Michael I. Shoop

The Heavens Before

By Kacy Barnett-Gramckow - Published 2003

Genres:

InspirationalSaga

The first of a trilogy, this novel provides a plausible look at life on Earth just before the Great Flood, as well as ...Read Review

The Gilded Chamber

By Rebecca Kohn - Published 2004

Genres:

Biographical FictionInspirational

This excellent first novel expands upon and breathes new life into the age-old biblical story of Esther. In the 5th century B.C, ...Read Review

Challenge the Wind

By Debra Tash - Published 2003

Genres:

MilitaryRomance

It is 1777, Philadelphia is held by the British, American troops suffer myriad hardships, and near Saratoga, New York, the Lloyd family farm is ...Read Review

Princess Of Byzantium

By Josephine Allen - Published 2000

Genres:

AdventureMilitaryRomance

        Princess Zoë of Byzantium, niece of Emperor Constantine Palaeologus Dragases, is the focus of this overlong novel, set against the backdrop of the ...Read Review

Hawaii

By James A. Michener - Published 2002

Genres:

Saga

Since its original publication (c1959), Michener’s sprawling saga of the Hawaiian Islands has been enjoyed by millions of readers. Tracing the islands’ ...Read Review

An Unclean Act

By Dean Burgess - Published 2002

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

A meticulously researched first novel, Burgess’ story concerns what was likely the first recorded divorce in seventeenth century New England. Thomas Burge and ...Read Review

Speaks The Nightbird

By Robert McCammon - Published 2002

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

McCammon’s latest is an overlong, plodding mix of horror and mystery set in Carolina in 1699. The story concerns the hamlet of Fount ...Read Review

Susannah Morrow

By Megan Chance - Published 2002

Genres:

Saga

Salem Village, Massachusetts, during the horrific episode of the witch trials in 1692 is the setting for Chance’s new novel. Teenaged Charity Fowler ...Read Review

Achilles

By Elizabeth Cook - Published 2002

Genres:

EpicLiterary

Achilles, son of the goddess Thetis and King Peleus, and one of the greatest of all the Greek heroes of the Trojan War, ...Read Review

Unafraid

By Francine Rivers - Published 2001

Genres:

Biographical FictionInspirational

Francine Rivers concludes her five-volume Lineage of Grace series with the inspiring life of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. As with the previous ...Read Review