Crystal Ships by Richard Sharp is a new GREAT in the way of the epic American novel. Reading mainly as historical fiction with layers of drama, critique, and a general human focus, this book is deeply emotional while maintaining a kind of grace and fluidity...

"The Duke Don't Dance" by Richard Sharp is a fascinating journey following the lives of a group of friends and acquaintances we first meet at Annapolis in 2011. They are attending the wake of one of their own, who has recently passed away. From there...

Jacob's father Sebastian and his uncle came to America years earlier as Dutch immigrants and settled in the western part of North Carolina. The family moved on to Tennessee after fighting against local militia. In 1836 they migrated to Missouri where Jacob Ebhart obtained land....

William Ebhart returns from "Jacob's Cellar" as this story's main character. It is 1869 and he tries to join the U.S.Army at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, through his father's friend and Army superior, Andy Riley. But despite taking his step-father's name of McDaniel, William's father Jake's...