James Calbraith’s "The Shadow of Black Wings" is an immersive fantasy yarn. The young dragonrider Bran lives in an alternate version of 19th century Western Europe, where magic is a staple and dragons are steeds of war. His loyalty to his lower-class dragon Emrys has...

"The Serapis Fraktur" is a futuristic story set off by the discovery of antique dealer Charles Dawes of a Fraktur that is dated 1748. A Fraktur is a schoolmaster creation that commemorates rites of passage such as baptism, marriage, graduation, and death. This particular Fraktur...

"The Life of Vanora Brice" is the first book in a series entitled "The Life, Death and Resurrection of Vanora Brice" by Gordon Rice. The stated intent of the author was to make a book without time. In other words, he wants to develop a...

The Big Secret by D. W. Boorn is a must-have for every parent as it will help children with the transition from believing in Santa Claus to knowing the truth about the magic of Christmas. The Big Secret asks and double checks that the reader...

Igor Ljubuncic has offered the reading world an abundance of imagination and thought-provoking speculation in his novel The Betrayed. It is Book One of The Lost World Series and it is a magnificent start. In an ancient world, there are five provinces surrounding what is...

The Madison Picker is a biographical novel written by Mark Clay Grove. A picker has exhaustive knowledge of antiques and collectibles. Charles and his wife, Emma, are pickers who are setting off in a new direction. They're selling the buildings housing the stores they own;...

Rex, the king of Madai, has gone into Gehenna to get revenge for his father's death, which must be upheld according to the Code of Honor. There he is to fight a demon, though when he returns to his homeland he finds almost nothing is...

The Void by William F.F. Wood is the fifth volume in the riveting space adventure, The Ruins of Arlandia series. The terrible war that spread throughout the galaxy is about to be decided. For decades, two evil races called the Goremog and the No’Rath have...

Historical fiction. If done well, this genre is absolutely my favorite to read. If done poorly, it can be some of the worst drivel a reviewer has to slog through. Thankfully, I didn't have to slog through The Partisan's Wife, which is the third book...

Neil and Candy are happily married and desperately in love. They fought hard for the relationship and it is perfect now, except Neil really wants a baby and Candy can’t give him one. Neil steamrolls over Candy and hires a surrogate as Candy begins to...

Stephen J. Smith’s The Sabrael Confession is an enthralling piece of fiction. Sabrael is commissioned by Michael to write about his life as an angel of the Lord. It is a fearful, yet inescapable request to conjure up the past, to share memories. Sabrael resplendently...

In The Song That Seduced Paris by Cindy Irish, a French singer meets an American music teacher, and instead of learning pop music, they learn love, romance and sizzling passion. Gabriel Grenier is a successful celebrity in France. He has money, fame and everything he...

Forget everything you learned in school about the world and the planets. Imagine a series of worlds, we'll call them realms for this story. Each is different, has a completely different landscape, ecosystem, native peoples, and technology; yet they are all connected through a series...

The Jesus Command: The Mark of Discipleship by Mathew Milam II is an extraordinary look at the command given by Jesus Christ to “Love one another, as I have loved you.” Inside this beautiful work, readers will discover what the Bible tells us about how...

The Last Days of Adam by Tim Dalgleish takes place during the Holocaust, and not only demonstrates the role of Adam Czerniakow as helping the Jewish population of Poland in his role as Chairman of the Judenrat, but effectively follows the terrible decline of Poland...

The FunGkins: The Battle For Halladon by C. Raymond Gray is a fantastical tale about FunGkins. This is a magical race of beings that for centuries were enslaved by the evil Leprechauns and forced to mine gold, and suffered many hardships, until they were able...

In The Broken Road, K.S. Ruff has written a compelling story about rediscovering yourself after being torn down. Kristine Stone is a small town girl in Montana who has just left her abusive husband and is trying to rebuild her life. After leaving him, she...

Cradle of the Gods by Thomas Quinn Miller is a YA fantasy novel. Young Ghile, who lives in the Cradle, is of age to take part in a traditional celebration that means the start of manhood. But will he suffer the same fate as his...

After ten years of suffering through the memories of the troll attack that destroyed his village and left everyone but him dead, Athson discovers that there may be more to his fits and nightmares than he and his friend Gweld, the elf, realize. P.H. Solomon...

In an excellent new entry in the genre of fantasy for young adults, The Buried Symbol: The Runes of Issalia, Book I by author Jeffrey L Kohanek is a book that will suck readers in from the very first page and will keep them reading...