The Legacy of Jaarqub the Atlantean by Dr Philip Jamieson is an intriguing and timely work of speculative fiction. Anthropologist Jamie Tawnhill is ambitious, but also the stereotypical absent-minded professor. On a visit to a research center on a volcanic island, he has an experience...

The Urban Legend of the Gold Key by D.K. Zier follows Cate Smith Cruz, who just wants to belong. Cate is a music-obsessed teenager who has moved around her whole life. Living next to one of California's largest cemeteries, Cate has always been drawn to...

The Memory of Salt by Angelo Nicola Giuliano is a lovely collection of thirteen short stories. Each story centers on a shared locale: Italy’s southern coast – Cilento, Maratea, Calabria, Sicily, Mondello Nubia, and Mazara del Vallo – where fishing traditions run deep. Also shared...

The Adventures of Dizi the Mountain Gorilla is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Pamela Boullier Ross. It follows Dizi, a young mountain gorilla whose name means 'bamboo flute.' Dizi is pretty happy with his life in the Virunga Mountains. Then he hears...

Linda C. Wisniewski’s Time is a Pilgrim is set in 1830 Podhale, where Regina arrives in Biały Kot to help her daughter Marianna through childbirth as the halny, a destructive mountain wind, sweeps the villages. The baby, Halina, is born with a red mark across...

To H1-B or Not To Be by Hitesh Dev is a timely and powerful book. Amit Khanna is a young Indian student who pursues his dreams and ambitions, like many others of his generation, through higher education in the U.S. The foreign student experience, the...

The Gossip Chronicles of Gladys Ouellette by Marie Shannon is a story about starting over, with a little help from new friends. Abby has moved north to Maine to get away from the unhappiness of a messy divorce. She buys an old house that belonged...

The Best Part is a historical novel based on Alessandra and Chiara Tumolo's grandparents, Bepi and Gelmina. In remote villages outside of Verona, Italy, with the backdrop of World War 2 horrors, fascism, and poverty, their grandparents' love story came to life. Each chapter features...

The Fixer: The Shape of Her by Ozzie Logozzo is one of those books that hits you with its intensity right from the very first page. It isn't just a story you read; it’s one you feel. I was completely floored by the prose here....

I wasn't totally sure what I was getting into when I picked up The Romanov Episode by Clive Radford, but I’m glad I did. It’s one of those books where you realize pretty quickly that you're holding something special. It isn't just another mystery; it’s...