Simon is the sole survivor of his family in Roger Swindells’ novel, Mendelevski’s Box. His father was a watchmaker, his talents sought after by wealthy patrons across the Netherlands. The family went into hiding shortly after the Germans invaded, but someone betrayed them and the...

The Dodo Knight by Michelle Rene examines the young girl who was the inspiration behind Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, giving insight into the relationship between them, that of muse and author. It is told from her point of view and shows the confusion and...

Mother Trees is a work of historically focused fiction penned by author G. G. Grit. Set during the difficult times of the sixties and seventies in Louisiana, the story first focuses on white girl Berti Van der Haar. Growing up in the time of desegregation...

Bright Days and Dark by John S. Wilson is an interesting story that follows a young man’s journey towards a dream while capturing the soul and music of an era with unusual clarity. It is 1974 and seven-year-old John harbors a powerful dream — he...

The Time of No One by Tom De Poto is a brilliantly imagined and expertly written historical novel that plunges readers into a tense moment in Italy during WWII. Set against the backdrop of Rome in 1943, the story follows the dangerous adventure of an...

Author J G Harlond takes us back in time to 17th century Europe in her political thriller By Force of Circumstance (The Chosen Man Trilogy Book 3). Ludo Da Portavenere has certainly led an adventurous life. High-born but illegitimate, Ludo has been a corsair, a...

Vigilatus by Brenda Heller and Jimmy Adams is a dark tale of time travel and Hitler’s Germany. Theo and Gracie make plans to escape Germany, taking their robotic dog with them. A secret society called the Watch helps them, smuggling them into a castle where...

The Forest and the Flames by G. Lawrence tells the story of Matilda of Flanders, the determined, intelligent, devoted and beautiful wife of William, Duke of Normandy. He conquers England, becoming its first Norman king, and Matilda is crowned queen some time after. William loves...

The Vogels: On All Fronts by author Jana Petken is a story of love, loss, life and the ties which bind or divide us. The continuation of the Half-Bloods Series, this episode takes place during the horrors of the Second World War as race, nationality...

Geza Tatrallyay has woven his latest novel, Rainbow Vintner, into a factual, historical background. Morgan Kenworthy, a Berkeley student studying abroad and a guest of the de Carduzac family, owners of a magnificent chateau in St. Émilion, uncovers a coup to bring down the French...