An interesting premise and a unique blend of modern international thriller with historic warfare make this an appealing historical work. In The Spanish Knight’s Secret, Peter H. Christopher brings to life the Great Siege of Malta... Read More

With this group of colorful characters, readers can become immersed in Patterson and O’Connell’s detail about oil-drilling work. Drilling for oil is a rough job, and the novel "Roughnecks", by James J. Patterson and Quinn O’Connell... Read More

This celebration of the complexity and mystery of the human mind respects readers’ intelligence while it examines that mystery. For all of today’s innovations and discoveries across scientific disciplines, the whats, whys, and hows... Read More

Primary sources from the Civil War bring a unique voice to this biography of an officer and his era. "Whirlwind and Storm" by Charles E. Farnsworth is a portrait of a multifaceted, adventurous Civil War officer. The book follows Charles... Read More

Ample humor and spot-on character descriptions create a fun read about the summer four high schoolers decide to become superheroes. It’s summer, in 1967, and Brad Jones ends his junior year of high school with nothing to do until... Read More

A story within a story; flawed, complex characters and taut, believable dialogue make this novel stand out. "Scary, Man" tells the story of a good man whose life is dogged by nasty rumors of sexual deviancy, even after he moves his... Read More

This thrilling, fresh, and surprising novel ought to draw the eyes of the literati back to Israel. Filmmaker Shemi Zarhin’s emotionally expansive and beautiful debut centers on an outwardly average Israeli family, perched with resolve... Read More

Ellefson delights in her creations and possesses the raw talent to breathe new life into old legends. Debut author Alessa Ellefson successfully modernizes the King Arthur legend for teens with "Blood of the Fey", the first novel in her... Read More