Fiction
The Fire Within Them – Matthew Ward
Katija feels her soul is deteriorating from the inside out. Omen rot is creeping through her body one inch at a time, starting from her ruined tattoo. Now that she has friends and family, she […]
Genre: Fantasy
Fiction
A Feather So Black – Lyra Selene
A Feather So Black by Lyra Selene introduces readers to a new world among an overabundance of “faerie” fantasies. Which, maybe this segment of the genre isn’t my fancy, so perhaps I am not the […]
Academic
The Story of Kullervo – JRR Tolkien (ed. Verlyn Flieger)
The Story of Kullervo is the second of three non-Middle-Earth JRR Tolkien tales to receive a literary overview from noted Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger. Flieger had written several books about Tolkien and Tolkien’s legendarium, including […]
Academic
The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun – JRR Tolkien (ed. Verlyn Flieger)
Before Tolkien was the Master of Middle-Earth, he was a humble academic specializing in medieval English literature and philology. The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun comes from this non-Middle-Earth academic side of Tolkien merging with […]
Fiction
The Book of Doors – Gareth Brown
Based off The Book of Doors, Gareth Brown will be a writer to watch. The novel opens up readers to a world of Gareth’s imagination, one page at a time. When a customer passes away […]
Fiction
The Trials of Empire – Richard Swan
You know the viral meme from the Titanic film? Of an elderly Rose, saying “It’s been 84 years?” That’s how I felt waiting on The Trials of Empire by Richard Swan. I cannot say this […]
Christy Award
This Dreamer (The Chronicles of the Marked #1) – Sara Watterson
Sara Watterson’s This Dreamer holds the distinction of being the first independently published novel to win a Christy Award. That alone is a huge accomplishment. While the big publishers have the right to just pay […]
Children's Books
Out of the Darkness (The Dream Traveler’s Game #7) – Ted Dekker and HR Hutzel
We now reach the third and final The Dream Traveler’s Game book. Theo and Annelee are searching for a waystation, ready to move into the third stage of the game. They still need to save […]
Children's Books
The Warrior and the Archer (The Dream Traveler’s Game #6) – Ted Dekker and HR Hutzel
The Dream Traveler’s Game is meant to be read as one story and with all three volumes releasing simultaneously (and not even available for individual purchase), book six naturally picks up right after book 5 […]
Children's Books
The Boy and His Song (The Dream Traveler’s Game #5) – Ted Dekker and HR Hutzel
And we’re off! Book five of The Dream Travelers picks up three years after the events of The Dream Traveler’s Quest. A lot has happened in Theo’s life. The spiritual connection to Other Earth and […]