Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
An irreplaceable journey that will not soon be forgotten. Imagine the setting: it is 1962 and Earl Vincent de Berge and a few friends are looking for the kind of summer that will sharpen their personalities and broaden their horizons. With just a homemade camper, a rough map, and a $400 loan, the young men […]
A dazzling foray into a luminous magical realm. Wilder is an intelligent and well-reasoned young man who has never let his disease define him. Though living with the emotional agony caused by an absent father and the physical burden of multiple sclerosis, his scholarly mind and loyal spirit stand him in good stead. When his
A spectacularly entertaining story. Vibrant any time of year, Chicago takes on an especially magical feel as Christmas approaches and winter descends upon this pulsating metropolis. Eager to move past the horrors that maniacal Sapphire Rushland dished up in New York City, Griffin Knight is settling into a less hazardous routine, setting up shop in
Captivating, compelling, and completely compulsive. The mythical city of Atlantis is no longer lost. For Natalie, this fabled city is now the refuge she calls home. With only five dollars and seventy-six cents to her name, she has almost nothing left from the life she once knew in Virginia, and Atlantis is the perfect sanctuary
An intense, action-packed book that will haunt your nightmares. It’s been said that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Griffin Knight, an unparalleled homicide detective, may be recuperating from physical injuries and emotional wounds earned back in Seattle, but his tenacity and sense of justice have never been sharper. So when someone begins to
Intelligent young adult fiction that is seamless, satisfying, and oh-so-good! Less than two months have passed since Natalie’s life was permanently flipped upside down. She and her friends are no closer to finding their missing families, while Leo, once a pillar of strength supporting this rattled group, hasn’t shown up and might not have survived
A high-action intergalactic adventure of a lifetime. History has a tendency to repeat itself, even when history is being made in another galaxy. Colonizing a new part of the universe was deemed imperative when life on Earth became unsustainable more than a thousand years ago. During that tumultuous time, the Community was formed and transformed,
An exquisite tale with a gravity all its own. In a world where love is a weakness and the oceans are made of sand, Norah is plagued with insecurities within her tight-knit community of To’Rahn. Besides enduring the tragic loss of her father and worrying over the famine that has ravaged the land, Norah doesn’t
Packed with vibrant characters, clashes of culture, and enough warmth to stir the soul. When their homeland was destroyed, almost everything was taken from them. But the love and fierce sense of justice that Finbarl and Aminatra share have kept them alive thus far. True, their makeshift family has expanded in surprising ways, but their
A highly stylized novel that is not to be missed. Unable to move past the earth-shattering events in Astoria, Charlie West exists as a prisoner of his extraordinary circumstances. Plagued with guilt, grief, pain, and unrelenting nightmares, Charlie keeps mostly to himself and lives quietly among Portland’s vulnerable homeless population. And it’s no wonder Charlie
A gripping and exciting read that will make you feel like you are part of the action. It is his seventeenth birthday, and everything in the life of James Coffey seems to be in order. An evening of celebratory drinking with friends lands him in the usual trouble with his parents, but it’s nothing he
“You know things are not going well at the precinct when you get called in despite being signed off with injuries.” But in New York City, crime doesn’t take a sick day. A freelance journalist preparing funeral arrangements for her late husband is abducted from her home. A fitness instructor doesn’t show up at the
An intriguing story where good and bad overlap. Seventeen-year-old Tudor seems unbothered by convention. Despite the tendentious rules governing society, this 19th century Romanian boy manages to break from tradition at every opportunity. His closest friends, a well-off Hungarian and a compassionate gypsy, are civically inappropriate companions for this young man of humble means. But
A fantastical journey of grand proportions. While she isn’t trying to be unsociable, life as a herdwife has little appeal for Quen Santu, a young woman who can’t seem to find her place in society. Lurking beneath her headstrong veneer lies a shadow soul, a changeling looking to dominate Quen’s physical form. Locked in a
A pace that demands your attention and thematic elements that deserve a wide audience. Elysia Dayne has pulled off the impossible, eluding her own mortality, though just barely. When she recovers from the nearness of death’s cold embrace, her dear Isabella is close by to offer comfort and encouragement. Together, the two have come a
Has all the trappings of a modern science fiction classic. Is there a fate worse than death? If so, Arsaces Wood is the man to ask. A determined pilot victim to endless conflicts, deep-seated prejudices and political subterfuge, his physical essence has been completely reinvented after being all but lost in a daring military maneuver.
Packed with spirit, imagination and adventure. A resident of Kalastra’s roughest area, a place known as the Rundown, Ara hasn’t had an idyllic childhood, and she bears the physical and emotional scars to prove it. So when two men save her from a fearsome beast, she has trouble believing her luck has really changed. After
A harrowing journey where loyalties, priorities, and beliefs take on new meaning. From the moment Eunis enters the world, she is not like everyone else. Her face and skin branded by albinism stand out, her upbringing causes her to feel unconnected to other people, and her outstanding and unexplainable sensitivity to unusual weather phenomena leaves
Spectacularly crafted speculative fiction. It’s a drastic understatement and total miscalculation to say that Shawn Turner woke up on the wrong side of the bed. In fact, he’s neither in a bed nor does he any longer possess a beating heart. But these facts are news to Shawn as he is carted off to the
As much delight and wonderment as a single story can contain. “Sometimes you have to work hard and obey rules before you find freedom.” This practical mantra, heard often from his mother when he was a little boy, has resonated with Isaac through the years. As a result, Isaac has never been afraid to put
A dramatic fantasy novel driven by strong characters. Isen Prison is the most dreaded detention facility in all of Gurmanis, a reputation the institution has earned through years of forced labor, inhumane conditions, and unconcealed torture and cruelty. Home to rapists, murderers, enemies of the state, and every sort of criminal imaginable, the prison’s inhabitants
A fleet-footed thriller that will leave you craving more. Crime investigations in the Big Apple will have to wait because Detective Griffin Knight is taking his skills and intuition across the country in order to help a mysterious hacker solve a murder. The hacker, Kalyx, once assisted Detective Knight in an investigation and now she
Will leave you clamoring for the next book in the series. Whenever New York City Detective Griffin Knight gets the call, you know nothing good has happened. And when Griffin is tapped to investigate the heinous murder of a renowned district attorney and fellow purveyor of justice, it quickly becomes personal for the veteran detective.
Soulful, heartfelt, and one of the most memorable books you’ll read this year. From humble beginnings in a poor part of Missouri to sharing a meal with Mongolian nomads, Life Travel And The People In Between: A Memoir by Mike Nixon is a globetrotting adventure that is sure to stoke the flames of wanderlust in
