Book Review
Answered Prayer
In "Answered Prayer", Mary-Anne Coetzee shares stories of how God has answered her prayers, and tells of the struggles she faced and the knowledge she gained in the process. Coetzee has an unshakably strong faith in God. The book itself...
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Black Divinity
"Black Divinity" by A. L. Saunders presents a look at God from the perspective of African-American street culture. Saunders’s book will challenge readers, bringing hope to those who feel disenfranchised and knowledge to those who seek...
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Having Hope
"Having Hope" is Sherry Burkett’s debut novel and the first book in a planned series about Hope Logan and Tim Richards. Tim has lost his wife to breast cancer, and readers meet him in a dark moment when he prays a desperate prayer....
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California Noir
Howard Lakin’s "California Noir" follows a group of restless, edgy, unmarried friends as they enter middle age. Lakin has decades of Hollywood experience, writing and producing shows like Dallas and Falcon Crest. His experience shows...
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Shards of Ephemera
Edmund Robert Kowkabany describes "Shards of Ephemera" as a “lurid tale of greed and lust.” The author begins his novel with a nostalgic, exaggeratedly whimsical tone, but the writing soon becomes satirical as Kowkabany launches into...
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Conspiracy of Wolves
Ernie Hasler’s thriller, "Conspiracy of Wolves", tackles corruption at its deepest level. The protagonist, Douglas Hamilton, grew up in a Scottish coal-mining family. During a hotly contested miner’s strike, Douglas’s father,...
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The Black House
Curtis R. Cochran crafts a work of prophetic historical fiction in his novel "The Black House". The story begins at the end of 1982, with the first chapter introducing October, “a young man in his early thirties reach[ing] out for the...
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Journey from Gauntlet to Paradise
In Journey From Gauntlet to Paradise, Roger Vincent shares the story of his life and the reason he has hope for life after death. His memoir is filled with the wisdom and no-nonsense personality of a man who has “reach[ed] the...