Dragondoom (Mithgar book #5)
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One of Dennis L. McKiernan's most acclaimed novels, Dragondoom brings the fascinating world of...
Snow Blind
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With the holidays over and the long cold winter looming, January can be a bleak month in...
Cartographers: A Roll Player Tale
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Queen Gimnax has ordered the reclamation of the northern lands. As a cartographer in her service,...
Bleed In The Night (Blood and Bonds #2)
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Tyler Lomax met Lucien, supposedly the oldest haemophile in existence, on a dark night in the depths...
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Under A Cloud (The Rival Courts #2)
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Vicky's father, Albert, the Prince Consort, has just died, leaving her and her family under a heavy...
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Ships of War: Murky Waters
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1791 - England's cannon remain ever silent as her shipping is ruthlessly preyed upon, a detestable...
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The Party
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An unforgettable story about two sisters and a night that changes everything, from the master...
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Quillan Creek and the Little War (Time Stones #1)
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Jessie Mason lives with her nose in the pages of history. But she is about to discover that the past...
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ClareR (6256 KP) rated Traitor in the Ice in Books
May 27, 2026
These Daniel Pursglove books are on my list of “Series I didn’t want to read and now I’m addicted to”, and they all seem to be historical fiction mysteries. Because, y’know, I don’t like mysteries either.
So! Daniel Pursglove is a spy in the early 1600’s and here he is, embroiled in the religious goings-on of the Montagues - a family who are rumoured to shelter Catholics. King James isn’t happy.
There are loads of secrets, spooky occurrences, a murder or two and plenty of suspense. It seems very historically accurate to me: it’s winter, and everything is cold, dark and difficult to live in!
This is a series I’ll be continuing with, there are another two books so far, so that should illustrate how good they are. He’s a very likeable main character, and he’s clearly being pressurised into being a spy.
Recommended!
David McK (3932 KP) rated Captain America: Brave New World (2025) in Movies
Feb 22, 2025
It may help to have seen Disney Plus's "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" beforehand, or even have a quick recap of the same - whilst I had watched that series when it was released, I had forgotten some (but not all) of what proved to be salient plot points for this.
Anyway, here Anthony Mackie is now the new Captain America whereas Harrison Ford is now-president Thaddeus Ross, consumed with guilt over his estrangement from his daughter Betty after the events of The Incredible Hulk, and still convinced he did the right thing in creating the Sokovia Accords that tore the Avengers apart (see: Captain America: Civil War).
This movie also - finally! - acknowledges the events of The Eternals, in particular with the body of a half-born Celestial in the ocean providing the impetus for the plot.