Adventure

Life at the Edge of the World: 5 Unforgettable Alaskan Memoirs

By far the largest state in the US, yet the most sparsely populated. A land of rich natural resources and unforgiving conditions, at the extremity of North America and extending into the Arctic Circle. As beautiful as it is deadly, Alaska has become a destination for countless thrill-seekers, adventurers and…

Cameron KimballFebruary 29, 2024

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

A Young Girl Embarks on a Forest Adventure and Learns a Valuable Life Lesson

That’s the experience of the main character in Charles Bruckerhoff’s tale Adelyn’s Adventure in the Forest (Sequoia House Books). In this whimsical story, a young girl’s adventure in the woods gives her new understanding of how to seize the day and learn more about the world. With every animal she…

BookTribSeptember 20, 2022

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Mythology, Conspiracy and a Thrilling Adventure for the Ages

Conspiracy theorists will delight in this thrilling novel that has everything you need to satiate your thirst for plotting, scheming and all those other things that lie beneath the surface of civilization. Revelation (BHC Press) by Victor Acquista, the sequel to Serpent Rising (BHC Press), is chockful of mythology, esoteric…

Monique SnymanSeptember 12, 2022

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A Commuter’s Boring Train Ride Results in an Unexpected Destination for “The 6:20 Man”

In The 6:20 Man (Grand Central Publishing), David Baldacci’s latest standalone thriller, Travis Devine hates his new job. It makes him feel like he’s a hamster on a treadmill. Every morning he hops on the 6:20 a.m. train from Mt. Kisco into Manhattan to work as an entry-level financial analyst…

Jodé MillmanJuly 13, 2022

Young Adult

YA Time Traveler Shows Smarts in Brush With da Vinci

Saving Time does three things extremely well: serves up an engrossing story sure to captivate its targeted teen audience, provides great learning for those teens about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Math), and beautifully captures the language of this generation to a tee — a language to which…

Jim AlkonDecember 11, 2020

Thrillers

James Rollins Takes Sigma Force to the Gates of Hell in “The Last Odyssey”

No, not the one created for cinema by George Lucas. James Rollins’ Sigma Force operatives have returned for a fifteenth time, and his latest novel, The Last Odyssey (William Morrow), delivers what thousands of fans have come to expect from one of the masters of the historical thriller genre. The…

Dennis HetzelMarch 24, 2020

Giveaways

Video: Missed It? Interview with K.M. Weiland and Storming: A Dieselpunk Adventure Novel

In the high-flying, heady world of 1920s aviation, brash pilot Robert “Hitch” Hitchcock’s life does a barrel roll when a young woman in an old-fashioned ball gown falls from the clouds smack in front of his biplane. As fearless as she is peculiar, Jael immediately proves she’s game for just…

BookTribDecember 13, 2015

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Series Opener “Graveslinger” a Ghoulishly Good Time

Demons and werewolves and ghouls, oh my! There’s plenty to keep your imagination busy in Graveslinger (B&N Press), the opening of a new series by writer and artist Darren Compton. Set in the Pacific Northwest, the story revolves around Fiya Pratt Diaz, a professional monster hunter (or a "glorified exterminator"…

Gevera Bert PiedmontJune 29, 2021

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Jane Austen, Science Fiction and “Fifty Shades of Grey” Combine in This Genre-Bending Read

The story opens innocently enough as a young woman rouses from her London drawing room reverie to hear her mother say, “Annabeth, sit up straight.” Annabeth has become a problem for her parents. At age 18, she’s nearly past her prime for making a marriage that will enhance her family’s…

Joanna PoncavageMarch 14, 2022

Fiction

A Trip Home Turns Into a Surprising Adventure in “Return to Bodie”

Rita Weisheit takes her readers on a journey through towns, states and time in her meticulously researched historical novel Return to Bodie (Barnes and Noble Press). What begins as a story centered around complicated family dynamics and the urge to leave the past behind quickly turns into a lesson on appreciating…

Nicole MaherSeptember 22, 2021

Fiction

“The Devil Pulls the Strings” and a Troubled Hero Strives to Sever the Ties

What do secret societies, world mythologies, steampunk vampires and time travel have in common? The Devil Pulls the Strings by J.W. Zarek weaves these strands and more into a complex multi-genre romp that combines urban fantasy, science fiction and paranormal adventure, with a big dash of Renaissance faires and the…

Gevera Bert PiedmontSeptember 15, 2021

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

A “Silk Road” Leads to Magic, Adventure, Mythical Creatures, OH MY!

Looking for a story filled with adventure, friendship, science and magic? Look no further than Kirsten Marion’s debut novel, Lucy and Dee: The Silk Road (Common Deer Press). Marion has taken her years of traveling all over the world and passion for books and writing to create a world filled…

Kelsey HallMay 5, 2022

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

Say ‘Ahoy’ to the Kindest Pirates on the Seven Seas!

What do you think of when you hear the word “pirate”? Chances are you’re picturing an intimidating man in a tricorn hat with a parrot on one shoulder. Maybe he’s stealing your treasures, or maybe he’s even ordering you to walk the plank. Either way, it’s a frightening sight. That’s…

BookTribNovember 23, 2021

Children's Books

A Discovery on the Beach Leads to Adventure in Dave Eggers’ “Faraway Things”

A well-known literary lion for decades in the adult book world, award-winning and bestselling author Dave Eggers has recently gained visibility in the children’s book world with some recently acclaimed titles. Now he delivers an evocative, classic-feeling adventure tale about a boy and his sword, and how giving away something…

BookTribJune 8, 2021

Children's Books

Tween Detectives Chase After Swift and Mystical Creature in “Swampfire”

In Patricia Cecil Hass’s Swampfire: A Shockoe Slip Gang Adventure (Windsong Press), siblings Sally and Andrew — amateur tween detectives known as “The Shockoe Slip Gang,” a name dubbed by the press after their last successful case — are excited to return to Cousin Anne’s peanut farm in Virginia this…

Daniela RamrasSeptember 1, 2020

Fiction

A Globetrotting, Tomb-Raiding Tour de Force

Carys Jones may bear the same last name as Harrison Ford’s action hero Indiana, but she has more in common with Robert Langdon from Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code series. For starters, she’s a novice when it comes to adventuring, described by an old boyfriend as “a highly educated, glorified…

Jeff DaughertyApril 12, 2019

Life at the Edge of the World: 5 Unforgettable Alaskan Memoirs

A Young Girl Embarks on a Forest Adventure and Learns a Valuable Life Lesson

Mythology, Conspiracy and a Thrilling Adventure for the Ages

A Commuter’s Boring Train Ride Results in an Unexpected Destination for “The 6:20 Man”

YA Time Traveler Shows Smarts in Brush With da Vinci

James Rollins Takes Sigma Force to the Gates of Hell in “The Last Odyssey”

Video: Missed It? Interview with K.M. Weiland and Storming: A Dieselpunk Adventure Novel

Series Opener “Graveslinger” a Ghoulishly Good Time

Jane Austen, Science Fiction and “Fifty Shades of Grey” Combine in This Genre-Bending Read

A Trip Home Turns Into a Surprising Adventure in “Return to Bodie”

“The Devil Pulls the Strings” and a Troubled Hero Strives to Sever the Ties

A “Silk Road” Leads to Magic, Adventure, Mythical Creatures, OH MY!

Say ‘Ahoy’ to the Kindest Pirates on the Seven Seas!

A Discovery on the Beach Leads to Adventure in Dave Eggers’ “Faraway Things”

Tween Detectives Chase After Swift and Mystical Creature in “Swampfire”

A Globetrotting, Tomb-Raiding Tour de Force

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