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"An all-out women-driven, queer, transgender, multiracial takeover of the Old West . . . and that's exactly what Melissa Lenhardt delivers in her unapologetically badass western, Heresy." - New York Times "Lenhardt has created a bold new story where women have taken their rightful place in the...

This book captures reasons for the growing gap between Catholic and Protestant churches due to doctrines added after the 1st century, often false or shaky teachings, and odd interpretations of Bible verses. Debates about religion and politics are some of the most entertaining and best ways to understand perspectives. Developing the debates and the way they are postured is a great way to study the Bible along with many other 1st and early 2nd century documents. You might be surprised how many odd ideas and opinions about Bible verses came decades and centuries after 33 AD.

Richard Fitzwarren is a Tudor nobleman with a dubious past who takes risks for a living. His close friendship with Princess Elizabeth leads to his banishment to France, but when he returns, he remains loyal to her. At his side is Jack, his bastard sibling, and their relationship is a troubled one due to a family secret and their opposite personalities. Will he keep the future queen safe?

England, 1553. Richard Fitzwarren is a man determined to forge his own path. Once a man of importance, he was driven from his home with his half brother to scratch out a living as a mercenary. With little prospects, Richard must take whatever work comes his way, even when it leads to being thrown into the middle of a plot for the throne. But when his impulsive sibling draws attention from his wrathful family, the pair barely escapes with their lives.

Athens, 399 BC: Socrates is sentenced to death. In a moment that will forever mark history, the father of Western philosophy is found guilty by his own fellow citizens. There are two charges: impiety, because the philosopher would not recognize the city/state’s gods, and corruption of the youth. The absurd denunciation, the fight of a man against power and tradition, the hemlock: the fresco that emerges from this story is indelible. At seventy years of age, after having lived all his life in Athens, Socrates must face the most unjust charges.

The date is 1191. Aumary Belvoir is 17. Seventeen and bound by an oath so holy, he dare not break it. Unexpectedly thrust into the position of the warden of the Savernake, a woodland of 150 square miles in Wiltshire, will Aumary succeed in stamping his authority on the forest? He has also acquired a half brother he did not know he had. With the help of his experienced staff and his willing family, things go well. The surprise brother, Robert, proves a worthy assistant. Then the deaths begin.