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Dreamer’s Pool: A Blackthorn and Grim Novel
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In ancient Ireland, Blackthorn, a red-headed healer with a secret sorrow, finds herself saved from death through a supernatural bargain. Infuriatingly, the terms ...Read Review
River of Stars
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In his acknowledgements, Kay explains that his novel is “shaped by themes, characters, and events associated with China’s Northern Song Dynasty before ...Read Review
Under Heaven
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Under Heaven is a “variation upon themes of the Tang,” a sweeping look at China during the 8th century, seen through the fictional ...Read Review
Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword of Avalon
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The popularity of The Mists of Avalon (1982) by Marion Zimmer Bradley generated a series that has outlasted the author’s death. Paxson, who ...Read Review
Heart’s Blood
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When a narrative is potent enough to absorb my thoughts long after I turn the final page, I know I’ve got a ...Read Review
Heir to Sevenwaters
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Marillier returns to the world of her bestselling Sevenwaters trilogy in this historical fantasy. The house at Sevenwaters exists during a historically fascinating ...Read Review
The United States of Atlantis
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Atlantis has been settled by the English and the French for over 300 years. Now, at the end of the 18th century, and following ...Read Review
A Song for Arbonne
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In this novel celebrating the troubadour era of medieval Europe, Arbonne is a land dedicated to the female goddess Rian and a Court ...Read Review
Ysabel
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Guy Gavriel Kay has mesmerized readers with his realistic, historically-steeped novels set in alternate versions of actual eras and places. He has won ...Read Review
King’s Blood
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In this sequel to Rite of Conquest, the talented Judith Tarr follows the saga of the brood of William the Conqueror (who dies ...Read Review