Sylvian Trudel’s novel "The Harmattan Winds" is an unusual coming-of-age tale imbued with undercurrents of magic, mystery, and tragedy. Hugues is an adopted orphan of unknown ethnic origins who falls under the spell of Hakébé, an... Read More

A teenager discovers his hidden telekinetic powers, setting the scene for action, drama, and wildness, in John Hearne’s rollicking science fiction novel Someone’s Been Messing with Reality. After unlocking his powers, Martin learns... Read More

Neil Taylor’s thriller "Anticipation" unravels a high-tech mystery in an unsettling near-future scenario. Riya is a math and machine-learning savant who lost her technology genius father in a plane accident. When she learns that his... Read More

Merging out-of-the-ordinary events with everyday relationship dramas, "Even After Always" is a captivating bildungsroman. Steven Ives’s stirring coming-of-age novel "Even After Always" mixes mystery and romance into its story of... Read More

A mouse’s simple yet magical adventures are brought to life in Claire Lebourg’s cozy, charming children’s book "A Day with Mousse". Mousse is content to while his days away enjoying the outdoors around his beachfront home and... Read More

Set against cultural and generational tensions in the American South, historian Timothy Silver’s gritty true crime book "Death in Briar Bottom" covers a 1972 incident involving free-living hippies, conservative law enforcement... Read More

A fairy tale with an edge, Stefanie vor Schulte’s "Boy with a Black Rooster" explores a vast land afflicted by cruelty and ill fortune. Martin is a kindhearted orphan whose father went insane and killed the rest of his family. Looked... Read More

With its palpable instances of sabotage and tragedy, "Inheritance" is an exciting, mystery-filled introduction to a new science fiction series. "Inheritance", the first volume in Lou Iovino’s Rare Earth Trilogy, is a fast-paced,... Read More