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Sword of Kings
by Bernard Cornwell
Uhtred of Bebbanburg fights to reclaim his ancestral home and defend England from Viking invaders in the 10th century.
A fishing ship from Bebbanburg goes missing. Then the body of one of its crew washes ashore; it is clear the fisherman had been tortured before being killed. Uhtred, Lord of Bebbanburg, goes to sea ... (Wikipedia)
The Flame Bearer
by Bernard Cornwell
A Saxon warrior embarks on a quest to reclaim his homeland from Viking invaders.
Uhtred fails again to capture Bebbanburg. His son-in-law, the pagan warlord Sigtryggr, king of Northumbria, asks for help against invading West Saxons who seem intent on breaking the recent truce ... (Wikipedia)
Warriors of the Storm
by Bernard Cornwell
Uhtred of Bebbanburg fights to reclaim his ancestral home while facing new enemies and old rivalries in 9th century England.
Northmen led by Ragnall Ivarson invade Mercia near Uhtred's fortress of Ceaster . Ragnall, whose brother Sigtryggr is married to Uhtred's daughter Stiorra, has been driven out of Ireland by the ... (Wikipedia)
When Christ and His Saints Slept
by Sharon Kay Penman
Epic tale of medieval England, exploring the power struggles of the Plantagenet dynasty.
A.D. 1135. As church bells tolled for the death of England's King Henry I, his barons faced the unwelcome prospect of being ruled by a woman: Henry's beautiful daughter Maude, Countess of Anjou. But ... (Goodreads)
Lieutenant Hornblower
by C.S. Forester
An adventurous naval officer navigates the dangerous high seas of the Napoleonic Wars.
William Bush , who becomes Hornblower's faithful companion and best friend, is introduced boarding HMS, Renown, as the third lieutenant . Hornblower is the fifth and most junior lieutenant. It is ... (Wikipedia)
Mr. Midshipman Hornblower
by C.S. Forester
Follow the adventures of Horatio Hornblower, a young midshipman in the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.
This novel is episodic, with named chapters (that begin with Hornblower) that often focus on a self-contained incident. In this story, a gawky and seasick Hornblower comes aboard his first ship. He ... (Wikipedia)
Past Tense
by Lee Child
Jack Reacher finds himself stranded in a small town, uncovering dark secrets and facing dangerous enemies.
While traveling to Portsmouth, New Hampshire , Jack Reacher takes a detour to the town of Laconia , to visit his father Stan Reacher's childhood home. He meets Elizabeth Castle, the town clerk, and ... (Wikipedia)
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
A mysterious journey through a hidden realm of London, filled with danger and unexpected allies.
Neverwhere is the story of Richard Mayhew and his trials and tribulations in London. At the start of the story, he is a young businessman, recently moved from Scotland and with a normal life ahead. ... (Wikipedia)
A Legacy of Spies
by John le Carré
A former spy must confront the consequences of his past actions.
Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of ... (Goodreads)
Anything Is Possible
by Elizabeth Strout
An exploration of the interconnected lives of a small town's inhabitants, and the power of redemption.
Short story collection Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others. Here are two sisters: one ... (Goodreads)
La Belle Sauvage
by Philip Pullman
A daring adventure of a young girl and her allies, in a future world threatened by forces of oppression.
Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his dæmon Asta live three miles from Oxford. Malcolm works alongside fifteen-year-old Alice in his parents' inn, The Trout, close to the Priory of St. Rosamund ... (Wikipedia)
A Column of Fire
by Ken Follett
Political and religious intrigue in 16th century Europe, where secrets and loyalty are tested.
Beginning in 1558, and continuing through 1605, the story chronicles the romance between Ned Willard and Margery Fitzgerald, as well as the political intrigue of the royal courts of England , France ... (Wikipedia)
Baptism of Fire
by Andrzej Sapkowski
A young man's quest to become a witcher, facing danger and unexpected allies.
In the aftermath of the Thanedd incident , war is still raging between Nilfgaard and the Northern Kingdoms. The elf sorceress Francesca Findabair has been installed by Nilfgaardian Emperor Emhyr as ... (Wikipedia)
Written in My Own Heart's Blood
by Diana Gabaldon
Epic tale of romance, adventure and intrigue set during the American Revolutionary War.
It is June 1778, and the world seems to be turning upside-down. The British Army is withdrawing from Philadelphia, with George Washington in pursuit, and for the first time, it looks as if the rebels ... (Goodreads)
An Echo in the Bone
by Diana Gabaldon
18th-century Scottish and American characters struggle with loyalty, betrayal, and love in the midst of war.
In the 20th century at Lallybroch, Brianna, Roger, Jem, and Mandy are reading letters from Claire and Jamie from the past, one of which mentions hidden gold, with a location known only to Jem. ... (Wikipedia)
The Fiery Cross
by Diana Gabaldon
Epic saga of a time-traveling couple navigating the dangers of 18th century Scotland.
Claire, the heroine of Outlander , figures in The Fiery Cross as a reluctant oracle and wife to Jamie Fraser, her 18th-century partner, and faces the politics and turmoil of the forthcoming American ... (Wikipedia)
Fantasy of Frost
by Kelly St. Clare
A young woman with a secret power is forced to participate in a deadly game of magic and survival.
Fantasy of Frost is the first action-packed title in The Tainted Accords. , , ,, Sometimes it takes death to show you how to live., , , ... (Barnes & Noble)
Bad Memory
by Lisa Gray
A woman with a traumatic past struggles to remember the details of a crime she witnessed.
Private investigator Jessica Shaw is leading a quiet life in a Californian desert community, where she spends her days working low-level cases. But when a former resident asks Jessica to help her ... (Goodreads)
The Andromeda Strain
by Michael Crichton
Scientists race against time to contain a deadly virus of extraterrestrial origin.
A team from an Air Force base is deployed to recover a military satellite that has returned to Earth, but contact is lost abruptly. Aerial surveillance reveals that everyone in Piedmont, Arizona , ... (Wikipedia)
Beartown
by Fredrik Backman
A small-town hockey team and its community grapple with the consequences of a traumatic event.
Peter Andersson, in his forties, is the general manager of the ice hockey club in Beartown, a small town located somewhere in Sweden. Peter grew up in Beartown and was a junior hockey star. He went ... (Wikipedia)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
by John le Carré
A British agent's mission to infiltrate East Germany during the Cold War, full of suspense and intrigue.
In this classic, John le Carre's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he created a world unlike any previously experienced in suspense fiction. With unsurpassed knowledge ... (Goodreads)
Alternate Side
by Anna Quindlen
A New York City couple's seemingly perfect life is disrupted when a violent incident occurs on their quiet street.
The tensions in a tight-knit neighborhood—and a seemingly happy marriage—are exposed by an unexpected act of violence in this provocative new novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of ... (Goodreads)
The Last Wish
by Andrzej Sapkowski
A dark fantasy adventure, filled with monsters, magic, and morality.
The King of Temeria, Foltest, has offered a reward to anyone who can lift the curse on his daughter, Adda (the result of an incestuous union with his late sister, also named Adda), who was born as a ... (Wikipedia)
Unmarriageable
by Soniah Kamal
A modern retelling of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" set in Pakistan. A story of love, family, and societal expectations.
In this one-of-a-kind retelling of, Pride and Prejudice, set in modern-day Pakistan, Alys Binat has sworn never to marry—until an encounter with one Mr. Darsee at a wedding makes her reconsider. A ... (Goodreads)
World Without End
by Ken Follett
Epic tale of love and war, tracing the lives of two families over centuries.
The novel begins in the fictional city of Kingsbridge, England in the year 1327 . Four children - Merthin, Caris, Gwenda, and Merthin's brother Ralph - head into the woods on All Hallows Day . ... (Wikipedia)
The Shadow Land
by Elizabeth Kostova
A young American woman searches for a family lost in Bulgaria, uncovering secrets and confronting the country's dark past.
From the #1 bestselling author of The Historian comes an engrossing novel that spans the past and the present and unearths the dark secrets of Bulgaria, a beautiful and haunted country. A young ... (Goodreads)
The Lido
by Libby Page
A community comes together to save their local lido from closure, changing the lives of two women in the process.
A tender, joyous debut novel about a cub reporter and her eighty-six-year-old subject—and the unlikely and life-changing friendship that develops between them. Kate is a twenty-six-year-old riddled ... (Goodreads)
Deep Down
by Lee Child
Jack Reacher investigates a case of missing persons in a small town, uncovering a dark conspiracy.
Summoned by Military Intelligence to Washington, D.C., Reacher is sent undercover. The assignment that awaits him: The army is meeting with its Capitol Hill paymasters for classified talks on a new, ... (Goodreads)
The Mysteries of Udolpho
by Ann Radcliffe
Orphaned Emily St. Aubert is imprisoned in a castle by her cruel guardian, encountering supernatural events and mysteries.
The Mysteries of Udolpho is a quintessential Gothic romance , replete with incidents of physical and psychological terror: remote crumbling castles, seemingly supernatural events, a brooding, ... (Wikipedia)
Caliban's War
by James S.A. Corey
War between rival colonies on a hostile planet, with humanity's survival at stake.
On Ganymede , Mei Meng is kidnapped from her preschool by her doctor. Several hours later, Earth and Martian space marines are attacked and effortlessly killed by a super soldier , with Bobbie ... (Wikipedia)
