.png)
.png)
DK Marley
2 days ago0 min read
New Releases from Historium Press - War, Intrigue, Spies, and Politics
New Releases from Historium Press Historium Press is excited to announce the latest additions to our catalog, featuring three captivating titles that are sure to engage readers with their unique stories and perspectives. Below is a brief overview of each new release: Murder in Petrograd by Asya M. Pereltsvaig Petrograd, 1916. As Russia is swept up in the maelstrom of war, Oswald Rayner, a bookish Oxford graduate, is sent by British Intelligence to Petrograd. His mission is to
DK Marley
Sep 304 min read
A Story of Two Worlds - an Editorial Review of "Island of Silver"
Book Blurb: A story of two worlds – one of darkness as the First World War rages in Europe – and one of ineffable light, where a little girl named Lorley lives through her jewel bright imagination. Lorley has a golden life on the island of Guernsey. Blessed with a wondrous imagination, she sees magic all around her. She dreams of mermaids in the waves and angels in the mist, a young girl who sees heaven in the wildflowers. But beyond this tiny island in the sea, the First Wor
DK Marley
Sep 255 min read
What Became of a Lost Colony - an Editorial Review for "A Strange and Terrible Wonder"
Book Blurb: Eleanor Dare, daughter of Roanoke's Governor John White, has no choice but to accompany her overly ambitious husband Ananias and her idealist, yet inexperienced father to England's new colony. Manteo of Croatoan wants nothing more than to cast off his association with the English and return home. Haunted by memories of an unexplainable event, he sets out to find the truth about what was brought to Roanoke by the English two years before as a weapon against the Sp
DK Marley
Sep 234 min read
A Featured Blog Tour for "Golden Flight" by Lisajoy Sachs
BOOK EXCERPT Anka walked beside the rattling wagon along the uneven road to Odessa. Her face calm and her mind racing. She watched Berta pull her shawl tighter to ward off the morning chill, unaware of the treasures in her trunks. She longed to comfort Berta, but knew that the truth would have to wait until the time they parted. And when that time came, she would pull her aside, away from Solomon’s watchful eye, and tell her about the valuables.
DK Marley
Sep 211 min read
Where the War Doesn't End - an Editorial Review of "Blueland"
Book Blurb: April 1865. Before the Civil War draws its final breath, Captain Alden Zur deserts the Union Army with three hardened soldiers: men fleeing the brutality of what they’ve seen, haunted by what they’ve done. With his family in tow, Alden leads them west—not in search of hope, but distance from a nation unraveling. The journey is unforgiving. Hunger gnaws. Violence stalks. Lawlessness erodes any semblance of order. Trust becomes a gamble, mercy a risk, and with every
DK Marley
Sep 194 min read
In 1912, Women Weren't Meant to Fly - an Editorial Review of "Beyond the Sky's Edge" (Hold Sept 8)
Book Blurb: They tried to keep her grounded. Livvie Newcomb dreams of more than what society dictates. When a tragedy strikes, she is drawn into the daring new world of aviation at Kinloch Field in St. Louis, where flying machines promise freedom unlike anything she has ever known. Yet in 1912, women weren't meant to fly. Facing ridicule, financial hardship, and fierce opposition, Livvie refuses to abandon the sky. As mysterious acts of sabotage threaten her training and long
DK Marley
Sep 175 min read
Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Poole of Honour"
BOOK EXCERPT London, February 1965. Daniel Poole, a young criminal barrister, and his wife Mary are running late for the Royal Film Performance at his family’s flagship cinema in Leicester Square. ‘See those searchlights?’ says the cabbie. ‘Royal premiere in Leicester Square.’ Shaftesbury Avenue has surrendered to a sluggish tide of headlights, the cab nudging forward only to be trapped again. The tiny white digits inside the metal meter box keep turning with their almost che
DK Marley
Sep 154 min read
DK Marley
Sep 140 min read
DK Marley
Sep 100 min read
Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "Fraying Skeins"
BOOK EXCERPT: Fraying Skeins – A Stupefying Dilemma. Sitting down alongside him, Margaret forced his attention. “Johnny. There’s something bothering you. It’s been a problem brewing for ages but we have to talk about it.” His eyes when they slid towards her were guarded. “There’s nothing wrong.” She grabbed the fingers of one of his hands and squeezed to get some reaction from him. Refusing to back down, she forced him to maintain his gaze on her. “I vowed after living with S
DK Marley
Sep 83 min read
A Featured Blog Tour and Book Excerpt for "The Irish Ties That Bind"
BOOK EXCERPT The Irish Ties That Bind: Excerpt #1 (An Introduction to Irish Emigration) “In the southern region of Ireland during the first half of the nineteenth century, the majority of the population shared a distinct cultural identity rooted in significant Irish ties that bound them together. … What divisions that existed among the people were largely due to differences in religion, social class, and land ownership. … Ultimately, the British Protestant landlords wanted to
DK Marley
Sep 72 min read
The Last Christian King of Jerusalem - an Editorial Review of "Blood and Faith"
Book Blurb: On July 4, 1187, Guy de Lusignan led twenty thousand men into the desert and lost everything. His army was annihilated at the Horns of Hattin. Jerusalem fell within months. The most sacred relic in Christendom was captured. History remembers Guy as the king who destroyed the Crusader States. But that is only half the story. Blood and Faith follows Guy from his arrival in the Holy Land as an ambitious younger son from France through his marriage to Princess Sibylla
DK Marley
Aug 315 min read
An Medieval Epic of Love, Loyalty, and Betrayal - an Editorial Review of "Lady of the Castle"
Book Blurb: GOLD MEDAL WINNER — Readers’ Choice Book Awards (2026) GOLD BOOK AWARD — Literary Titan (2026) ★★★★★ HIGHLY RECOMMENDED — The Coffee Pot Book Club (2026) SHORTLISTED — Historical Novel Society First Chapters Competition (2026) For a woman, holding power in a man's world is dangerous; holding faith in an intolerant one is deadly. England, 1185. Nicola de la Haye, constable of Lincoln Castle, commands her fortress with hard-won authority. Determined to protect her f
DK Marley
Aug 306 min read
Coming of Age and Fighting for the Resistance During WWII - an Editorial Review of "When the Light Flickers"
Book Blurb: They took her from her home. Now she must survive. Thirteen-year-old Madeline has already lost her mother during the Nazi occupation of France. When her father is arrested for a crime he didn’t commit, she is taken from her farm home and forced into the estate of the Oberführer responsible for the loss of both parents. Inside the estate, every move carries risk, and as Madeline struggles to navigate a world of fear and manipulation, she is drawn into something eve
DK Marley
Aug 294 min read
A Queen's Ambition Sets Portugal Ablaze - an Editorial Review of "Leonor"
Book Blurb: A queen’s ambition. A kingdom on the edge. One woman’s hunger for power will set Portugal ablaze—unless she’s devoured first. A queen’s ambition. A kingdom on the edge. One woman’s hunger for power will set Portugal ablaze—unless she’s devoured first. Portugal, 1367. The court is a powder keg, and Leonor Teles de Meneses is the spark. Born noble, married off for duty, Leonor aches for more—freedom, passion, a place at the heart of power. Her wit is sharp, her enem
DK Marley
Aug 285 min read
A Novel of Love and Intrigue During Wartime - an Editorial Review of "Flight to Eternity"
Book Blurb: We tend to think of spies as being either James Bond or George Smiley: suave secret agents or orchestrators of betrayal. But what about everyday people who find themselves in the wrong place, at the wrong time, surrounded by lies, deceit and murder? In Flight to Eternity, Sally Edwards seeks to uncover the truth behind her grandfather’s role in World War II naval intelligence. She discovers more than she bargained for. "If you like fiction that captures a time and
DK Marley
Aug 274 min read
The Shameful Realities of an Orphan's Life in 1940s Canada - an Editorial Review of "Wildflowers Grow in Broken Places"
Book Blurb: Told in multiple viewpoints is a story that begins on a cold winter December night in Quebec 1941, the Jardin sisters, three-year-old Josephine and six-year-old Collette, were abandoned by their parents in a freezing cold house with scraps of food. They fell upon the mercy of Canada’s Ministry of Children and were quickly sent into the province’s Catholic-run orphanage system. When Premier Maurice Duplessis was voted in a few short years later, new radical laws of
DK Marley
Aug 264 min read