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January 2014

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published January 2014.

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Troglodyte

by Karen Rigby

Reinventing oneself becomes an imaginative feat in these arresting short stories. Tracy DeBrincat returns via her third book with portraits of distressed youth who seek change through hyperbolic, imaginative, or risky feats, and women in... Read More

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Solomon the Peacemaker

by Joseph Thompson

Strong writing transforms terrorists and freedom fighters into complex, believable characters in this powerful dystopian nightmare. In this amazing novel, Hunter Welles blurs the line between social science fiction (in its dystopian... Read More

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Darkwalker

by Alan Couture

Gory but exciting, bizarre but fascinating, this post-apocalyptic murder mystery investigates a beast that does more than go bump in the night. In a post-apocalyptic world of lawless wastelands and city-states run by powerful bosses,... Read More

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The Roses Underneath

by Julia Ann Charpentier

A sophisticated Sherlock Holmes-like story illumines a dangerous time in European history with exquisite, genuine detail. During the aftermath of World War II in devastated Germany, a resilient woman struggles to reunite with her family... Read More

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The Thaw

by Jill Allen

Deceptively simple stories explore the joys and tragedies of being human. "The Thaw", by award-winning Icelandic author Ólafur Gunnarsson, explores the human psyche in an incisive collection of short stories translated into English. In... Read More

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Parental Sins

by Trina Carter

Motifs of Eden and the apple preach themes of fate, desire, and the unavoidability of sin. In "Parental Sins", guilt is a monster that cannot be slain, only appeased. And sin comes back to bite you. The story follows two families from... Read More

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