Nancy Roberts

"Since the first shots of the Civil War were fired, we continue to be haunted by those ghosts of our forefathers. The history of that turbulent era has left us with extraordinary tales that serve as a reminder of both the torture our ancestors endured and heroism they displayed. Nancy Roberts records these eerie legends for us in her latest collection. A man from Harper's Ferry, bearing a striking resemblance to John Brown, is often asked to pose...

Presents eighteen tales of the supernatural involving major battlefields and other sites in the Civil War, including Gettysburg, Antietam, Andersonville, and Harpers Ferry.

"The year is 693 and a tense exchange, mediated by an interpreter, takes place between Berber warrior queen al-Kahina and an emissary from the Umayyad General Hassan Ibn Numan. Her predecessor had been captured and killed by the Umayyad forces some years earlier, but she will go on to defeat Ibn Numan's forces. The Night Will Have Its Say is a retelling of the Muslim wars of conquest in North Africa during the Middle Ages, narrated from the perspective...