This sharp, chromatic elegy for childhood offers an insightful look at the complexities of inherited grief. "The Land South of the Clouds", by Genaro Kỳ Lý Smith, charts a lost son’s turbulent course from an immigrant neighborhood... Read More

This mix of crime thriller and road-trip story sends three friends on a psychological excursion into everpresent danger. About a quarter of the way in, Leonce Gaiter’s novel "In the Company of Educated Men" takes a significant turn... Read More

In Slouching Towards Sirte: NATO’s War on Libya and Africa, Maximilian Forte dissects the purposes, justifications, myths, and consequences of NATO’s military intervention in Libya in 2011. Publicized for world consumption as a... Read More

The publishing industry typically represents glitz as a function of metropolitan sophistication and Hollywood fame, yet in "Where the Heart Lives", Mara Purl strategically presents a glamorous alternative to big-city vibrancy. In the... Read More

Fred Dalton is a man who has it all. Owner of a highly successful construction company, he has a beautiful, vivacious wife, a lovely home, and a seemingly bright future. A tragic accident that leaves his wife in a wheelchair is the... Read More

This book, though great fun, varies in substance from stretches of solid science to supermarket tabloid alien-probe conspiracy. Gloriously incorrect, "The Return of Planet-X" (perfect name for a 1970s/1980s midnight horror movie) is... Read More

For the millions of Harry Potter fans desperately waiting for the next installment of the famous series, this novel will provide a worthwhile diversion. The first book in what promises to be an ongoing fantasy series, "Erec Rex" contains... Read More

As soon as he passed the narrow tray through the grille, Marda seized it and began to devour the food. The priest watched her gorge, then said in a clipped voice, ‘I have brought you a Bible. I will permit you light for one hour.’ It... Read More