Upcoming Spring Reviews & Features

We wrapped up our queue for Spring. Stay tuned to CJLeger.com for the reviews, Author Spotlights, interviews and features below that will be publishing during the Spring season. Check back regularly, as this list will update as we fit in new features.

Prepublication Review: "Tyrants: A History of Power, Injustice and Terror" by Waller R. Newell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

From Cambridge University Press comes, Tyrants: A history of Power, Injustice & Terror. We send out thanks to the publisher for this galley and are excited to bring you a prepublication review nearing its publication in March.

This book shows how the forces of freedom are everywhere challenged by a newly energized spirit of tyranny, whether it be Jihadist terrorism, Putin's imperialism, or the ambitions of China's dictatorship. 

It will show why tyranny is a permanent danger on the human landscape by following its strange career from Homeric Bronze Age warriors through the founding of the world empires of Alexander the Great and Rome, and the medieval struggle between the City of God and the City of Man, leading to the state-building despots of the Modern Age, including the Tudors and 'enlightened despots' such as Peter the Great. 

The book explores the psychology of tyranny from Nero to Gaddafi, and how the character of tyranny changes beginning with the Jacobin Terror into millenarian revolution. Written in an engaging, jargon-free style, it will appeal to anyone interested in the danger posed by tyranny and terror in today's world.

Prepublication Review: "Founding Feuds: The Rivalries, Clashes, and Conflicts That Forged a Nation" by Paul Aron

Publisher: Sourcebooks

Many thanks to the publisher, Sourcebooks, for awarding us this book and allowing us to publish a prepublication review for our readers.

The Founding Fathers have been hailed for centuries as shining examples of men who put their own agendas aside to found a nation. If only our petty elected officials today could follow their example… Right? 

Wrong! Witty and captivating, Founding Feuds reveals the surprising rivalries between our Founding Fathers and other figures from the Revolutionary War era, including Silas Deane and Arthur Lee, George and Harry Washington, and Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton.

Interview: Author Jeanbill of "Almost a Millennium" Historical Fiction Novel

We catch up with Jeanbill, the author of Almost A Millennium, currently available on Amazon, and talk about the book’s intent and the unique plot line the author created, linking two men that lived almost a millennium apart who later rethink everything they know about Christianity after one jots down his experiences about early Christian crusades, and the other comes across his journals in present times. 

With hints of historical pops from the past, the book serves as a great historical fiction novel sure to appease even the most technical of critics.

Sponsored Feature: Moozvine, A Crowdfunding Publishing Platform for Authors & Readers

In this sponsored feature, we cover Moozvine, a revolutionary new crowdfunding platform that acts as a new generation form of publishing for authors, whereby interested readers fund the projects of authors on the site’s roster and later become available for reading on the platform. 

Author Spotlight: M. Pepper Langlinais 

We sit down with popular author M. Pepper Langlinais, a talented author most known for her Sherlock Holmes Series on Amazon. 

Our Author Spotlight will talk about the author’s latest projects and previous appearances and mentions on other publications like "The Independent". We'll also cover the author's latest accomplishments and what we can expect from her in the future as she catapults her career into the spotlight. 

Book Recommendation: "Closest to Fire: A Writer's Guide to Law & Lawyers"

From accomplished attorney, Karen A. Wyle, comes this must-have legal text for all writers and authors. 

Karen A. Wyle is an award-winning appellate attorney with more than thirty years of experience and a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School. Wyle writes Closest to the Fire: A Writer's Guide to Law and Lawyers as a guide for authors and would-be authors to traverse the many dramatic possibilities waiting in the legal landscape, while helping them avoid the errors too often seen in books and movies. 

The book can be read in a few marathon sittings, or consulted on for particular topics as a reference.

Review: "UP: From Where We've Come" by Charles Wright

We are proud to be able to bring you this review from one of music history's greatest artists. 

Charles Wright, the great soul musician known for the song “Express Yourself” writes Up: From Where We've Come. The first installment in a planned series of autobiographies, “Up From Where We’ve Come” is an up-close and intimate telling of Charles’ childhood and the Wright family’s back-breaking struggles as sharecroppers near Clarksdale, Mississippi through the '40s and early '50s. 

Written in the raw dialects of how Blacks and Whites communicated during that era, it's a riveting insider’s glimpse into the realities of the times.

Launch Review: "V4 Vengeance" by Nigel Seed

V4 Vengeance tells the story of Royal Engineer Jim Wilson. Wilson is a recently discharged member of the British Army with little idea of what he’ll do in the near future. To ease his uncertainty, he quickly accepts a job for a Russian museum that wants him to locate a secret World War II U-Boat base. With help from two of his former army comrades, Wilson finds himself on the Baltic coast of Germany, where he discovers the hidden base. 

What would normally be a mission complete for Wilson rapidly evolves into a serious misfortune when he learns two other shocking secrets about his new job. The first: he’s not actually working for a museum; he’s working for the Romanov Gang, a group of dangerous Russian mobsters. The second: the base he and his friends located is filled with V2 rocket bomb equipped submarines. Quick to react, the Romanovs order Wilson to restore the submarines. While following orders, Wilson realizes he’s getting into much more than he signed up for; he’s actually assisting the Romanovs with a seventy year-old revenge plot. Caught between German government and the notorious Russian gang, the once loyal member of the British army finds himself in the midst of the most audacious bank heist ever conceived.