Can a genetically engineered psychopath grow a conscience, get the girl, and save the galaxy? Two out of three ain’t bad. Rico has a problem. The experimental program that gave him the high intelligence and lightning reflexes he needs as a hit man for a galactic crime syndicate left him incapable of internalizing moral imperatives the rest of us take for granted. It takes real effort for him to pass as a normal human being and he avoids it whenever he can. But he has a job he loves, a fast ship and plenty of cash. So life is good. When Rico takes an assignment on a planet where a major political conference seeks to bring more order to the galaxy, he accidentally thwarts a terrorist attack and has to pose as a visiting cop from a faraway world. To complicate matters, he partners with a local female cop and soon realizes he has fallen in love. That shouldn’t happen! But not everything is as it seems, and as the story speeds along from one unexpected plot twist to another, Rico discovers the secret of his own identity and faces a terrible choice. Will Rico live to become fully human? Or will he die just as he grasps what has been missing from his life? Frank Fleming’s exciting debut novel combines action, romance, and moral philosophy in an entertainingly combustible mix.

Superego

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fleming, Frank J.

Science Fiction

Liberty Island

“Ask the animals, and they will teach you” —Job 12:7 Experience the Gospels in a way that you never imagined. In this beautifully inspired retelling of the Gospels, we see Jesus and his disciples in the Holy Land through the eyes of the animals—especially his intrepid and loyal dog, Eden. With a wise, old donkey, innocent lambs, and legions of curious field mice—the animals follow their master’s journey across Galilee and onto Jerusalem, rapt with awe and wonder and bearing great tidings—even if they don’t fully comprehend the divine events they witness. Simple, clear, and spiritually profound, Eden is for readers of all ages, this artful retelling is captivating, moving, and alive with the joy you felt the first time you opened the Bible.

Eden: The Animals Parable

Religion & Spirituality

Korman, Keith

Christian Books & Bibles

Father Kevin Thrall is chaplain to a poor, inner-city parochial school in Washington, D.C. where he leads a quiet and rewarding life. But he is also troubled by his past in combat with an elite military unit. Even after taking his vows, he is as ready to clasp his hands around the grip of a Glock as in prayer. He sometimes wonders who he really is. To the Vatican, however, Father Thrall is uniquely suited for a dangerous mission—one directly tied to the mystery of a 100-year old prophecy. One hundred years ago, the Blessed Virgin revealed a mysterious prophecy to three Portuguese shepherd children. The three Secrets of Fatima were closely held by the Vatican for decades, until the text of the third and last secret was finally released in 2000. But many believe that the Vatican withheld important parts of the Third Secret, perhaps because its contents were too dangerous to reveal . . . The Secret of Fatima’s knife-edge plot unfolds as both a modern-day spy thriller and a spiritual quest, as Father Thrall faces implacable enemies both within and outside of the Church who will test both his unique abilities and his faith. If he fails, the very foundations of the world will be shaken.

The Secret of Fatima (Father Kevin Thrall Thrillers)

Literature & Fiction

Tanous, Peter J.

United States

When one of her clients turns up dead after buying an apparently unremarkable 16th century breviary, antiquarian book dealer Anne Wilkinson is suddenly swept into a world that she had previously considered imaginary. An esoteric world of occult spells and invocations, of cryptic texts and secret doctrines, a world where necromancers spy through mirrors and armed assassins blow up her office and try to gun her down. Before she knows it, Anne is recruited by representatives of a secretive government agency established by Calvin Coolidge to fight demons, vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural beings—and finds herself caught up in the pursuit of a renegade priest who seeks the power to unleash one of the darkest forces of the past into an unsuspecting present. When the unthinkable occurs, only Anne and a handful of books stand between humanity and the end of the world. Can her intrepid band of scientist-librarians steeped in occult lore and schooled in NSA-level techniques of surveillance, explosives and heavy weaponry prevent the demon known as Abbadon from immanentizing the eschaton? You’ll have to read to the end of this page turning thriller to find out!

Tales from the Black Chamber: A Supernatural Thriller

Walsh, Bill

Genre Fiction

In Lincoln, Massachusetts—a Boston exurb of exquisite taste and understatement—one simply doesn’t acknowledge the raw capitalism and the rank privilege that sustain the hot-house liberal sensitivities blooming there. Until Miranda, a woman of devastating wit and looks, enters town politics. Her goal is to force the right-thinking people of Lincoln to confront their hypocrisies, and ultimately, the cherished refinements that prevent them from beating back the barbarians gathering at their perfectly weather-worn, split-rail fences. As Miranda takes her cause from town hall to the governor’s office, the reader, gliding in her slipstream, experiences a tour of life in the elegant houses at the end of the unmarked gravel driveways, and gets a glimpse into the minds of the people who live in them, fearful of being noticed by anyone but their own kind. Miranda crusades with all in the righteous certainty of a colonial New England religious dissenter, but contending with the gods of our times. Will she prevail?

Miranda's War: A Novel of the Upzone - Digital Original Edition

Humor & Entertainment

Foster, Howard

Humor

Josh Pratt is an ex-con turned private investigator. Ginger Munz, a woman dying of cancer hires him to find the son she lost as a baby. The child’s father is a sadistic sociopath named Moon who has vowed to kill her, and Josh’s girlfriend Cass, for ratting him out. The trail leads to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and west into a no-man’s land where Josh learns the monstrous fate of the stolen child. Josh is the BIKER, caught up in a race for survival against a human monster on the road between heaven and hell at the end of which lies either salvation or damnation. Baron spins a tale of unrelenting suspense and horror that moves across his narrative landscape like the roar of a chopper’s engine.

Biker: Bad Road Rising (Book 1)

Baron, Mike

Currency offers an incredible story of power, romance, revenge and international finance spanning three centuries - its issues could not be more timely… or terrifying! Currency is a debut novel that captures the reader with page-turning adventure while it addresses head-on today’s most pressing and intense global economic, military and political issues. Author L Todd Wood's real world experience on both Wall Street and at the center of the US Military Special Operations world combine with a love of history and command of current global issues to create an intense, gripping, timely story. Currency weaves the historical adventures of our US Founding Fathers who built the country's early economic structure, with current day hero Connor Murray. Connor unexpectedly finds himself thrust into a world shaped as much by greed, betrayal and violence as it by heroism, loyalty, love and the quest for personal peace. Fate forces Murray to navigate events that play out on the world stage. The United States' current economic weakness collides with its international rival's very real drive for economic, political and military power. This collision produces an intense drama and adventure that is as scary as it is possible amidst the world's current chaotic state of affairs. If you love a good adventure story then Currency is essential reading. If you're concerned about how the United States’ current economic challenges could play out for the country in a very real way then Currency will challenge and compel you. Discover Currency, the debut of a unique new author with tremendous promise.

Currency: A Financial Thriller

Wood, L. Todd

When a popular University of Wisconsin athlete is discovered drowned after a night of drinking, the victim’s sister engages Josh Pratt, former bad biker who found God in prison and came out a better man, to get to the bottom of it. Now a private investigator, Josh uncovers a pattern of big men on campuses being murdered beneath a freshly painted smiley face mural. He also finds the love of his life in his client, the UW athlete’s sister “Fig” Newton. Like previous loves in Josh’s life, the connection proves dangerous—for her. Josh’s investigation takes him to Milwaukee and an encounter with Jerell Moore, leader of Blackstone Nation. The two have little in common except a violent background and an admiration of “Shred Husl,” the drug-dealing hero of a 1970s fiction series by the pseudonymous author Curtis Mack, whose novels point to a “smiley face” connection. Turns out the man behind the fiction got his start on what is now the haunted ruins of a commune in rural Wisconsin and went on to become a prominent professor and preacher of social justice, intent on punishing white privilege. Josh must deploy a combination of his street smarts and connections in high places to trap him.

Sons of Privilege: Bad Road Rising (Book 2)

Terrance Denby takes an unusual route to work one day and finds himself in an enchanted forest where winged fairies give him a sword and tell him, “Your journey is about to begin. Learn to use this sword or perish.” Terrance doesn’t have time to go on a magical quest: he’s late for his job as a computer programmer. But when he gets to work, he suddenly notices things he hadn’t seen before. Like the fact that his boss is a demon with scaly skin, horns, and bloodstained fangs. Or that an “unnamed thing below” feasts on human victims in an arena filled with people absorbed in their cell phones. Set up on a blind date with a perky blonde named Shannon, Terrance finds that she is wearing a full suit of armor complete with a helmet and sword. “I’m a Sister of Torment,” she explains. “We’re a group of women who serve the Darkness.” Terrance can't help wondering how such a nice, attractive girl ended up beheading people with an ax. But their budding romance is complicated when Terrance is recruited by The Infinite, a shadowy group that is at war with the Sisters of Torment and their demonic overlords. Will Terrance join them? Or will he try to return to his old life and forget the evidence of his now-awakened senses? Faeries, elves, warriors, mermaids, and his dark-souled girlfriend will help him decide.
If JRR Tolkien and Mike Judge got drunk and wrote a book together with the sole purpose of making it epix\c, it might be Sidequest. With cleverly written dialog and dry humor set against a fantastical, apocalyptic backdrop, Sidequest reads like an episode of Silicon Valley that cross bred with Lord of the Rings.
A hilarious, fun and exciting ride, Sidequest possesses a wry hilarity, lovable characters and a plot that starts mundane and turns gargantuan in its scope. 
I'm not one who is into typically geeky things, but I geeked out when I read Sidequest. It possesses a love for and sense of humor about its subject matter reminiscent of Ready Player One. It's like Office Space meets World of Warcraft, and it's a total blast.
It's a thrill to find a book that both makes you laugh out loud and grips you with its pacing. Sidequest doesn't let up and it takes you on a sprawling adventure from the office of guy who writes computer code to the apocalypse. Fleming tells a tale that is witty, out of its mind while at the same time deep. There is a meaning behind the madness and it is a blast to watch it unravel.
-Ethan Nicolle (Axe Cop, Bearmageddon)
"Starts off in a world much like our own, where the woman in HR sets you up for a date with a demon slayer, and the boss holds human sacrifices in the basement. And then it gets weird." 
-- Michael Z. Williamson
"Frank Fleming's writing is a delight and kept me sane through some pretty dark times. Read. Enjoy."
Sarah Hoyt

Sidequest: In Realms Ungoogled

Fantasy

“I've been enjoying Quin Hillyer's columns for years, and when I read an early draft of Mad Jones,I told him it had real potential and to keep at it. Today's culture needs satirizing, and Hillyer does it with verve.”--Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump.  A grief-stricken modern-day Martin Luther posts religious theses on Gulf Coast church walls and attracts instant controversy, setting up a satirical tale of modern religion, media and politics. Meet Mad Jones, a high school history teacher who, in the midst of unspeakable tragedy, literally nails religious theses to church doors. He does so with no expectation that they will be taken seriously, or even widely read—but, in this age of modern electronic communications and instant celebrity, young Madison Jones very quickly develops a large following and engenders significant levels of controversy. The media, quite typically, misunderstand and misrepresent his ultimate message; religious leaders debate his theses, at times with ulterior motives; and soon politicians are jumping in to comment from whichever standpoint best fits their partisan purposes. Mad Jones, Heretic delivers sharp satire on modern religion, politics, and media, all at the same time, along with insightful representations of the vagaries of today’s celebrity culture and the lunacy of Internet comment threads. Controversies surrounding race and sexual morality enter in as well. Additionally, its setting at the end of the 20th Century, in the midst of the Y2K computer scare, provides the perfect vehicle to dissect millennialist themes as well. Underlying all of this are some very serious theological reflections, woven naturally through a plot filled with sympathetic and memorable characters. Ultimately, true character—both good and bad—reveals itself, and both faith and human decency are tested once again. Grace and redemption, though, are always possible.  “Nobody knows religion, politics and the South better than Quin Hillyer. His riveting book of Southern literature takes the reader through Mobile, New Orleans and Washington D.C. to tell the story of a modern day Martin Luther that shakes a nation to its core. This novel may do the same to you.”--Alex Pappas, veteran White House reporter “I have had the privilege of reading Quin Hillyer for more than 25 years, and I love the way he tells a story. I’m sure readers of this book will agree.”--Clancy DuBos, political columnist and owner of Gambit New Orleans Weekly

Mad Jones, Heretic (The Accidental Prophet)

Hillyer, Quin

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