West: Journey Across the Plains by David S. Larson is an amazing chronicle of the journey of the Jennings family. The family plans to travel from Pittsburgh to San Francisco, seeking out their fortunes like so many in the mid to late 1800s. However, tragedy...

Murder in the Delta: The Emmett Till Story should strike a chord in your memory. The notorious murder investigation has been mentioned in no less than ten prominent civil rights' movies and documentaries. Several books have been written about the crime and subsequent investigation, yet...

In I Want Superpowers by Steven Bereznai, sixteen-year-old Caitlin Feral undergoes the greatest challenge of her life to define her place in an evolved, dystopian, and segregated world. It is set against the backdrop of a dystopian world where humans (Dregs) and super-powered people (Supergenics)...

The Trumpets of Jericho: A Novel by J. Michael Dolan is a historical novel that explores one of the horrible moments of history — the horrors of Auschwitz. Taking the reader through the daring 1944 Jewish uprising at the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, the...

Vampire Huntress by Rosemary A Johns is book 1 of the Rebel Angels Series. Violet was a normal girl, taken in as a baby after being abandoned in London. Everything changes on the day she turns 21. Suddenly, Violet is awash with powers she never...

When global warming gives reality to the currently existing concerns about rising sea levels, humankind begins adapting by building cities beneath the sea. Vastly superior submarines of various sizes and capabilities are the common mode of transport. But if there’s one thing that never changes,...

The Zebonites’ Stronghold is a work of science fiction penned by author Kenneth Tucker, suitable for teenage and adult readers alike. Diving into the popular sub-genre of alien invasion, Tucker puts a unique spin on the concept by having humanity invite the alien race, the...

Nicole Beverly’s abusive ex-husband offered fellow prisoners payment to murder her. Finding Nicole is a graphic memoir recording the author’s experiences as a victim, and survivor, of shocking domestic violence and her battle for justice and safety. It includes, at the end, a brief guidebook...

How appropriate that just the day after I finished reading Fatal Depth by Timothy S. Johnston, CNN reported that because of rapid glacial melt, “It’s becoming increasingly clear that sea-level rise is going to be a bigger and bigger problem as we move through the...

Fifty Shades of True Crime by Douglas Fifer is a shocking collection of real-life crime stories from the police world. It focuses on crimes with extreme sexual behavior, strange fetishes, and very disturbing actions. An experienced Alaskan police officer tells these stories. The book mixes...