By Tobias Youngblood © 2023 ISBN: 978-1959649014 Paperback, 196 pages When dire wolves enter the vilskje’s idyllic valley and kill one of their youths, Siv the Seer and his apprentice lure and trap the pack, killing its leader and scattering the other wolves into the forest. The vilskje clan are ecstatic at their victory, but…
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The Tradepoint Saga
The three books of this trilogy—Refuge, Aftershock, and The Bereft—tell the story of the Vennan delegation sent to Tradepoint Station, a meeting and trading place for all sentient lifeforms. Their mission: to demonstrate the arts, trades, music, dance, and crafts of their beloved world, Venna. While most other races that visit Tradepoint rely on technology,…
Katy on Broadway
Written and Illustrated by Ella English © 2021, Crimson Dragon Publishing ISBN: 978-1-944644-23-9 Paperback; 43 pages This might be the first children’s chapter book I’ve ever read as an adult, and what a cute book it is! Katy is a cat who sings, much to the chagrin of the squirrel in Katy’s backyard tree, or…
People Safari
By Feather Chelle Illustrated by Pandu Permana © May 8, 2023 ASIN: B0C4QDGV2Z Kindle Version; file size 6890 KB What a delightful picture book! Ranger Marco is a raccoon guide for Fawn, Doe, and Buck as the deer family explores the world of humans. I loved watching the little tour as they visited a nearby…
The Long Game
By Ben Rose © 2021, Breaking Rules Publishing ASIN: B09BLJ86B8 Kindle version; file size 1830 KB Vinnie Il-Cazzo is raised in a household of hustlers, taught from his early years how to score free food, discounted products, and an easy life. But when he falls hard for a neighborhood girl, and learns her father is…
WECU Inc. (We See You)
By Rick Stevens Kindle Vella Project (Active) Foster kid Kieran spends most of his time alone, exploring the basement of the old apartment building where his family lives. His only friend is Charles, the maintenance man. But when he meets Malaya, another kid his age in the same building, the two team up to explore…
The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver:
A Middle Falls Time Travel Story By Shawn Inmon © 2016, Pertime Publishing ASIN: B01J8FBONO Kindle version; file size 1241 KB Forty years after his brother’s death, Thomas Weaver can’t escape his guilt. Still living with his mother and paying the bills by working as a used car salesman, his best friend is a bottle….
The Adventures of Nonna and the Little Red Truck in Summertime
By Kathy Brandon Illustrated by Jennifer Kasitz © 2023, Munn Avenue Press ASIN: B0BVN1V9NV Kindle version; file size 7818 KB I don’t recall reviewing a children’s book before. But The Adventures of Nonna and the Little Red Truck in Summertime was a great first selection. In this fun story, we see through the eyes of…
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
By Christopher Paolini © 2020, Tor Books ASIN: B081D7ZSTL Kindle version; file size 19201 KB Xenobiologist Kira Navárez knows the rules. She knows why they are in place. When you discover an alien site, don’t disturb it. More importantly, don’t touch anything. So when she literally falls into a forgotten alien reliquary while searching for…
The Drift
By Casie Aufenthie © 2021, Independently Published ASIN: B08YKCW6RM Kindle version; file size 777 KB In a future where humanity has divided through evolution, war has devastated not only the surface of the Earth, but all traces of civilization outside those areas controlled by the Illuminatos, most evolved of the species. Seven Illuminatos rule the…