The Accelerates: Forty Days to Dust by Tak Salmastyan is a well-written dystopian novel about a world ravaged by a dangerous virus outbreak. It follows Ethan, a 15-year-old boy whose brother Leo is infected with the virus. Ethan, who is emotionally shaken, promises to save...

The Final Shelter is a dystopian mystery by Rob Ramos. The world order has collapsed. Cities are overpopulated, power cuts have become normal, riots are common, and citizens live amid poverty and squalor, barring a privileged few who live in protected areas. Phoebe Jones, a...

The Psychonauts: Sands Of Fate by Luther Banks is a wildly original genre-blender that plays by its own rules. Set against the backdrop of Cold War conspiracies, interdimensional warfare, and corporate malaise, the story hurtles through time and space with breakneck confidence. We’re introduced to...

The Short Winter’s Chronicles by Oleh Babanin follows Yuri Korolev, a former cosmonaut recruited for a high-stakes mission to land on and inhabit Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková in 2037. Yuri joins a diverse crew led by Commander Khalid Al-Kaabi, tasked with extracting resources, building a sustainable base...

Task Force Thunderbolt by Galen D. Peterson is one of those rare war novels that reads like an actual factual account of a conflict, including the battles involved and the soldiers who participated. When the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine, NATO, led by U.S. forces, moved...

The Nixian Chronicles: The Awakening by C.S. Evermore follows Lyara Valen, the last Nixian descendant, as she escapes the Veiled Dominion’s deadly hunt led by High Inquisitor Malakar. Lyara’s awakening powers mark her as the Balance Keeper, destined to restore harmony between Light and Shadow....

The Winds of War by Maggie Keith is a transporting first entry in the Descendants of Darkness series, and a beautifully crafted fantasy. The narrative introduces the imagined world of Libra, a realm on the brink of war. Era Vandemir is a young fighter who...

The Savagery of Man: Operation Homecoming by Nikki Yanu Kanati intertwines thriller elements with an exploration of human greed and the relentless pursuit of power, often at the cost of innocent lives. In a fractured America, torn between rival factions, President Calhoun is reported dead,...

The Bulls of Bashan by Jodi Lea Stewart unfolds in 1953 around Savannah, a waitress working in a diner in a small Texas town. Savannah's uncomplicated life is about to take a drastic turn. She is recruited as a member of a covert team tasked...

After several false starts, Dane Currier finally gets his long-time project up and running. Before he can reveal his life-altering invention to the world, he and his colleagues discover a massive black hole approaching their solar system, signaling a potential extinction-level event. As panic and...