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General Fiction (including literary and historical)

  • The Island: A Story of Youth

    by Natch Greyes
    When Victor Fugo boarded the ship to the Island, the world was at peace. By the time he disembarks, the idea that the third world war was the last war has been shattered. Emerging from the jungle, Victor finds himself embroiled in a regional conflict set within a larger conflagration. Leading the conflagration is self-styled populist politician John Wei. Fanning the flames of rebellion, John asserts that he's just trying to do what's right for his people and cast off the yolk of the Internat... more
  • The Maltese Attack

    by Jay Perin
    ONE MISTAKE IS ALL IT TAKES TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY. It’s 1973. Oil wars, terrorist attacks, Watergate... Senator Temple has his hands full, maneuvering political turmoil at home and the powder keg that is the Middle East. His error allowed a criminal businessman to take over the world’s energy sector. Powerful oil dynasties—the Kingsleys, the Sheppards, and the Barronses—could help Temple fix things, but greed and old grudges thwart the alliance. Three families, their fates interl... more
  • The Tormenting Beauty of Empathy

    by RICHARD ROBBINS
    Hana, a young Guatemalan woman who fell mute from a childhood tragedy, flees the brutal Civil War ravaging her country in search of a better life in the United States. Soon after arriving, she discovers she's pregnant, and is banished from her new home and sent to live in a Mayan community in Indiantown, Florida. There, she settles into a peaceful life of embroidery and raising her child, a daughter who turns out to be... different... and special—the kind of special that soon draws worldwide ... more
  • The Bodies That Move

    by Bunye Ngene
    The Bodies That Move tells the story of a man who embarks on a journey in search of greener pastures. Abandoned by his father as a child, Nosa is forced to bear the responsibility of caring for his mother and siblings. Seeing no future in Nigeria, he is persuaded by an old schoolmate to migrate to Europe. In order to achieve this, he employs the services of smugglers. His journey takes him through many transit cities, safe houses and detention camps in Nigeria, Niger and war-torn Libya, and se... more
  • The Lodger, That Summer

    by Levi Huxton

    It’s a hot summer Down Under and everyone’s got sex on the mind.

    Eighteen year-old James has had a tough year. Having lost his mom to cancer and fought through grief to finish high school, he’s now got secret desires to contend with. 

    It’s Christmas in Sydney, and he’s ready to cast his worries aside for the summer holidays, a time of poolside parties, bush walks and ocean swims. But who is the seductive young man who’s mov... more

  • The Authors of This Dream

    by Books Forward
    Brandon Chane's life is spinning out of control. After an altercation outside a performance venue nearly proves fatal, he's feeling at the mercy of dark forces threatening to tear his life apart. Even as a gifted poet and musician, his efforts to channel pain, frustration, and thwarted love into his music may not be enough to save him. Then he meets Saul Mason, a crisis counselor with the soul of a medicine man, who insists that Brandon's life and destiny are of his own making. With Saul's w... more
  • The Woman in the Sun Hat

    by Daniel Damiano
    Peggy Bubone is the envy of the Cold River, Long Island social scene: wife to a respected dermatologist, mother to two handsome children, and newly hired Literature teacher at a prestigious local high school,...before a knock on her classroom door turns her world upside down with the shocking news of her husband's arrest. With her and her children soon ostracized and homeless, she embarks on a humorous yet harrowing journey, which ultimately leads her back to her undesirable roots and, eventuall... more
  • Museum Exhibit

    by Tom Brown
    This is a book of poems about love and life for mature adults. Written in various forms such as rondeau, senryu, pantoum, ode, cinquain, sonnets and other forms.
  • No One Gets Out Alive

    by Harry Tinders

    I mean, come on. Do you really think that advanced civilisations have nothing better to do than sort out the sorry mess humans have gotten themselves into? Like, enlightened civilisations, with advanced technologies, able to cross interstellar space and - what? They are going to come to earth to give us some friendly advice on where we are going wrong?

    Get real.

    Weirdly enough, that’s exactly what happened. It was quite a big project and took a lot of planning and what was r... more

  • Panicles

    by RICHARD ROBBINS
    Is it better to take the risk and pursue the glory of fame and fortune, or to live a simpler, more grounded life? Follow the fates of two families, one wealthy and powerful, the other blue collar, from a chance meeting at a Florida poolside, to the highest levels of politics and power. This sweeping saga of love, war, money, and power leaves each family weighing their duty to their family versus service to their country. It all leads to a fateful choice—a sacrifice—which could change the c... more
  • Sorrow Town: Selected Stories

    by Kirby Michael Wright
    This collection includes gonzo journalism, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, horror, erotica, and slipstream. Check out the indoor Christmas tree that avoids giving up the ghost and grows roots. Don't miss the ghost Olga who appears in the sauna and the strange tale of the Vista Inn. The award-winning creative nonfiction pieces focus on the true story adventures of the writer's Hawaiian grandmother and teenage Hansen's Disease patients forced to live at the Kalaupapa Colony on Moloka'i. Reoccu... more
  • Fiery Girls

    by Heather Wardell

    Two young immigrant women. One historic strike. And the fire that changed America.

    In 1909, shy sixteen-year-old Rosie Lehrer is sent to New York City to earn money for her family’s emigration from Russia. She will, but she also longs to make her mark on the world before her parents arrive and marry her to a suitable Jewish man. Could she somehow become one of the passionate and articulate “fiery girls” of her garment workers’ union?

    Maria Cirrito, spoiled ... more

  • Nimrod's Tower

    by Alan Thompson
    REVOLUTION! War has been declared in the United States of America. A second revolution, waged by politicians rather than armies, is underway. Touched off by the death of the president – did he die of liver disease or was he assassinated? – partisan factions have squared off to determine who owns the country, and the coming election promises to be bitter and hard-fought. Tommy Sawyer, now a reluctant “journalist” in the nation’s capital, finds himself in the middle of the fight. Increasi... more
  • Among Kings

    by Joey O'Connor
    A black American missionary-explorer risks everything to save a nation, leading to the first international human rights trial. As a young boy growing up in post-Civil War Virginia, William Sheppard knew he wanted to explore the world. What he never expected was becoming a human rights hero who would change the world forever. "I didn't call Africa. Africa called me." But as a black American missionary, he faced heartbreaking prejudice in pursuing his passion to explore and to serve. When he f... more
  • Rosie

    by Peggy W. Fellouris
    Rosie is the final book in a trilogy, 3 Boys and Boat, A Man with a Black Cashmere Coat, and now Rosie. Each book can stand alone, enjoyed by its reader. Rosie is an average person, tries to mend her mistakes, and is a pleasant addition to the family. She wants a husband to treat her the way her dad treats her mother. She is determined to find one.
  • The Steel Beneath the Silk

    by Patricia Bracewell
    In early 11th century England, as viking armies bent on conquest ravage the kingdom, England’s Norman born queen must outwit formidable enemies who will stop at nothing to destroy her world. Amid the chaos of war, and yoked to an aging, inept king, Queen Emma forges alliances that will bring a lasting peace to the kingdom and preserve the lives of her children.
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