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Sean McLachlan is a former archaeologist who worked for many years on excavations in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Now a full-time writer, he specializes in history and travel. His main research interests are medieval weapons and the Civil War west of the Mississippi. His travel writing focuses on historical destinations and adventure travel.

He's the author of numerous history books and A FINE LIKENESS, a historical novel with a dash of paranormal set in Civil War Missouri. It interweaves many real events with fictional characters.

Sean spends much of his time on the road researching and writing. He's traveled to more than 30 countries, interviewing nomads in Somaliland, climbing to clifftop monasteries in Ethiopia, studyin...more


My fantasy novella The Quintessence of Absence has been out barely a week and it's already garnered its first review.

Kathleen Keenan gave it five stars and said:

"The Quintessence of Absence" features a seriously flawed protagonist--Lothar, a wizard who is addicted to nepenthe (a bit like opium). Lothar is reluctantly drawn into a mission to rescue his former employer's daughter, who has myste... read more »
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Published on May 17, 2013 23:31
Average rating: 3.86 · 44 ratings · 17 reviews · 22 distinct works · Similar authors
It Happened in Missouri
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007
A Fine Likeness
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
Outlaw Tales of Missouri: T...
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009
Byzantium: An Illustrated H...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004
Medieval Handgonnes: The Fi...
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions
Armies of the Adowa Campaig...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
American Civil War Guerrill...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009
Missouri: An Illustrated Hi...
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008
The Last Ride of the James-...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012
Tombstone - Wyatt Earp, the...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2013 — 2 editions
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The Quintessence of Absence
has been out barely a week and it's already garnered its first review.Kathleen Keenan gave it five... read more »
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Time Is the Oven
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This is a tale of a young Missourian coming into his own in the years following the Civil War. The book spans a couple of decades from his first wanderings as a callow youth, through various romantic relationships, his friendship with Frank James, an...more
Hothouse by Brian W. Aldiss
Brian Aldiss never disappoints. This novel, which first came out in the U.S. with the title THE LONG AFTERNOON OF EARTH, won the Hugo Award in 1962. Rich in style and evocative in its imagery, it follows a band of some of the last survivors of humani...more
Pagan City and Christian Capital by John Curran
This academic tome is an in-depth look at Rome's architectural and social development in the fourth century AD, a time when paganism was waning and Christianity became the dominant religion.

The first half looks at how the imperial capital, replete wi...more
The Strongest Tribe by Francis J. West Jr.
This book about the Coalition occupation of Iraq was written by Bing West, a Vietnam veteran and former assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration. He examines the changing strategy and tactics of the occupation from its troubled beg...more
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All the Beautyful Ones are Not Yet Born, by Ayi Kwei Armah, is an excellent read and the second-best book I read all year, after Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo.

Armah wrote this novel in 1968, only eleven years after Ghana got its independence, a...more
With Fire and Sword by Thomas A. Deblack
When I was researching my book Ride Around Missouri, Shelbys Great Raid 1863, this title served as background reading.

With Fire and Sword: Arkansas 1861-1874 by Thomas A. DeBlack is a detailed account of the period from just before the war to the end...more
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