Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
Book Awards, Editorial Reviews & More!
For important covert missions, the UK relies on MI6, Israel has Mossad, and the CIA covers the US. While these agencies fill a need in their respective countries, they are often limited by national borders and nagging bureaucracy. But what about an international organization unbounded by government and unafraid of consequences? For Harry Fernández, a […]
A.I. Capone might be the most enjoyable tech-thriller of the year! Artificial Intelligence Cognitive Augmentation Program One is less than a year away from real-world deployment thanks to Dr. Celeste Turing and her hardworking team. No ordinary code, AI- CAP- 1 is a multi-billion-dollar security investment meant to guard against non-Earthly threats. Unfortunately, CAP- 1’s
A fast-paced, unpredictable mystery you’ll devour in a single sitting. Morgan’s Landing is a tight-knit community of residents who enjoy life on their island home. The modern-day Morgans, ancestors of the man for whom the town was named, are well-known in the area for their wealth and influence. So when Jim Brady, a twelve-year veteran
Time may offer perspective, soften painful memories, and create opportunities to rebuild, but the Hart family is evidence that it does not heal all wounds. Once a thriving and joyful household, they are shattered by a series of devastating events. The family faces the heartbreak of multiple miscarriages, the tragic loss of the father in
Five difficult years looking for acting jobs in the entertainment capital of the world have given Dominic Graves little to show for his efforts. He’s got the right look, but success in early 90s Los Angeles demands more than an impressive physique and a dazzling smile. Dominic quickly learns that his path to stardom will
Charlie Cosby and Bill Beasley have been friends since their first day of college, though their lives are nothing alike. Bill is genius-level smart, performing classified research on the properties of laser beams, while Charlie is an average guy enduring an unremarkable job as an insurance adjuster. Where Bill enjoys success and respect, Charlie bumbles
The Nicodemus is an impressive feat of architecture and engineering, a semi-submersible oil drilling rig positioned in the Gulf of Guinea. Those doing a hitch on this rig are a hearty bunch, a group of men and women unbothered by long stretches of isolation, unafraid of hard work, and always able to rally together as
An immersive family saga that cuts to the heart. Parul and Mohini may not share a flesh-and-blood bond, but their sisterhood runs just as deep. Brought to a Bhadralok family by her grieving father, young Parul reluctantly agrees to work for the Sens as a live-in maid. While she must say goodbye to life with
A dual-timeline adventure that history lovers will savor and treasure seekers will find irresistible. X marks the spot, at least that’s what every childhood adventure story teaches. Jack Sullivan knows better than anyone that a treasure is waiting to be found, but no map he’s seen has anything as obvious as a giant red X.
The world is full of social imbalances, iniquities, and stratifications, and these injustices are glaringly obvious when looking at the prison system. One death row inmate looking to accept his due punishment volunteers to expedite his execution specifically to donate his heart to a politician’s wife in dire need of a transplant. His sacrifice saves
A harrowing novel that straps readers into the passenger seat of a dangerous, rocky ride. Monday is barely underway, but White Sands Pay-n-Save has already seen its share of insignificant yet interconnected events. Mattie loved her job at the South Florida Aquarium, but procrastination led to a crushing loss. Now she’s stuck refilling slushy machines
Sassy and suspenseful, The First Lie will hook you on page one. Practically still a blissful newlywed, Olivia Hart couldn’t be happier with her life. She has a new job as a junior accountant at Sterling Enterprises where her doting husband works just a few floors below. With promotions on the horizon and plans for
A tantalizing red-carpet revenge tale with a blockbuster finale. News of a fellow actress’s murder hits unusually hard for Annette Taylor. These days, Annette’s personal big-screen legacy reflects back on her as if through a shattered mirror. She’s still reeling from a debilitating incident that she can’t quite remember and injuries she’ll never be able
Call-in-to-work good, worth every action-packed moment. Quinn Hamilton was happy, once. An ambitious reporter married to a successful FBI man, Quinn seemed unstoppable until her husband’s untimely death. Years later, when everything lines up and Quinn gets the chance to exact revenge on the man she holds responsible, she is up for the task, even
This pulpy comedy-mystery mashup is sure to keep you laughing until the case is solved. Michael Penn is a writer and reporter of some renown and his current story about a powerful New York City family is going to be a doozy. Socialites April and June LeBlanc are twins with a relationship more complex than
From witchcraft to bloodlust and mad science to precognition, there are no boundaries in Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr.’s Halloween-worthy anthology, Nightfall Nightmares: Twelve Mysterious Tales. Hernandez demonstrates his versatility with the natural pairing of horror and mystery, providing readers with scary tales that are brimming with puzzles, riddles, and questions waiting to be answered. While
Intrigue is present throughout, with the writer’s imagination and rich world-building keeping readers invested until the end. Beneath the grime and glamour of Seattle city life, where any sense of morality is as rare as a comet, lies a waking nightmare that needs to be stopped in Miguel Hernandez Jr’s novel, Spider’s Bait. The vicious
Everything about this edgy collection builds eager anticipation for what else the authors have in store. Black Magick: 13 Tales of Darkness, Horror & the Occult showcases a range of macabre tales penned by seasoned masters of the genre and rising stars in the world of nightmarish fiction. From inevitable deadly ends to the mystery
A pulsating thriller. Colby Tye isn’t winning any awards for Father or Husband of the Year, and he’s fine with that. He’s an unrepentant bully in his own home and isn’t afraid to let his menacing personality surface around his neighbors when they pry into Tye family affairs. A community church offers some assistance, but
Thrills and chills swirl into a freaky collage of depravity and camaraderie. For a town as quaint as Lost Grove, the imposing Orbriallis Institute is an odd juxtaposition. The modern facility has an impressive reputation for its cutting-edge research, but rumors of unorthodox treatments and unscrupulous methods keep even the nosiest neighbors from prying. What
Who is AMZ and why are they texting bizarre messages to Claire Deveraux? Busy with her work at the American Embassy in Paris, Claire has little time for scammers, spammers, or time-wasters, which is exactly what AMZ is to her. Through their annoyingly persistent texts, AMZ claims to know something that would significantly impact Claire’s
A felicitous novel that highlights some of the obstacles, dilemmas, and incentives inherent in innovation. In a world where seemingly everything has changed in the last century, political tensions in 2053 ring out like a painful history lesson. Having made tremendous advances in scientific disciplines, China is now on the brink of war with NATO
An edgy cyberthriller. The truth will set you free, but not everyone cares for the truth. Or freedom. Nobody knows this better than Julian Comstock, a recently widowed man struggling to find purpose in a changed world. Not only did COVID mandates cost his wife her life, but they took a toll on Julian’s physical,
Interesting character dynamics deftly steer this slow-build military mystery. Eddie Profar used to imagine his future as a golden rock star, but his reality is a grudging draftee forced to freeze off his extremities near the DMZ. Teenage dreams usurped, Eddie adapts as well as anyone can to subzero Korean weather, forced proximity to strangers,
