Pat Wahler’s Beyond the Sky’s Edge begins in 1912 St. Louis, when eighteen-year-old Livvie Newcomb returns home from boarding school after discovering that aviation offers a future far different from the marriage her parents expect her to accept with wealthy family friend Leonard Wyatt. Determined...

In Daniel P. Douglas’s Blood Wing, Jack Morrison, a former police officer turned private investigator in 1951 San Pedro, is approached by Samuel Wilkins, who refuses to accept that his brother Ezekiel died in an accident inside a restricted aircraft plant building military cargo planes....

Birth Right: Secrets of Silent Shadows by Christophe Medler is a historical novel set in the time of Henry VIII of England. Mixing real historical people living in Tudor times with fictional characters, he weaves an exciting story of a murder and the discovery of...

Braving the Dawn by Peggy Joque Williams is a multi-layered and nuanced historical romance set on the frontier of French Canada toward the end of the seventeenth century. Sylvienne d’Aubert held a position of some prominence in the French court. As a lady in waiting...

In Stefano Blackwood's The Cube of Dominium: Beneath the Veils of Power, years after a brief encounter between Napoleon Bonaparte and a tavern worker named Anne Blanchet, a girl named Claire grows up carrying a silver pendant given to her mother before Napoleon departed for...

In Burn Everything Then Forget It by Boston Teran, many people are unaware that there are underground teams that work in the shadows for government services. Among them are Bill Castle and Charlie Warsh. Their children, Viola and Bill, are both Puerto Rican, the former...

Ballot by Dan Mulvagh is a powerful anti-war novel that follows the exploits of four Australian servicemen (Diggers) called up to serve in the Vietnam War. Mitch Masters' career in motorcycle speedway racing is derailed by a call-up in the 1969 Australian draft ballot. Three...

Boudicca’s Knife by Steven James Foreman is a fascinating fantasy. The narrative follows the “life” of a Celtic dagger for a thousand years, its blade variously a knife, a family heirloom, and a ceremonial sword, but always the harbinger of death. A great deal of...

Born in the Aftermath by Ian Griffin follows the events toward the end of World War II in Germany. Gerd Huber, a young man who lives in Seelow, East Germany, leaves his home after an attack by the Soviet forces. He travels with Emilia Weber, who...

Boy Abandoned by Victor Merkel is a compelling blend of history and fiction, narrating the story of Walter Charles Merkel, Sr., and his youngest son, Victor Allan Merkel. The book spans decades, beginning in 1892, and follows the family's struggles with abandonment, loss, and perseverance....