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About the Book Genre: Thriller, Mystery Publication Date: ‎9th September 2025 Publisher: Bantam Books Robert Langdon is back in the long-awaited new race-against-time thriller from the global bestselling author of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons.Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she’s been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon’s world spirals out of control when …
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Genre: Historical Fiction Date Published: 13th January 2026 Publisher: Acorn Publishing In a world where women are seen but rarely heard, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard refuses to be silenced. The daughter of Parisian shopkeepers, Adélaïde dreams not of marriage or titles but of earning a place among the masters of French art. With Queen Marie Antoinette on the …
Continue reading "[Release Blitz]: Adélaïde: Painter of the Revolution by Janell Strube"
A new year, a new blog post. Today, I'm hosting historical fiction author Janell Strube, whose novel, Adélaïde: Painter of the Revolution, is coming out on 13th January with Acorn Publishing. Guest Post Historical Fiction is never really about history. It is our lens of today looking at issues with a backward focus, trying to learn …
This is my final post for the year 2025. And what a year it's been! In July, DIVE BEYOND ETERNITY celebrated its two-year anniversary and was shortlisted for the Eyelands International Book Award in November. I look forward to discovering the winners on 30th December. Throughout the year, I participated in several book events, both …
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About the Book Genre: Celtic Fantasy, Historical Fantasy Publication Date: ‎7th November 2024 Publisher: Northodox Press Porth Tymestl, a small Southwestern Welsh coastal village in the early 1800s. John Kincarran, lost at sea. Lost in her own sea of grief, Ffion Kincarran curses the ocean beyond the graveyard walls. Inclement weather has caused the catch to decrease, causing …
Continue reading "[Book Review]: Abraxus Elijah Honey by Ella Ruby Self"
About the Book Genre: Mystery, Thriller Date Published: 11th November 2025 What would you risk to uncover a secret buried for over 150 years? From bestselling and multi–award-winning author David R. Leng comes the next pulse-pounding installement in the Echoes of Fortune series.. When historian Jack Sullivan, Smithsonian curator Emma Wilson, and fellow former Navy SEAL …
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Today, Eyelands Book Awards announced its short list for 2025. My dark, nautical sci-fi/thriller Dive Beyond Eternity is amongst the finalists in the Sci-fi/Thriller/Crime (published books) category. https://eyelands.gr/2025/11/20/eyelands-book-awards-2025-finalists/#like-6901?page_id=6901 About the Award In 2018, Strange Days Books and Eyelands.gr decided it was time to launch Eyelands Book Awards and Three Rock Writers’ Residency Program. The former …
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About the Book Genre: Non-fiction, Maritime History Publication Date: ‎ 20th September 2018 (first published) Publisher: Random House Books In the early years of Queen Victoria’s reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time. On the first, she ventured further south than any human had ever been. On the second, she …
Continue reading "[Book Review]: Erebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin"
About the Book Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera Publication Date: 20th March 2025 Publisher: Northodox Press SOMETHING WAITS IN THE FAR REACHES OF THE SOLAR SYSTEMIn the depths of the Kuiper Belt, a collision between a science vessel and a lifeless alien ship sends shockwaves through the solar system. As a desperate salvage mission is launched, notorious war criminal …
Continue reading "[Book Review]: The Triton Run by Paul S Edwards"
In August, I hosted Jon Byrne and his historical adventure "Sword Brethren" . I picked this book because of its references to Prince Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod, a prominent figure in Russian history and a saint of Russian Orthodox church. Alexander Nevsky rose to power and got a legendary status after his victories over Swedish …
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