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The Devereaux Dilemma
In a near future where disease and religious upheaval push society toward collapse—and humans are enhanced by biology or machines—Jeremiah Jones must find the one man who might restore order: Walt Devereaux. Yet Devereaux may have engineered bioweapons capable of ending humanity. Is he a threat, or is Jeremiah being used? He must decide whom to trust—a protective nun, a betraying former lover, or an ambitious Attorney General—while battling the transgenic Escala and their mechanically enhanced foes, Elite Ops, with survival far from certain.
a well-conceived world of complex human characters and believable technologies
—Jeffrey Morris, FutureDude and author of Venus: Daedalus One -
The Devereaux Disaster
As humanity nears a permanent Moon base, retired agent Jeremiah Jones returns—teaming with former enemy Jack Marschenko to rescue his bio-engineered son from Dr. Taditha Poole’s conditioning. Manipulator Elias Leach tightens control from Earth, but the cadets’ programming fractures and they unleash asteroid-defense lasers on the planet. On the Moon, the genetically engineered Escala prepare for Mars and clash with the cadets as fragile peace collapses. Injured and too infected with the Susquehanna Virus to survive, Jeremiah watches Earth’s nations turn their weapons moonward. In the widening war, sacrifice is inevitable—and the question becomes what it means to be human.
It is both a fast-paced thriller and an insightful story forcing the reader to consider our not-too-distant future
—Carpe Diem on Amazon -
The Family That Couldn’t Sleep at Night
A prize-winning collection of true crime by Bruce Rubenstein, featuring “The Milwaukee Avenue Massacre,” the Chicago Magazine exposé that helped free four wrongfully convicted men. Other cases include modern piracy and murder (“Danny’s Boat”), the sociopathic O’Kasick robbery gang, Hollywood’s most dangerous stalkers (“Star Stalker”), and a serial killer behind a string of hobo slayings (“Last Train”).
best crime writing I have ever read
—D on Amazon -
The Fire Thief
The poems presented here were written over years. They represent fragments of the author’s past…family and children, friends, richness and loss. These are the elements of testimony: our loves, our friends and our memories. Our lives, wound into words, make poems. We can thank the Fire Thief who stole from the gods.
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The French House
At the University of Wisconsin’s French House—meant to simulate study abroad—tragedy keeps striking. For freshman Simone Duchamps, an American of French descent, it’s her first true home—until bohemian dreams curdle into hierarchy and segregation. When a resident is found dead, Simone fears she’s unraveling like her mother did, linking the investigation to family hauntings and rumors of psychedelic mind-control research. A twisty, ambiguous thriller about suggestion, simulation, and reality.
Atmospheric and haunting
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The Grain Terminal Elevators of Duluth-Superior
The Grain Terminal Elevators of Duluth-Superior tells the story of risk and innovation that built one of the world’s great grain ports. Through merchants, architects, and empire builders, it traces the elevators’ evolution from simple wooden structures to concrete architectural marvels. Follow Duluth-Superior’s rise as the Great Lakes export leader and its peak in the St. Lawrence Seaway era.
very insightful and informative with outstanding illustrations
—Leigh, review on Amazon -
The Graveyard Gang
Fear is everywhere—real and imagined—and fourteen-year-old Donny Hansen is determined it won’t ruin his life. But in the summer of 1978, bully Swade Percival and his hulking sidekick stalk Donny and his three best friends everywhere they go. In the vein of Stranger Things and Stephen King’s The Body, The Graveyard Gang blends boyhood bonding with a mystery only kids can solve.
immersive and engaging story
—Kayeff on Amazon -
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 Idea of the Demonic
This study traces how cultures and religions have imagined the demonic across history—from medieval and Reformation eras to the modern world—drawing on diverse scriptures and traditions. It also examines the demonic in art, sculpture, music, and film, showing how images of evil evolve with society. Includes a glossary of foreign terms and phrases.
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The Indomitable Elizabeth Fries Ellet – Feminist
Elizabeth Fries Ellet defied “separate spheres,” rejecting a world where men set the rules and women lived within them. Imagine her today, trading quills for keyboards and carriages for planes, producing even more work. Her era’s tools may be gone, but her message endures: women deserve equality—and still fight for it.
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The Inheritance (Yurusha)
As a boy, Elliot Rosen watched his grandfather write and sketch in secret Yiddish journals—then the book vanished after his death. Decades later, it resurfaces through family hands, shadowed by silence and sudden loss. Now married, Elliot takes responsibility to translate it, revealing Yisroel Ayzik Rosen’s remarkable immigrant survival story: tearful, funny, uplifting, and ultimately spiritual.
a story of struggle, hope and faith
—Sheila Klige review on Amazon -
The Integrity Compass
In an era of AI, automation, cyber risk, and brittle infrastructure, technical excellence isn’t enough. The Integrity Compass is a practical guide to ethical decision-making for engineers, technologists, managers, policymakers, and students facing complexity and pressure. Blending lived experience with usable frameworks, it shows how to map risk, identify stakeholders, test assumptions, and spot “quiet” choices before they become headlines. Case studies and letters from real dilemmas make integrity actionable—especially when incentives and power push the other way.
Amin presents a compelling argument, bolstered by global case studies and his remarkable personal journey.
—Tariq Samad -
The Long Surrender
In 1970s Alabama, Brian Rush McDonald becomes a “Jesus freak” and is formed by fundamentalism at Bob Jones University. He becomes a minister, husband, and father, then moves his family to Taiwan as a missionary—learning Mandarin and a wider worldview. Back in America, he pastors Chinese American churches while earning a Ph.D. After thirty years preaching, he leaves the pulpit. The Long Surrender chronicles losing religion to find freedom.
still thinking about it weeks later
—Random Reviewer, verified review on Amazon -
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
