Set in rural Australia, Eugen Bacon’s novel "Serengotti" follows a programmer who travels to an isolated African migrant community where little is as it seems. The novel begins with Ch’anzu having a breakdown—over a drowning... Read More

A disowned daughter returns to her Mormon home to care for her ailing mother in Karin Anderson’s novel "What Falls Away". Cassandra, the only daughter in a family of boys, was raised in a strict religious household. But she hasn’t... Read More

An eleven-year-old girl with a magical link to a water spirit confronts her destiny in the graphic novel "Kariba". Siku, discovered as a baby in a secret area of the Zambezi River, has the power to manipulate water. Her abilities... Read More

Laura Yares’s "Jewish Sunday Schools" is a complex survey of Jewish immigrant religious education that notes its influence on society. The book details the concerns of early nineteenth-century Jewish American communities regarding the... Read More

In Elizabeth Fremantle’s historical novel "Disobedient", an artist fights for freedom and restitution. Rome is buzzing. The talent of young painter Artemisia Gentileschi defies all expectations. The quality of her work has already... Read More

A law professor dodges assassins, a bomb, and an ancient curse during a search for hidden treasure in John F. Dobbyn’s novel "Deadly Depths". Following his mentor’s strange death, Matthew vows to learn the truth. He discovers that... Read More

In Gerda Blees’s novel "We Are Light", a woman’s quiet, bizarre death exposes the tragic gap between ethics and legality. The leader of the Sound & Love Commune, Melodie manipulates loyalty and obedience from her small group of... Read More

A bruised hole in the sky prompts an extended, desperate search for answers in David Connor’s surrealistic novel "Oh God, the Sun Goes". “Something happened to metaphysical space,” says a stranger in a bar, “and now the sun is... Read More