Ulysses Dream by Tim White tells the story of a young man who, by reason of circumstances, is sent to fight in the Vietnam War. The story follows his early life, his meeting with the one who would be the love of his life, his...

Set against the backdrop of a Singapore barely recovered from the throes of World War II, Under the Pong Pong Tree by Hal Levey is a riveting story of a young woman dealing with the repercussions of the war. As if losing her entire family...

Reading S.R. Mallery’s first novel, Unexpected Gifts, is like exploring a large wooden chest, full of valuable treasures. The main character, Sonia, is a college student, majoring in psychology. Sonia is the only child of Sam and Lily; Sam is a Vietnam veteran who lost...

I loved, loved, loved Jennifer Bort Yacovissi’s new book, Up the Hill to Home. This debut novel is so beautifully and lovingly written that if I didn’t know that it was based on the author’s ancestors, I would have assumed as such. Up the Hill...

Unlucky Double: Part One (Volume 1) by Darryl R. Breland is subtitled Mafia, Nazis and Time Travel and it lives up to the description. It begins in the year 2046, where Giovanni “Johnny” Cado, a 20th-century New Orleans gangster who was just mysteriously found alive,...

Fara Bellamont has a problem; her uncle Michel. She returns to his estate as an adult, after being raised by nuns in Burgundy following the death of her parents. However, she discovers he is intent on finding her a husband -— whether she wants one...

Returning from the New World after eleven years of missionary work, Ignaz Pfefferkorn, a Jesuit priest, is imprisoned in Spain for ten years after the order was disbanded by Papal decree. In 1796, he is finally free and makes his way home to the Rhineland....

"Under Table Mountain" by Nigel Patten is a lovely historical account of the close of the nineteenth century in South Africa. As the story opens, Colonial Britain has ongoing conflict with the two Boar republics. Through the tension and turmoil of the Johannesburg and Capetown...