“Why do I have to rewrite my script just because it has no structure? After all, it is only a story. Can’t I do what I want?” If a student told you that, how would you challenge them? Somdev Chatterjee has faced this question in...

Mendel's Ladder: The Collected Histories of Neoevolution Earth Vol. 1 by E.S. Fein is a science-fiction fantasy thriller set in a dystopian future. The Huntress, Volya, finds her deadly mate, the Hunter, only to discover that he has fallen for a human female and is...

Firesight by Jessica Deen Norris is the first book in the Dragon Guardian Chronicles. Everyone expected the arrival of the Dragon Guardian to create harmony within the world, but in a world where Shadow Knights are in search of a particular type of mage, this...

Finding Me is an absorbing coming-of-age tale by Jacquie Biggar. Ever since the suicide of her father, life hasn't been the same for Izzy Thomas. While her mother slowly lost her life to alcohol and pharmaceutical pills, Izzy had to drop out of high school...

Fallen: The Founder's Seed, Book 1 by Drema Deòraich is a compelling science fiction epic that introduces readers to Alira, a misfit cleric with the extraordinary ability to inherit memories from the dead. It’s a gripping story that throws Alira into a world on the...

A.S.R. Gelpi’s A Land of Shadows and Moss is a captivating opening to The Dandelion Chronicles, a book packed with adventure, an immersive fantasy world, and phenomenal conflict. Set in the Zahari Empire, the story follows twelve-year-old Princess Kharis, a uniquely young Djinnshirukh burdened with...

There seemed to be no rest for the Stone County Sheriff’s office in Anderson, Montana. Sheriff Peter Elliot and his deputies had just closed a recent murder case when they received news about the discovery of the dead bodies of an old couple living in...

After Anthony is rejected by Olivia, one of the most popular girls in school, his friends take him on a night excursion to cheer him up. Mavro Manor is rumored to house the ghost of a young girl who died decades ago. When they enter...

Matthew Diefenbach’s Hidden Parable Theory discusses the presence of numerical codes in ancient artifacts, religious relics, and natural phenomena, linking them to biblical teachings. Drawing from Jewish Gematria, Diefenbach identifies symbolic patterns within these codes, revealing connections to the divine. For example, in the Leaf...

Delight in Your Hue: The Creator Painted You by Bree Burks is, as its title suggests, a delightful and entertaining lesson in the beauty of diversity, chock full of positive messages for young readers and the adults who encourage them. Bo, a blue fish, has...

My Soul to Keep by Lynette M. Burrows is a hard-hitting dystopian story set in a very different version of America to the place it was in 1961. This is a world where cruel leaders force everyone to follow strict rules and punish those who...

Shattered Paths by Daniel Rolph is a captivating story that draws on Rolph's true experiences growing up in the foster care system in the UK. The narrative follows the life of Jack Hardy, a young boy who was taken into the foster care system after...

Bajette's Balloon: The Magic of Smiles by Claudia C Colonna is a picture book for young readers. While looking out the window for her lost cat Rocco, Bajette notices a balloon heading toward the window. It catches her attention, and she bolts outside to see...

Anita, the nanny of the children of Molly and Mitch, decides to hunt for a four-leaf clover. She completes her search but finds more than what she expected: a man in a tuxedo lying in a ditch. Before she has a chance to do anything,...

"Finding Esta", the first in "The Supes Series" by Shah Wharton, is what can be called the coming of age story of a woman (Luna) who struggles to define who she is. The world that she knows crumbles around her as she struggles in this...

David Koop had it all: a storied business career, beautiful son, and prospects as far as the eye could see. Then a surprise cancer diagnosis turned his life upside down. It was osteo sarcoma - a form of bone cancer - and it was growing...

Conor Archer's life in Chicago has been a simple one. He has been home-schooled by his mother, Finola, and he spends his evenings playing music at a local pub. All that changes one night when he meets a strange, leather-clad man at that pub who...

In Hills of Exile by McNonwuun, we meet Isaac Kline. He was a promising bio-medical student when he was offered the opportunity to join a research team. Isaac was horrified when he realized he had helped to create the poison that would be used to...

Talent School? Why on earth should a princess knight have to go to talent school? In Sir Princess Petra’s Talent by Diane Mae Robinson, Princess Petra is commanded by the Royal Rule Book to attend Talent School and complete a certification of a proper princess...

Balancer by Patrick Wong starts off fast and exciting and doesn’t let up. Two best friends, Nicole and Amy, are on a camping trip that also doubles as the backdrop for their latest YouTube video while also serving as an excuse for Amy to ‘accidentally’...