Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
A bold mystical fantasy novel that demands to be read in one sitting. Sharlene Carolynn ‘Lynnie’ Diamond Russel is a vibrant young woman trapped in Havana, Arkansas. Determined to escape the confines of oppressive small town life, but with no real plans to get away, Lynnie decides to really live it up on her twentieth
A well-balanced and creative fantasy novel. Macy Steward helps her parents run a Safekeeper Center out of their mountaintop home. It’s a weighty job considering that she’s also a high-school kid trying to make it through adolescence unscathed. An unusual family with many surprising skills, the Stewards provide the highly exceptional service of facilitating opportunities
Wildly descriptive and impossibly imaginative. Young James Lamport has just graduated from Eton and has a promising career in banking lined up by his father. While most in that position would savor the moment of achievement, James merely feels stifled by his conventional, though privileged, life. To him, both his education and his childhood home
Politics and religion dance with fantasy and adventure in The Synchronized Six. In The Synchronized Six, the world is powered from the vitae reservoirs, yet nobody fully understands the power. There are Conductors who harness the power of the vitae, manipulating the energy through weapon-like instrument. The world is enjoying a fragile peace, not long
Brilliantly conceived and perfectly executed fantasy story. In a land ruled by fear and steeped in ceremony and long-held beliefs, young Galen struggles to find out where and how he fits in. To his father, the boy is meant to carry on with family tradition and become a fisherman. For Galen, his wild imagination and
More a novella than a full-length novel, The Plot Against Heaven is an unconventional love story about a man named Paul Desuthe. Paul lodges a complaint to Heaven about an error that took his wife. Kate died tragically in an accident and Paul demands to speak to God about the injustice. Paul makes his way
A worthy tribute to a classic book. With an interest in Geography, young Cygnus gets a sensible job working for an airline, hoping to see the world. Unexpectedly, he finds himself alone, tethered to buoyant airplane seats floating somewhere in the Pacific Ocean after his plane crashes. Salvation comes in a most unexpected form—a group
A fresh choice for an eerie fantasy novel that parallels the moral choices we face. Heartmender by V. Romas Burton is a fantasy novel with a unique premise and lofty moral overtones. Adelaide Tye lives in the land of Barracks where the human heart passes for currency. Most hearts are small and gray, but those
Tales from an Odd Mind may be small of words but is big in complexity and depth. Enigmatic author Nom D. Plume has bestowed upon readers a bizarre amalgamation of miscellaneous parts and pieces belonging to a vast array of diverse tales. There are beginnings, middles, and dramatic ends. The thread that really ties all
Scientific advancements in the hands of humans will always be used for good as well as for profit. In The Perfection of Fish, governments desperate to curb violence turn to Testrial, a testosterone reducing supplement. As people’s testosterone levels reduce, so do their violent tendencies. Suppressing a misogynistic culture, women rise to power in government
A suspenseful fantasy novel that will leave you breathless. Life is about choices. For young Sinisa Rizyr, she makes a choice that will forever change her life’s course. Sinisa is transferred to Veltuur, the realm of the dead, where she enters into a cheerless servitude as a Reaper. Despite the notoriously distasteful vocation, Sinisa takes
Daisy, Bold & Beautiful is a delightful story about an inspiring young girl It must be some kind of cruel trick, right? First day in a new school after moving into a cramped new place on April Fool’s Day? What middle-schooler wouldn’t be anxious? For DJ, the anxiety over her first day at Kirkland Heights
A fast-paced tale that whimsically hearkens a bygone era. Witches and werewolves and wizards, oh my! Dusk is the beginning of the epic Runemaster saga penned by Rey Clark. On the eve of adulthood, Mira Hultgren is met with a horrific tragedy. Her mother is dying in the middle of the ransacked apartment they share
UpSpark is a new inspirational fiction novel geared toward young adults or anyone looking to develop a sunnier outlook. Enya, 18, gets some terrible, but not entirely unexpected news; she inherited her dad’s Huntington’s. The diagnosis is not an immediate death sentence, but more like a slow miserable demise that steals your independence and dignity
An awe inspiring journey through space and time. When a wormhole spits out an unexpected object, Captain Ekels just happens to be in the right place at the right time. Sure, he’s been shunned by the scientific community and his ship is not performing any glorious mission, but the discovery of a stasis pod with
Fada and his wife have just experienced the joy of adding a son to their small family. Mere days after the birth of the boy, a dark sorcerer named Behas makes his way by night to the family with the goal of murdering the child. With the help a few of his powerful jinn, Behas
Johnny Sparks has always had his head in the clouds, but his life is quite average. He has great friends and does well enough in school, but for Johnny, a common life has never been quite enough. Then, in a split-second, his ordinary life is tossed out the window. Johnny and his friends become something
A brilliant and charming story some 200 years in the making. Finally, it seems that Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth have everything they’ve ever wanted. After a couple blissful years of marriage and a healthy young son added to a growing family, their lives have settled into a wonderfully mundane routine of domestic bliss. Calm family
At age eighteen, Opal must undertake a Choosing where she will be paired with a gemstone that will become an influential part of her life from that moment onward. Putting even more pressure on her Choosing, immediately afterwards Opal is to become a leader of her clan, and she knows that she will only keep
A thoughtfully written fantasy novel. Tellie has lived a lot of life in her 14 years. She was orphaned and subsequently adopted by relatives who value Tellie only for her free labor at their Inn. But nothing could prepare her for the night a menacing group of men with dubious motives wanders into the Inn.
All Giels has ever wanted is to take his place as Lead Storyteller and marry his longtime love interest, Cleo. Lead Storyteller is a prestigious position and is accompanied with special privileges, meaning Giels isn’t the only person hoping to gain the title. So he spends his days practicing the Equis recitation in preparation for
Sam Binks lives with his grandmother in a lighthouse on Silver Moon Cove. Despite his young age, the eight year old takes his responsibility of protecting Granny from pirates very seriously. Although, since there have never been pirates in his lifetime, the threat of them arriving on Silver Moon Cove doesn’t seem likely. When Sam
An entertaining read and a captivating story. Brynte has recently inherited the throne from a father that had earned a bad reputation within the land. In an effort to make peace with those of another land, Brynte has also been pressured into an arranged marriage to the young Princess Istonia, whom he has never met.
The dazzling result of an inspired imagination! Emma Lie is nothing if not driven. She has worked hard to achieve her carefully laid plans, despite emotional turmoil caused years earlier by her father. In a few weeks, Emma is poised to leave home for Harvard with a full scholarship. And up until a handsome stranger
