The book is Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy. It was originally published in 1998 by Vintage books. I read the paperback edition. I read it in November of 2024. The cities of the plain in the Bible are Sodom and Gomorrah. The cities were so evil that God destroyed them with fire and brimstone from... Continue Reading →
The book is Persian Fire by Tom Holland. It was originally published in 2005 by Little Brown, a division of Time Warner books. I read the 2007 Anchor Books paperback edition. I read it in November of 2024 I read this book because I’m reading through Tom Holland’s history books and this was next on the bibliography. This was... Continue Reading →
The book is Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman. It was originally published in 2012 by Ace Books. I read the paperback edition. I read it in October of 2024. The title refers to a practice during the Black Plague where the pope would receive people only between two massive fires that were supposed to burn away the... Continue Reading →
Solomon White 