Stories from the Vale: Gifts of the Elven is a work of fiction in the fantasy and adventure subgenres. It is intended for the general reading audience and was penned by author Kathy Ann Trueman. In a fantasy land where those with the gift of...

Sacred Mounds by Jim Metzner reads like a magical mystery tour thanks to a clever plot involving spiritual time travel and body switching. The story starts innocently enough with the main character, Salvador Lewis Samuels, trying to save a young woman from drowning in the...

An ancient relic stolen from a temple embodies a goddess-created beast; when a thief unseals it, lives are in jeopardy in the fantasy novel Shadow of the Jade Cat: A Tale From the City of Magic by Susan Ann Walker. A short time before the...

Shadow's Apprentice, Book 1 in The Namyria Chronicles by Marta Robyne, has a good premise at the center of its plot: A young village healer wanting a residency to become a master healer. This is the story of Macayla. Her residency hinges on convincing her...

Among the plethora of dystopian fiction titles out there, the unique premise of Selfsame by Eden Wolfe stirs darkness and apprehension in one’s psyche. Part of the plot relates to men dying off as the result of a devastating war. Aria is an eighteen-year-old girl...

Shadows In Light is a work of fiction in the fantasy genre and serves as the first book in the Hidden Rims Saga. It is aimed at the adult reading audience and was penned by P. M. Amaras and Paul Driggere. Set in the magical...

Sen'giza, the first book in the Dimension Arcana Series by JD Cole, gives me a feeling of déjà vu, and it’s probably because it is reminiscent of big-budget flicks like Bright and Artemis Fowl. The central plot focuses on a young lady named Kelli Ingram,...

“You will have a new life and, by the grace of God, a new calling.” In Sisters of the Moon by Alexandrea Weis, Durra and her companions arrive on an island in Lake Obersee. She senses a strange evil lurking beyond the forest trees. In...

Sentinals Awaken is the first book in Helen Garraway’s The Sentinals series. As captain of the King’s Rangers, Jerrol Haven’s job is to make sure everything in the kingdom of Remargaren is kept safe and secure. When he discovers treasonous acts committed by Chancellor Isseran,...

Slave to King: The Beginning is the first novel in The Making of a King series by J.E. Hibpshman. Born to parents who didn’t want him and didn’t want to name him, Ethan never stood a chance against a cruel world. Trained alongside John to...