Nefertiti's Legacy: A Lost Pharaoh Chronicles Complement by Lauren Lee Merewether was a great read for me and a wonderful adventure to Egypt of the era of pharaohs. In the tradition of Christian Jacq, Merewether comes across as not only a gifted storyteller, but an...

The Bertrams and the Jimenezes were two families that lived in El Salvador. While the Bertrams operated a thriving restaurant, Domingo Jimenez operated a repair shop. Both families had dreamed of moving to America, but they were doing okay in El Salvador until the maras...

The Greatest Game by Greg Rajaram is a light read that I would consider as one of the most philosophical works of fiction I have ever read. While Sophie’s World is too didactic for my taste, The Greatest Game is simply impressive in its uniqueness....

Twelfth Winter: Sequel to Summer of Two Worlds by J. Arthur Moore is a young adult coming-of-age tale about an orphaned white boy named Michael who was rescued as a toddler by a Sioux family and raised as their son, Prairie Cub. Now sent back...

The scope of Ian Williams’ collection of six short stories spans the time from the near future to far into the distant future with a range of topics. These cover global issues such as environmental decay and growing waste problems. These also dig into the...

A Republic's Rise by Clinton Aldrich is a tale with a strong appeal to fans of historical novels, especially those with a setting evolving around WWII. Before WWII, the Reich Chamber of Culture orders Derek Schorr, an art graduate student at Berlin Academy of Arts,...

Did he fall or was he pushed? So begins Dick Rosano’s mystery, The Etruscan Connection, on the Italian coast. Darren Priest is informed that an archaeologist died on a dig. He and his partner, Alana, a Viennese cop, head to the ancient remains of Etruscan...

Southern Xposure by Sam Knupp is an unusual, comic, and sad love story of two disabled people who met for the first time on the day they both lost their jobs. Poppy Virginia Diamond's bright future as a runner with a full track scholarship to...

King's Daughter by Lauren Lee Merewether is part of the Lost Pharaoh Chronicles Complement Collection. Nefertiti’s daughter, Nefe, is on the run from her home after her mother was betrayed and murdered. Her sister has abandoned her and she needs to get away from a...

Stepping Into the Fire: A Journal about Growing-up in Appalachian Ohio by Steven P. Keller is an incisive book that explores the author’s memoirs and experiences of Ohio. The story features some of the favorite people in the life of the narrator and presents their...