The Secret of the Sacred Scarab is Book One in The Chronicles of the Stone middle grade adventure series by Fiona Ingram. Adventure seeking Adam and his cousin, Justin, vacation in Egypt with their Aunt Isabel and grandmother. A peddler gives Adam a mysterious Egyptian...

The Garden of Two is a novel written by Vicki-Ann Bush. Fresh out of high school, Charlie Murphy is surrounded by flying bullets in the battlefield. Then he is hit. As he lay dying, his thoughts of Lillie, his one true love, surround him,...

In Titus of Pompeii by Ken Frazier, blacksmith Titus’ life is turned upside down when he is accused of murdering a local woman named Vibiana, whom he discovered stabbed and bleeding to death in the Temple of Venus. Before succumbing to her injury, she whispers...

The Emperor of Babylon by Murray Lee Eiland Jr. is the continuing story of Orfeo. Orfeo is married to Clarice and has settled down to a peaceful life in Pylos. However, this is short lived. He learns that Zurga, his mentor, has been imprisoned. Zurga...

The Prodigal Son by Anna Belfrage is an intense and highly satisfying addition to The Graham Saga, and one that I was able to follow easily despite the fact that it had been some time since I'd read the previous installments. Belfrage does a commendable...

The Drummer’s Call by Patricia Leppo is an exploration into posterity. Josh is a California bred ninth grader, who loves video games and playing drums in his band. Recently, the loss of his father has rocked his world. Sandy, Josh’s mom, feels the burden of...

In a novel of truly epic standards, The Crystal Crux: Betrayal, Volume One by author Allen M. Werner is a story that readers will not soon forget. Follow the story of Pero de Alava, a man dealing with paranoia and hallucinations to such a degree...

The Dancing Barber by AC Michael is a novel with powerful historical hints about a Ukrainian who was able to survive and even escape the worst of the cruelties of the Soviet communist dictatorship. This story is set against the backdrop of the Soviet Union...

Growing up, Victoria Woodhull — the sixth of ten children — knew nothing but abuse at the hands of her father, poverty, and all sorts of dysfunctional family ties. Her first marriage proves even worse than the family she was born into. In spite of...

The Last Season is an historical novel written by Robert Joseph. Lady Mary Ashmore's fancy has been set on Lord Andrew Buckford, the eldest son and heir of Lord Simon Buckford, for as long as she can remember. She's not at all pleased to hear...