Urban Historical

A propulsive debut of visionary scale, Make Me a City embroiders fact with fiction to tell the story of Chicago's 19th century, tracing its rise from frontier settlement to industrial colossus.

Simon Rolla was a violent and troubled youth with a scarred checkered past and a painful dark secret. He’s now a member of the notorious City of Miami Police Department, despite being raised in an impoverished Miami neighborhood where death, drugs, and crime reigned supreme. Simon's days are kept busy protecting and serving the citizens of Miami from the chaos that surrounds these mean streets. As his grandmother, Ma Ader, his boss, Captain Murphy, and his godfather, Shipyard, lay the groundwork for what seems to be a destiny filled with killers, gangsters, and cops.

On the night of February 6, 1978, a catastrophic nor'easter struck the city of New York. On that night, in a penthouse in the Upper West Side’s stately Apelles, a crowd gathered for a wild party. And on that night, Mr. Albert Haynes Caldwell - a partner emeritus at Swank, Brady & Plescher; Harvard class of '26; father of three; widower; atheist; and fiscal conservative - hatched a plan to fake a medical emergency and toss himself into the Hudson River, where he would drown.

Black Butterfly chronicles the true-life story of one of Savannah, Georgia’s most talented female impersonators of the 1980s and 1990s. Joe Nathan Williams, under the name of Miss Tiffany Ross, performed in front of standing-room-only crowds night after night and was welcome and liked by all. Know one else was on his level, he transcended female impersonator into a whole new level of entertainment. He was the very first recipient of the Ms. Club One Jefferson pageant title.

The year is 1645. A murderous war has been raging through Central Europe for 28 years, and there seems to be no end in sight. After the death of his master, Martin, Gustav is left with nothing. Only Anike is there to console him over the heavy loss. When she asks him to help her possessed father, Gustav realizes that the key to helping her—Martin's Codex Daemonum—makes no sense to him.

Why should Edmund be given the Talisman? Why should he have to give it away when the time comes? Edmund's story starts in the early '60s and tracks his life into the next century. Life-changing events occur to him that cannot be explained, except for the prophesy from that old woman! So many lives are changed when they contact Edmund, not all to the good!

The year is 1645. A murderous war has been raging in the Holy Roman Empire for 28 years, and there seems to be no end in sight. Gustav and his master have been banned from the Black Feldsher Guild and have had to take leave of the Swedish army. In the middle of winter, they roam the battle-scarred land as simple healers, helping the war-weary people. But their enemies are still on their trail.

The year is 1642. As a decades-long war rages through Central Europe, military field surgeon Martin shares a shocking truth with his apprentice Gustav: Demons are real, and the victims of battle are their reward for fighting for mankind. A reveal that changes everything.

The Herbarium, an enchanted sacred text written by the ancients, is safely hidden in a monastery outside of Chartres, or is it? In present day California, thirty-something Paige Delaney is struggling to cope. Since the death of her husband, she's felt lost, aimless, and frustrated. At the urging of her best friend, she accepts an invitation to join a Wiccan ceremony. And it's a night that changes everything. Haunted by the vivid apparition she sees in the bonfire, Paige is sent reeling when her mother reveals a long-kept family secret: that Paige is a descendant of a powerful line of witches

The Corvo Kingdom is on the brink of ruin. The wasting sickness is spreading, the queen is dying, and the people are living under the constant threat of invasion. The fate of the realm rests on the shoulders of a woman reluctant to embrace her destiny.

First in a series of 10 titles about the Black Bats (BB) Motorcycle Club by Ochil Kinnaird, this first story unfolds at the start of Shug’s journey into the world of motorcycle MCs…a nostalgic look back at the biker scene in Scotland during the mid-'70s and '80s. It details the life of a young man as he progresses through to adulthood and the effects that being involved in a "biker gang" had on the way his life was continually shaped.

Segunda Guerra Mundial. Verano de 1943. Todos los países de Europa han ido cayendo bajo el dominio nazi. El viejo continente, reducido a escombros, se ha convertido en un animal herido que agoniza víctima de los bombardeos y el fuego de artillería.

Drei Frauen und die schillernde Welt des Wintergarten-Varietés. Berlin in den 20er Jahren: Ganz unscheinbar und auf Fotos diejenige, die man gerne mal übersieht – das ist Nina von Veltheim - aber nur, solange sie stillsteht. Sobald sie in Bewegung gerät, ist sie ein Vulkan, das sagt nicht nur ihr Zwillingsbruder Carlo. Und wer sie einmal von ihrer Begeisterung für die Bühne hat sprechen hören, der vergisst sie nie wieder. So ist es denn auch kein Wunder, dass es sie aus der Uckermark ins brodelnde Berlin zieht, wo sie sich ihren Traum vom Theater erfüllen will.

A very small number of people with IQs of over 1,000 secretly live among us, concealing their extraordinary intelligence and mental powers. They call themselves Geniuses, and have—for millennia—influenced our world. Over the centuries, evil Geniuses have tried to control ordinary people, who they refer to as Ordinaries, and dominate the world. Good Geniuses have opposed them, defending the rights of Ordinaries to control their own destinies and live in freedom. A major confrontation between good and evil Geniuses is about to begin. The fate of the world hangs in the balance.

Isabeau Steelhaugh is unlike any other young lady of 1871 London—by day she is an aristocrat, by night a lab experiment. After escaping her insane mother at CinderElla's ball, Isabeau’s wolflike traits remain a secret until her sister is kidnapped. Now, Isabeau will stop at nothing to get her back. Even trust a secretive enemy. Commissioner Basil Traverson meticulously follows the Dangerous Mutant Directive: remove any mutant dangerous to society. When Isabeau is arrested, Basil offers a deal: He will help find Aurelia…if she will act as bait to lure her mother out of hiding.

Оперативного сотрудника Хронопатруля Виктора Нечаева ошибочно приговорили к смертной казни. Если бы не напарница Наташа Ростова, его жизнь так бы и закончилась. Теперь он в теле годовалого малыша в знатной венецианской семье двенадцатого века, и сама судьба предлагает ему выбор....

Eben noch kämpfte Alois Pokora im Weltkrieg. Dann erwacht er im Krankenhaus in Berlin – und die Welt ist eine andere: das Jahr 1918, der Kaiser geflohen, die alte Ordnung zerbricht. Der Bergmannssohn Alois, der Erste in der Familie mit Schulbildung, sehnt sich nach seiner Liebe Agnes – lässt sich aber bald von der soghaften neuen Freiheit erfassen, geistig, revolutionär, auch erotisch. Er gerät in die Berliner Halbwelt, schult für die dubiose "Baronin" eine Kampftruppe, trifft Rosa Luxemburg.

After saving reality and overcoming the numerous challenges that Neverland threw at her, Vanessa has been tasked to save Michael Darling from himself: he’s grown obsessed in his role as a Knight of the Round and will stop at nothing to find the ghost of James Hook, nearly getting expelled from the Knights in the process. It’s up to Vanessa to keep him safe, she can’t lose her partner to Hook’s sword. So together it’s off to Wonderland in pursuit of the pirate.

Ankhesenamun needs to produce an heir to the throne—quickly. Pharaoh Tutankhamun is young and weak. His chief advisors are planning his quiet removal, and Ankhesenamun hopes to hold them off by producing an heir who can become a stronger Pharaoh. When Pharaoh's advisors move the court from the desert city of Akhetaten back to ancient Memphis, Ankhesenamun is thrown into a new world of danger, secrets, and old gods. Her dreams warn her of a blond-haired man who she will fall desperately in love with—and who will die by her own hand.

Ankhesenamun has lost everything, including her position as queen. But there is one thing that might save her yet: the Eye of Horus, a fabled artefact which is supposed to confer ultimate power on the one who wields it. If she can find it, it might help her to take back the throne and avoid war with the Hittites. But the gods don’t intend the Eye to be easily found, and they've barely even begun testing Ankhesenamun to see if she's strong enough to wield it.