With the rolling over of the calendar, we’ve got an entire year’s worth of books coming our way. I’ve already written up a preview of what to expect — there are a ton of really excellent-looking reads coming throughout the year that I can’t wait to read — but this month brings its own crop of intriguing volumes.
My goal this year is to try to read a bit more in the way of nonfiction, particularly history. I’ve started with a new book from author Myke Cole, who’s known for his fantasy novels — his books from last year were some of my favorites of 2018 — but he also tried his hand at military history. He wrote Legion versus Phalanx: The Epic Struggle for Infantry Supremacy in the Ancient World, in which he looks at six battles between the...
