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The Hidden One
In 1993, fifty-year-old Ashley Cooper seems to have everything: elite law work on post-perestroika Russia, a Fifth Avenue penthouse, fast cars, and a faster mistress. Then people begin dying—his wife among them. With his teenage daughter Annie, Ashley deciphers diaries from his true father and grandfather, revealing the WWII atrocity of the “Iron Cage” and supernatural forces shielding—and hunting—him. A hidden prince, he must endure brutal trials against the Polinkov, ancient rivals of the Iskandarov. Book one of People of the Blood.
Genre-busting giant of a debut
—Ian Graham Leask, author of House of Large Sizes -
The High Cost of Flowers
Rachel Kemper Kelsey, a psychologist, gets a late call: her parents’ crisis has exploded. Her controlling mother, Katherine, estranged from Rachel for years, is declared a vulnerable adult and removed from home as dementia advances. Rachel’s father, Art, turns to her, while her alcoholic, narcissistic siblings fight to bring Katherine back. As Art rebuilds a bond Katherine once forbade, the family fractures toward tragic consequences. The High Cost of Flowers is a sharp, recognizable portrait of suburban, multigenerational confrontation and loss.
A study of a family adrift, anchored only to itself by the individual memories of a shared past.
—Charles Locks, author of Greater Trouble in the Lesser Antilles -
The Man in the Mountain
After his beloved grandfather dies, Yosh—an orphan—spirals into depression and considers ending his life. A cracked, mysterious medallion found among his grandfather’s things pulls him into an investigation that leads to a ranch near Santa Fe and the friends who shaped his grandfather’s hidden past. As Yosh learns their philosophy, he begins to awaken from despair and seeks deeper wisdom from Mideol, a reclusive “man in the mountain.” A philosophical quest with echoes of Hesse, Camus, Gurdjieff, and Castaneda.
This novel will stick with you for a lifetime.
—Gary Lindberg, author of Ollie’s Cloud -
The Man Who Found His Moniker
Haunted by a tragic past, an unnamed man wanders city streets and foreign towns, plagued by half-clear visions that warn of coming violence. He follows them like a mandate, desperate for redemption yet unsure he deserves it—and afraid that happiness would betray the pain he cannot release. As his past slowly surfaces, the visions sharpen, pulling him toward a final chance to stop a tragedy. When he’s led to a threatened group of schoolchildren, he may finally save lives he once couldn’t—and, perhaps, himself.
captures the main character’s unbearable loss of a child through violence
—John Nugent, verified review on Amazon -
The Mount
A ritual on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount isn’t prophecy—it’s a weapon: an engineered system that mimics divine judgment and would unleash destruction as “revelation.” Drawn back into the shadows when her son Greg is crowned a new doctrinal voice, Charlotte Ansari uncovers a second claimant and a conspiracy spanning Vatican archives and desert sites. When belief becomes programmable, survival may require silence.
will make readers drunk on the wine of astonishment
—BEC on Amazon -
The Shady Elders of Zion
The Shady Elders of Zion is a Minnesota ghost story narrated by Ivan Kalinsky, the last Bolshevik of 1917. After fleeing Stalin’s anti-Jewish purges to become a northern Minnesota union organizer, Kalinsky dies—only to be blackmailed by two Hassidic ghosts into mentoring Joshua Bronstein, a damaged soul who may be one of the Lamed Vav, the thirty-six hidden righteous men from whom the Messiah will be chosen. Kalinsky must lead him home.
very funny and with a plot I never could have dreamed up
—Scott on Amazon -
The Shekinah Legacy
When terrorists attack her home, international journalist Charlotte Ansari receives a coded email for her Asperger’s son—from the grandmother he’s never met, vanished for decades. The message launches them into India and Kashmir, hunted by assassins as the CIA, Mossad, terrorists, and the Vatican race for two relics that could upend Christianity and global power. The Shekinah Legacy is a high-stakes thriller exploring the perilous limits of belief.
This is the book Dan Brown should have written… an exciting alternative religious history filled with plenty of action and interesting plot twists
—S. Moore for Book Pleasures -
The Syrian
Set during the 2006 Israeli–Hezbollah war in Lebanon, The Syrian is a tale of passion and betrayal. Nadia, after thirteen years, declares her “disappeared” husband dead to marry American physician Andrew Sullivan. On the eve of her engagement, journalist friend Sonia claims the husband may be alive in a Syrian prison. Jealous and manipulative, Sonia enlists Syria’s secret police chief, unleashing violent twists as Nadia races to uncover the truth.
a master trifecta of political thriller, historical fiction, and romance.
—Antonia Felix, New York Times bestselling author -
The Unspoken
In The Unspoken, the third Charlotte Ansari Thriller, Greg finds a forbidden scroll engineered to trigger belief, not understanding—making him the center of a doctrine that could reshape the world. Hunted by factions determined to crown him a messiah or erase him, Greg battles a prophecy name never spoken. Charlotte races from Petra to the Vatican’s depths to save her son and confront belief as a weapon.
a thriller for the age in which we live
—BEC on Amazon -
The Wounded and Other Stories about Sons and Fathers
The Wounded and Other Stories About Sons and Fathers channels Robert Bly’s Men’s Movement while standing apart from its orthodoxies. Leask’s linked, autobiographical stories—published by New Rivers Press—echo the spare, formative tradition of Hemingway’s In Our Time and Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. This new edition adds two later anthology stories.
Reflected with brutal clarity
—New York Times Book Review -
Those Who Can’t
New teacher Dave Legnagyszerűbb is determined to thrive at Maple Valley High, convinced education can transform even indifferent students and hard-nosed administrators. But the suburban school hides a secret magnet program for gifted students on a covert vocational track. Nina Dos Santos Pandlay works to keep her brilliance invisible. When Mr. L—her favorite teacher—realizes he was hired by mistake, the stakes shift fast, and homework becomes the least of their worries.
captures the essence of the first year of teaching and the loneliness and doubts that come with it
—Allison A., verified review on Amazon -
Thunder Birds
When war erupts on the Minnesota frontier, childhood ends in a single terrible season. Thunder Birds follows white and Dakota boys and girls whose lives are shattered by the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862, sparked by hunger, broken treaties, and betrayal. Through young eyes on both sides, neighbors become enemies—yet friendship and hope endure. Grounded in extensive research and featuring leaders like Little Crow, Henry Sibley, and Alexander Ramsey, the novel blends history with character-driven emotion for readers, classrooms, and book clubs.
Although written for young adults, Barnes’ thoughtful, accurate, well-crafted story will engage readers of any age.
—Susan Thurston, award-winning author of Sister of Grendel -
Top 40 Honeypot
The year is 1974 and Donnie Dixon is hired as program director of one of the most popular Top 40 radio stations in the country. But he soon finds out that behind the excitement of the music, the contests, and the big money prizes, is a dark world of crime, betrayal, and deceit. Be prepared for a thriller like no other inside the world of Top 40 Honeypot.
Janet Merran knocked it out of the ballpark!
—Sonja Grace, verified review on Amazon -
Toxic Spirits
Toxic Spirits is a richly atmospheric thriller set in Thailand’s expat underworld, blending dark humor, macabre violence, and meditations on nature and biodiversity. Benton, a widowed African-American intelligence analyst, retires to Thailand and is drawn to Siri, a tribal singer who vanishes after protesting drug trials on her hill-tribe. His search leads to a disturbed doctor—and into the trials himself. Genetically engineered drugs transform Benton as love, tribal healing, and high-tech science collide in the Golden Triangle.
complex and enthralling international intrigue
—Frederick Barthelme, author of There Must Be Some Mistake -
Twisting Trails
Twisting Trails is a young adult historical adventure set on Minnesota’s northwest frontier during the fur trade (1831–1837). Alexander Whitney, a fictional Fort Snelling soldier, and Angelique Reaume, a Métis girl with Ojibwe and French-Canadian roots, meet and form a bond amid real history and famous figures of the era. Their travels range from Fort Snelling to Lake Itasca, maple sugar camps and wild rice beds, the Red River Trail bison hunt, and the Dakota pipestone quarry—culminating in Mendota during the Treaty of 1837 negotiations.
brilliantly synthesizes a compelling fictional adventure story with nonfictional historical personalities and events
—Haderslev. Review on Amazon -
Ukrainian Nights
Ukrainian Nights is a gritty noir that drives its protagonist to the edge of obsession. Hunter, a young New York Times journalist, heads to post-Soviet Kyiv to investigate sex trafficking and money laundering. Not a tough guy, he falls hard for Alina—the mistress of Karasov, Ukraine’s most powerful mob boss—and refuses to let her go. Their doomed romance unfolds amid brutal violence in Kyiv and New York, fueled by geopolitics, drug money, human trafficking, crooked banking, and the spoils of oil and gas—leaving readers unsure who’s right or wrong.
One page in, I couldn’t stop reading
—John Wirth, Executive Producer/Showrunner of Hell on Wheels and The Sarah Connor Chronicles
