With "The Heliotropians", Australian Eileen Kramer, author of Party for the Moon Man and Basic Shapes, has written a fever dream of a book that combines the myths, legends, and folklore of several cultures into an unstructured... Read More

An orphan girl begins a new life, a vigilante attempts a fresh start, and a corrupt rancher plots their destruction in The Vigilante’s Bride, a pleasant read by Yvonne Harris. This western combines the spirit of Christian romance with... Read More

In "An Indian Legacy", J.W. Dragstra’s debut novel, computer specialist Grant Somerset, retired from the US Navy, confronts his Indian heritage. Grant has long ignored this part of his past, but when a doctor diagnoses him with cancer... Read More

"Germania" plunges readers into a plot that exemplifies the struggles of people who have had to survive extreme political regimes and cope with the tension between politics, survival, and their personal moral compasses. Hans Klug, a... Read More

After the wild success of Eragon, teen writers seem to be the new sensation in fantasy fiction. Thirteen-year-old Running River is the latest voice in the cacophonous genre, penning a boy-meets-girl story. Of course, as with Romeo and... Read More

Coming in at just over 700 pages this novel is not only epic in size but also in scope. The reader is taken on a journey along with the protagonist through the mountains of Tora Bora and beyond. Jake Javolyn a former Navy Seal dive boat... Read More

Tim Lister takes on the Wild American West in his novel Massacre at Pilgrims’ Pass. The piece begins as Sylvester a Harvard-educated surgeon accompanies his sister Mimi to her betrothed. On the way their wagon is attacked by Cheyenne... Read More

An ominous voice on law student Kayla Beck’s cell phone offers her a horrible choice: If Kayla doesn’t try to rescue a kidnapped woman, the chained woman will starve to death — or take another way out with the razor blade provided... Read More