In the musing speculative novel "Coherence", an AI program that was started with noble intentions goes awry. In Aaron Parsons’s thought-provoking science fiction novel "Coherence", a self-directed AI poses a credible world threat. In... Read More

"A Taste of Madagascar" is a gastronomically inquisitive travelogue that honors the nation’s diverse culture and history. Culinary enthusiast and podcast host Emmanuel Laroche’s gustatory travelogue "A Taste of Madagascar" celebrates... Read More

"The First Fascist" is Sergio Luzzatto’s absorbing biography of the Marquis de Morès, covering how he came to lead an antisemitic movement in the late 1800s that was later defined as fascist. The French son of former Italian nobility... Read More

In Lindsay A. Franklin’s mind-bending fantasy novel "The Restitching of Camille DuLaine", teenagers are on a mission to save storytelling and those they love. In this captivating sequel, story spheres have begun to fracture familiar... Read More

The pulse-pounding first installment in Elizabeth May’s dark new series, "The Wolf and the Crown of Blood" includes bloody rebellion, crackling tension, and not a hero in sight. Three centuries ago, the gods were at war with the... Read More

Twisted motives related to personal vengeance run beneath a supposedly therapeutic program in the musing thriller "Memory, Memory, Go Away". Christopher W. Selna’s psychological thriller "Memory, Memory, Go Away" centers a procedure... Read More

A neurodivergent scientist takes up the challenge to defy death in the intricate science fiction novel "Quinto’s Challenge". In Peter McChesney’s sweeping science fiction novel "Quinto’s Challenge", a brilliant young outsider’s... Read More

The lives of people of multiple faiths intersect to edifying effect in the heady novel "The Double-Edged Sword". In F. Michele Ramsey’s illuminating historical novel "The Double-Edged Sword", a tenacious woman experiences romance... Read More