Ancient World (Other)
Enlightened
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Young Prince Siddhartha Gautama grows up in a palace. His father rules a region at the foot of the Himalayas. Siddhartha has everything ...Read Review
The Dawning: 31,000 BC
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I recently saw a documentary about the Lagar Vehlo child, a prehistoric skeleton discovered in Portugal twenty or so years ago. What is ...Read Review
Yellow Sky Revolt (The Three Kingdoms Chronicles Book 1)
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Liao Hua, a defeated general, dictates his story to keep alive the memory of his fallen comrades and to recount the upheaval in ...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 Hidden Prince
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Keren’s family are Jewish captives who live in Babylon, trying to make a living in a difficult place. When Lord Daniel, governor ...Read Review
The Perdiccas Years, 323-320 BC: Alexander’s Successors at War
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Alexander the Great, a name with universal recognition; an awesome story of rapid conquest and a short life lived to the full. Every ...Read Review
Empires of Bronze: The Dark Earth (Empires of Bronze 6)
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In 1237 BC, the entire Mediterranean world is becoming embroiled in existential peril. The threat comes in multiple guises: environmental droughts and earthquakes, shifting ...Read Review
Kaikeyi: A Novel
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The great ancient Indian epic, the Ramayana, is told from Ram’s point of view—naturally enough, as he’s the god-hero of ...Read Review
Bride of the City Volume 1: Vaishali Ki Nagarvadhu
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Bride of the City, the first English translation of a novel published in 1949, explores the Nagarvadhu tradition of ancient India in which women ...Read Review
An Empty Throne (Alexander’s Legacy, 3)
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On the death of Alexander the Great, his ramshackle empire, built entirely on his personal charisma and extraordinary military talent, rapidly unravels. His ...Read Review