Nubia Johnson is a disciplined, principled USCIS officer who discovers that her case files and digital badge are weapons in a hidden war in David L. Wadley’s Passport Bro. She has always believed in justice and fairness, even if it is difficult to find justice...

In Bulls, Bears, and Bad Bitches by David L. Wadley, after fleeing Los Angeles under federal pursuit, former USCIS officer Nubia arrives in Atlanta and discovers that her identity has been used to authorize deportations, child removals, and surveillance operations targeting immigrant families across the...

“The boy was an unknown, but Claire thought unknowns could eventually make something of themselves.” Of course she did, because Claire Benson, the protagonist of The Dyer Legacy by Albert Sipes, is goodhearted to a fault. The story begins when Claire narrowly escapes two would-be...

Liberty Landing by Gail Vida Hamburg begins with the story of Gabe Khoury, a determined young immigrant who arrives in the Midwestern town of Azyl Park with little more than resolve and a fierce will to survive. Once a displaced young man stepping off a...

All Things Green by John Westren is a story on two levels. Jack Adams has a major problem to solve, which will impact his life and that of his family, who depend on him. He has promised to defend the pharmaceutical company he works for...

Tristan Martin’s The Elements follows four young women in New York as they meet through Hip-Hop and its different forms: rapping, breakdancing, DJing, and graffiti. Natasha is a shy teenager who keeps her rhymes private and works up the nerve to perform on stage. Christina...

Runika “Run” Tamara Long, a prominent figure in government reform in New York City and a businesswoman, had tried her best to stick by her brother’s side through his struggle with addiction until she couldn’t anymore. When she receives the dreadful phone call announcing that...

Exit Tickets by Kenneth Chanko follows Martin Jordanowski, a new writing teacher at a middle school on the Upper East Side, as his wish to reach students centers on Kandra McKissick, an eighth grader who turns his classroom into a refuge. Her visits grow longer....

Leadership: A Lifelong Journey by Dokali Megharief is about how leadership grows through what leaders do every day and how they treat the people around them. Megharief uses Amir as an example throughout to show how a leader shapes a team, helping them face problems,...

“If only I were 30 years younger. If only a lot of things,” muses Reid Franco, the protagonist of Scoundrels and Cocktails, a novel by Joe Newell. Reid isn’t 30 years younger; in fact, he’s not many things, including successful in life. What he is,...