Ultralumen: The Conductor Wars — Book One: Earth’s First Stand by Ultra Lumen Studios picks up moments after Episode III's Final Synchronization. Earth's First Stand introduces Conductor Adrian Vale just as the Convergence Engine collapses, awakening the Prime ARC-CORE beneath Aureth. Something hungrier stirs at...

Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr.'s The Griffin Knight Crime Files is a collection of three stories. In Always Bet on Death, Griffin is transferred from Chicago to Long Island, where he partners with Detective Sergeant Trenton Barnes. Their investigation takes a turn when a woman’s body...

M. A. Coupe’s The Cyclist: Carbon Fingerprints follows Alex, a gifted Chicago cyclist riding the Trans-Britain Ultra, an arduous charity race across Britain. An old injury has left Alex with nerve damage that can interrupt an otherwise exceptional performance, yet racing remains the one place...

Charlotte Woodland’s Eight Weeks features Chloe Moore, a dental assistant who is unsure about her life's purpose. Randolph Dunne is a patient at the dental clinic, and Chloe is fascinated by his perfect teeth. Unbeknownst to her, he too has an interest in her, but...

The Whitlock Trail is a captivating treasure-hunt thriller by Steven Gallaher. David and his family park their RV in a woodland. A barely conscious stranger staggers out of the woods and collapses near their RV. Michelle, David’s wife and nurse, helps the stranger recover. Once...

Jeff Janoda’s Season of Life follows Basil Biggs, a free Black farmer whose Pennsylvania land becomes part of the Gettysburg battlefield in 1863. After Confederate troops retreat, Basil returns home to find his farm devastated. Union intelligence officer John Babcock recruits him to follow the...

S A Melia’s Heirs of Empire (Dodecahedral) follows the boy-king Teodor, thought dead after being lost in the wilds of Sas Darona; he returns riding the Charliki, the black Queen of Spiders. He finds out his cousin Tomas Storm has seized command of the Dome...

Grace is a widow. Her husband, Mitch, died last year, and she has their farm up for sale. She is struggling with the sale process as the first offer, which seemed firm, is now in jeopardy. The property manager quit, and the potential buyers are...

After the global disasters, the Great Flood and the Great Drought, survivors now live in The Colony, a society in what was once Phoenix. Nichola Rodale lost her family, including her father, a brilliant scientist and progressive activist, in the Great Drought. She works for...

The Webheads currently rule the streets of Seattle; they’ve already taken out the Killer Owls, and the Black Widows are trying to muscle in. Brothers Max and Jax Barrow lead the Webheads, but a power play is coming through the ranks that they don’t see...