Few concepts have left such hideous scars on world history as slavery, with the wounds caused by centuries of kidnapping and selling human beings still being healed around the world. In David Calloway’s debut novel, If Someday Comes: A Slave's Story of Freedom, I was...

Innervate by Liza Bec is a short story told from two points of view. Sarah is a brain that has been engineered, and as an engineered brain, Sarah is expected to be perfect. And Sarah is perfect in many, many ways. Sarah the brain learns...

In Intercepted: The Agents of Justice Series Book 1 by Susanna Haymond, we meet an exciting cast of characters. Told from their points of view, we follow DEA partners Grant and Greg; FBI agent Daniel; Anthony and Nora, two friends who went on a mission...

A dry spell for months on end, dangerously low humidity levels, and a gradual build-up of flammable duff – it was the perfect recipe for a disaster. A severe thunderstorm appeared, and the countless ground strikes provided the final nail in the coffin. A wildfire...

I Am Germany is a historical novel by Michael Witt. Henry Schultz is an old man grieving the loss of his wife. In a bid to find closure, he travels to Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, where he meets his first...

Interviewing Michael is the first novel in the Siel Series by Desiree Span, featuring Allison Webber, an aspiring journalist who is determined to interview Sandra Siel. The singer granted Allison an interview but did not reveal much. Michael’s unexpected drunken presence interrupted the interview. To...

Israela is a work of fiction in the partly-historical, modern cultural, and interpersonal drama subgenres. It is best suited to the adult reading audience and was penned by author Batya Casper. Focusing heavily on the land and people of Israel and the conflicts faced there,...

Kathryn is researching earthquakes under the Antarctic Plate at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Over the last six months, the tremors have become worse. Kathryn receives a seismograph reading showing an earthquake on its way to Antarctica. This can cause mountains of ice to fall into...

In the Vanishing Hour by Sarah Beth Martin is an interesting book that skips back and forth between the 1950s and its revealing conclusion in the 1970s. The story is set in Norumbega, Massachusetts, near the Charles River. The narrative tells of two drownings. Mac,...

In the absorbing women’s novel, In The Shadow of The Apennines by Kimberly Sullivan, a woman finds inspiration from the story of a young Italian woman living during a tumultuous time. After a bitter divorce, Samantha buys a quaint cottage in Abruzzo, Italy hoping to...