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Queen of Kings by Maria Dahvana Headley

Quiet frankly it is a bit of a mess. But I was interested in how the author would handle the historical and mythological aspects and thought it might make an entertaining read.

Ransom by David Malouf

An interesting and thought provoking approach to a classical story. Musings on war, family, stories and more wrapped in a iconic wagon ride.

The Magician by Michael Scott

Here is how I descirbed the first book in Michael Scott’s The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series (The Alchemyst): It …

The Fire Gospel by Michel Faber

Sometimes my powers of observation seem riddiculously weak.  When I first grabbed it off the library display and started reading it I …