historical fiction Archives

The Monstro Mechanica is longer a secret, as the Church and the Medici's are aware of its existence. Da Vinci and Isabella must decide whose side they will take. Is it a good read?

Xerxes opens up with his father, Darius launching an attack against Athenian and Ionian Greeks. Does it make for a good read?

Roosevelt and Houdini meet up with Lovecraft, and the rest of the Rough Riders find themselves under attack from supernatural forces. Is it a good read?

Mata Hari has been taken into custody by the French government, and one Captain Bouchardon has been put in charge of interrogating her. This brings us to the early life of Mata. Does it make for a good read?

When it wavers, it looks quite bare. Monstro Mechanica #4 is a mediocre chapter of an otherwise solid sci-fi/historical fiction series While it's not bad, it makes a few too many missteps to be considered genuinely good either I can't say stay away, but it's not a must-buy If you're deeply invested in the series, feel[...]

You know the kind; stories where important people from history all know each other personally and share secret knowledge. While this subgenre of historical fiction can be a bit exasperating at this point, Rough Riders: Ride or Die #1 gets to enjoy the station of being a good version of that. There's almost a utilitarian appeal to[...]

Mata Hari is on her way to being executed by the French government, and she looks back on the various points in her life, particularly the trial that led her here, her childhood, and some of her career. Is it a good read?

Scoundrel continues with Hector Hernandez taking part in the Long Beach Grand Prix and preparing for Cinco de Mayo. Is it a good read?

TNT released the newest trailer for their adaptation of Caleb Carr's historical fiction thriller The Alienist entitled 'Madness."

He even has the same "I can do this because I'm da Vinci" quality that every bad rendition (but also the Lego Batman Movie) of Batman has. It doesn't help that he may have effectively created AI in the 1400s, which is really hard to swallow, even in an ambitious historical fiction like this. In fairness, the[...]