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A Boston-based American Captured by Muslim Pirates - an Editorial Review of "An American Slave in Barbary"
Book Blurb: A Homeric American Novel An American Slave in Barbary: The Odyssey of Winston Prescott Jones is the story of a first-generation American student whose commercial ship is captured in the summer of 1801 by Muslim pirates. He spends the next sixteen years as a captive in Algiers. He rises to become a confidant to the Dey of Algiers, who is desperate to know what made the American shopkeepers and farmers believe they could defeat the British war machine, and how they
DK Marley
Feb 75 min read
Wrestling for Control of Miami Beach in the 1920s - an Editorial Review of "The Fight for Miami"
Book Blurb: A gangster. A dreamer. One city up for grabs. In The Fight for Miami , award-winning author Joseph Kovler delivers a pulse-pounding historical thriller set in the glitter and grit of 1920s-30s Miami Beach - where the American Dream goes to war with the American Underworld. Al Capone, fresh from Chicago's bloody empire, sees Miami as his next conquest. Carl Fisher, the visionary who built the city from sand and swamp, will risk everything to keep it a "sundown town
DK Marley
Feb 54 min read
Growing Up in Communist China - an Editorial Review of "The Winding Dirt Road"
Book Blurb: Hoarded in the depth of memories of the past decades, this has been a work long overdue. Written as an antithesis to all first-hand and second-hand propaganda written by both Chinese and foreign writers for China in the good part of 20th century in a fictional form, this collection, through different times and lands, gives insights into how human docile nature and characteristics are manipulated and brought about cultural and social corrosion over the century. The
DK Marley
Feb 34 min read
A Blast From the Past to 1980 - an Editorial Review of "The Right Time"
Book Blurb: “In The Right Time: Back to the 80s , Lena Gibson deftly blends women’s fiction, romance, and magical realism to craft a can’t-miss story of love and identity.” –Travis Tougaw, author of the Marcotte/Collins Investigative Thrillers Thirty-year-old Andie is struggling. Despite a fresh start—escaping an abusive ex and making a new home—her old life reaches out to reclaim her. In desperation, she makes a wish and slips back in time. The 80s are safer and have a reput
DK Marley
Feb 17 min read
A-Bomb Tests and the Effect on Children in the 1950s - an Editorial Review of "Then Came the Summer Snow"
Book Blurb: Edith Higgenbothum is a 1950s housewife and mother in the “atomic town” of Richland, Washington. Edith’s husband, Herbert, is an engineer at Hanford, a secretive federal atomic weapons facility just north of town. Edith’s world, which is enshrouded in the myths, prejudices, and delusions of 1950s America, is thrown into turmoil and fear when her son Herbie powers up his father’s uranium prospecting Geiger counter. The device emits an ear-shattering barrage of clic
DK Marley
Jan 319 min read
An Exciting Historical Science Fiction Mystery - an Editorial Review of "Yonder and Far: The Tarot Terror"
Book Blurb: Violence. Politics. Magic. What could possibly go wrong? Yonder and Far are back with new mysteries, adventures and misadventures in 1800 Boston. Banished to Earth, our two heroes from the land of the Fae are still trying to get home. As they navigate the baffling human society, their quest is full of intrigue and danger. So, of course they bring their fortune-teller friend, Mary, into it. Along with Far’s armed band of Irishmen, the trio faces a new enemy – backe
DK Marley
Jan 298 min read
Under the Grip of Communism in Romania - an Editorial Review of "The Last Patient"
Book Blurb: Honorable mention in the 2025 Readers' Favorite book awards. THE LAST PATIENT is a sweeping historical novel that captures one family’s struggle for love, survival, and identity under the grip of Communism in Romania. Spanning fifty years of political upheaval, this saga explores how ordinary lives are shaped—and sometimes shattered—by extraordinary times. Kostea and Clara meet and fall in love shortly before World War II. As they get married, build careers, and
DK Marley
Jan 276 min read
The Courageous People Living in a Despicable Place - an Editorial Review of "Escape to the Maroons"
Book Blurb: In 1792, an escaped slave, raised and living as white, is discovered and forced to flee into the Great Dismal Swamp. Barely escaping a bounty hunter, a Maroons community of fugitive slaves rescues him. Over time, Nathanial comes to accept his true identity while fighting to overcome the suspicions of his new community. Because of his pale skin, he becomes a conductor on the underground railroad, slipping runners onto ships going north. On one of his missions, fate
DK Marley
Dec 1, 202513 min read
The Quiet Bravery of Women and the Power of Memory - an Editorial Review of "The Lady at the Louvre"
Book Blurb: In Nazi-occupied Paris, Juliette Durand plays a dangerous game. To the enemy, she is a quiet museum worker—obedient, invisible. In truth, each day she risks her life. One mistake could mean discovery—and death. Decades later, Alice’s beloved grandfather entrusts her with a dying wish. Alice sets out for Paris, intrigued to learn more about Juliette Durand—the enigmatic woman he mentioned only in his final days. As Alice follows the fragile threads of Juliette’s li
DK Marley
Aug 29, 20255 min read
A Journey While in Servitude - an Editorial Review of "Maren, the Fisherman's Daughter"
Book Blurb: Herr Agner Estridsen is a prosperous wheat farmer whose good fortune is endowed from a lineage of kings and queens of...
DK Marley
Aug 28, 20255 min read
A Confronting Story About an Underrepresented Voice in History - an Editorial Review of "The Trails of Thomas(ine) Hall"
Book Blurb: Coming Soon Book Buy Link: Coming Soon Author Bio: Vaughn Roste is most drawn to telling dramatic true stories from...
DK Marley
Jul 31, 20254 min read
A Fiery Woman Joins a Cattle Drive in America's Untamed Frontier - an Editorial Review of "Red Haired Distraction"
Book Blurb: Step into the rugged Texas frontier with Red-Haired Distraction , a captivating Western novel that blends action, heart, and...
DK Marley
Jul 27, 20254 min read
Fate That is Written in the Cards - an Editorial Review of "The Prince of Cups"
Book Blurb: Fate was written in the cards—desire would seal it in fire. In the twilight of Renaissance Florence, where Savonarola's...
DK Marley
Jul 26, 20258 min read
When the Past That Haunts You Isn't Your Own - an Editorial Review of "The House on Chambers Road"
Book Blurb: Sometimes the past that comes back to haunt you isn’t yours… C.J. McGroarty blends the gothic touches of a good ghost story...
DK Marley
Jul 25, 20257 min read
The Wrongful Imprisonment of a French Nobleman - an Editorial Review of "The Lost Seigneur"
Book Blurb: The Lost Seigneur is a sequel to award-winning Chateau Laux . Set in the late 17 th and early 18 th centuries, it is the...
DK Marley
Jul 22, 20257 min read
A Dystopian Historical Tale of Injustice - an Editorial Review of "Upstream"
Book Blurb: Upstream is Jennifer M. Lane’s stunning conclusion to the story that began in Downriver. This dystopian historical tale of...
DK Marley
Jul 19, 20255 min read