The Most Spectacular Traveling Box by Mason Bell is an enchanting adventure filled with whimsical characters and magical potions. Readers are invited to follow George the Great, a chemist-turned-circus magician, as he creates a traveling potion to bring Sophie Mae, the heir of the Gardenia...

As a black boy living in Atlanta, Georgia, with a wonderful family and a promising basketball career, loved by his teachers and classmates alike, Royal thought that life couldn’t be more perfect. He based his view on material things and didn’t stop to appreciate that...

Cheerful Obedience is a work of fiction in the historical, military, action, and adventure subgenres penned by author Patrick McLaughlin. It is best suited for mature readers as it contains accurate and sometimes distressing depictions of war and combat. Set during the Vietnam War, we...

The late-night call from Mr. Miller would have a great impact on their lives. Germany had intensified its bombings across the country, which greatly cost the Standfield family. Alice had always been considered an odd duck. After being a good wife for several years, she...

Using the rule of nines, she estimated his burns at 80 percent. Not much could be done for him apart from a generous dose of morphine. When Cathy held his hand, the skin on his palm sloughed off. Earlier during orientation, she had done an...

This week, I’ve been thoroughly absorbed by Radu Guiasu’s powerful depiction of friendship and determination in The Faraway Mountains. The book explores the lives of several young people living under a communist dictatorship, splitting between a group of friends on an expedition up a mountain...

A sequel to Meryl Ain's award-winning historical fiction novel The Takeaway Men, Shadows We Carry follows the life of the daughters of Holocaust survivors Aron and Judy Lubinski, who migrated to the United States after the war. Fraternal twins Bronka and JoJo Lubinski chase their...

Night Train to Odessa by Mary L. Grow is a historical account of life in the city of Odessa during the Russian Civilian War, told through the eyes of a refugee from the countryside searching for her lost children. As civil war approached her tiny...

Alice and Sam are back to dating years after their school romance ended. As a celebrated history teacher, Alice is passionate about history. Sam, on the other hand, is a successful manager and a brilliant engineer. Though both swamped with work, they come up with...

Liberty Epic of Shadows by L. A. Espriux traces the evolution of a series of events, beginning with the colonization of the Americas by Christopher Columbus and the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. It transitions to 1640, with a Spanish galleon's ill-fated journey, resulting...