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Josiah DeGraaf

Only teachers know what really happens at a magic school… Chintor Academy is celebrated as the place where the best music mages are forged. But beneath the surface, bullies rule with cruelty, teachers scheme against each other, and the student destined to save their nation is far from ready. Kalina didn’t know what she was getting into when she agreed to teach at Chintor. Now, as a first-year teacher, she’s tasked with finishing the training of this prophesied violinist. Their nation’s sworn enemies are nearing victory, and she has mere months to prepare him before their country collapses. When Kalina uncovers the abuse of a vulnerable student, she’s thrust into a dangerous dilemma. Exposing the school’s underbelly means she’ll be fired and unable to prepare their hero. Keeping quiet means her students will suffer. The fate of the nation—and her soul—hangs in the balance.

Mich Solo

"A smart, edgy, and crisply paced cyberthriller that effortlessly blends its big themes with explosive action."— Kirkus Reviews Nathan Carter has a steady career, a marriage of twenty years, and a run of good luck he's never thought to question. When a work AI refuses a simple command and a stranger tells him his life has been managed, the surface cracks. What's underneath is impossible to unsee, and Nathan has a choice to make: accept the life he was handed, or risk everything to live a life of his own. "Emotional depth of this sort isn't always a part of dystopian fiction... executed so deftly in a punchy and no-nonsense style." — Kirkus Reviews A near-future literary thriller about free will, identity, and the cost of knowing who you really are. For readers of Kazuo Ishiguro, Ted Chiang, and Blake Crouch.

Darren Anderson

Two men. Two loyalties. One war that will change them both. When Roman soldiers destroy his home and take his father from him, Sinna is left with grief, anger, and a fierce determination to defend his people. His only constant companion is a half-wild dog that refuses to leave his side—a bond formed on the night everything else is lost. Across the frontier, Aquila is a seasoned Roman legionary who has spent years serving an empire that demands obedience, endurance, and sacrifice. Campaign after campaign has taught him how to survive, but it has also begun to erode the certainty he once carried into battle. As Trajan’s brutal conquest of Dacia gathers force, Sinna fights for homeland and identity while Aquila faces the cost of duty from within the invading army. Their stories move through the same war from opposing sides, revealing the loyalty, grief, trauma, and moral pressure hidden beneath Rome’s victories. Lupus et Aquila: The Wolf and the Eagle is the first book in The Aquila Chronicles—a character-driven historical novel about survival, the cost of empire, and the humanity that remains on both sides of a battlefield.

Liam Homhire

The story that began in Of Shadows and Justice now concludes. Four fugitives slipped the city with their lives and little else. They know the truth of their situation now, and the truth is cruel: of the four, only Eric can ever be cleared. Volk carries a guilt that is real. Mathan's innocence died with the only witnesses. And Fiara flees a hunter that does not tire, does not forgive, and does not stop. There is no salvation for them. So they will spend what freedom remains buying salvation for someone else. Leaving safety behind, they take the back roads to the place where it all began, the scene of the murder Eric did not commit, hoping fresh eyes can find what the Watch would not. But the conspiracy that framed them is still weaving, the city's justice and the docks' vengeance are converging on the same names, and something in the dark has never lost their scent. Before the end, each of them will learn what the Aspects have always known: that love makes beginnings, that endings belong to no one, and that mercy can be the cruelest sentence of all.

Greg Holman

Billy Houston built an empire from nothing. Then he discovered that success has a price. From a reckless young Australian chasing opportunity in America to the creation of a multimillion-dollar financial empire, Billy’s extraordinary rise is fuelled by ambition, instinct and an appetite for risk. But as the money, power and stakes grow, so do the betrayals and consequences. Rags to Riches is the first book in The Billy Houston Saga — a fast-paced story of ambition, wealth, loyalty, betrayal and the choices that can change a life forever.

André Spiteri

Can DI Brian Brandon stop a ruthless killer before they bury him next, or will his demons bury him first? Cybersecurity consultant Ray Higgins is dead. Was it a love triangle turned deadly? Or is there something more at play? As DI Brian Brandon digs deeper into the case, he uncovers a trail of blackmail and betrayal that leads straight to Strathburgh's elite. But Brian is battling more than a killer hell-bent on silencing anyone who gets too close to the truth. A traumatic past and a drinking habit that's spiraling out of control threaten to derail the investigation and get him killed. Perfect for fans of JD Kirk, Ian Rankin, Helen Fields, and Val McDermid, this gripping first instalment in a dark, gritty new Scottish crime series introduces DI Brian Brandon of the city of Strathburgh's Major Investigations Team.

Klood P. Trouvay

Syra, known in the fighting pits as the “Greykiss,” has spent years trying to leave that life behind. But in New Merserat, a monster’s reputation is a debt that’s never fully paid, and when someone from her past returns, Syra is pulled back toward the violence she thought she had escaped. Then there is Lienne Blumaker—a seemingly ordinary young librarian troubled by unexplained headaches, and one of the few people who sees the woman behind the reputation. When House Saltbird offers Syra a lucrative security contract at its remote Salt Field, the danger seems familiar enough: sabotage, hired blades, men willing to kill for coin. Instead, she finds herself among a mercenary crew that neither trusts nor wants her, while something far stranger moves through the white expanse beyond the camp. As fear closes in and the mystery deepens, Syra must decide whether survival still means keeping everyone at a distance—or whether some bonds are worth becoming vulnerable for. A literary, character-driven dark fantasy of mercenary tension, slow-burning intimacy, hard-won trust, and the monsters people become—and believe themselves to be.

Liam Homhire

When a Dire Wolf warrior is murdered by the very system she tried to expose, her resurrection becomes a curse—bound in a necromantic puppet-body, stripped of agency, controlled by forces she doesn't understand. Alongside an undead rabbit oracle prone to drunk philosophy, a reluctant assemblage of misfits and survivors must untangle a conspiracy that reaches far deeper than any single death, navigating a world where justice is as fragmented as the characters seeking it. Liam Homhire weaves together dark comedy and genuine grief, unreliable narrators and moments of strange grace, building toward catharsis through a ticking-clock mystery that demands everything from those the world has already discarded. This is a story about the cost paid by the small, the redemption found in unlikely bonds, and the messy, incomplete work of making things right.

David Myles Robinson

Pancho McMartin, Honolulu’s top criminal defense attorney, reluctantly agrees to step out of his comfort zone by handling a potentially huge medical malpractice case on behalf of his old friend and father-figure, Manny Delacruz, whose wife is in a permanent vegetative state following multiple mistakes in what should have been a routine surgery. But when Manny is arrested for the murder of one of the responsible doctors, not only is the medical malpractice case now in jeopardy, so is Manny’s freedom. If Manny is convicted, it means he won’t be able to be at his wife’s bedside to hold her hand, caress her face, and read his poems to her. He will have lost his reason to live. The pressure on Pancho is enormous.

HL Hopkins

Daisy Hartridge has never been good at life—but she's spectacularly bad at it when she is dragged through a dimensional rift into a world of wraiths and wraith riders. Thrust into Artonia, where her emotions literally take physical form. Three powerful wraiths that she must bond with, or lose. For the other riders, duty, control and routine are everything, and with her head full of chaotic brain-squirrels, those are definitely not areas she excels in. She can't even get to class on time! But as she's forced to navigate a conspiracy that reaches deeper than anyone realises, against a ticking clock none of them fully understand, she gains a creeping suspicion that, for once, she might actually be the only one equipped to stop it. With a found family of deeply flawed allies at her side, Daisy stumbles toward answers—and the uncomfortable truth that saving Artonia might require taking a closer look at herself first. Content Warnings Explained: Child Abuse - relationship between a child and caregiver featuring coercive control and verbal bullying. Graphic Violence/Gore - briefly features a character being shot, with a short reference to bloodshed. Mental Health Crisis - relates to a key character's struggle with guilt and self.

Baden James Scholefield

Djungari is an epic Australian historical romance and family saga that spans war, wilderness, and generations of memory. When Sarah returns to Broken Creek Station in Far North Queensland, she inherits more than her grandfather’s journal. Within its pages lies the story of Ryan Brooks, a young Australian stockman whose life is forever changed by the outbreak of the First World War. From the devastation of Gallipoli and the Somme, to a chance meeting with an English nurse during a London bombing raid, Ryan’s journey becomes one of courage, love, loss, and survival. But this is more than a wartime love story. Set against the vast beauty of the Australian outback, Djungari is also a sweeping story of frontier life, family legacy, and the spiritual power of country. As Sarah uncovers the past, she is drawn into a world shaped by old loyalties, buried grief, and the mystery of the white crocodile—a symbol that binds generations together. Rich in atmosphere and emotion, Djungari will appeal to readers of Australian historical fiction, family sagas, and deeply rooted stories of love, romance and belonging.

R.J. Scales

When a precious jewel vanishes from the jungle, everyone assumes the smallest snake in the forest couldn't possibly help—everyone except wise old Tilda, who sees what others miss. With nothing but a charm, his curiosity, and the unexpected friendship of a troublemaking monkey, Slyther sets out to restore the Jungle's lost treasure and prove that the smallest voices matter most. Part adventure, part gentle coming-of-age, this cozy fantasy celebrates courage in unlikely heroes, found family, and the quiet magic of being truly seen. - Children's, Picture book, ages 6-8, animal adventure, talking animals, reptiles

K.C. Mitchell

He spent a lifetime commanding from the shadows. She crossed an ocean to escape them. Neither expected paradise to become a battlefield. After decades of sacrifice as commander of The Firm, Richard Stewart has finally walked away. Burned out, alone, and uncertain who he is without the mission, he retreats to Croatia in search of the life he never allowed himself to have. Pfeiffer Storm has already found her peace in the coastal teal waters. The former New York attorney traded courtrooms and expectations for an Adriatic villa, a nightclub stage, and the freedom to live entirely on her own terms. When the commanding stranger in the back of the club requests a song, one unforgettable night becomes something neither of them believed they would ever find. But Richard’s past has not released him—and Pfeiffer’s has been waiting for her. An ambush exposes the lethal man behind Richard’s quiet reserve, shaking Pfeiffer’s hard-won trust. Then an enemy resumes a deadly game with only one acceptable ending: checkmate. To save the woman he loves, Richard must reclaim the command he surrendered, trust the family he built, and face the monster who has spent decades preparing his revenge. In the breathtaking conclusion of The Last Safehouse series, the commander who protected everyone else must learn to trust what he’s built to now protect his heart, his future, and his life.

Vincent Stewart

Vincent Stewart's Surviving Fayettenam is a raw, unflinching account of incarceration and the machinery of a system designed to break men. Through fragmented memory and visceral detail, Stewart traces his journey from the streets into the belly of Fayetteville's prison infrastructure, examining how survival demands both moral compromise and unexpected grace. This is not redemption made simple—it's a hard-won reckoning with the man he was, the man he became, and what family meant when walls tried to steal it. A testament to witnessing injustice from inside, and to the possibility of transformation in the darkest places.

Jonathan Orr-Stav

Capping their long career of joint sleuthing, Holmes and Watson embark on a last hurrah to crack perhaps the biggest mystery of history—the clues for which lie in a remote corner of the Sinai Desert. In a case where the villain is time and the crime is oblivion, Holmes' insight succeeds where the leading archaeologists and scholars of the age fail—all while wrangling grouchy camels and dodging overly keen Ottoman soldiers.

Melvin Litton

A raven-snake assassin team, spawn of genetic engineering, escape their evil master in Peru, the violent leader of the Maoist Shining Path, to land in California. Rodger Games, a carpenter/guitar player, is initially taken hostage. Once freed he begins a wary alliance and seeks to unravel the mystery of their origin only to become entangled in their fate amid his own quest for the beautiful Luana. “Very, very interesting…” – William S. Burroughs

Robert W Adams

“I’ll risk anything to save her. Even the secret of what I am.” Tabitha Griffin has plenty of things making her life hell—guilt, fear, shame, that suicide attempt thing, and her twin sister’s cancer. But nothing terrifies her more than being the center of attention. So naturally, she enters the biggest televised talent competition in the country to win the million-dollar prize that could save her sister’s life. There’s just one problem. Tabitha isn’t performing an illusion. The impossible things she does on stage are real. As the competition turns her into a national sensation, Tabitha finds friendship, first love, and a reason to believe she might deserve a future after all. But when a growing political movement turns her into an unwilling symbol of queer resistance, every secret she’s fought to protect begins unraveling. It’s all a distraction from winning the competition. But as her two worlds collide, Tabitha must choose which secrets to keep, which to reveal—and to whom. Because saving her sister’s life is the only way to save her own.

Bill Fortin.

In a world where power is no longer decided on the battlefield, the greatest threat isn’t what you can see— it’s what you believe.

Charley Brindley

Saxon, along with his sister, Kaitlin and her daughter, Rachel, traveled by river boat to Manaus, Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon. Kaitlin had worked on her ethnopharmacopeia for years and now she wanted to locate the village of Alichapon-tupec where she believed she would find rare and exotic medicinal plants. She needed to collect specimens and learn from the Yanomami natives about their use of the plants. This would fill out the last chapter of her manuscript. An unusual young woman they met on the dock at Manaus changed their plans. They hired the woman to be their guide. She spoke no English or Portuguese while Saxon and Kaitlin understood not a word of her Yanomani language. However, Rachel at the age of seven, having collided with the language barrier many times in their worldwide travels, communicated to the native woman by primitive sign language that they wanted to go upriver to find strange plants. Apparently the woman understood. She led them to a dugout canoe and helped load their gear, then when everyone was on board, including Rachel’s dog, Hero, she shoved off and began paddling upstream. Saxon, in the stern of the canoe, took up a paddle and wondered if they had just stolen someone’s boat.

Rob Swigart

THE INQUISITION IS BACK! AND THIS TIME THEY HAVE TECHNOLOGY. An action-packed unraveling of the secrets of ancient history mixed in with a chilling conspiracy that brings to mind Dan Brown’s bestseller INFERNO. “Swigart is one of the few thriller writers with a poetic sense … [who] knows how to give high velocity to an action mystery.” -San Francisco Chronicle Papyrologist Lisa Emmer’s world flips when the Surete meets her at her Metro station with news of the savage murder of the esteemed Paris historian Dr. Raimond Foix, her friend and mentor in the study of ancient documents. Horrified, Lisa finds clues at the crime scene left behind for her by her mentor—clues to a secret kept hidden for centuries. These clues make her a prime suspect in the murder investigation, and also put her directly in the cross-hairs of a deadly commando group that proves to be none other than a contemporary offshoot of the Inquisition. They want an ancient document that reveals a secret so explosive it could change the world—a document they’ve been tracking for centuries. Led by a sadistic priest and a vicious but very accomplished nun with excellent military cred, their mission is to destroy the document—no matter what the cost in blood.