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Quest for Stolen Artifact Leads to Battles and Betrayal in Epic Fantasy Series

Rise of the Red Hand, the gripping prequel novella to Jason Lancour’s Storm Cloud fantasy series, is a battle epic of Shakespearean proportions — gruesome wars, tense politics, and a female warrior that stands out from the crowd even as she fights alongside them. The novella sets the tone with…

Megan BeauregardJune 5, 2023

Children's Books Recommended

A Princess Must Find Her Happy Ending in Fantasy Tale of Castles, Magic and Mystery

“Anything is possible, my dear, anything is possible. Fairy tales are not made up of thin air. More often than not, a folk tale like this would be based on an ancient legend, which in turn, would have real events at its roots.” Indeed, fairy tales are not made up…

Jim AlkonMay 19, 2023

Podcasts

Writers, Ink Podcast: Fantasy Author CL Polk Explains How She Crosses Genres in Her Work

BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and…

Writers, InkMay 15, 2023

Fiction Recommended Romance Young Adult

Slip Through Time to Find True Love in New YA Historical Romance

Quinn Jamison’s debut novel, The Art of Time, is a whirlwind adventure of heartbreaking romance that will leave readers begging for more. It began with a beautiful, green-eyed painting and an ominous warning. “Time does not confine you,” the old woman said. “Enjoy your journey while it lasts.” Tragic Love…

Katie BloomerApril 28, 2023

Miscellany Romance

AuthorBuzz: Dragons, Kings and Forbidden Love

Dragon Lover by Donna Grant (1001 Dark Nights Press) Dear Reader, Welcome back to the Dragon Kings! I’m thrilled to bring you Dragon Lover. Forbidden love. Who doesn’t love a forbidden romance? And this book packs quite a punch. The world of the Dragon Kings keeps expanding, and there’s a…

AuthorBuzzApril 10, 2023

Children's Books Fiction Recommended

Bestseller’s New Middle-Grade Fantasy Inspired by Black History & Folklore

Angie Thomas has created a story that mixes fantasy, adventure and Black history and mythology in Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy (Balzer + Bray). We are introduced to the main character, Nic Blake, as she discovers a secret about her father that leads her on a dangerous…

Aurora DominguezApril 6, 2023

Audiobooks Listicles

Audiofile’s 5 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Audiobooks Featuring Fantastic Women

When I miss my mother, an intuitive woman with a sense of adventure, I like to imagine her living in the future—perhaps traveling through space on a sleek starship while counseling alien beings. So for Women’s History month, I’ve decided to celebrate the galaxy’s women and my timeless mother with…

Aurelia C. ScottApril 5, 2023

Fiction Recommended Young Adult

Danger Lurks in the Shadows of New YA Fantasy Adventure Series

We all dream of adventure — but when tasked with fighting monsters and saving the world, wouldn’t you be a little nervous too? In the first installment of his debut series, Tales from the Glassvine Wilds: The Dark Knight’s Curse, author Samuel Gallew takes readers on an adventure fraught with…

Katie BloomerMarch 24, 2023

Author Discovery Zone

Sue C. Dugan

Sue C. Dugan is a Michigander transplanted in Nevada. She has one foot in her Midwest roots and another in her adopted Western State. The two locals have served her well, and she has used them both in her work. She has two children, five grandchildren and two writing partners…

Cameron KimballMarch 22, 2023

Fiction Miscellany Podcasts

Writers, Ink Podcast: Vaishnavi Patel Explains How She Hit the NYT List with Her Debut Novel

BookTrib is proud to present to our readers the Writers, Ink podcast, a show about the business of writing. J.K. Rowling was nearly homeless when she wrote the first Harry Potter book. Stephen King penned Carrie on a small desk wedged between a washer and dryer. James Patterson worked in advertising and…

Writers, InkMarch 13, 2023

Author Spotlight Fiction Young Adult

From BookTok to Bestseller: A Conversation with Chloe Gong

When author Chloe Gong burst into the literary scene, she was in her final year of college — in the middle of a pandemic. It was with the help of BookTok that her debut novel, These Violent Delights, became a bestseller. The novel, inspired by Romeo & Juliet, is set…

Aurora DominguezFebruary 27, 2023

Author Spotlight

Discover Unbreakable Bonds of Brotherhood in Middle Grade Fantasy Series

Award winning fantasy writer Elizabeth Jensen is back with the second installment of The Three Brothers trilogy, The Hawk’s Flight (Gryphon Publishing). Jensen continues the story of the Wolfensberger brothers, the family’s three promising fighters, who are caught in the thick of the wars that have come to the land…

BookTribJanuary 16, 2023

Fiction Recommended

New Queen Takes the Throne in Epic Historical Fantasy

In Michelle Simpson's A Time of Reckoning: Betrayals, the first novel in her new series, we are introduced to protagonist Devin, the daughter of a great king of Ireland, as she is thrown into a position of leadership after an unexpected tragedy. Full of action, adventure, romance and religion, Simpson…

Abigail WhiteJanuary 13, 2023

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured Fiction Recommended

Unlikely Friends Fight to Protect Their Home in Fairy Adventure

“Home…. How can one little word have so many meanings?” For Mirror, a 5-inch-tall, frightfully fierce and loyal young fairy, home begins with showing up in Somewhere, a fairy community said to be hidden in the natural beauty and grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. Mirror never speaks of her past,…

BookTribDecember 16, 2022

Fiction Recommended Young Adult

Discover What it Means to be a Knight in New YA Fantasy Series

In Remnants of Light, the debut novel in J.S. Allen’s Knights of Aralia series, readers are taken on a journey of friendship, heartbreak, adventure and self-discovery with the young protagonist, Fordain Abendroth. We meet Fordain as his tribe's village is raided and destroyed by the rebel soldiers of Primus Emprius.…

Abigail WhiteDecember 14, 2022

Fiction

Set Sail with Vibrant, High-Concept Fantasy Pirate Series

When a light breeze blows across the water, Nate can sense it. He should be able to harness that wind, control it and do his duty to assist the imperial navy. But years of training at the academy in Sunthrone City failed to teach him to harness his wind magic.…

Megan BeauregardDecember 7, 2022