A cleverly crafted and emotionally nuanced novel, Paris Locked by Jennifer Harris is a layered and brutally honest tale of responsibility, victimhood, compromise, and resilience. Attempting to salvage the remains of their twenty-year marriage, Marian and Jason attach a symbolic padlock [...]
Rumaan Alam’s Leave the World Behind is an apocalypse novel that refuses the spectacle of apocalypse. A Brooklyn family - Amanda, Clay, and their two kids - rent a Long Island house for a week of curated tranquility. Then, late at [...]
A thrilling glimpse into the deadly backdoors of political power in Canada and beyond, The True North Talks by John D Kingston crackles with contemporary tension and tongue-in-cheek critique. A government whistleblower is shot dead on a tarmac before he can [...]
Julian Barnes' The Sense of an Ending is a compelling work of contemporary fiction that diverges distinctly from classic literature by exploring profoundly modern themes through an introspective, fluid narrative style. Unlike the structured plots and overt moral lessons characteristic of [...]
Cate Baum's debut novel, Land of Hope, emerges as a hauntingly beautiful tapestry, intricately woven with threads from speculative fiction, historical myth, and modern-day fable. Set against the desolate, haunting backdrop of a Brontë-esque England, Baum's work is an arresting meditation [...]
A breathless spree of manic fiction that is unflinchingly absurdist, allegorical, and disturbed, Cleave the Sparrow by Jonathan Katz is a cautionary head-trip that makes no apologies. After the radical leader of the New Party, Wilder Crick, executes himself in front [...]
Setting the record straight on the life and legacy of Jesus Christ through the words of his truest companion, Magda Revealed by Ursula Werner is a revelatory work of fiction. After two thousand years of watching Christianity morph into a carnival mirror version [...]
A team of teenage superheroes navigates the daunting responsibilities of their powers as a sinister force rises in their midst in Finding Silvereyes: Even Superheroes Need A Place To Belong by Daniel Sayre, a stellar second installment of The Quantum Parables [...]
A vengeance-fueled revelation that will shake the Huzien Empire and its exalted heroes to the core, First Elite by Emmanuel M Arriaga is a stellar third and final installment of the Foundra series. As Neven Kenk wrestles with the gut-wrenching loss [...]
Set in Poland in the aftermath of WWII, Operation Nightfall: The Web of Spies by Karl Wegener is a stirring work of historical wartime fiction with equal parts historical detail, intensive character development, and spy thriller action. In this dark, ravaged [...]