Eclipse Rising is a work of fiction in the epic science fiction, adventure, and political thriller subgenres, and was penned by author S. Kirk Pierzchala. The work is intended for the general adult reading audience and continues the Beyond Cascadia series by picking up Tomas’s...

In the heartfelt poetry collection, Seeing Voices: Poetry in Motion, Kelly Sargent recounts nostalgic memories of moments spent with her twin sister who was born deaf. The poem “Her Voice” offers the background of the sisters. They were born in Luxembourg and adopted months later...

Book of Famine by Zachary Valtschanoff is a poetry book detailing an individual’s struggles confronting the cruelty around and within him. The work is divided into three parts. War outlines the cowardice the narrator must face as he fights against a “rat”, himself, and others...

In the hopeful historical romance novel, Loving Beth by Bonnie Rose Ward, tragedy precedes a joyous and beautiful ending. When she was just five months old, Beth McCullough’s father joins the Union war efforts. Beth’s mother manages to support herself and her daughter after his...

The Violence of Reason by Pete Planisek is a gripping historical fiction thriller set in Nazi-occupied Norway. Aside from her job at a bookstore, Norill is an amateur pianist, courier, and spy for Norway's underground resistance against the Nazi regime. But when her friends and...

Walter Stern, a Holocaust survivor, made a testimony video about his road to freedom from Nazi Germany and through Holland one year before his death in 1993. His daughter, Irene, re-watched it after the elections in 2016. That year marked the starting point of the...

C.A. Hollister’s Destiny Unbound is a dark fantasy novel about Draya’s destiny coming to fruition. Darya is an outcast with an affinity for animals and nature. She often dreams of marriage and a family that she can never have. One morning, Darya's boss, Janine, gives...

Should've Been Dead: Lessons From a Crack Addict Who Broke Free by Sweta Patel and Rory Londer takes readers on the inspirational, chaotic journey of a man who struggled with addiction but found a path to healing and helping others who faced similar struggles. Rory's...

The Sum of All Our Anger by William R. Douglas plunges readers into the throes of a politically charged future America, where the nation teeters on the brink of another civil war. Set in 2061, this thriller imagines a country divided between the Old Way...

The Phoenix Effect, Part 1: The Reuniting by Margaret M. MacDonald is a compelling science-fiction novel. The Unity, a government-like powerhouse, is set on taking over the world with its seemingly immortal army. Their soldiers have all been injected with nanites that drastically increase strength...

The Phoenix Effect Part 2: Regeneration by Margaret M. MacDonald is a must-read suspenseful thriller. I recommend that to fully appreciate this thought-provoking sequel, it is important to first read The Phoenix Effect Part 1: The Reuniting. This story opens with Lia believing that Arin...

Set in a small Michigan town called Cheboygan, this tale follows Aedan and his high school friends Lindsey, Tim, and Mary. An extraordinary and unforeseen change is looming in the air. The teens are preparing to graduate from high school and embrace college life. On...

Gothic Dark Tale: The Legend of Voyager by Kalòs is a dark and mysterious tale of good versus evil, love versus hate, and humanity’s continual search for meaning. Seneslaus Iulius Taranis faces a thousand years of existence due to a pact signed by his father,...

Blood on the Cards by Rex Canyon is a thrilling Western tale of revenge. Samuel Elliott Spencer was nothing special until he lost two fingers in a gunfight. Now he’s a gambler and a gunman with deadly knife-throwing skills. He spends his days drifting from...

An Old Soul by M. Kevin Hayden is a gripping narrative centered around Isaac André, a young African American who feels lost in his life in 1996 Chicago. Working at a video rental store, Isaac struggles with feelings of displacement, family responsibilities, and the quest...

Devil in the Pale Moonlight by D. Hollis Anderson is set in a dystopian future where the world has crumbled under political fractures and social decay following the Second American Civil War. Set against a drastically altered America dominated by the Republic of Texas, the...