Smith - Published 2016

Genres:

Adventure

In ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Tamose lies dying of a battle wound, and his weak, corrupt son Utteric seizes power, to the horror of ...Read Review

The Unbroken Line of the Moon

By Johanne Hildebrandt - By Tara Chace (trans.) - Published 2016

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The 10th-century Nordic lands are locked in a war between the Norse gods and Christianity. Sigrid, a chieftain’s daughter and devout follower ...Read Review

It Is Well

By James D. Shipman - Published 2016

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In 1939 in a cemetery in Snohomish, Washington, Jonathan Beecher stands mournfully at the burial of his wife, who has died of cancer at 38. ...Read Review

The Turncoat’s Gambit

By Andrea Cremer - Published 2016

Genres:

Alternate HistoryChildren/Young Adult

This is the finale to the Inventor’s Secret series by Andrea Cremer, following The Conjurer’s Riddle. Set in an alternate 19th ...Read Review

Release Your Inner Roman: A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Flax

By Jerry Toner - Published 2016

Genres:

Nonfiction

Struggling with raising your unruly children, getting that raise at work, or finding a balance between happiness and letting luxuries dull your senses? ...Read Review

The Popish Midwife: A Tale of High Treason, Prejudice and Betrayal

By Annelisa Christensen - Published 2016

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The Popish Midwife is a fact-based historical novel about the life of Elizabeth Cellier, focusing on the years of the Popish Plot when ...Read Review

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