Capitol Hill veteran Kenneth Ackerman re-creates an American political landscape where fierce battles for power unfolded against a chivalrous code of honor in a country struggling to emerge from the long shadow of the Civil War. James Garfield's 1880 dark horse campaign after the longest-ever Republ[...]
Tanglewood, the stable Liz loves, is facing financial ruin. But Liz won't give up, not on Tanglewood, nor on Toshak, the spirited thoroughbred mare, nor on Darren, the boy whose family owns the stable. Tanglewood, and the way of life that goes with it, is about to be sold when Darren's wealthy eccen[...]
A boy destined to lead his clan; a girl raised by wolves; a stranger with a sealed box. These are the elements of this powerful novel, set on a rocky northern coast in a distant time, in a small community who lives in dread of the coming of the legendary warrior tribe, the Dark Horse. Told in par[...]
London 1907, twenty years into the zombie Plague Reuben is a baker living in the slums of London, sharing a room with his father and an extended family of cockroaches. Poor, uneducated, and repressing all his sexual desires, he leads a life of misery, only sometimes sprinkled with gin and a rough t[...]