At times both lyrical and graphic, the author’s innovative storytelling in "The Lives of Lyman Liri" sets the book apart from other works of intellectual fiction. Hidden within clouds of philosophical mist that shroud the narrative,... Read More

The cover of John M. Nuckel’s "The Vig" is a montage of blurred images—a nice setup for a story that moves along in a gray, hazy world devoid of clearly heroic characters. Frank McGinley, who passes for the hero in this mystery, is a... Read More

Kevin Clifford Burke’s poetry collection, "The Bridge of Love", asks readers to take risks, live in the moment, and love without hesitation. These themes are skillfully threaded throughout the collection. Burke’s “bridges of... Read More

Biblical commentary usually occurs within a Christian context. In "The Bible and the Principles of Yin and Yang", Franklin Hum Yun interprets Christian beliefs through the complementary forces of yin and yang and the venerable I Ching,... Read More

Salome has long been viewed as one of the bad girls of the Bible. The seductive dance she performs before her stepfather, Herod Antipas, resulted in his pronouncement that she could have anything she wanted. At the urging of her mother,... Read More

There is magic everywhere. This is not just a child’s notion but a central theme in Raam Reddy’s novel It’s Raining in Maya. Lush language twirls around descriptions of the green necklace of forest that surrounds the fictional town... Read More

During the tumultuous Spanish Inquisition, with an impending battle to conquer Moorish lands brewing, a privileged Spanish Catholic girl named Isabella Obringon is kidnapped from her parents. Her kidnappers reveal to Isabella that she... Read More

Now that “doorstop” books are nearly commonplace, thanks to J. K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, Susanna Clarke, and others, novels of this size are less likely to give potential readers pause. Liam O’Shiel presents readers with a... Read More