At the age of nine, Betty Markowitz already understood why her family had to leave their small hometown and move to the bigger city of Bratislava, Czechoslovakia-and then on to Budapest, Hungary: “I knew we had to leave because an evil... Read More

In his unerringly superlative writing, Mowat is once again standing the archaeological world on end. Almost thirty-five years after releasing his controversial theory that the Norse were the first Europeans to discover the North American... Read More

After traveling into the seventeenth century with his first novel The Strange Death of Mistress Coffin (1991), Begiebing continues his historical explorations—this time into the middle of the nineteenth century—with the aid of his... Read More

An intriguing debut novel, Calhoun’s Firegold captures the imagination as readers follow the adventure-filled story of Jonathon Brae, the unraveling of the mysterious poem about the legendary Firegold and how Jonathon and the poem are... Read More

What if, during the height of the Cold War, the defense plans of Western Europe and the United States had been compromised—and the Soviet Bloc had attacked successfully? A scary thought, but from 1983 to 1994 this scenario was not as... Read More

Renowned author and lecturer on the Celtic and Arthurian tradition, Matthews has searched the almost forgotten archives of Scotland, Wales and Ireland for the very best fairy tales in the Celtic tradition. The result is this companion... Read More

When a self-proclaimed “Psychic Advisor” named Marcos is found decapitated near Pittsburgh’s Point area fountain, assistant police chief Thomas Santucci calls upon the talents of his long-time friend—and retired mentalist—... Read More

In the midst of the Depression, Merlin Richards feels fortunate to have landed a prestigious architectural commission—until a body is found swaying from a rafter of the building he has just designed. It really had been wonderful: being... Read More