"Witch Wraith: The Dark Legacy of Shannara" (Del Ray), by Terry Brooks   Terry Brooks has written a slam-bang conclusion to his "The Dark Legacy of Shannara" trilogy with...

A new story for children set partly on a remote tropical island is the background of the book Avventuri mill-Klassi ta’ Miss Ambrożja Pulis Kiftaranipenġini, written by Audrey Friggieri and...

Whenever we see a painting, an icon, or a statue with a man dressed as a Roma soldier, very often young and handsome, but at times also a grown up, mature and middle-aged, on a horse, with a sword or...

Some time ago, I had reviewed the first volume of this two-volume dictionary of Maltese biographies.   Having now finished the second volume, I can now update my reactions and my...

A book titled Prisons No More by Maltese author Josephine Ciancio, a collection of mostly science fiction stories, has just been published.   “Prisons No More” is the title of...

"JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President" (Penguin), by Thurston Clarke   For a blunt-titled book with a tragic conclusion...

"Speak of the Devil" (Touchstone), by Allison Leotta   Allison Leotta's latest novel, "Speak of the Devil," pits prosecutor Anna Curtis against Diablo, a villain...

"Mathew Brady: Portraits of a Nation" (Bloomsbury), by Robert Wilson   Civil War photographer Mathew Brady largely taught himself the finer points of the two pursuits that have...

"The Highway" (Minotaur), by C.J. Box   Sixteen-year-old Gracie Sullivan is book-smart and resourceful, but her 18-year-old sister, Danielle, is impetuous, self-involved and...

"Light of the World" (Simon & Schuster), by James Lee Burke   The themes in James Lee Burke's lyrical, allegorical crime novels rarely change, but each new book delves more...