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Sharlene Almond – Initiated to Kill

Freemasons believe they already conquered the world. Their fraternity, often dubbed as cult, is secretive and inwtined in both virtuous and criminal deeds. Some say the Freemasons were involved in the...

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Lee Ness – Hoplite: Olympian Book 1

The Young Alexander dreams to compete in the OIympic Games himself. Turn back the time to 440BC, and follow the then child on the first adventurous path. Lee Ness set... Read more » The post Lee Ness –...

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Jim Williams – Irina’s Story

Irina’s Story is the historical novel about the Uspensky family throughout the 20th century in Russia. Jim Williams did his utmost to paint a broad variety of colorful characters, mix... Read more »...

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Phyllis H. Moore – And The Day Came

Family secrets and memoirs are a common theme in novels. Phyllis H. Moore’s And The Day Came is no exception to this rule. Doris Marie Linney’s brothers and uncles keep her at... Read more » The post...

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Laura Carlin – The Wicked Cometh

Set in the shallow alleyways in 1831 downtown London we meet Hester White. This teenager is desperate to escape the slums differently from many peers that suddenly disappear. When she... Read more »...

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Dave Eggers – De monnik van Mokka

Mokhtar Alkhanshali groeit op in achterstandswijken van San Francisco, wisselend van studie en een baantje als portier, dromend van echt wat willen bereiken. Zijn Jemenitische afkomst verloochent hij...

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Tom Seigel – The Astronaut’s Son

In 2005 Jonathan Stein has two missions to complete. The first one is well on its way: to return to the Moon as the first man back in three decades.... Read more » The post Tom Seigel – The Astronaut’s...

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Paulette Mahurin – A Different Kind of Angel

The latest novel by Paulette Mahurin, A Different Kind of Angel, was inspired by real events chronicled by a journalist for The World News, Elizabeth Cochrane (pen name, Nellie Bly),... Read more » The...

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Laura Carlin – Requiem for a Knave

Set in the Middle Ages using a lot of ancient English vocabulary, Requiem for a Knave by Laura Carlin cost me some time to really get accustomed to. Until 20%... Read more » The post Laura Carlin –...

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Ali Villaverde – Feud

Feud is a new translation and telling of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez‘s La Barraca by Ali Villaverde. The fictional drama is set in 1887 on the plains near Valencia. Batiste Borrull... Read more » The post...

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