The peace of Far North New Zealand is interrupted when a secret discovery in an oil shale pit on a farm attracts a special kind of unwanted attention in Morris Leyland’s novel, Frack. Ariki Samuel is a specially trained warrior who performed special duty with...

Preservation by Cynthia Lang will appeal to those having to rethink their lives when a drastic change occurs. Lee is a mature adult woman who has somewhat taken life for granted. She and her husband Charlie have certain understandings and, seemingly, it works well for...

Super Cowboy Rides by Daris Howard tells the tale of a boy named Tommy. Life growing up on a farm was far from boring as Howard portrays. Tommy has many brothers and sisters and he is no stranger to hard work at such a young...

Festival Madness by Judith Copek introduces us to Emma Lee Devens, a Boston based computer security consultant, and asks what would you do for a friend? Would you put your job at risk? Your marriage? What about your life? Emma does all of that when...

Lemat is a struggling artist of the worst sort. Filled with talent that has thus far been unacknowledged by the professional world, he has just about decided to give up on everything in his life and become … average. He’s ready to simply fall in...

Lucky Numbers by Dick Elder is a well-written novel about the pitfalls of winning the lottery. Ed is a supermarket manager and his wife, Sandy, is an office manager for a group of dentists. They and their 2 daughters live a normal life until Ed...

Stairway of the Gods by Vic Warren is the beautiful love story of Joan and Paul Webster set in the Philippines. Joan Webster discovers some precious artifacts after an earthquake in the Philippines. Her husband, Paul, is in hospital after being hurt in the earthquake...

“I don’t know about this house. It’s old, the floor creaks up here, and sags in places. It’s the second floor, and there’s no window. There’s no window so there’s no moon. I can’t hear any crickets. There’s a window in the hallway, though. A...

The Reach of Children by Tim Lebbon is uniquely unlike any of Lebbon’s other books that I have read. Not a horror story, The Reach of Children is a tragically poignant study of a preteen boy and his father as they try to cope with...

The Way Back by Jeffrey Turner is a powerful novel of love, deception, and mistakes. Jack Elliot is a college professor, teaching a creative writing class. He is also a published author, husband to Claire, and father to Nathan. The day starts ordinarily enough -...