This was a beautifully written alternate history. I'm usually fond of this type of story, where magic exists in our history, and this look at 18th century Europe did not disappoint.
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Long Shot by David Alan Mack (Star Trek: Seekers, #3)
SCIENCE GONE MAD... Bizarre sensor readings lead the Starfleet scout ship Sagittarius to an alien world where efforts to harness …
Dunstable rated All the Seas of the World: 4 stars

All the Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay
Returning triumphantly to the brilliantly evoked near-Renaissance world of A Brightness Long Ago and Children of Earth and Sky, international …
Dunstable rated Tragedy of Coriolanus: 4 stars

Tragedy of Coriolanus by William Shakespeare
"This generously annotated updated edition of Coriolanus provides a thorough reconsideration of Shakespeare's remarkable, and probably his last, tragedy. A …
Dunstable finished reading The Embroidered Book by Kate Heartfield
Dunstable rated The Embroidered Book: 5 stars
Dunstable rated Daughter of Doctor Moreau: 4 stars

Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Carlota Moreau: a young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of …
Dunstable rated Hollow Men: 4 stars

Hollow Men by Una McCormack (Star trek, deep space nine (Series))
Back cover text: At the turning point of the Dominion War, Captain Benjamin Sisko of Starbase Deep Space 9, facing …
Dunstable rated Sea of Tranquility: 2 stars

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Edwin St. Andrew is eighteen years old when he crosses the Atlantic by steamship, exiled from polite society following an …
Dunstable finished reading The Enterprise War by John Jackson Miller (Star Trek: Discovery, #5)

The Enterprise War by John Jackson Miller (Star Trek: Discovery, #5)
An all-new novel based upon the explosive Star Trek TV series!
A shattered ship, a divided crew—trapped in the infernal …
Dunstable rated The Enterprise War: 3 stars

The Enterprise War by John Jackson Miller (Star Trek: Discovery, #5)
An all-new novel based upon the explosive Star Trek TV series!
A shattered ship, a divided crew—trapped in the infernal …
Dunstable finished reading The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb
Dunstable rated The Violin Conspiracy: 5 stars
Dunstable wants to read This body's not big enough for both of us by Edgar Cantero

This body's not big enough for both of us by Edgar Cantero
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Meddling Kids comes a brilliantly subversive and comic thriller celebrating noir detectives, …