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Withur We

by Lee Gooden

Withur We is a magnificent epic in the grand tradition of such works as Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series and Frank Herbert’s Dune. Matthew Bruce Alexander, a first-time author, combines the warfare orientation of John Ringo and the... Read More

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Three Fugitives

by Lee Gooden

A crop of fantasy writers, apparently inspired by their youthful exposure to Mary Stewart, C.S. Lewis, Lloyd Alexander, Ursula K. Le Guin, and J.R.R. Tolkien, have turned to self-publishing and small presses as an alternative to... Read More

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Morphed Nightmare

by Lee Gooden

Imagine an eighteen-year-old honor student from an upper-class family who lives a life of privilege and opportunity. Now imagine that this same young man breaks the law and is suddenly transplanted into the hard and unforgiving world of... Read More

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Etching in Sand

by Lee Gooden

Good poetry makes readers think beyond the obvious. Each word within a line is a building block in the foundation of one stanza and then another. Like the shaping of a Bonsai tree, poets trim extraneous words and syllables until... Read More

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Leave No Evidence

by Lee Gooden

In her debut novel, Marilyn Harley Irick tells an absorbing story that has the potential to become a sought-after summer page-turner. When mysterious, chalky red lines appear at his workplace, architect Doug Donovan takes it upon himself... Read More

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19,000 Years of World History

by Lee Gooden

“Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble.” —Joseph Campbell In this encyclopedic volume,... Read More

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Trinanoch

by Lee Gooden

Alan Wagstaff’s petite but powerful novel is the first book in a new fantasy series that contains traces of the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis and the Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. English twins, Thomas and Katherine Rayner,... Read More

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