An earthquake didn’t hit San Francisco in 1978, but by all other accounts it was an earth-shaking year. The city was wracked by political assassination, the arrival of punk rock, and an unlikely resurgence from the Giants baseball... Read More

Darrin Qualman’s expansive "Civilization Critical" is an astute assessment of human civilization that speaks of impending doom. Its stunning overview of the power that people wield over Earth’s resources includes historical... Read More

David Elias’s "Elizabeth of Bohemia" brings Elizabeth Stuart, the daughter of England’s King James I, to life. Elizabeth was married at age sixteen to Prince Frederick of the Palatinate. Her intelligence, candor, and strong will... Read More

Woden’s Key is a speedy adventure novel that puts a twist on history. In Wayne Cotes’s globe-trotting thriller Woden’s Key, a team of ambitious adventurers go wherever mystery leads them. Jerod Grey turned his passion into a... Read More

"The Grey Zone" is a strong introduction to a new science fiction series. Jason McMillan’s science fiction novel "The Grey Zone" includes political and socioeconomic undertones; it is entertaining and thought-provoking. The story is... Read More

Budapest lawyer Ernő Munkácsi was the secretary of Hungary’s Central Jewish Council, which administered restrictions on Jews by the government and its German occupiers during 1944. He documents the decimation of the largest intact... Read More

This zany book plays with science fiction and thriller tropes, resulting in a tale that is oversized, fun, and fast. Sam Mitani’s exciting thriller "The Prototype" includes science fiction elements as it takes on the cloak-and-dagger... Read More

A world without hunger, without war or an international arms race, without militarized nation-states and arbitrary authorities: even now, in the twenty-first century, these goals seem out of reach, but that we can envision them at all is... Read More