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Rhataloo

My name is Sedrick. I’m a man-size, space-faring rhat. I’m also executive officer for an interstellar cargo ship. My captain and I are in trouble.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Final Chance

Preen is convinced she can rescue her husband, but before long she realizes she’s the one in danger.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Wrong Place, Right Time

Anna and Boris must decide if they will allow the hatred that is destroying their city to tear them apart too.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Akiniwazisaga: Into The High Places

As the power vacuum in the capital tears at the fabric of the city, Leif’s mother fights to protect his inheritance against the rebel jarls.

Reader ages: adult

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For Us Humans

A disillusioned believer must help a Christ-seeking alien solve the art theft of the century.

“This adventure morphs into a complex fusion of intergalactic conspiracy, prejudice erasure, redemption narrative, and call to personal revival.”

—Lorehaven review, spring 2019

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Akiniwazisaga: A Light Rises in a Dark World, M. D. Boncher

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Akiniwazisaga: A Light Rises in a Dark World

Brother Finn, a monk sentenced to exile on pain of death, is stranded. Can he finish his original journey into exile before the snow comes?

“M. D. Boncher’s fantasy novel Akiniwazisaga: A Light Rises in a Dark World is a fascinating blend of history, religion, and sinister folklore.”

—Lorehaven review, 2021

Reader ages: adult

The Beast of Talesend, Kyle Robert Shultz

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The Beast of Talesend

He didn’t believe in magic or monsters—until magic turned him into a monster.

“Kyle Robert Shultz creates an enchanting story world grounded in familiarity yet saturated with fairy-tale qualities.”

—Lorehaven review, spring 2018

Reader ages: young adult

Pale Blue Scratch

Elisabeth Reese, journalist, professor, and joke-cracking nun, has one goal: to rebuild a failed time machine in alternate history San Francisco.

Reader ages: adult

The Devil’s Dictum

In an alternative United States founded by Satan-worshiping pirates, one man dares to defy the all-powerful Chief Justice.

Reader ages: adult

Demien

Young physicist and archaeologist Trevor Pendleton is tasked with assembling a team to unravel the mysteries of the natural and supernatural that threaten to ravage mankind and rip the world apart.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

History revolves around the life of a peasant born in the Middle East more than 2000 years ago. But what if that never happened … until now? Special Agent Alex Hunter’s efforts bring him to the brink of the most important discovery of his life. Biblical / alternate history thriller for teen readers.

Reader ages: young adult

Eli

A fiery car crash hurls TV journalist Conrad Davis into another world exactly like ours except for one detail―Jesus Christ did not come 2,000 years ago, but today.

Reader ages: adult, young adult

Ice

Author and Apollo missions historian Shane Johnson explores the fantastic possibilities of what might have transpired had the more ambitious version of the Apollo program gone forward as originally planned.

Reader ages: adult

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“Immortal Guardian may start slowly and its prose may occasionally stumble, but this story asks interesting questions with a compelling plot.”
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