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Alessandro Catorcini

In 1291 Genoa, the merchant Ugolino Vivaldi contracts two galleys to sail west toward India, a route no Christian ship has charted. Across ledgers and landfalls, his venture unfolds through the meticulous records of clerks and factors—the rope counted, the provisions weighed, the dead tallied—as the voyage deepens into a grim accumulation of silences and returns. Built on bureaucratic ritual and procedural detail, this historical novel traces how ambition and mathematics collide with an unknowable ocean, where the only certainty is the weight of what cannot be found.

Christopher Whittaker

Two young German men form different walks of life are thrown into the cauldron of the trenches of WW1. They meet during deployment in a new type of warfare , the Storm trooper , a tactic designed to break the mass attacks of the Trenches by using small independent units to infiltrate enemy lines. When the guns fall silent they return to a broken Germany, economic collapse, Political upheaval and a rising hatred in te population with te rise of anew political party. It is here the men find that the cost of peace is higher than the price of war.

Christina Thiessen

Ivan has spent years perfecting a device that will finally let him hear what his beloved bulldog Jeeves is really thinking—a breakthrough that could change everything. But when the experiment goes hilariously wrong and his priorities get scrambled between code and companionship, Ivan begins to discover that the deepest truths between humans and their best friends might already be perfectly clear. With a warmhearted blend of humor and quiet revelation, this novel explores what happens when a brilliant inventor learns that some of life's most important answers can't be decoded by machines—only felt by the heart.

Jonathan Orr-Stav

Snapshots of three critical junctions in Hebrew history: the preamble to the Book of Genesis; the invention of the biblical forefather Isaac; and the world’s second Hebrew-speaking country (after Israel), founded in the near future. All three are studies of hitherto undocumented (what-if?) episodes, as a means of understanding the existing history of the Hebrew/Israelite/Jewish/Israeli people as we know it today. With that forgiving mindset, make of them what you will.

Leland James

A searing satire and a rallying cry, EnWorld exposes the seductive dangers of totalitarianism in the modern age and the fragile line between good and evil. For fans of Orwell, Huxley, and Bradbury, EnWorld pushes further into a future that mankind must avoid. As Orwell said, "Don't let it happen." "A blend of speculative fiction, satire, and thought experiment, explores themes of identity and morality... James’ literary loop-the-loops result in a fun, brainy read. Entertaining and inventive storytelling." Get it. –Kirkus Reviews “EnWorld is a richly philosophical dystopian novel imagining a future where technological progress and totalitarian domination merge to remake human civilization.” –Readers Favorite Review, 5-Stars “Inventive blend of speculative fiction, satire, and profound philosophical inquiry.”

Joseph Estevez

Liam Merr doesn't live on a normal island. Ghosts occupy their former dwellings, wizards sell their magical products in town centres, and a tyrannical king known as the Ra rules over its inhabitants. A mysterious man known as the rabbin takes Liam under his wing to teach him about his people's forgotten traditions. Liam expects to live a simple life as a loyal subject to the Ra, but his identity and inheritance have so much more in store.

HUGELIN Laurent

La méthode de Monnet considéré comme un des pères fondateurs de l’Europe n’est pas née d’une théorie. Elle s’est construite dans la pratique du ravitaillement en temps de guerre, la gestion des dettes d’Etat, l’organisation du financement du développement de la Chine, le développement d’une industrie de l’aviation militaire, et les échecs de la France et de la Grande Bretagne à se préparer à la guerre de 1940. EN 1940, à 52 ans, Jean Monnet ne parlait pas encore directement de construction européenne.

Charlie Laidlaw

Peter and Sarah grow up living next door to one another in a small town in the east of Scotland. They also share the same birthday. He’s not so bright, but she’s formidably intelligent. She’s also autistic, and can’t understand why nobody except Peter likes her. The days of our birth follows Peter and Sarah over twenty years. His journey into adulthood is fairly effortless; hers, more complex. It explores how two very different people can grow up as best friends, but never quite understand why they’re best friends and what they really feel about one another. The book, filled with humour and poignancy, is an exploration of how people change, the things we could have said and done and, sometimes, how we can make things right again. Peter and Sarah are finally forced to confront what they really feel, about themselves and about each other. For them, it is also about realising that love and friendship mean more than the sum of their differences.

Aremuorin

In Follow Your Dreams, Aremuorin offers a meditation on self-worth, resilience, and the quiet power of intentional living. Through carefully curated aphorisms and reflective passages, this intimate work traces a journey from vulnerability toward hard-won clarity—exploring what it means to reclaim your identity from doubt, manipulation, and the noise of others' expectations. Rather than plot-driven narrative, this is a work of interior manifesto, inviting you to sit with essential truths about love, destiny, and the courage required to become who you are meant to be.

Avery Solenne

Some things you keep. Some things were never yours. Eighteen months after her father's death, Margot Whitcomb has one sale standing between his auction house and the end of it. Then the headline lot — a Cartier brooch worth seven figures — comes back flagged as possibly stolen. And her father's initials are on the file. Adrian Keane works for the insurer. He is careful, exacting, impossible to hurry, and the only person alive who can tell Margot what her father actually knew in 2009. He is also required to report every answer to someone else. So they build a rule. He tells her when something exists, even when he can't tell her what it is. It holds for two weeks. What Margot finds in the file is not a crime. It's worse — a decent man with one more question to ask, a payroll due Friday, and a reason to stop. What she finds in Adrian is the first person in a year who refuses to make anything easier than it is. Neither of them can afford this. He would have to disclose it. She would have to explain it to a client whose brooch may not be hers. They do it anyway. A slow-burn, closed-door contemporary romance about two careful people, one unresolved object, and the difference between keeping something and keeping it unchanged.

Steve Bull-Fretwell

At seven years old, Peter learned that love requires a performance—and that the cost of belonging is the erasure of self. When his parents' absence becomes absolute, he's sent to boarding school, where he begins the long work of surviving among strangers, learning to be what others need rather than who he is. Told with unflinching precision and devastating quiet, Promise traces one boy's passage through grief and fracture toward a tentative, hard-won understanding of what authentic connection might mean. This is a novel about the slow accumulation of wounds and the slower, more difficult process of learning to be seen.

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.

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.

Robert Hornbeck

John Locklear has survived his first season of professional baseball, but the real reckoning begins on the drive home. With his makeshift family reunited and three unfinished searches ahead of him—his absent mother, his biological father, and the man who hurt him—John sets out to reclaim what was taken. What he finds instead is complicated: a father who disappoints, trauma that resurfaces without warning, and the slow, difficult work of redemption. As gospel music echoes through the miles, Hornbeck traces the geography between who John was and who he's becoming, in a novel about inherited damage, chosen family, and the long road toward healing.

Robert Hornbeck

John Locklear has built a life around self-reliance—until a four-year-old abandoned by his ex-girlfriend shatters that carefully constructed solitude. Trapped between baseball, legal obligation, and a child he never wanted, John begins an unexpected spiritual unraveling across highways and small towns, where found family and hard-won faith emerge from genuine loss and grief. Hornbeck charts this transformation with unflinching precision, balancing devastating emotional depths with dark humor and the quiet miracle of redemption earned through reluctant grace.

Brendan McCauley

Jesus Christ in 57 Bible Dreams is a comprehensive biblical theology of dreams, tracing every identifiable dream in Scripture through a single Christological lens: each dream exists to protect, advance, or authenticate the Messianic lineage. Written by a practitioner-theologian with twelve years of dedicated research, this is the most systematically ambitious evangelical treatment of biblical dreaming available to general Christian readers. It is for serious Bible students who want both doctrinal rigor and devotional fire in a single volume.

Rex Malik

In his beautiful memoir, Rainbow Reflections, Rex Malik takes readers on an intimate journey through his life as a gay Asian American man. This book has over 100 colorful pictures. From his immigrant upbringing to his college years and beyond, Malik's story is one of resilience, self-discovery, and the unwavering pursuit of happiness. Malik's early life is marked by a sense of isolation and the struggle to come to terms with his identity. As he navigates the challenges of adolescence and young adulthood, he finds solace in creative pursuits and the support of a few close friends. His decision to come out at the age of 16 marks a turning point in his life, setting him on a path of self-acceptance and exploration. Throughout his college years and his travels across the United States, Malik encounters a diverse array of people and experiences that shape his understanding of himself and his place in the world. From the vibrant LGBTQ community in San Francisco to the sun-drenched beaches of Hawaii, each new adventure brings with it a sense of hope and the possibility of belonging. Despite the many obstacles he faces, including mental health struggles like schizophrenia, and the search for stable housing, Malik remains committed to his personal growth and well-being. He seeks out therapy, builds meaningful friendships, and continues to pursue his passions, finding joy in the simple moments of life. As he reflects on his journey, Malik's story becomes a beacon of hope for anyone who has ever felt like an outsider. His memoir is a testament to the power of resilience, self-love, and the importance of embracing one's authentic self. Through his words, he reminds us that even in our darkest moments, there is always the possibility of finding light and love. Rainbow Reflections is a beautifully crafted memoir that will resonate with readers from all walks of life. Malik's honest and heartfelt storytelling invites us to share in his joys, his sorrows, and his ……

Nick Shelton

A practical, honest guide to networking for people who hate networking. Nick Shelton shares the exact system that took him from dreading every room to being remembered in the ones that matter, without ever pretending to be someone he's not.

Sera Maddox Drake

An age gap. A forbidden, slow-burning love affair between a queer girl and her mentor. An occult curriculum. Some educations begin in the body… The conservative early 1990's in decaying rust-belt Ohio sets the stage. ═════════════ She had it all - riches, a college honors program scholarship, a girlfriend - until her conservative, hyper-religious parents discovered the sapphistry and forced her to choose between conversion therapy and disownment. That choice marked the end of her academic career and everything she thought she knew. Three years later, she is starting her life over when she meets a shy public librarian in a bookstore. What unfolds between them feels almost like magic. Given that he is about to become her private tutor in the magickal and erotic arts, perhaps that should come as no surprise. But at what cost? Her mysterious guide is everything she has ever longed for, yet she may be forced to choose between her developing identity and the most profound love she has ever known. Ancilla is a study of hunger. It is a dark, philosophical tale exploring forbidden passion, kink, devotion, trauma, sacrifice, and the complicated path toward becoming oneself. Readers of old-school erotic literature who crave the passion and poetry of Lady Chatterley's Lover and The Story of O will enjoy this, as will students of the Kabbalah and Thelemic magick on which the narrative is structured. Surrender… ═════════════ "Magic and philosophy sandwiched in between some of the hottest scenes I've read in recent years... Loved it!" - Hannah Gonzalez, Reedsy Discovery "Love is brutal, bloody, and ecstatic in this passionate romance... BDSM aficionados will love it... A richly imagined, lurid love story that's not for the faint of heart. (Our verdict: Get it!)" - Kirkus Reviews Since its launch, Ancilla has won multiple literary awards, including the 2026 Passionate Plume for Erotic Literature and finalist status for the 2026 Hawthorne Prize.

Uri J. Nachimson

The Second Door is a dark historical novel set in Tuscany in the year 1400, when cities, monasteries, noble families, and bankers struggled for power, money, faith, and control. In Cortona, an ancient city perched above the Val di Chiana, a hidden battle unfolds behind walls, prayers, and sacred rituals. Above ground, people pray to Saint Margaret and beg for mercy. Beneath the stones, behind curtains and secret doors, a clandestine brotherhood uses fear, religion, and disease to shape the fate of the city. Lorenzo de’ Federici, a cold and dangerous churchman, understands that real power does not always lie in the sword. It lies in rumor, forged documents, public panic, and the ability to place blame where people are already prepared to believe it. Standing against him is Obadiah d’Ancona, a cautious and intelligent Jewish banker from Siena, who knows that survival sometimes depends on recognizing danger before it receives an official name. Around him move people whose power does not count: Matteo, a simple boy from Camucia searching for Maria; Bianca, a servant who learns to turn silence into courage; Lucrezia, a woman humiliated by society but not blinded by it; and men who understand that truth is often hidden exactly where no one wishes to look. When a mysterious illness spreads through Cortona, the city begins to search for someone to blame. The poor are blamed for filth, the Jews for poisoning, and the priests for sins they place on others. Forged notes, wells, cellars, poisons, and debts become part of one dangerous conspiracy. The Second Door is a novel about antisemitism, debt, false holiness, young love, public fear, and the price paid by those whose names are rarely remembered, yet without whom the truth would never come to light. In the end, the man falls, but the system learns to walk under another name.