” The Seven Wonders and Raiders of the Nile combine with this latest to establish him as the undisputed master of the Roman historical mystery.” “Saylor has concocted one of his best novels so far with this tale of intrigue and extraordinarily bloody reckonings…an international thriller, with espionage, world-shaking events, and plenty of plots, plans, and conspiracies.” - Edge Boston “A highly suspenseful plot and a moving resolution distinguish Saylor’s masterful novel featuring Roman sleuth Gordianus the Finder in his younger years.” Wrath may be Saylor's most thought-provoking work.” - USA Today “Compelling characters swirl through the fast-moving, cleverly constructed plot.With its expert mix of comedy and tragedy, after the fall of the Carthage, as a handful of survivors are hunted down by ruthless Roman mercenaries-a timeless tale of cruelty and betrayal, courage and freedom.Ī Bookish Bent: Essays About Reading, Writing & George Bush’s Close Call on the Running Trail for Kindle Nook Three short stories from three different genres: “Insecticide” is a chilling tale of the near-future… “Murder Myth-Begotten” is a modern-day story of suspense…and “The Eagle and the Rabbit” is set in 146 B.C.Henry himself, he saves a cunning twist for the end.” (Washington Post Book World) “Saylor, a veteran of the historical novel, navigates these rapids with confident skill.Better still, in the manner of O. Henry as his fictional hero, Steven artfully blends real characters and true crime in an engrossing work of fiction. …says the New York Times about A Twist at the End, Steven’s epic novel about the Texas Servant Girl murders of 1885-America’s first recorded serial murders-now available for Kindle “A riveting historical mystery…fascinating & provocative” Now available for Kindle, Nook, or iBooks. At once a literary novel, a murder mystery, and a gothic romance, Have You Seen Dawn? pays homage to the genres it evokes, even as it quietly subverts them. Steven delivers ”something really different with a small-town Texas Gothic…An interesting, offbeat book, written in a quiet tone despite its sensational subject and its twist in the conventional serial killer psyche,” says The Poisoned Pen Booknews.
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