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Reclaiming HERstory: Fact-inspired Fiction & Love Games

  The Sky Worshipers [sic] a Novel of Mongol Conquests by F.M. Deemyad*   speculative historical fiction   History Through Fiction, March 2021   This epic saga sweeps across the northern and eastern hemispheres with a propulsive mix of cultural grandeur, aggressive conflicts, and intimate specificity in its central characters. Make sure to savor every tidbit offered in the introduction, all four books of the richly layered narrative, and epilogue. Recommended resources and acknowledgments will likely add multiple titles to each reader’s TBR list.   In the introduction the author states an intention, “… not to write a book of horror but one resembling ‘One Thousand and One Nights' that would be enjoyable to read.”   Mission accomplished.   https://www.historythroughfiction.com/theskyworshipers Sisters in Arms by Kaia Alderson   historical fiction with romantic elements   William Morrow Paperbacks, August 2021   Sisterhood in many forms guides Grace Steele and Eliza Jones from the Un