"Man Eating Plants" is an ambitious survey of human dietary history that proposes a vegan solution to contemporary ills. Using an ambitious combination of history, archaeology, and science, Jonathan Spitz’s "Man Eating Plants" argues... Read More

Even the scions of truth and justice have dark secrets in "Branded", an imaginative urban fantasy novel. Joseph T. Humphrey’s "Branded" is a fast fantasy novel that plumbs the natures of reality, truth, and family. Henry is a high... Read More

"Wet Wings" sows seeds of beauty and elegance, but fails to reap much lasting wisdom. Joseph B. T. Mosata’s protracted romantic fantasy "Wet Wings" features a lovestruck biracial couple who are aided by angels in defeating their... Read More

This is a tale of swashbuckling derring-do and challenges aplenty for one of the most famous kings in history. Battles galore and travels through war-torn regions dominate Leon Mintz’s "Arise Pendragon", a novel that provides insight... Read More

Every moment of this novel becomes appealing for its thoughtful approaches to the complicated nature of fraternal love. A pitied son rejects low expectations, leading to a deep family rift in Robert Rosenberg’s "Isles of the Blind", a... Read More

Zombies, vampires, and werewolves, good-bye. Seymour’s original mythos sets this fast-moving fantasy apart. "Unearthed", Karen Seymour’s fast-moving fantasy debut, tells the story of a young woman discovering her own identity while... Read More

“Intelligent evolution” is Robert Greenough’s take on how the world and its inhabitants came into being. “This is not a scientific textbook,” admits Greenough of his single-volume survey of the world from before the Big Bang to... Read More

Edward Hopper started his well-known painting Nighthawks with a sketch. Seated at a restaurant counter are a man and woman, looking at each other, about to speak. When he transferred them to canvas, Hopper made a change—in the painting... Read More