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Prison of Now by Jon F. Harmon

Controlled, reflective, and psychologically precise… In his latest book, Harmon examines what happens when a man can no longer outrun the consequences of his own hesitation. Fifty-seven-year-old Tyler Manion is overwhelmed by a life closing in on him from every…
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IN THE COMPANY OF WHALES by Judy Taylor

A quietly powerful tale that blends environmental urgency with intimate character study. In Taylor’s latest novel, a washed-up punk rocker living on the margins of a Pacific Northwest coastal town is forced out of survival mode when nineteen killer whales…
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THE MAGIC CIRCLE by C.F. Hayes

Uncompromising,  provocative, and thought-provoking. Hayes probes the intersections of faith, power, sexuality, and trauma with unflinching intensity in this challenging and intellectually ambitious novel. Through the posthumous reconstruction of a diary, the narrative examines the life of Mary Armstrong, the…
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Beyond The Shetland Sea by Barbara Greig

A quiet, powerful story about courage, loss, and connection… A woman sorting through family relics uncovers a mystery that spans oceans and generations in Greig’s latest novel. The story moves between Sunderland in 2019 and Shetland in 1849, linking two…
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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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Because of His Heart by Stephen A Marvin

A taut, beautifully written psychological thriller about desire, deceit, and the fragile limits of understanding.  Marvin crafts a chilling portrait of love corroded by guilt and the dangerous intimacy that turns affection into fixation. Physician Erica Seames and journalist Charles…
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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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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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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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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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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…
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She Who Hunts: The Tale of T’lejhánka by David Tocher

Beautifully told, thematically rich, and quietly devastating; a stunner. A soul-hungry spider-spirit stalks the forests of Gitlu’quam Island in Tocher’s elegant, elemental dark fable. A group of children, orphaned by the monstrous T’lejhánkha, a creature who feeds not only on…
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Dark Matter by Robert Plant

Visceral, lyrical, and deeply unsettling; an unforgettable collection. Technology is the monster lurking just beneath the surface in Plant’s collection of seven eerie, quietly devastating stories. When an introverted man turns to a new dating app, he discovers some matches…
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Muunokhoi’s Awakening by Gilbert Arthur

A meditative tale of instinct, choice, and awakening… Arthur’s brilliant novel opens underground, in the stillness of a marmot colony buried deep beneath the snow. There, Muunokhoi, a large, intelligent tarbagan marmot, awakens too early from hibernation. With the world…