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War Eternal: Book II: The Emergent Threat by J.F. Cain

April 18, 2018 by donsloan

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A beautiful seacoast sunrise enters a mansion's lavish bedroom to find a fallen angel wrapped in the arms of a mortal man; and not just any angel. Aranes had been the Superior of all Celestials until just last night when she sacrificed her immortality to save the life of Alex, the…

Campanile: As it was Where it was – by Peter Melaragno

April 3, 2018April 4, 2018 by donsloan

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A hurried promise to a dying man lies at the heart of a remarkable book by one of the best new writers in Indie publishing today. In Campanile, first-time author Peter Melaragno draws deeply on his Italian-American heritage to bring life and a wealth of color to his brilliantly drawn, yet achingly…

The Big Bopper by Reb MacRath

March 18, 2018 by donsloan

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Holy kick-butt P.I. fiction! It's two heroes for the price of one in this sensational new series by the creator of noir legend Boss MacTavin. MacTavin teams with the diminutive detective formerly known as Dirty Boy as he morphs from Boss's indispensible sidekick into the easy-walking, tough guy-talking Diogenes Baryshnikov, and, still…

My Name is Nelson: Pretty Much the Best Novel Ever by Dylan Fairchild

March 10, 2018 by donsloan

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It's Christmas day in dusty, barren Raindale, New Mexico, and exotic dancer Tiffany Golden hears a local news report that changes her life forever. A mysterious, blinding bolt of light has leapt from the heavens to incinerate a feed shed belonging to one Herbert Hickelcropper, a local llama farmer. And…

Permeable Divide by Ellen Rachlin

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 by donsloan

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https://youtu.be/LMarqrgNScE Amazon Link "In her splendid fourth collection, poet Ellen Rachlin explores what she calls the "Permeable Divide"--the breach between the living and a loved one lost to death, the gap between confidence and hesitation, the gulf between banking and art, and perhaps most devastatingly, the chasm between freedom and…

The Great American Cat Novel by dhtreichler &‎ PhantomCat

February 20, 2018 by donsloan

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When Bengal Charlie, the Secretary General of the United Cat Nations, disappears under the most mysterious of circumstances, the suspects start quick-stepping into focus faster than -- well, a cat on a hot tin roof. In this ambitious paen to George Orwell's classic allegorical tale Animal Farm, author dhtreichler weaves…

Onions by Cy Young

February 18, 2018February 18, 2018 by donsloan

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Amazon Link Charles Wesley Onions is cruising through life as only a twelve-year-old can: aimlessly consuming all the comic books he can afford, and dodging an endless stream of school bullies. Then, he meets octogenarian Sandrine Galano Fuller and his hapless young life changes forever. In this captivating offbeat…

The Long Body That Connects Us All by Rich Marcello

February 11, 2018 by donsloan

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Fathers and sons have always shared a powerful and sometimes difficult bond. When to speak, when to hold still, when to love, when to let go. Rich Marcello, In a marvelous new collection of extraordinary verse, drinks deeply from this well as he channels the thoughts and feelings of every…

Atlantis: Aftermath by Lee R. Kerr

February 9, 2018 by donsloan

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What really happened to the fabled island of Atlantis? Debate on its storied fate has spanned the centuries from the misty time before Plato to the present day. And now Texas attorney and archaeology buff Lee R. Kerr embarks on a fascinating quest of his own to trace, once and…

Encounter With ISIS (John Mordred Book 3) by J. J. Ward

December 29, 2017 by donsloan

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In one of the most entertaining books we've seen this year, a Brit MI7 Intelligence Officer takes on the challenge of forestalling a fourteen-year-old girl's terroristic ideals, solving the kidnapping of a government official's son, and unraveling the mystery behind a corporate cyberattack. And somewhere along the line, a love story…

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