Book Review
The Bond
In the intriguing fantasy "The Bond", complicated relationships between humans and vampires are complicated further when animals are added to the mix of the immortal. The relationship between humans and horses is brought to new...
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Hunting the Caliphate
"Hunting the Caliphate" is a raw and honest account of how ISIS was beaten, told from the inside by those who brought the caliphate down. Dana J. H. Pittard and Wes J. Bryant’s dual memoir "Hunting the Caliphate" reveals the inner...
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The Restless Hungarian
"The Restless Hungarian" is a warm, heartfelt family memoir revolving around complicated relationships defined by world events. Tom Weidlinger’s family memoir "The Restless Hungarian" journeys through world history toward an unexpected...
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Sleepless Night
The questions of love, marriage, and mortality come to life in Margriet de Moor’s poignant novel Sleepless Night. Suffering from insomnia, a woman wakes in the middle of the night. With her loyal dog as her only witness, she settles...
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Doppler
Cutting satire and humorous jeremiads expose the hypocrisies of keeping up with the Joneses in Erlend Loe’s novel "Doppler". After his father dies, Andreas Doppler suffers a breakdown, drops out of society, and goes to live in a tent...
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Mage on the Hill
Outcasts with magical abilities find love and friendship in Angel Martinez’s "Mage on the Hill". Toby Jones’s inability to control his magical powers is killing him. Desperate for help, he turns to the magical guild of Montchanin,...
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The Nothing Within
In every way, this eye-opening post-apocalyptic tale is a true page-turner. Andy Giesler’s "The Nothing Within" is a fresh and ingenious take on the post-apocalyptic novel. In North America in the twenty-second century, an apocalyptic...
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Alice Falls Again
"Alice Falls Again" is a fun and creative continuation of a classic story. Fantastical wonders and head-over-heels adventures abound in D. J. Stoneham’s fantasy novel "Alice Falls Again". Alice is packing to move to London and study...