early 1943: Two Soviet Fronts launch Operations Star and Gallop against the German armies still reeling from their defeat in Stalingrad
the Serpentmen are coming and the Darkness closes in
featuring John Howe's illustration of the Witch-king
viewed as sacred by Noddist scholars and most vampire elders
CHESAPEAKE REQUIEM: A YEAR WITH THE WATERMEN OF VANISHING TANGIER ISLAND BY EARL SWIFT Mystery & Intrigue early 1943: Two Soviet FrontsTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A brilliant, soulful, and timely portrait of a two hundred year old crabbing community in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay as it faces extinction. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Washington Post, NPR, Outside,Smithsonian, Bloomberg, Science Friday, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Review of Books, and Kirkus "BEAUTIFUL, HAUNTING AND TRUE." Hampton Sides GORGEOUS. A TRULY REMARKABLE BOOK. Beth Macy "GRIPPING. FANTASTIC."