Teenagers Zach, Wilkie, and Jeff indulge in a late-night fishing excursion in the Utah desert. The boys meet a girl named Liza and spot UFO activity in the distance. The scene cuts to them waking up in a cave hundreds of miles away from civilization,...

From earthquakes to nuclear war, humankind is faced with threats to its survival from multiple sources, both natural and manmade. Michel Bruneau examines this sobering theme in detail in The Blessings of Disaster: The Lessons that Catastrophes Teach Us and Why Our Future Depends On...

The history of humankind remains shrouded in mystery, with conflicting views held by religion and science. The biblical account is at odds with Darwin’s theory of evolution, but neither explanation seems satisfying. This raises the question as to whether the two accounts are mutually exclusive....

Our minds are more powerful than the average person realizes. In The Secret of the Mind-Garden by B. Raymond Moyers, the young reader learns how their thoughts are like seeds planted in a garden. Good thoughts plant good seeds and nourish them into beautiful plants,...

The Healing Stone, the first book in The Shadows of Time series by John Newton, is a remarkable blend of historical drama and science fiction that defies traditional genre boundaries. Set in the medieval city of Toledo in 1212, the novel follows Francisco, a 16-year-old...

The King's Regret, book one in The Falconbone Series by Philip Ligon, follows Jason and Leah Falconbone, siblings exiled to a floating stronghold after their home is attacked. Jason, a young boy, is forced to address the trauma of losing his mother and living in...

The Keys of the Oracle: The Dragonborn King by A. E. Zane is an epic fantasy following a prophecy that foretells the destiny of two realms. Oliver Rey is a young boy about to turn 13. Mysterious happenings have disrupted his childhood, ripping him from...

The Promise of Love is the first book in The Promise of a Dragonblood series by Emmeline Lovel. The novel is set in the magical world of Mithrantis, where magic is both a source of power and a measure of worth. Princess Mira’s magic is...

The Young Mystery Series: The Missing Lunch by B.K. Maxwell is a brilliantly well-written book that takes young readers on a mysterious adventure to discover the thief responsible for some missing PB&J sandwiches. Nine-year-old Kia and her twin brother Marcus are detectives, and they have...

The Lil Defenders: The Return of the Yellow Menace is a children’s adventure story written by Jaimie Hope and illustrated by Shera Herman. Twenty years ago, Jaimie, Tracy and Marci were just ordinary kids who somehow were given extraordinary powers, turning them into superheroes. They...

The Judgment Game is a work of fiction in the psychological thriller, crime, and horror subgenres, and was penned by author Eli Pope, with the audiobook version narrated by Paul J McSorley. The first book in the Mason Jar Series, this best suits the mature...

In the Mirrorless Kingdom, where the inside-out matters more than the outside-in, and all are considered special by a wise and caring king, all the creatures are content and happy except the king’s daughter. Princess Journee wanted so badly to know who she was, so...

Get drawn into Cecily Walters’ eerie world in The Ghosts of Nothing: The Weird and the Wicked Book 1. The town of Nothing is haunted and the townsfolk have always blamed the Morighan family. Nelly Morighan refuses to believe the rumors until she is surrounded...

The Photograph by Eve M. Riley, the fourth book in The Techboys series, is a contemporary LGBTQ romance that follows the journey of two men navigating trust, desire, and the risks of opening up. When a chance meeting leads to an exchange of photographs, an...

The Inspiring World of Ella Rose La Fleur by Lori Schneider MD is a story about a young girl named Ella Rose in verse or poetry form and is specially written for children. It's a collection of poems and each talks about the most significant...

The Mystical Guatemalan Robes: The Pilot and the Priest is a work of fiction in the science fiction and fantasy, interpersonal drama, and psychological suspense genres. It is best suited to mature adult readers as it deals with strong and disturbing themes of abuse. Penned...

The Pendant & The Prophecy is the second book in The Forbidden Tears Series by Sam Withrow and Amelia Pinkis. The trials and tribulations of Brianna Weldon and her guardian angel, Cameron, continue as they face yet more challenges. After barely surviving a deadly attack,...

Salvatore Cataudella’s The Noema Field: Explorations in Consciousness is a magnificent prose poem narrative. The author uses computer-savvy technical language imaginatively to offer hope that the dilemma of the AI world we are entering can eventually solve the challenge of creating AI systems that have...

The Side Hustle by Colin Conway is a gripping mystery about identity, money, and the blurred lines between hustle and survival. Jacob Kidwell’s death could easily be ruled as an accident, except for the fact that Detectives Quinn Delaney and Marci Burkett suspect foul play....

The Long Cold Winter by Colin Conway is a police procedural with a difference. Detective Dallas Nash is set to return to work at the Major Crimes Unit after losing his wife, and he’s assigned a cold case to help him settle back in. It’s...