Barrett simultaneously advances the plot and character development with fast action scenes and observant descriptions. “Once in, never out.” In Chuck Barrett’s first-rate thriller, "Blown", this oath between Army Delta Force... Read More

Taylor delivers a worthwhile excursion for the sci-fi enthusiast looking for a different take on the stereotypical cataclysmic event. Tony Taylor has succeeded in making his unique mark on what might be classified as a science fiction... Read More

This engrossing adventure offers modern phrasing while maintaining the spirit of earlier translations of "Beowulf". "Beowulf" is one of the classics of the Western literary canon, still studied in high school and college classrooms. The... Read More

In Simon Plaster’s third novel starring Henryetta Hebert, readers get the amusing send-up of modern America, a satire of something which itself is a satire. This time, the protagonist has been charged with locating missing archives... Read More

"There Comes a Prophet", a young adult novel by David Litwack, focuses on three friends—Nathaniel, Orah, and Thomas—who have grown up together in the village of Little Pond, part of a carefully controlled network of settlements... Read More

Ahmed Hulusi, a renowned Turkish Islamic philosopher and the author of nearly thirty books on Sufism, compiled "The Observing One" from a series of talks he gave on the synthesis between religion and science in 1989. Aliya Atalay... Read More

"The Story of Sassy Sweetwater" is a sparkling debut novel. It is a bildungsroman chronicling the life and loves of the title character from age thirteen through adulthood. Born to promiscuous Violet McLaughlin in 1949, Sassy Sweetwater... Read More

Oluwalase Babatunde Benson scales palm trees to collect nuts for oil in his small African village, alerting neighbors to approaching traffic so they can ready to sell their wares. His grandfather taught him the gift of identifying a... Read More