Quick-change settings in this international thriller have the good guys and bad guys code-breaking around Europe. When artifacts that appear to identify the tribes of Israel are stolen, Jim Stillwater, a contractor working for the US... Read More

Nuanced characters add depth to this dazzling first in a series set in a political dystopia in 2016. Set in a not-too-distant future where the United States is on the verge of financial ruin and complete collapse, Jeffrey D. Schlaman’s... Read More

Fantasy readers have a great deal to be excited about in this seamless and well-thought-out world. Sleight of Hand, by Jennifer Fales, is a complex and intelligent fantasy novel. Set in a world dealing with a high level of political... Read More

Miller moves layer by layer through the history of Syria, bringing to life her rich observations of the setting and culture. Freelance writer, author, and photographer Carol Miller confirms herself as a dedicated historian in "Travels in... Read More

The Russian mafia, drug lords, the FBI, Peru, and the wheeling-and-dealing energy biz: what more could you want from an international thriller? Jeremy Logan, in Don’t Go There, has written a fast-paced international thriller that gives... Read More

This complex and thoroughly satisfying book tells of a time when womanhood was repressed, yet the repository of wisdom and secret knowledge gave them dignity. Diane Lefer has dipped her pen in fire to create the story of a brilliant,... Read More

Just in time for the emergence of billions of cicadas from their seventeen-year gestation, Long Island native Michael Phillip Cash has prepared a Twilight Zone-like horror story of biblical proportions. Although more than half of the... Read More

This engaging, entertaining survey uses many voices to peek at the future mind of humanity. “Most of the conspicuous views on the evolution of consciousness appear to be alike in one respect: They are basically unidimensional... Read More