In scientist Bradley G. Stevens’s "The Ship, the Saint, and the Sailor", a 143-year-old shipwreck is recovered; the narrative tracks its discovery and preservation. The Kad’yak sank in an Alaskan harbor almost a century and a half... Read More

Filled with exciting history and wonder, "The Spy with the Red Balloon" centers on Ilse and Wolf, two Jewish, German-American youths living in 1943. They have a closely guarded secret: there is magic in their blood. When the government... Read More

R. L. Toalson’s heart-wrenching "The Colors of the Rain" traces a boy’s journey through incredible loss amid tense racial issues. In 1972, in Houston, Texas, Paulie Sanders’s father is killed after fleeing the scene of a bar fight.... Read More

The condors of Santiago, Chile, are to the pandas of Xi’an, China as the polar bears of the North Pole are to the penguins of the South Pole: they are animal antipodes, meaning they are pairs of animals that reside exactly on opposite... Read More

"Engaging the Sons of Darkness" is an exciting end-of-the-world thriller with strong Christian themes and sensibilities. Barbara Smitherman’s "Engaging the Sons of Darkness" is a gripping Christian thriller in which the battle for... Read More

"Fields of Clover" is a loving story that idealizes a family history and a departed brother; it fascinates in art and genealogy. A love for both family and history are the cornerstones of Gregory Hugh Brown’s family biography Fields of... Read More

Intensely dark and sardonic, "Sommelier of Deformity" is also, paradoxically, an uplifting and redemptive story. Buddy Hayes, a self-described troll who spends most of his time alone, is both arrogant and self-deprecating. He limits his... Read More

Perfectionists, worrywarts, and sticklers everywhere will sympathize with Loppy as he tries his best but then despairs when things don’t turn out just so. Luckily, a friend is there with some valuable advice about failure, success, and... Read More