![]() Now up the ante with an element of the supernatural. It’s a stimulating approach: take historical events that already represent a terror-filled plight for those who experienced them, events the reader knows beforehand will end in disaster. Katsu understands this type of reader, which is why her historical novels focus on character development, with the horror elements integrated into the story, and never unleashed senselessly into gratuitous carnage. ![]() I wouldn’t describe myself as innately drawn to the horror genre – I love suspense, especially psychological, and a dark atmosphere, but prefer to pass on entrail-strewn gorefests. ![]() A More Sophisticated Horror: Alma Katsu’s The DeepĪlma Katsu has something she’d like to say to readers who love historical fiction but think they aren’t interested in historical horror: “Give my books a try, because they aren’t what most people think of when they hear ‘horror.’” She’s perfectly right. ![]()
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The paperback edition of the bestselling middle grade novel about a spunky girl born without arms and a boy with Tourette syndrome navigating the challenges of middle school, disability, and friendshipall while solving a mystery in a western theme park. ![]() ![]() ![]() “He writes from the viewpoint of a sympathizer and native collaborator with the Company’s army,” according to Narain. ![]() In Ireland, in fact, he married a Protestant and converted to Christianity. ![]() As Narain writes, Travels “joins…European accounts as a document of the initial expansion of the British presence in India in the second half of the eighteenth century.” While the genre was dominated by Europeans, “Mahomet’s text…provides a detailed account of Indian culture and people and their first large-scale encounters with the British from the point of view of the Indian traveler.”Īs Narain shows, Mahomet was something of a border crosser, performing “balancing act of the marginalized insider.” He was “writing to familiarize alien identity and culture for the British public.” As a Muslim in a Hindu-majority country, as a member of the British East India Company’s mercenary army (made up of Hindus and Muslims fighting Muslims and Hindus), as an Indian in Ireland and England, Mahomet was a “complex diasporic subject.” On one hand, Mahomet’s text gives the perspective of an Other on Britain’s growing presence in South Asia. 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This book is a long-awaited major statement by a pre-eminent analytic philosopher, Alvin Plantinga, on one of our biggest debates - the compatibility of science and religion. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Much of this is alluded to, but not well explained (yet-hints are that this will expand in the next book), which is actually one of my favorite ways for world-building to develop. Setting is a post-apocalyptic world, after various environmental and political upheavals have fragmented what used to be known as the United States. The integration with various Native mythologies-I think primarily Diné, although the world idea might be more universal-is very interesting and one of the aspects that will make this stand out for urban fantasy and supernatural fans. Interesting world-building, taking off on the Native American idea of subsequent 'worlds' that happen with each upheaval (this concept is explained more later in the story). 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![]() ![]() Caroline has taken on the roll has her sister’s protector seeing as her parents are no longer with them. In “A Christmas Abduction” by Madeline Hunter, Caroline has taken it upon herself to abduct a man named Adam whom she feels has wronged her sister. ![]() This is an anthology with a Christmas theme to it, and it includes three heartwarming, entertaining stories from a trio of well known popular authors in the historical romance genre. Now ensconced with Castleton at a remote lodge, will she surrender to the passion still burning hotly between them? ONE WICKED WINTER’S NIGHT by Mary Jo Putneyĭressed as a veiled princess, Lady Diana Lawrence is shocked to discover that the mysterious corsair who tempts her away from the costume ball is the duke she once loved and lost. For he is a man sworn to marry only for money-and Cass is an heiress who will accept nothing less than love. Whisked away from a wintry ball by a commanding colonel, Cassandra Isles struggles with her feelings for Lord Heywood. Yet once in close quarters, she finds herself beholden to their smoldering connection. plus one or two dukes, one heiress, and one headstrong beauty-to a surprise snow storm, the comfort of a blazing fire, and the heat of a lover's kisses.Ĭaroline Dunham has a bone to pick with notorious rake Baron Thornhill-and a creative plan to insure his undivided attention. ![]() This winter, steal away with the reigning queens of Regency Romance. ![]() |