In The Serpent Stirs by Ankusha Sutey, Indira is a young, cosmopolitan designer from Mumbai who wins an expenses-paid holiday to the eastern coastal state of Odisha, which has a rich historical and architectural heritage. The days pass in a whirl of sightseeing, temple visits,...

In James Young’s Time-Stopper, thirty-four-year-old David Preston is a Washington lobbyist with a secret no colleague can imagine: he can stop time. As everyone around him freezes, David can move through a silent city, giving him hours that pass as no more than a second...

In the continent of Riolta, lustite is a useful mineral that’s always in demand. However, man-made schemes and inhuman horrors fill the mines’ depths. Nicolas Brennan lives blissfully unaware of all this, despite ruling the kingdom of Myren. As the “Daft King,” Nic stays in...

A. M. Linden’s novel, The Sheriff: The Druid Chronicles, Book Three, is a mix of intriguing historical fiction and fantasy, set in early medieval Britain in the eighth century. The story is set in two neighboring Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Atheldom and Derthwald. The central character is...

The Catalysts 2: Silent Night by Joseph Guzzo is a delightful adventure tale featuring talking cats. Vic, his wife Claudia, and their son Luca are still celebrating the unexpected return of their previously terminally ill talking cat, Fatty. Alongside their other talking cat, Red, Fatty...

A. M. Linden’s The Valley is a spellbinding and imaginative work of historical fiction set in early medieval Anglo-Saxon Britain. The Valley begins in the 8th century, when Herrwn, a Druid priest, teacher, and bard, is an old man in his eighties. Herrwn recalls his...

The Throne of Deep Roots is the second book in the Worldhold epic fantasy series by Morven T.H. Borthwick. One year after the Black Sea rose and nearly destroyed the lands of the Worldhold, the Lord of the Dovarim, Sathor, and his council are still...

Warwick Gleeson's Torment Becomes Them delivers a spellbinding meld of fantasy and historical fiction. The story opens in the Bukhtarma River Valley as the greatest Kazakh magician, Zolo Bold, watches his democratic revolution crushed by black warlock Arislan Gur’s conjured rain of giants. His struggles...

The Scarlet Lady is the second book in the Tale of King Justice series by Evelyn M. Exley. Marion, the Scarlet Lady, flees from a marriage proposal from King Deut-wah of Dungh Ga Da and indulges in dragon-slaying, during which she discovers a collared dragon,...

The Death Keeper Chronicles: A Light in the Darkness by Daniel Hersch is a fun, thought-provoking, thrilling read. This story has several beginnings, according to its narrator. The first beginning provides a brief introduction to vampires before we are introduced to Yiyao of Huaxia. About...