Xena: Warrior Princess: All Roads: Volume 1
Jenny Frison, Ariel Medel and Genevieve Valentine
Book
To the thrill of rabid fans the world over, television's Xena: Warrior Princess is back for...
Ocean's Twelve (2004)
Movie Watch
They're back. And then some. Twelve is the new eleven when Danny Ocean and pals return in a sequel...
David Cross recommended Bicycle Thieves (1948) in Movies (curated)
Never Be Broken
Book
Children are dying on London's streets. Frankie Reece, stabbed through the heart, outside a corner...
Social Creature
Book
For readers of Gillian Flynn and Donna Tartt, a dark, propulsive and addictive debut thriller,...
Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
Book
Joanna Gordon has been out and proud for years, but when her popular radio evangelist father...
ClareR (5674 KP) rated The Last Hour in Books
Mar 28, 2018
The main character, Ballista is instantly likeable. A man with morals and honour, he discovers a plot to assassinate the Emperor that runs deep in the political and military world of Rome. He, and he alone, is the one to stop the assassination of his friend, the Emperor Gallienus. Rightly or wrongly, whether he agrees with the way that Gallienus runs the Empire or not, he is duty bound to save him - if only to save the lives of his wife and children.
I would love to be able to pick out and describe a favourite part of the book, but that comes well in to the second half (and I don't want to spoil the fun for anyone else!). I haven't read a book with quite so much action in a long time. There were some real 'heart in mouth' sections, and great character building (how Harry Sidebottom found the time and space to do that, well! I suppose that's why he writes and I don't!).
I will be on the look out for more of the authors books!
Thanks to The Pigeonhole for the chance to read this book!
Vladimir Jabotinsky's Story of My Life
Brian J. Horowitz and Leonid Katsis
Book
Vladimir Jabotinsky is well remembered as a militant leader and father of the right-wing Revisionist...
The Life and Times of Moses Jacob Ezekiel: American Sculptor, Arcadian Knight
Book
The Life and Times of Moses Jacob Ezekiel: American Sculptor, Arcadian Knight tells the remarkable...
Nova Aetas Renaissance
Tabletop Game
Nova Aetas Renaissance is a cooperative tactical boardgame set in a fantastic and dark Italian...