A boarding school tale for those who enjoy underdogs, appreciate unusual coming-of-age stories, and identify with misunderstood geniuses. A student with Tourette’s syndrome deals with bullies, alcoholism, and unexpected friendship at a... Read More

A search for birth parents turns into a thrilling, engaging mystery. In "Kentucky Woman" by Mike Brogan, a young woman tries to figure out her roots, with potentially deadly consequences. The novel delves into questions of just what... Read More

There are many possibilities for humankind’s final demise, but some are closer than others. In "The End", Phil Torres has created a thoroughly researched treatise of doom, investigating fates as cosmic as the heat death of the universe... Read More

David Dark admits to being “bummed out” by the way people talk about religion. These days being called “religious” is not likely to be taken as a compliment. But Dark doesn’t limit the word’s meaning to adherence to a creed,... Read More

The Dead Sea is a unique subject, located as it is at the intersection of three major religions. Its history is as rich and combustible as might be expected. Students of the Middle East will doubtless find this exhaustive report on the... Read More

“If money, success, and beauty don’t make people happy, what does?” This question, asked by a wealthy, successful, beautiful, but obviously unhappy congregant, led Martin Thielen, a senior pastor at Cookeville United Methodist... Read More

15-year-old Melon Fouraki is left alone after her mother is killed by a London bus, her only family an Auntie Aphrodite hundreds of miles away in Crete. As Melon struggles to navigate in her new reality, she leans on The Story, the... Read More

In a dystopian future, 15-year-old Keeva Tee travels to Monarch Camp, where she’ll be “imprinted” with her new life partner. Keeva lives in a world where disease, war, and conflict have been eradicated and replaced with a body... Read More