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Kicking Off the New Year with Gods and Heroes
A list of eight recent historical fantasy books for those who enjoy gods, heroes, and the high stakes that come when the two clash.
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Kaikeyi: the Evil Step-Mother We All Wish We Could Be
In a tale of myths and gods and heroes, Kaikeyi is merely a woman trying to find power over her own life, but when her destiny clashes with the gods, she must decide if her beliefs and hopes for the world are worth destroying her family.
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Piranesi: Enter a World both Mysterious and Known
Susanna Clarke's Piranesi introduces readers to a word both mysterious and familiar as she weaves a spell of urgent discovery wrought with lyrical wonder.
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The Wolf and the Woodsman: Why Medieval History Lovers Must Read this Book
Inspired by Hungarian history and Jewish mythology, this novel reads like a mythical adventure that bleeds truth. The world itself is richly imagined with detailed settings, a whole cast of peoples, religions, and beliefs, and tangled politics that reflect the complexities of the middle ages--such as the treatment of Jews, the intricacies of cultural identity, the acquiring and claiming of pagan stories/myths by Christianity, and the political power of the Catholic Church.
