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Written by: William H Russeth
Published by: Wings-Press
Submitted By: William H Russeth
(This review has been posted by the book’s author)The tale is a blend of myth, fiction and history, set in Europe prior to the Roman occupation, epic in nature, but wrought with personal conflict that culminates in a stunning climax….
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Written by: Brent Weeks
Published by: Orbit
Submitted By: Joe
For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city’s most accomplished artist, his talents required from alleyway to courtly boudoir. For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he’s grown…
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Written by: Joe Abercrombie
Published by: Gollancz
Submitted By: Joe
Over three bloody days of battle, the fate of the North will be decided. But with both sides riddled by intrigues, follies, feuds and petty jealousies, it is unlikely to be the noblest hearts, or even the strongest arms that…
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Written by: Orson Scott Card
Published by: ATOM
Submitted By: Joe
In the book, humankind experiences large-scale confrontations with a largely unknown alien race called Formics (often referred to as “buggers”) who nearly wipe out humanity. As a result, humankind enters a shaky alliance to combat the Formics with the formation…
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Written by: S R Sorel
Published by: lulu.com
Submitted By: Sue Hopgood
This is an epic tale of warlords, Kings, Queens, knights, love, sexual desire and supernatural sorcery, spanning three worlds: the mystical Realm of Avalon, where the ‘Fair Folk’ live; the dark lands of the ‘Underworld’, and the world of men….
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Written by: James McGee
Published by: Harper
Submitted By: Richard Blackwell
If. like me, you have been waiting for a follow on to Gallows Thief, you may enjoy James McGee’s creations whilst you wait. The central character is Matthew Hawkwood an ex rifle officer turned Bow Street Runner. A highly entertaining…
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Written by: David Grann
Published by: Doubleday
Submitted By: Brian Falk
great read this is.true story of Percy Fawcett’s obsessive quest for the fabled city of z and the reporter David Grann’s hunt for his lost remains. I’m a tough guy from nyc. ride the subways everyday. I wouldn’t last a…
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Written by: ROBERT LOW
Published by: Harper
Submitted By: keith pinkerton
As with all the others in this quartet this is an earthy ebullient exhilarating edifying exceptionally enjoyable epic.
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Written by: Martin Windrow
Published by: Quercus Publishing Plc
Submitted By: Troy Pridgeon
A fascinating review of twenty of history’s most heroic (or infamous) sieges. From Tyre 332 BC to Dien Bien Phu 1954. Learn what shaped the sieges, the gamble both sides took, the success or failure of the effort, and why…
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Written by: Jaan Kross
Published by: Harvill Press
Submitted By: Karl
Timo von Bock, a 19th-century Estonian baron possessed of romantic ideals, falls in love with and marries a peasant girl, the chambermaid of the young lady he had been expected to wed. He then frees the serfs on his estate…
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