A girl comes of age via resistance, trespassing into a magical world, in the epic fantasy novel "The Last Refuge". In Christina Bacilieri’s fantasy novel "The Last Refuge", a damaged world is overseen by an autocratic government that... Read More

"The Fallen Within" is a nuanced and complex thriller in which there are no pure heroes or villains. A teenage spy is caught between his twin brother and the organization that raised him in "The Fallen Within", R. S. Twells’s witty and... Read More

"The Book of Daniel" is a unique coming-of-age story that’s steeped in the paranormal. Sean Ian’s imaginative novel "The Book of Daniel" incorporates Gothic horror and the paranormal into an old soul’s coming-of-age story. A New... Read More

Spurred forward by a whirlwind of fights and strange inventions, this climate change-inspired novel introduces its complex world with verve. A tyrannical megalomaniac instigates pollution and interplanetary environmental collapse in R.... Read More

A kingdom’s fate rests on the shoulders of a princess who deals with dragons in Ellen McGinty’s novel "Saints and Monsters". Meera’s back brace and blue hair draw the unjust denigration of others who consider her cursed. She is... Read More

In Brian Corley’s novel "Gilm!", a high school student attempts to woo a girl by conjuring a spell with unfortunate ramifications. After moving from Houston to dreary Portland and leaving his friends and bandmates behind, Geoff feels... Read More

Morgan Shamy’s fantasy novel "The Stricken" introduces an atmospheric world in which people lead multiple existences. In one life, Clara’s only friend is a mysterious voice, Cael, that she’s heard in her mind her entire life. He... Read More

In Darcie Little Badger’s compassionate novel "Sheine Lende", memories live on through love. Aided by their ghost dog, Nellie, and their ancestral ability to awaken deceased animals from Below, Shane works with her mother, Lorenza, to... Read More