A family holiday goes horribly wrong for Olympia Blunt when aliens invade Earth, killing millions of the planet's inhabitants, including her parents, and take her and several other human survivors to work on their home world of Borgomom. Olympia initially refuses to bend the knee,...

Tales of the South China Sea by Fred G. Baker follows Alex, Diego, and their crew as they work as pirates and smugglers in Southeast Asia in the late 1990s. Alex, a calm and skilled leader, teams up with Diego, a loyal Spanish-Filipino captain, and...

In The Wayfaring Widow by Casey Cline, Victoria, an English widow with secrets of a painful past, is sailing to America in the 1850s. She’s hoping for a fresh start and time with her friend, Isabella Bird. Victoria is reserved, while Isabella is more gregarious....

Over a decade into his reign as the supreme ruler of the Milky Way Galactic Empire, Abukar Kenessit plans to settle down and solidify his reign. He aims to marry, establishing his bloodline while adopting a very different approach from the norm to expanding the...

I wonder if you have ever read a book like The Ships We Sail by Janet Helen Fix. These are 'Modern Fables for the Unfinished Soul.' Twelve short tales featuring an animal or thing remind us, rather than tell us, what we already know. A...

The Ranleigh Tapes by Gabriel Tait follows Ranleigh Echo Meeks, a drug addict slowly trying to repair his shattered life. His story is told using a series of taped sessions conducted at a rehabilitation center called The House. It is Ranleigh's duty to fully adhere...

The Fire Service of Sachem City by Tom Trabulsi offers a visceral look at life inside a Rhode Island fire department on the brink of collapse. Set between 2008 and 2010, it immerses readers in the rhythms, rivalries, and camaraderie of Class 61—twenty-five recruits shaped...

Trump in Windsorland: The Crown vs. The Clown by Barry Robbins is a very different type of book. It combines video via a QR code or link together with text. He writes about Trump’s recent visit to Windsor Castle in England, where he was hosted...

The Devil's Berries by Patti Flinn follows Louis-Benoit Zamor, a Black enslaved man who grew up in the opulent, dangerous world of Versailles as Madame du Barry’s page. He learns to maneuver through court politicking and keep secrets to survive the ambitions of those around...

The Giant's Book of Poems by Daniel A. Freedman is a collection of original poetry, combining surreal imagery, episodic narration, and fragmented syntax to present observational snapshots of the extraordinary and ordinary. Cirche La Bas imagines sculptures in the Louvre speaking with humor and wisdom...