Long Leg is the second book in the Blighted Earth series by R.M. Tembreull. It introduces the eponymous character, a gifted burrowing owl named Long Leg, who doubles as Keeper to the dying Earth Elemental Okaraxta. In times of uncertainty, the only thing that grounds...

Mona “Ripper” Ripple and her crew, Karcass Five, take center stage in Jarrett Brandon Early’s Lovestruck Maggot, plunging readers straight into the rugged, alien world of Kalderra. The planet itself is unforgettable: glowing subarashi trees rise from volcanic calderas, a huge violet moon looms overhead,...

Lightning by Michael Ray Ewing begins when Adam Barnett survives a lightning strike on a deserted desert road. He wakes with no memory of how he arrived there and with a powerful black dog at his side. As he returns to Defiance, Arizona, fragments of...

Loner-Style Justice, a novella by Mike Marsbergen in the style of screwball comedy, hits all the right spots in delivering a great story. Joseph Tugger is an unusually big but gentle guy whose mission in life is to solve problems, especially the ones where he...

Lightshed is the second novel in The Gateway Trilogy by Crystal D. Grant. The story of Mason Grey continues now that he is empowered by the Shadowstone and troubled with the title of Shadowman. Driven by vengeance for his brother’s death, Mason is locked in...

Jason is a magically gifted, category seven wizard investigator who has helped many people and solved a record number of cases for the police by reading psychic imprints at crime scenes. Unfortunately, his current case takes an unexpected and dangerous turn when he is pulled...

Lieutenant Norman by Goutham Kool Monk tells the story of a heroic military dog named Norman, whose life is forged on the battlefield beside his handler, Sergeant Harris. Sadly, Norman sustains a critical leg injury and a life-shattering loss, which results in an early retirement...

In Loyalty to Alter by B.B.E. Gwyn, Victoria Tessier leads a busy life, running a tailoring business, working for mercenary clients, and running a sanctuary for the displaced. There’s more work than hours in the day, but she can’t say no until a mercenary job...

Legends of Us by Lorie Rea starts when Amber observes her sister Victoria preparing a ceremonial family speech that presents their shared experiences as legendary, but senses Victoria’s wish to escape her role. The family gathering ceases with an abrupt attack by masked figures claiming...

A.K. DuBoff's gripping and suspenseful Lost Planet is Book 2 of the Starship of the Ancients series. Evan Taylor and Anya Rohas are among the forty or so survivors who escape from their starship moments before it explodes in orbit around the alien planet Aethos....