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River Becomes Shadow (Taggak Journey, #2) by Anne M. Smith-Nochasak

A haunting, lyrical dystopia pulsing with faith, fury, and fragile hope. The second novel in Smith-Nochasak’s Taggak Journey trilogy finds River stepping beyond her grandmother’s world to fulfill her destiny of renewal. Having left her grandmother Flo’s swamp behind, River…
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The Women of Strength, Courage, and Hope Series (3 book series) by Jordan Standridge

Powerful, heartfelt, and deeply human… Standridge’s heartfelt trilogy traces the intertwined journeys of three women overcoming loss and danger, each uncovering that the path to healing runs through connection as much as endurance. In The Secret, Standridge introduces Morgan O’Connell,…
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Operation Cast Lead: The Case by Banafsheh Zia

A provocative work of obsession, truth, and blurred realities. In Operation Cast Lead: The Case, Zia takes a radical, disquieting approach to the intersection of media, politics, and the human mind.  Zia’s central claim is startling: that the 2008–2009 Gaza…
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No Free Speech for Hate by Stephen Ford

A provocative, chilling, and razor-sharp dystopia. In Ford’s darkly satirical dystopia, a mild-mannered academic becomes the accidental chronicler of a society that has outlawed disagreement. Near-future England. The monarchy has collapsed, and the universities have seized power. The nation is…
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Walking out of this World by Stephen Ford

An ethereal, deeply felt tale of redemption and the haunting pull of the past. Ford’s latest is a finely woven novel where the quiet realism of the English countryside meets the shimmer of the mystical and the depths of the…
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Really, Granddad? by Wayne Sherrard

Tender, witty, and irresistibly readable. Sherrard’s compelling collection of fifty short stories traces the life of a boy who grew up in motion—packing, unpacking, and discovering meaning in the small wonders of a postwar world. The stories in the collection…
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Negative Peace by David S. Florig

A taut, politically charged drama pulsing with moral tension and human fragility. Florig dives into the heart of power, charting one man’s relentless climb from small-town mayor to the Oval Office in his compelling novel. From small-town Maine to the…
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That Summer in Jasper Park by Wayne Sherrard

An evocative, tender tale of first love set against the majesty of the Rockies. Sherrard delivers an affecting, nostalgic tale of youth, freedom, and first love in his latest novel. In 1968, Wayne Sherrard takes a summer job at Maligne…
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The Soul Stone by Brad Collis

A quietly haunting novel of faith, power, and moral reckoning. In Collis’s compelling novel, a young priest confronts the limits of faith in the harsh heart of Australia. 1960, Australia. Simon Bradbury’s childhood unfolds between the cold discipline of his…
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Initial Condition (The Mechanic’s Diary Book 3)by Ian Domowitz

An eerie, mind-bending thriller of mysticism, menace, and dazzling imagination. Domowitz’s third entry in the Mechanic’s Diary series fuses Jewish mysticism with high-tech speculation, sending an artificial man into a maze of secret rituals and dangerous ideas. When his young…
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The Prodigal Son by Oslo Meko

Lyrical, layered, and quietly profound; a multigenerational tale of identity, love, and belonging. Meko’s compelling tale traces the long arc of a family caught between continents and expectations. Warren Wilcox grows up resentful of his Nigerian roots after learning of…
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Waldwick Dystopia by Kenneth Linde

A sweeping, ambitious political science-fiction novel. Moving from a quiet Wisconsin farmhouse to the domed megacities of 2525, Linde traces the ripple effect of personal choices, corporate greed, and political apathy in the latest installment of the Waldwick series. The…
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His Last Christmas Gift by Debra Borchert

An immersive, tender, and beautifully told story that captures the quiet magic of second chances. Love, loss, and the quiet magic of second chances shimmer through Borchert’s holiday novel. In the snow-kissed vineyards and Christmas markets of Alsace, swimwear designer…
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The Urban Primeval by Robert Scott Leyse

Disturbing, stylish, and unforgettable. Leyse’s taut, unnerving tale probes the fragile line between civilization and chaos. When Steve fell under the spell of Christelle, he only saw a woman of extraordinary beauty and charm. When Christelle’s volatile side erupts, their…
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The Cutters by Brad Collis

Spare, unsentimental, and deeply resonant; a layered portrait of resilience. Collis’s latest is a quietly powerful novel of postwar survival set against the harsh beauty of rural Western Australia. Two years after returning from Vietnam, Matthew Walker is still caught…
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A Seal Upon the Heart by Arian Hatefi

Lyrical, emotional, and gripping. In Hatefi’s heartfelt middle-grade adventure, two siblings risk everything to save the person they love most. Eleven-year-old Leonardo and eight-year-old Leili’s lives change forever when they learn their father has a terminal illness. Rumors of a…
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Willow Rose by M. Kevin Hayden

Eerie, emotional, and impossible to put down. A weary physician is pulled into a storm of cosmic terror and supernatural mystery in Hayden’s deeply unsettling supernatural thriller. Exhausted and hollowed out by the weight of his past, Dr. Alder Peony…
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Where the Mountains Whisper: A Novel by Jenny Cafaro

Atmospheric, evocative, and emotionally charged… Set against the rugged backdrop of Eastern Kentucky, Cafaro’s compelling novel follows a young girl’s fight to claim her voice.  Growing up under the weight of her father’s drinking, childhood in Coon Ridge for Flora…
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Animal Attrition: General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms #7  by David Bush

Bleak, atmospheric, and achingly alive… Bush’s seventh installment in the General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms series plunges readers into the brutal crossroads where Norse paganism meets the rise of Christianity. AD878. Torn apart by Viking raids,…
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Attraction and Repulsion by Robert Scott Leyse

Playful, poetic, and unexpectedly intense. Leyse charts the emotional fallout of first love in Paris in his playful novel. Three twenty-somethings, William, Christina, and Pascale, land in Paris for six unfiltered weeks of rooftop parties, cemetery crawls, and wine-soaked debates…