Oliver Pötzsch, trans. from the German by Lisa Reinhardt. Amazon Crossing, $14.95 trade paper (568p) ISBN 978-1-5420-0998-0 This colorful historical pageant from Pötzsch (Sword of Power) purports to ...

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