Ancient World (Other)
Golden Arrows of Nubia
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Rather more of a novella than a novel, The Golden Arrows of Nubia sets out to tell the story of the African kingdom ...Read Review
Enheduanna’s Song From the Sands
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Could Enheduanna, an ancient Mesopotamian woman who lived around 2300 BCE and whose name was inscribed on still extant clay cuneiform tablets, truly be ...Read Review
Stone Warriors
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It’s not easy to imagine how people lived thousands of years ago but Elizabeth Barber has done just that, bringing the lives ...Read Review
Stan on Guard
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In this second book of the series, 3200-year-old Hittite Ishtanu (you can call him Stan) passes his immortal life in present-day Toronto as ...Read Review
Death in Sumer
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Wildman Enkidu is seduced by harimtu (sacred prostitute) Shamhat. Like Adam, after coupling with the woman, he is changed: he shaves, wears linen ...Read Review
Of Wind and Wolves (The Steppe Saga)
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This first book of The Steppe Saga takes place on the high plains north of the Black Sea sometime in the fifth century ...Read Review
The Sea Stone Sisters
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The Sea Stone Sisters opens with a violent act taking place around 2800 BC. An unnamed man returns from fishing to find his four ...Read Review
Metta Valley Gospel: Book 1 (The Metta Valley Gospel Series)
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“Any religion can be co-opted by narcissists, fearful people, and power-grabbers,” Zachary Helton says in his author’s note. ‘They [religions] can be ...Read Review
Ghost
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Three girls, one mystical forest, and the passing of centuries, connect these young souls. 60 AD: Aine, an enslaved Celt girl, escapes from her ...Read Review
Daughter of the Stones
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A dominant patriarch. His tragic mental decline. His youngest daughter, distraught over his incomprehensible repudiation of her. Walsh looks back to the Iron ...Read Review
