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Nimona

"I'm the villain. What do you suppose that says about you?" Author: ND Stevenson Lord Ballister Blackheart is labeled a villain, but he is more in-line with a peace-loving activist. His supposedly malicious scheme – to reveal the lies of the Institute of Law Enforcement and how they are stockpiling and using poison on the people. Unfortunately for Blackheart, his ex-lover and the kingdom’s current golden boy, Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin, is in league with the corrupt institute. Taking one down will take the other down, and Blackheart is conflicted. That is, until a shapeshifting, violent, sidekick wanna-be storms her way into [...]

2025-06-16T18:29:08-07:00June 16th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , , |

Black Death: The World’s Most Devastating Plague, The

An Engaging Deep-Dive Into History Author: Dorsey Armstrong Browsing through the Audible catalog one day, I ran across Dorsey Armstrong’s 24 lecture series on the Black Death. The Black Death shaped so much of what we call modern day society, and the ramifications and horrors of a world-wide plague continue to (rightfully) scare us to this day. Even those of us who aren’t especially intrigued by history find the Black Death equal parts interesting and ultimately terrifying. After all, the Covid-19 pandemic proved that the days of worldwide sickness are far from behind us, especially since we live and breathe in [...]

2023-04-16T09:47:53-07:00April 16th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

Daughter of Doctor Moreau, The

A Less Animalistic Retelling Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia He claims to be running a sanatorium in the Yaxaktun jungle, but what he is really doing is far more secretive and more disturbing. Dr. Moreau is an outcast scientist, a man who is trying to create the perfect human/animal hybrid. And here, buried in the jungle, away from the eyes of the law, he has free reign to keep creating, to keep experimenting. In the jungle, Dr. Moreau has few helpers. He has his sickly daughter, Carlotta, now a nearly grown woman, who works with the hybrids – his failed experiments – [...]

2023-01-15T12:45:55-07:00January 15th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |
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