Knocktopia: Secret of the Mother Lode
For 12-year-old Benjamin Coolahan, it feels like just yesterday he was enjoying life in 1873’s Boston, sailing on the Charles River with friends while his father worked in the Coolahan Gold Mine. But now Ben’s father is dead, and his will dictates that Ben move to Gold Flat, California, to......
Onward, Ye Heroes
C S Brown returns to the seven kingdoms in Onward, Ye Heroes to bring readers the epic conclusion to his Smoke Without Ash duology. The story begins right where Gather, Ye Heroes left off. The prophesied Heroes of Destiny — Tian, Elsbeth and Torg — have converged to begin their......
Thunderbird Rising
Three days ago, [Maxx had] been sitting quietly in a bar, and here he was caught up in international intrigue, murder, and a plot from a science fiction novel. Thunderbird Rising, the first in John H. Thomas’s new Maxx King thriller series, is an action-packed alternate history that will blow......
A Meticulous Plan
“Was this not an ancient tale older than time itself? Once more, a new saga would begin. Once more, a man and a woman would fall in love.” Two families unite in matrimony, defying centuries-old cultural, physical and religious boundaries in A Meticulous Plan by A Mohit. When Pooja Roy......
FUN: Essays on a Life Embraced
Aline Weiller’s FUN: Essays on a Life Embraced is a delightful and heartfelt collection that captures the essence of joy, nostalgia and the beauty of everyday experiences. With wit, warmth and an undeniable gift of storytelling, Weiller invites readers into her world: a place filled with family,...
Sun Walker
The son of a Virginia plantation owner and an enslaved woman flees west after he is accused of killing his father… but that is only the beginning of his misadventures in Dan Schafer’s Western homage, Sun Walker. In 1821, Joshua Beck is one of a hundred volunteers for a large......
Beyond Australia
Beyond Australia is an engaging young-adult novel about an inquisitive teenaged girl who bravely undergoes time travel in the hope of saving her ailing grandfather. This is a first work of fiction for research scientist Lee Forrest, whose empirical training shows up throughout the story in its preci...
Liv’n the Scout Law
Everyone abides by some kind of moral code. Whether they’re following the rules of their country, community, business, religion, or a personal code of right and wrong, a sense of morality guides them. For kids and young adults, finding that moral code requires some guidance and a gentle push. It.....
Kalayla: Unraveling Tangles
Through alternating perspectives in Kalayla: Unraveling Tangles, Jeannie Nicholas brings to life an engaging story that explores themes of family, love, loss, marital abuse, healing, and second chances. Set in Cambridge, Massachusetts, between the summer of 1999 and the spring of 2002, the novel fol...