Shadow Shinjuku: Volume 1 by Ryu Takeshi has the bustling city of Tokyo as its setting. We follow the life of one Sato, an orphan taken in by Yamaguchi, the head of a criminal organization. Sato met the boss (Yamaguchi) in Shinjuku at the age...

One Mad Rooster is an adventure story for children penned by author Paul Bird. Life is full of stories, many of which are frequently shared with friends and loved ones alike, each engaging yarn improving substantially with each new telling. Growing up is an adventure...

Now What? written by Brenda Faatz and illustrated by Peter Trimarco is a children’s picture book about a little girl named Lizzy who is doing her best to create her very own fun-filled day. But every activity either tends to go amiss in some shape...

Iceapelago 2091 by Peter Brennan is a dystopian fiction novel that gives a glimpse into the future if we aren’t careful about the climate and we don't respect Earth. Ireland was almost destroyed by tsunamis when the Gulf Stream changed and divided it into 30...

What They Didn’t Burn: Uncovering My Father’s Holocaust Secrets by Mel Laytner is the non-fiction memoir of the author in which he documents a paper trail that leads to a search spanning the globe. Laytner is a journalist, which proves helpful in both the investigation...

This is How You Vagina: All About Your Vajayjay and Why You Probably Shouldn't Call it That by Nicole E. Williams, MD is an eye-opening self-help and health book about the vagina and what makes it so unique. It's everything you've always wanted to know...

Solomon's Porch by Janet Morris Grimes is a moving work of fiction about a man named Solomon struggling with dementia, but it also offers so much more. It's about the fight to survive, be remembered, and yearning to relive the past. This focuses on the...

Sixty Positions with Pleasure by Sahlan Diver is a microcosm of man and his behavior. It’s a crime murder mystery, a commentary on a town that declares independence; it demonstrates man’s greed, desire for money and power, and then there is the sex. When a...

T. C. Weber’s Born in Salt does a good job of finding that sweet spot between a dystopian future and sociopolitical commentary. This is a tale in which Ben Adamson, a young farm boy from Illinois, becomes a strong opposition against an oppressive government. His...

Supreme Threat: A Logan Alexander Thriller by T.L. Williams is a well-researched and detailed account of the differences between North and South Korea. The content is factual and there are several acronyms introducing intelligence agencies and their importance to national security. The plot is shrouded...

Take it from me, an ex-pat Aussie living in Canada: Travel Rangers: Mission to Australia by Erika Bud is “bonza”! What? Oh, forgive me. I just got carried away thinking about the reactions of youngsters reading this delightful book and hearing some Aussie “lingo” (words)...

A Reduction of Men by Jason C. Dykehouse is a speculative fantasy set in an alternate historical world and revolving around one Mister Oshka Hyggens, who unwittingly makes a name for himself at perhaps the most inopportune moment possible. The cartography provided appears pretty straightforward...

Confessions of a Janissary by Nicholas Downing is an absorbing, compelling work of Christian historical fiction. This engrossing story is set in the early Ottoman Empire, in the latter part of the 14th century. Christian boys are taken from their families by the Sultan and...

Bloody Growth by Vincent J. Wallace is the second book in the Alexander Stern series. Alexander is happy, settled into expanding his companies, but when an expected event puts him on a different track, he acquires a company he never considered before. Unfortunately, the risks...

Rebel’s Knot by Cryssa Bazos takes us back to seventeenth-century Ireland and that eternal struggle against the English and the Irish desire for self-determination. Aine Callaghan is a young Irish lass who has escaped a difficult family situation in Cork to finally find some peace...

Branded by Joseph T. Humphrey is a fantasy novel revolving around a high-schooler named Henry Murphy, whose seventeen years of life turn out to be far less normal than they seem. The book begins with a prologue of baby Henry being rushed with his parents...

Kraken Crew by Dan Malster is a children's fantasy picture book for young readers who are up for a tale far different than the standard bedtime story. The book begins with an introduction to a ship full of marauding anti-heroes who, by appearance, are all...

Mementos by Theodore Jerome Cohen is a compilation of original flash fiction and short stories, and book four in the author's series, Mementos Anthologies. Using stock photography and photographs taken by others that depict a scene or a person as a prompt, Cohen weaves bite-sized...

Train of Thoughts by Veronica Thornton is a compilation of original poetry, essays, and short stories. The essays and poetry read in a stream of consciousness format, the former really having a conversational feel and the latter employing the use of syllabic beats and rhyme...

Victim: A Feminist Manifesto from a Fierce Survivor by Karen Moe is a powerful, immersive memoir about patriarchal hierarchy and how it allows a climate for abuse to occur and go under-addressed. This book is several things at once: It's a compelling survival story of...