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Kaliko on the Shoals: A Novel by Emma Renault

An intriguing read… The engrossing latest by Renault follows the story of a young woman struggling with past trauma, grief, and identity issue. Unable to deal with her past issues, eighteen-year-old Kaliko drops out of college and moves back to…
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We Lost the Sky by Marie Howalt

A stunner… Howalt tackles the aftermath of a devastating apocalyptic event marvelously in this debut work of genius. A meteor strike on the moon has devasted Earth and the world is not even an echo of its original self. In…
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Serum: A disease-free world comes at a deadly cost by Dennis Ogden

An engrossing tale… Ogden creates an intriguing ocean world in his engrossing latest SF novel. Eighteen years after her abduction, broken and pregnant Noi de Jesus joins the marine biologist Professor Marcus Glasson, her father’s close friend, to Yeppoon, Queensland…
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BEAUTIFUL, FRIGHTENING, AND SILENT by Jennifer Gordon

An exhilarating story packed with magnificently complex characters, psychological intrigue, and horror… Gordon brilliantly integrates psychological depth into a chilling horror plot in this mind-boggling debut which tells the story of three broken souls trying to come to terms with…
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MONTAGNARD (The JD Cordell Action Series Book 2) by D.C. Gilbert

A rollicking, moving action thriller… In this swiftly paced, thrilling second installment in Gilbert’s The JD Cordell Action series, the situation, the enemies are new, but the heroes aren’t: JD Cordell and his four-legged companion Ajax return to take readers…
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The Good Book: Charms and Rituals of Frewyn by Michelle Franklin

Fascinatingly original and intriguing… Set in one of the kingdoms of her fantasy series, Franklin’s captivating book (companion to her fantasy world) is intended to provide the background about the customs of the southernmost country. When it comes to religion,…
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Starwallow: Book II of The Riven Country Series by Renée Carrier

  A quiet and hopeful literary tale that marvelously explores the meaning of life, friendship, and family… Carrier has outdone herself as she returns with this heartwarming second installment in The Riven Country Series that plunges readers back into the…
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Heirs Apparent by Thomas J Thorson

  Clever, suspenseful, and full of intrigue… A tense cat and mouse game. Set in Chicago, Thorson’s ingeniously plotted latest featuring Malcom Winters finds the latter on the trail of a notorious killer after a cryptic message written in blood…
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Poverty Lodge by Gordon Pound

A rollicking adventure… Pound, a Vietnam War veteran in Australian Army, presents in uproarious detail the life on a ramshackle farmhouse on a rundown farm to tell the entertaining story of how the enterprise worked out after he decided to…
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The Borders of Normal: A Clinical Psychiatrist De-Stigmatizes Paranormal Phenomena by Manuel Matas M.D.

  Persuasive and thorough… In this impressive debut, clinical psychiatrist Matas draws from his personal experience and widespread resources across literature in an effort to redefine the public perception of the psychic phenomenon experienced by many. His careful examination of…