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Second Shift

by Peter Dabbene

A terraformer struggles to recognize what’s real in Kit Anderson’s introspective science fiction graphic novel "Second Shift". Birdie works for Terracorp at an outpost where crew members are “dropped-in” to a patented Dreamspace... Read More

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What the River Keeps

by Karen Rigby

A scientist’s homecoming and river restoration work inspire her to face her childhood fears in Cheryl Grey Bostrom’s eloquent Christian novel "What the River Keeps". As dams on the Olympic Peninsula begin to close, Hildy, a solitary... Read More

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Small Fires

by Isabella Zhou

In Ronnie Turner’s eerie novel "Small Fires", a land is ruled by tales of the devil. Suspected for murdering their parents, Lily and her beastly sister, Della, escape to the God-Forgotten, a remote island inhabited by the fearful Folk,... Read More

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History Lessons

by Isabella Zhou

A Black woman in academia mobilizes her research skills to investigate a murder in Zoe B. Wallbrook’s spirited novel "History Lessons". A junior professor at illustrious Harrison University, Daphne studies the history of Black families... Read More

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We Are the Match

by Isabella Zhou

In Mary E. Roach’s smoldering novel "We Are the Match", a modern retelling of the Trojan War, star-crossed lovers maneuver against a powerful crime family for revenge. After losing her sisters on the island of Troy to bombs and fire,... Read More

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It Was Her House First

by Isabella Zhou

Plans to renovate a storied mansion are threatened by its ghosts in Cherie Priest’s secret-laden novel "It Was Her House First". In the 1930s, after the death of her daughter Priscilla, film star Venita commits suicide, orchestrates... Read More

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