John Staughton, Senior Reviewer

Challenging readers to take a more active role in changing their lives, Don’t Settle, Choose to Feel Good: 20 Keys to Achieve It by Pablo Tricci is a creative guide for taking control of your free time and unlocking your potential. An allegorical and philosophical journey that treads familiar themes like gratitude, healthy lifestyles, and goal-setting, the book also delves into less common fare, such as the inherent reward of effort, the power of expressed thought, and the pursuit of meaning in our relationships. The book methodically introduces complex ideas and builds to an inspiring thesis: by cultivating awareness and […]

A newly crowned empress must balance the responsibilities of her reign with a devastating loss of love in Hachi + Araine: Falling by Michael G. Hurston. Reshaping a diverse and divided solar system to uphold justice, peace, and cooperation is a daunting task for Hachi, but achieving domestic bliss and a stable family with her remaining partners may pose an even greater challenge. Fortunately, she won’t be alone in navigating these emotional tangles and complex commitments, even as the immensely powerful First Children threaten to disrupt her hard-won peace in their obsessive pursuit of new life. Combining reality-shaking future-tech and […]

Tasked with recovering their surviving kin still scattered across the solar system, two eternally bound heroes are back in the midst of cosmic chaos in Hachi + Araine: Nightmares by Michael G. Hurston. With a pregnant lover on the edge of death awaiting their return, Hachi and her golem partner must find their unawakened brethren in a breakneck race against time. From facing down corporate overlords on Jupiter to pulling off Trojan horse heists on a Martian moon, their solar system-spanning hunt for the remaining Tau-born warriors could be the difference between utter destruction and the salvation of two universes. […]

Thousands of years in the future, a legendary warrior named Hachi and her symbiotic-linked golem awaken from cryo-sleep into a darker age in Hachi + Araine: Awake by Michael G. Hurston, the first book in The Dream Series. After returning to Earth, she discovers the shocking legacy of her universe-jumping ancestors and a treasure map through space that leads her and a resourceful companion into a blistering adventure across the stars. Dodging cosmic slavers, exploring taboo desires, and overcoming the guilt of her own past, Hachi must find a way to forgive herself and fulfill her original mission, even […]

The elite warriors of Alpha Team are tasked to unravel the maniacal scheme of a vengeful villain seeking to compromise the global food supply in Operation Cavolo by E.S. Benton, the second installment of The Silent Codename series. Careening from one explosive scene and clever bit of investigating to the next, the Alpha squad faces a deadly countdown to disaster, while internal strife and old secrets threaten their unity. With rapid-fire plot twists and a labyrinth of motives and betrayals, Benton’s adrenaline-fueled story is equally visceral and relentless. Part black ops spy thriller and part procedural military drama, this action-heavy […]