The heroic young African woman whom Tarzan meets, N’Kimba, has traveled across the midsection of Africa from the east—the hunting grounds of the legendary Maasai lion hunters in what is now Kenya and Tanzania. She comes in search of her parents, seized by slave hunters and taken back to work in the rubber plantations of the Congo Free State. Her own home, to which she and Tarzan later journey, is on the east side of Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean. It is the homeland of the Maasai, but also … [Read more...] about Tarzan in the Heart of Darkness by Walter Donway
Interview with Author – C.M. Huddleston
About C.M. Huddleston: Connie M. Huddleston loved history and dreamed of writing a book even as a child. However, she got sidetracked. She became an Army wife, a mother, an elementary school teacher, an archaeologist, and an historic preservation consultant, before publishing her first book! In 2017, she published her ninth and tenth volumes, all dealing with her first love, our nation’s past. While four are written for children under the name C.M. Huddleston, her other works are histories … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – C.M. Huddleston
Interview with Author – Emma Rose Millar
About Emma Rose Millar: I'm a single mother and an author of historical fiction, living in the UK. I also work part time as a sign language interpreter. My first novel, Five Guns Blazing, based on the true story of pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, won the Chaucer Award For Historical Fiction, (Legend Category) in 2014. My novel, The Women Friends: Selina, inspired by Gustav Klimt's sensuous masterpiece, was shortlisted for the Goethe Award for Late Historical Fiction, in 2016. I am … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Emma Rose Millar
Interview with Author – David Chadwick
About David Chadwick: I am a British author whose debut novel Liberty Bazaar was published in May 2015 by Aurora Metro Books. It is a historical novel set in Liverpool during the American Civil War and is based on real events that happened in the city – and could have radically altered the course of the conflict. The novel was named by Kirkus Reviews as one of the 10 Best Historical Indie Novels of 2015 and been positively endorsed by Professor James M McPherson, author of the Pulitzer … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – David Chadwick
Daring Passage: Book Two of the Spirited Away Saga by Maggie Plummer
DARING PASSAGE is the much-awaited sequel to Maggie Plummer's bestselling first novel, SPIRITED AWAY - A NOVEL OF THE STOLEN IRISH. The first book paints an intimate, compelling portrait of 1650s Irish slavery in the Caribbean. DARING PASSAGE tells the rest of Irish slave Freddy O'Brennan's tale. It's still 1656, and Freddy is on the run. Determined to protect her young children and keep her family together, she is tested more than ever as she navigates a choking gauntlet of greed, … [Read more...] about Daring Passage: Book Two of the Spirited Away Saga by Maggie Plummer
Bargain Book: Fight or Flight by Chele Cooke
A single secret might change a war, but a lie can destroy those fighting it. Georgianna Lennox’s biggest fear has become reality: she has been sold as a slave. Caught in the middle of the brewing war between the Adveni oppressors and Belsa rebels, she is recruited to be the rebels’ eyes behind enemy lines. As the Belsa make bolder attacks against the cruel Adveni, Georgianna finds that the lies she is tasked to tell her owner are nothing compared to the secrets she must keep from her … [Read more...] about Bargain Book: Fight or Flight by Chele Cooke
Bargain Book: Dead and Buryd by Chele Cooke
A single life could liberate an entire race, but the life required may be her own. Georgianna Lennox has spent her life helping others. When a friend is sold into slavery, she must weigh this one life against the harsh consequences of defying the ruthless Adveni oppressors of her people. Putting her trust in a group of rebels, Georgianna becomes caught in a web of lies and cruelty, where the sparks of the revolution may consume them all. Targeted Age Group: 16+ Book Price: 0.99 Link … [Read more...] about Bargain Book: Dead and Buryd by Chele Cooke
Bargain Book: Dead and Buryd by Chele Cooke
This book is bargain priced until 12/08/2014 A single life could liberate an entire race, but the life required may be her own. Georgianna Lennox has spent her life helping others. When a friend is sold into slavery, she must weigh this one life against the harsh consequences of defying the ruthless Adveni oppressors of her people. Putting her trust in a group of rebels, Georgianna becomes caught in a web of lies and cruelty, where the sparks of the revolution may consume them … [Read more...] about Bargain Book: Dead and Buryd by Chele Cooke
Dark Genesis by A. D. Koboah @adkoboah
Life for a female slave is one of hardship and unspeakable sorrow, something Luna knows only too well. But not even she could have foreseen the terror that would befall her one sultry Mississippi evening in the summer of 1807. On her way back from a visit to see the African woman, a witch who has the herbs Luna needs to rid her of her abusive master’s child, she attracts the attention of a deadly being that lusts for blood. Forcibly removed from everything she knows by this tormented … [Read more...] about Dark Genesis by A. D. Koboah @adkoboah
Rising Dark by A. D. Koboah @adkoboah
When the newly married Reverend Avery Wentworth embarks on a journey to the Americas to begin a new life, he foresees only joy ahead of him. But along with the shocking evils prevalent in a world of slavery, he comes against a much older, darker evil that steals his soul and turns him into a creature of the night. Cut off from humanity, he wanders through a wilderness of despair. A nameless, faceless creature forced to exist in the shadows, his only hope for salvation is the vision of a … [Read more...] about Rising Dark by A. D. Koboah @adkoboah
Book Excerpt: Dark Genesis by A. D. Koboah
About your Book: Life for a female slave is one of hardship and unspeakable sorrow, something Luna knows only too well. But not even she could have foreseen the terror that would befall her one sultry Mississippi evening in the summer of 1807. On her way back from a visit to see the African woman, a witch who has the herbs Luna needs to rid her of her abusive master’s child, she attracts the attention of a deadly being that lusts for blood. Forcibly removed from everything she knows by this … [Read more...] about Book Excerpt: Dark Genesis by A. D. Koboah
