Paris, 1936, and when Dora Maar, a talented French photographer, painter and poet, is introduced to Pablo Picasso, she is mesmerized by his dark and intense stare. Drawn to his volcanic creativity, it isn’t long before she embarks on a passionate relationship with the Spanish artist that sometimes includes sadism and masochism and ultimately pushes […]
Chain Reactions: A Hopeful History of Uranium by Lucy Jane Santos
Chain Reactions looks at the fascinating, often-forgotten, stories that can be found throughout the history of the element. Ranging from glassworks to penny stocks, medicines to weapons, and something to be feared to a powerful source of energy, this global history not only explores the development of our scientific understanding of uranium, but also shines […]
A Good Deliverance by Toby Clements
Warwick in 1468. One drowsy summer afternoon, Sir Thomas Malory — politician, courtier, outlaw, renowned author of Le Morte D’Arthur — is seized from his garden and dragged to Newgate Prison for reasons unknown. Shivering in his foul-smelling, filthy old cell, Malory mourns his misspent life as he awaits the execution bell. But when the […]
Felicity’s War by Jean Fullerton
It’s 1941. While London is battered by air raids, Felicity ‘Fliss’ Carmichael has troubles of her own. Still reeling from catching her fiancé cheating, she flees to her childhood home at St. Winifred’s Rectory, reuniting with her sister Prue and Hester Katz, a Jewish doctor sheltering there. Though heartbroken, Fliss finds purpose again as a […]
A Savage Moon by Theodore Brun
Byzantium, 718, and the great siege is over. Crippled warrior Erlan Aurvandil is weary of war. But he must rally his strength to lead a band of misfit adventurers back to the North, to reclaim the stolen kingdom of his lover, Lilla Sviggarsdottir. For this, they need an army. To raise an army, they need […]
The Cursed Shore by JD Davies
Philippe Kermorvant, unfairly dismissed from the French Revolutionary Navy, accepts command of a privateer from its enigmatic owner. Having ignored his early misgivings, he finds the mission quickly takes a dark turn, endangering the lives of everyone on board. Meanwhile, the British prepare for an assault on the French mainland. Lord Wilden, Philippe’s cousin, is […]
Desert War by Griff Hosker
Jack Roberts is back from the Sudan and, with a crippling wound, no longer an active soldier. When he is sent to Iran to help find oil for British battleships, he has to leave home once more. This time he leaves a son who is about to embark on a military career, too. The Roberts […]
Looking for radioactivity in Las Vegas
Lucy Jane Santos, the author of Chain Reactions, is prepared to go anywhere to look for the history of radioactivity. Even Las Vegas. Fortunately, she found that the sinful city still radiates with its atomic heritage, which hasn’t decayed yet. Over the last — almost — decade of tracing the history of radioactive elements – […]