In a world where technology is slowly replacing magic, Adam is more inclined to magic. He is a black mage, and all he wants is to learn what he thinks he needs to know. He is enrolled at the Magical College, but he skips most...

The Shining Stone is Book Two of the epic fantasy series, The Avatar of Calderia. This is fantasy in the grand tradition of Tolkien with all of the classical elements. The Shining Stone opens with a glimpse of a huge, powerful, dark army boarding ships...

The Beast of Seabourne by Rhys A. Jones is a fast moving fantasy story set in Britain. It is the second in the Artefact Quintet, which follows three school children as they attempt to solve a centuries-old mystery. The children, Oz, Ruff, and Ellie, are...

The Game Is Playing Your Kid: How to Unplug and Reconnect in the Digital Age by Dr. Joe Dilley confronts a perennial problem: how to keep children away from playing recreational electronic games while the parents want them to study and get better grades. This...

Book Two of The Ruins of Arlandia series, The Dark Terror, by William F.F. Wood continues the adventure. The Goremog are determined to hunt down and destroy all life in the universe. Calvin and Astra continue their desperate search for the eight remaining pieces of...

The Perpetual Paycheck by Lori B. Rassas begins by identifying the fact that ‘in the workplace, there are only short term commitments - an absence of mutual obligation between employer and the employee.’ Introducing the topic with a short discussion on paychecks and the necessity...

The Black Swans: A Tale of the Antrim Cycle by N.W. Moors is a fascinating book that revolves around Taisie MacDonnell and Conn McLaren. Taisie is excited when a Celtic music group moves to her town of Antrim. Her Irish grandparents bring her up with...

Toby is a mathematician - a statistician to be exact. Laura is a medical doctor. They have never met, but they are thrust into a mind-chilling end-of-the-world scenario when multi-billionaire Duval Dixon invites them to a secret isolated resort, along with other important people, to...

The Wonder of You: What the Near-Death Experience Tells You about Yourself by Lynn Kathleen Russell is an uplifting book where the author speaks about her spiritual experiences and how the fascinating concepts in her life drove her to find answers about the questions that...

The depths of the human mind are virtually unfathomable and the effort to uncover what makes people behave the way they do takes a toll on the mental health professional. Jillian Strask is a young psychologist who has foregone a ‘normal’ life in order to...

The Emotional Suitcase: This Time, Let God Do The Packing! by author and teacher Marc McFadden is a well written biblical counseling study manual. This is a must-read for Christians everywhere who desire a closer relationship with Christ and for those seeking to learn how...

Most of the poetry in The Stones of Mithras has a free verse feel with no real rhyming. But that does not mean the poems are not enjoyable. Author Tim Dalgleish brings up the topics that you might discuss over a cup of coffee while...

The Children of Darkness by David Litwack is a compelling tale set in a future where religion has taken over people's lives. Three friends, Orah, Nathaniel and Thomas, find their bond tested as they uncover the complex secrets of a religion hell-bent on imparting their...

In The Assassin's Quest, Book 4 of the Paladin Chronicles by Dr. Neil Port, Jess travels through the dry and desolate desert of Central Asia to find some answers. She is a Nubian assassin. Although there is no doubt that she is deadly, scary and...

In The Second Time Around (Belanger Creek Ranch Book 1) by Gloria Antypowich, following the advice and insistence of her boss, Frank left her home and job to find herself again. She needed time to heal from the effects of her father's near fatal accident...

The Quiet Way by Robin Melhuish is about a mega scale catastrophe like the Twin Towers, but this time it is happening in modern England. The authorities suspect an Al Qaeda member in the country, but they have no way of finding out who that...

Preston Wilson, being the “icon" of luxury cars, embarks on the fight of his life in James J Kaufman’s The Conciliators. The Russian mob infiltrates the New York banking system. Wilson’s new found daughter, Katherine Kelly, an investigative journalist, breaks the news of the fraud....

The Commode Companion by Rolf C. Margenau is a collection of photographs termed by the author as an excellent bathroom companion. I felt bad, thinking he was belittling his work, then I read that his decision was in line with the scientific finding; laughter cures...

The Unknown Sun (Book 1 of the Destiny Series) by Cheryl Mackey is a young adult fantasy that starts with seventeen-year-old Moira. She's troubled by the accidents that took her family's lives. Moira knows more than most teens about death, having also cheated death twice...

The Last Billion by Dave Welmans presents a realistic view on the current state of the African continent across a wide range of industries, and notes the effect the pervading ambiance is having on the continent’s move forward. It begins with the story of Shaka...