The Truth of All Things – Kieran Shields

About the book Two hundred years after the Salem witch trials, in the summer of 1892, a grisly new witch hunt is beginning…. When newly appointed Deputy Marshal Archie Lean is called in to investigate a prostitute’s murder in Portland, Maine, he’s surprised to find the body laid out like a pentagram and pinned to…

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The Troupe – Robert Jackson Bennett

About the book   Vaudeville: mad,mercenary, dreamy, and absurd, a world of clashing cultures and ferociousshowmanship and wickedly delightful deceptions.   But sixteen-year-old pianist George Carole hasjoined vaudeville for one reason only: to find the man he suspects to be hisfather, the great Heironomo Silenus. Yet as he chases down his father’s troupe,he begins to…

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11/22/63 – Stephen King

About the book On November 22,1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the worldchanged forever.  If you had the chance to change the course ofhistory, would you?  Would the consequences be worth it?  Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old highschool English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teachingadults in…

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Jack of Ravens – Mark Chadbourn

Aboutthe book A quest of epicreach spanning the globe under the mythologies of five great cultures – andfinally crossing the barrier between life and death.  Jack Churchill, archaeologist and dreamer, walksout of the mist and into Celtic Britain more than two thousand years before hewas born, with no knowledge of how he got there.  All…

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A Discovery of Witches – Deborah Harkness

About the book Debut novelist Harkness has crafted a mesmerizingand addictive read, equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense–arichly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, andthe mysterious manuscript that draws them together. 579pages (Hardcover) Publishedon: February 8, 2011 Author’swebpage —– BeforeI start this review, I must apologize to the author. This…

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The Native Star – M.K. Hobson

About the book The year is 1876. Inthe small Sierra Nevada settlement of Lost Pine, the town witch, Emily Edwards,is being run out of business by an influx of mail-order patent magics.Attempting to solve her problem with a love spell, Emily only makes thingsworse. But before she can undo the damage, an enchanted artifact falls…

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The Doctor and the Kid – Mike Resnick

About the book Doc Holliday needs to replenish his bankrollquickly and uses his skill as a shootist to turn bounty hunter. The biggestreward is for the death of Billy the Kid. Doc enlists the aid of both magic(Geronimo) and science (Thomas Edison). 323pages (paperback) Publishedby: Pyr Author’swebsite Thanks to Pyr for sending me a copy…

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The Third Section – Jasper Kent

About the book The third novel in Jasper Kent’s enthralling, chilling and acclaimed historical vampire sequence — The Danilov Quintet.Russia 1855. After forty years of peace in Europe, war rages. In the Crimea, the city of Sevastopol is besieged. In the north, Saint Petersburg is blockaded. But in Moscow there is one who needs only…

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Territory – Emma Bull

About the book Wyatt Earp. DocHolliday. Ike Clanton.   You think you know the story. You don’t.   Tombstone, Arizona in 1881 is the site of one ofthe richest mineral strikes in American history, where veins of silver run likeley lines under the earth, a network of power that belongs to anyone who knowshow to…

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