Melisende's Library

Synopsis: Thousands of exhibits. Millions of visitors. One supernatural killer. Neva's goals at the 1893 World's Columbian Expositi...

From  The Bookseller :  Tributes have been paid to “amazing” fantasy author Terry Goodkind , best known for the 17-volume Sword of Truth se...

A mystical weapon. A treacherous legacy. A vengeful demon on the brink of bringing worldwide annihilation. Fouled-mouthed thief-assa...

Review by Olivia Ho for  The Straits Times : In the tale of Rumpelstiltskin, a girl must spin straw into gold. Writer Naomi Novik pulls ...

From   Entertainment Weekly : If the buzz surrounding it is any indication, Bloodleaf has a good chance of becoming your next YA obsession....

From  NY Daily News : " The Poppy War " brings to life a war orphan named Fang Runin or Rin for short, who barely makes a life...

Fergus Sheppard’s world changes forever the day his car crashes near the remote village of Allingley. Traumatised by his near-death experi...

From  Books | The Guardian : Joan of Arc and Christine de Pizan are reimagined in a post-apocalyptic dystopia, in this compellingly am...

From CNET : Katherine Arden's new book, " The Girl in the Tower , " is an evocative fairy tale for adults set in medieval ...

..... he lives by his pen, his wit, his nerves, his temper, his ambitions, his appetites,  his ability to manoeuvre on several fields at...

I love it when the villain gets to tell their side of the story .... and in this instance, it is the tale of Captain James Cook - of Captai...

With the latest round of additions to the Library, anyone would think I might have an addiction - to books that is.  I make no secret of th...

What do you get when a veteran academic with specializations in Renaissance history, alchemy and medieval science turns her hand to fiction...

Here are the last few additions to the Library for May 2017: I, Claudius by Robert Graves Bringing to life the subterfuge and double...

who controls the past controls the future I was intrigued to say the least when I cam across this new (to me anyway) series of fictional...

Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of 18th century Cairo, she’s a con woman of unsurpassed talent....

5 fantasy novels to read while you wait for next Game of Thrones book | books$ht-picks | Hindustan Times With George RR Martin’s The Winds...

I have been a little lax in updating the new additions to my Library, so here are the additions for May & June 2016 - quite an eclectic ...

Anyone who is familiar with the history of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem cannot but be struck by the similarities in the Book of Outremer ...

Welcome to my page on author extraordinare Dan McGirt. Never heard of him?? Well that's your loss. Dan McGirt is a force to be recknoned...