From Publishers WeeklyBestseller Folsom's improbable sequel to his equally improbable The Machiavelli Covenant (2006) takes ex-LAPD detective Nicholas Marten, who's trying to...
Amazon.com ReviewAmazon Best Books of the Month, October 2011: In this expansive yet detailed historical gem, David Abulafia covers the full course of human history o...
From Publishers WeeklyAn intriguing, 200-year-old mystery propels this multilayered stand-alone from British author McDermid set in England's Lake District. Scholar Jane Gresham pu...
EDITORIAL REVIEW: Set in 130 AD on the Isle of Avalon, a lonely young druid finds more than he expected on a quest for the lost Grail of Avalon—he finds a bewitching Roman beauty. ...
Product DescriptionEver wonder what could bring a demon to the gates of heaven? Aliisza and Kaanyr Vhok have returned from their attempted invasion of Menzoberranzan and turned...
The Dowells, a wealthy American couple, have been close friends with the Ashburnhams for years. Edward Ashburnham, a first-rate soldier, seems to be the perfect English gentleman, ...
From Publishers WeeklyStarred Review. Throaty New York dialogue is wonderfully realized by Richard M. Davidson, who leads the way for a small cast of narrators who assume various r...
Few, if any, thinkers and writers today would have the imagination, the breadth of knowledge, the literary skill, and-yes-the audacity to conceive of a powerful, secular alternativ...
SUMMARY: After risking her life to uncover a Chinese imperial seal, only to have it stolen by a cunning tomb robber, archaeologist Annja Creed feels she has endured one treasure-hu...
Orphaned by a cholera epidemic, Neb and his young brother are sent to the desolate farm of their last living relative. But when the savage Horsekin tribes begin raiding the village...