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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 -
Voice of the Elders
In a near-future Earth shattered by climate refugees, Rohini Haakonsen attends a UN summit when humanoid aliens—the Elders—appear, offering to fix the crisis. Chosen as an ambassador to their world, Rohini becomes a target: masked gunmen try to kidnap her, exposing fierce resistance to the aliens’ plan. With Agent Jane Smith and a Daoist secret society, she flees worldwide, hunting the truth before Earth destroys her.
A probing science fiction novel with compelling environmental themes. I’d call this book Daoist Cli-Fi. A new sub-genre.
—Dan Bloom, editor, The Cli-Fi Report -
Waiting for the Fall
This debut collection of nineteen interconnected stories follows the Woodstock generation—especially women—coming of age in the turbulent 1960s. With insight and wisdom, Rose Ann Findlen explores social class, American landscapes, and the shifting hopes and fears of her characters across decades. Their pleasure, pain, resilience, and determination to love fully despite loss will resonate with baby boomers and the children trying to understand them.
This book is full of surprises. It has celebration, it has sadness.
—Reader review on Amazon -
Water Wheels
Water Wheels is historical fiction following two immigrant teens in 1870s Minnesota. Halvor Dahl, the son of poor Norwegian Lutheran farmers in the Cannon River valley, and Emelia Meier, daughter of German Catholic merchants in St. Paul, meet and set off on adventures across the state by train, steamboat, and buggy. They face blizzards, fires, crimes, swarms of insects, and a comet while witnessing sweeping social and political change. Along the way they cross paths with figures like James J. Hill, Theodore Hamm, John Pillsbury, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Jesse James.
gives the reader insight into early farming and early merchant life from 1868 to 1882
—Barbara Parrish, review on Amazon -
Where You Come From Is Gone
After Army service in postwar Germany, Pete Brennan returns home to his father’s fishing boat—until a split-second accident costs him a leg and threatens the family business. His brother Wayne, a former hockey player turned mink farmer, sinks into alcoholism as feed fish vanish and animal-rights pressure mounts. Their father, Arthur, struggles to hold the family together as tragedy strikes again, forcing impossible choices. Where You Come From Is Gone is a multigenerational portrait of resilience, identity, and the cost of letting go.
An unforgettable novel about family bonds, the pleasure and pain of hard work, and the forces at work against rural communities.
—Peter Geye, author of A Lesser Light -
Wishbinder
Wishbinder whisks readers from Earth to Elvenswolde, a realm of elves and dragons where wish fulfillment is run by Ramón, the Wish Maker. When a dark power threatens to twist enchantments into malice, Septimus—half-elf, seventh son of a seventh son—must fulfill prophecy to restore balance. A mischievous dragon hatchling helps, bringing trouble, humor, and heart to this magical adventure.
one of the most delightfully imaginative books that has appeared in years
—Michael on Amazon -
Zandros in Love
Sam Zandros is a major-league poker player from a Greek-American family in the bookmaking business. He falls for Clare Russell, a gifted photographer with no one to protect her—and he vows to be that person. But Clare’s secrets draw danger: ruthless men target her for a cut of Sam’s winnings. Love or money? Family or lover? How far will Sam go?
Sexy, romantic suspense
—Bruce Rubenstein, #1 bestselling noir author of Smoke Gets In Your Eyes -
Zandros Rising
Clare seems to have it all: a man who loves her, money, and freedom to pursue her art. But her future is bound to a haunting past—and to marrying into a not-quite-legal family business. Can she trust a gambler always looking over his shoulder to keep her safe from his world and her secrets? Love may not be easy.
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Zero God
A secretive Washington, DC foundation led by a charismatic charlatan pursues an apocalyptic future rooted in extremist religion. To accelerate its agenda, it plants a “Manchurian candidate” in politics—unaware of his dark past tied to Abu Ghraib’s rape culture. An emotionally wounded small-town lawyer becomes the last barrier to national catastrophe.
Birk’s passion pushes the boundaries of the thriller-suspense genre to produce a powerful, uniquely styled novel.
—Rick Polad, author of the Spencer Manning Mystery Series
