The Standing Stone on the Moor is the fourth book by Allie Cresswell in the acclaimed Talbot Saga, and while the series is not published in chronological order, my best effort in the lead-up begins with The House in the Hollow, where Jocelyn Talbot rejects...

“You cannot teach what you do not know. You cannot know what you never learned.” Time and experience can be the best teachers, but it takes a willingness to learn. The Two Olive Martini, a novel by Lance T. Weil, is a perfect example of...

Salvatore Cataudella’s The Noema Field: Explorations in Consciousness is a magnificent prose poem narrative. The author uses computer-savvy technical language imaginatively to offer hope that the dilemma of the AI world we are entering can eventually solve the challenge of creating AI systems that have...

The Taking of the Hike by Timothy J Moriarty is a quirky, clever comedy. Lyle Speckman wakes up in a strange woman’s bedroom wearing nothing but his boxer shorts and with no memory of how he got there. From that bizarre beginning, Lyle’s misadventures spiral...

Maureen Donovan's plans unravel when she receives a disturbing vision of her friend Eliana. Upon further investigation, she and her husband, Mike, discover that Eliana is missing. They return to the site of their previous assignment to search for their friend, but the more they...

Sabden is a village that flourishes on treacle, and its citizens are called The Treacle People. They mine treacle, sell it, and use it to make amazing by-products like parkin cake and ginger beer. Unfortunately, the treacle mines have run out, and the people are...

Tsarina's Jewels by Jerena Tobiasen is the second book in The Nightingale and Sparrow Chronicles, preceded by book one, Tsarina's Crown. The story is set in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, where Simon Temple returns to England with his wife Mary, formerly Grand Duchess...

The Wake of Expectations by Javier De Lucia is a raw, hilarious, and heartfelt coming-of-age novel set in the analog haze of the 1990s. Calvin ‘Cal’ McShane is poised for a perfect future with his dream college on the horizon, and his parents just won...

Victor Gates returns from the war in Haiti to a hero's welcome at his home in Philadelphia. Despite the media buzz surrounding his military exploits, Victor only wants to return to the ordinary civilian life he remembers with his friends Rocky, Eli, and potential sweetheart...

If given the opportunity, Mitch Blaine prefers to spend his free time relaxing in the sun while contemplating creative ways to grow his savings for a rainy day. An opportunity arises while Blaine and his trusted partner, Beyer, recuperate from their latest misadventure. He receives...