A young dreamer is thrown into a life-altering adventure to protect ancient knowledge in Lost Scrolls of Archimedes, the first in the new Lost Artifacts series from author Tom Roberts. Boasting a brilliant blend of historical reference and fictional mystery, this [...]
Author Victor P. Unda masterfully blends genres in the tumultuous, Nazi-hunting thriller in Between Justice and Time. What begins as a young man's childhood reflections on family and the uncertainty of growing up in the 1930s becomes a spiraling drama of [...]
An older man's leisurely drive down the coast becomes an unforgettable adventure when he's joined by a mysterious woman half his age in A Week to Remember: The Trip by author Frank C. Senia. From this simple premise comes a story [...]
A history of trauma, a half-drunk search for answers and the well-tanned soul of Arizona collide in Blackout: You Gotta Love Phoenix by Frank C. Senia, a hedonistic and tragic tale of reinvention. Ken the optician is having a strange day; [...]
Defoe's little-known 1722 pseudo-history holds startling parallels with our own plague year of COVID-19. Based on his uncle Henry Foe's diaries, a London saddler who remained in the capital during the 1665 outbreak of the Great Plague of London, the novel [...]
America's old scars and the fresh wounds of emotional turmoil are on full display in Sorrow Ledge, a visceral and beautifully penned novel by author Kenneth Arbogast. Set more than a century ago, in those fragile decades following the Civil War, [...]
The Young is an ambitious work of fantasy by Nicholas John Powter that has the makings of an epic work of fiction. Sven, a former warrior of the Telfmare, uproots his young son, Fren, from the relative safety of their home [...]
This year's International Booker shortlist is skewed towards stories told by YA protagonists in extreme emotional distress. Dutch poet Marieke Lucas Rijneveld's book, The Discomfort of Evening is perhaps the most disturbing of these, telling the story of Jas, a young [...]
A dozen schoolchildren are plunged into an otherworldly adventure of a lifetime in Kingdom of the Silver Cat by Thomas Carroll. This book for young readers is creative, authentic, and unique, but also supported by strong life lessons and powerful messaging [...]
The Siren of Good Intentions by author J.E. Mooney is a sweeping and immersive descent into the wild heart of West Africa exploring the dramatic conflicts of capitalism, imperialism, loyalty, and love. A cast of inter-related and well-penned characters find their [...]