Social justice fantasy
Deliverance in the Dark, the first book in the Ironverse series by author L.M. Blade begins the process of world building for a post-apocalyptic Chicago inhabited by magical beings.
Shifting perspectives
Awkward Stumbles and Fuzzy Memories is the memoir of a young woman from small-town Wisconsin who leaves home for the first time ever - for a two-year Peace Corps stint in the newly post-Soviet Ukraine of the 1990s. All of this brings us to Kyiv. Or Kiev.
Dark and thrilling
Full of strong, flawed, whip-smart characters, The Vials of our Wrath tackles the global consequences of personal actions while it thrusts humankind into a speculative (but not that speculative!) context to examine how it might react.
Beauty is a weapon
Dior or Die, the debut novel from Laura Akers, is the first in a series featuring protagonist Davia Glenn, the first female paramilitary operative in an elite fighting unit, who is suddenly thrust into the world of the super-rich.
Never forget the power you have inside you
The tagline from the alien-on-earth, superhero, title character of Andrew Kirchner’s Ms. Infinity: Earth’s Greatest Hero, tells you almost all you need to know about this young adult novel.
The beginnings
After leaving my corporate design job, I decided to listen to the voices in my head and return to my performance roots - this time, as an audiobook narrator.