As a child playing in the cellar of her house, called the underhouse, Kira feels a vibration coming from a pair of huge stone eyelids. There she meets Angras, a strange boy possessing superhuman abilities. He tells her he came through these eyelids. They soon...

Metzra: World of Metzra, Book 1 is a dark epic fantasy novella written by M.U. Phoenix. Oren’s place in the world was staid and settled. He had followed his father’s counsel in all things, and, through his hard work, became a leader in the small...

The Butcher's Bill is book two in The Linus Schag Thrillers series by Martin Roy Hill and an electrifying read for fans of crime and police stories. A gruesome crime has been committed and a severed head is left at a security company. Evidence points...

With all the human suffering and environmental devastation that we see in the world, it’s easy to feel hopeless about things ever getting better, let alone that we could realize a dream of paradise on earth. With a methodical and logical approach which has a...

Fitting into high school life is always a challenge. There are the sports stars like Chad who always seem so confident and popular. And then there are those kids who just try to get through each day as it comes and hope that they fit...

In a memoir as important to human history and understanding as it is to the specific locale’s true representation of human spirit, Flem R. Messer’s plain-spoken but deeply meaningful book, An Appalachian Boy’s Life, relates the tale of a time and place when self-sustainability was...

Conjuring Deception by Camilo Iribarren is a thrilling crime read of illusion and misdirect. To stop a series of crimes committed by magicians, FBI Agent Simon Shakespeare puts together a team with a special set of talents: Feste Fillmore who is a mentalist, skilled cardist...

Jameon’s Closet is an educational children’s picture book written by Shauna Havlina and Leanne Richter. Jameon is not sure how he’s going to clean out that closet in his bedroom. If it were an ordinary closet, he’d have no problem, but he’s frightened of even...

The Find: Max and the Dream Time, Book 1 is a young adult fantasy novella written by Ruairí Cinéad Ducantlin. It was high summer, and in the fall the four friends would be in eighth grade, just one year away from high school and young...

Imprisoned, observed, goaded. This was the life the demigod had endured for over a decade. The people who held him sent a new observer; the others had met their end, more often by his hand, or more precisely, his thumb. This one he named Bookworm,...

Blood Ties by Alicia Lynn Wright is the second in a fiction fantasy epic series, Noble of Blood, that introduces us to Nikkola, Dartein's now grown up daughter. She leads a very sheltered life far from her grandfather's Palace of the Nobles, and is zealously...

Painted Girl: The Spirit Key by RA Winter takes you on the journey of a Native American woman as she meets with supernatural influences in order to discover the will of her ancestors. The Spirit Key is what will save the heritage and history of...

The Parfit Knight, Book One of the Rockliffe Series by Stella Riley, is a historical romance set in Georgian England. Meet Dominic “Nick” Ballantyne, the Marquis of Amberley. At thirty-four, he’s a wealthy, worldly, and athletic nobleman just as comfortable dancing with Madame Du Barry...

Stella Riley skillfully blends history with romance in her novel, The Marigold Chain. She begins with Chloe meeting Alex Deveril and his friends by chance when her young ward was almost trampled by a horse. Chloe questioned within herself the fact that she loved him...

If you like historical fiction with a military theme, Ever the Wayward Sky by Oliver Phipps is for you. Set in the period just after the American Civil War, it describes the travels of James Taft, a former sergeant in the Union cavalry. Having inflicted...

Harlandsville is a small town close to the Trans-Canadian Highway, which has seen its industry and a good percentage of its population depart for richer pastures. What remains by the crossroads at the center of town is a gas station, a Chinese restaurant and Le...

In a sleepy small town in West Virginia, a child struggles to survive. Sadie Tremont feels trapped. She wishes she could be normal like other ordinary kids her age. With her guarded personality, there is little hope she will find the help she needs. Then...

Wow! I don’t know where to start. I had hoped that Errant Gods: Blood of the Isir Book One by Erik Henry Vick was a good read. I doubted that it was as good as Stephen King’s The Dark Tower because that series is one...

Sixth grader Benny Cartwright tries to do the right thing when he suspects there is something wrong with his friend, Toby, but no one is prepared for what the problem really is in Demon King by Erik Henry Vick. Switching back and forth from the...

Video Game Takeover by D.T. Vaughn is a young reader action adventure story intended mainly for boys, but any young person who enjoys playing video games will most likely enjoy this book. The story follows a twelve-year-old named Caleb who lacks confidence and struggles with...