The Black Opera: a Novel of Opera, Volcanoes, and the Mind of God

Mary Gentle
The secret occult brotherhood of the King's Men don't want to destroy the world, per se. They just think the devil would do a better job at running things than God has. So to change the balance of the world, they are going to write an opera so powerful that the very foundations of the earth are altered. ...

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Little White Duck: a Childhood in China

Andrés Vera Martínez
Na Liu moved to the U.S. in her early 20’s. Soon after learning that she and her cartoonist husband would be having their first child, they decided to work together to create a graphic novel for children. Na Liu’s husband loved hearing his wife’s childhood stories describing life in Wuhan, China. ...

Review by Melanie A. »

Bitter Seeds

Ian Tregillis
Europe, 1939. British spy Raybould Marsh is determined to defeat the Nazis’ laboratory-created supermen at any price. With the help of Britain’s reclusive warlocks, demons are recruited to help end the war in the Allies’ favor. Tregillis’ debut novel in the Milkweed trilogy is wild historical fiction and dark horror; the author never wastes...

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Fall of Giants

Ken Follett
Fall of Giants is an epic tale with impeccable historic accuracy which presents itself as a daunting task for any reader at well over 1000 pages, but reads almost effortlessly. ...

Review by Brice B. »