By Benjamin Busch Ecco, $26.99, 309 pages Memoirs are meant to capture moments in a person’s life. In Benjamin Busch’s memoir, he not only captures moments, he brings us his whole life. Busch’s life is filled with main events like …
By Michelle Moran Crown Publisher, $25.00, 314 pages The cries of “Liberté, égalité, fraternité!” were mere echoes of the past when Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself the new ruler of France. After that, Napoleon searched for a way to cement his legacy in …
By Jeremy Stangroom Norton, $15.95, 144 pages Morality and choices. What do your choices say about you? This book allows you to look at yourself honestly with a selection of hypothetical questions. Should we punish the innocent? Should we sacrifice one to …
By Jill Lepore Knopf, $27.95, 282 pages As many people will say, as they get older, “Life used to be simpler.” Our advancements in science and medicine have expanded life. In the 1800’s, the average age in America was sixteen, …
By Douglas Adams and Gareth Roberts Ace Hardcover, $26.95, 400 pages For over fifty years, the name Doctor Who has reigned over science fiction. While there is no shortage of books based on the Doctor, this one book is very special. …
By Kate Locke Orbit, $16.99, 352 pages Xandra Vardan has some issues. You see, she’s a halfie. She is one half vampire and one half plagued human, and an outcast on both sides of society. In this world, genetic mutations changed the …
Edited By Ellen Datlow Night Shade Books, $15.99, 387 pages “Best of the Year” is not a title to take lightly, but this anthology does live up to its name. It is jam-packed with famous, and infamous, writers from around the …
By Mark Chadbourn Pyr, $17.95, 390 pages The end time is here. For all the doom and gloom prophesied in the Kingdom of Serpent books, it all comes to a head at this point in time. Jack Churchill, our protagonist from …
By Stephen Hunt Tor, $27.99, 464 pages The fourth novel in the Jackelian series by Stephen Hunt, is here, and it is one of the best in the series. And I use the word “series” loosely. Each book in the Jackelian series …
By J.M. McDermott Night Shade Books, $14.99, 240 pages The time is upon us again to travel to the land of Dogsland, a town of deep-seated evil and greed. This book is part two in a trilogy, a story that follows the …
By John Dougill Tuttle, $22.95, 231 pages In 1549, a Portuguese boat landed in the most southern part of the Japanese islands, a place called Tanegashima. Christianity gained a foothold in Japan. The years that followed were disastrous and bloody, as new …
By Denis Avey, Rob Broomby Da Capo Press, $25.00, 264 pages Is it a sin to commit a crime or is it worse to watch a crime and do nothing? This question is the driving motives behind the acts of Denis Avey …
By Heike B. Görtemaker, Damion Searls (translator) Knopf, $27.95, 324 pages It feels like every month new books come out about Hitler or the Second World War. I was honestly growing tired of it. And then it happened, someone took the …
By Jay Rubenstein Basic Books, $35.00, 448 pages The crusades were some of the most violent causes ever fought. This pilgrimage to the Holy Land became a bloody siege that nearly brought forth its own apocalyptic consequences. Armies of Heaven breaks down …
