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Fish Out of Water Books
A character dropped into a world that plays by rules they do not know. Books about adapting, failing, and finding a place that fits.
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24 books in the catalog
Dark Matter – Amaruq
Alex A. Janek
Space Opera
Embers in the SALT
Klood P. Trouvay
Dark Fantasy
Wraithbound
HL Hopkins
Fantasy
Surviving Fayettenam
Vincent Stewart
Literary Fiction
Sherlock Holmes and the Mistress of History
Jonathan Orr-Stav
Historical Fiction
Geminga
Melvin Litton
Literary Fiction
The Length of the World
Charley Brindley
Adventure
Found on the Road to Damascus
Robert Hornbeck
Literary Fiction
Rainbow Reflections
Rex Malik
Literary Fiction
Running From Herself
April Tompkins
Women's Fiction
An Introvert's Guide To World Domination
Nick Shelton
Literary Fiction
The Swan and the Star
Ross Connelly
Spies & Politics
Daughter of the Gilded Age
Emery Grange
Historical Fiction
The Nonnegotiable
Susan Gooch
Contemporary
WorldWind
Brett Schneider
Fantasy
Till the Tide
K.C. Mitchell
Contemporary
The Last Defense
K.C. Mitchell
Romantic Suspense
Too Late to Be Good
Harper Reynolds
Contemporary
Ahelno
MK Stephenson
Paranormal
Prowler
Nic Plume
Dystopian
The Secret Under Vernal
Sandra Boyle
Adventure
Frost and Iron, the Ashland Chronicles, Book One
Edale Lane
Post-Apocalyptic
Brain Bends
Karen Maloy, Ed.S., ADC-C
Literary Fiction
The Vanishing Wife
Barry Finlay
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