January is a month of new beginnings, and for many of our readers, it meant starting on fresh new books. For others, it was an opportunity to finally get to all the books that might have been overlooked during the hustle and bustle of the festive season.
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Linden is a seemingly ordinary mage in training but when war breaks out and her destiny is revealed, she needs to get a handle on her magic if she’s going to save anyone at all.
Elephants are the largest land animals still in existence, but unfortunately, due to loss of habitat as well as poaching, they are endangered. Despite their size, elephants are highly social and very intelligent animals capable of forming strong bonds.
When a series of brutal murders strikes an otherwise quiet town, most law enforcement and citizens blame the vulnerable ex-army veteran with schizophrenia; but two of his nurses, Nella and Val, don’t think it was him.
The mere mention of "zombies" is enough to conjure up images of shambling undead monsters with an insatiable desire for brains. These creatures have dominated the horror genre for years and could be found in popular franchises, such as The Walking Dead and Resident Evil.
Standing Against the Wind by Marcus Abston, continues Annabelle’s story from Bloodlines.
Trains are not the fastest or most efficient way to travel long distances anymore, but there is still an undeniable appeal to them. Years of movies and books have ingrained the image of trains as a means of transportation where anything from romance to intrigue can happen.
Artemisia doesn’t know why she was cursed when she will transform into a monster, or who she can trust – but with the old gods returning, Artemisia knows everything is about to change.
Seraph (A Novel of the Seraph Book 1), by J.C. McKenna, is a moving urban fantasy, blending runaways and exploitation with an intriguing dreamworld.
Fiction is filled with stories of arrival and adjustment as characters either return to an unfamiliar home or try and make their home somewhere foreign to them.
FEATURED AUTHOR - Randall Sharpe began to write in the Astral Alignment universe at the age of eighteen, drawing inspiration from ufology and New Age spirituality to inform his science fiction, horror and fantasy. He is an avid tabletop and online roleplayer, holds a black belt in Uechi-ryu karate, and has begun to publish regularly after obtaining his degree. Randall can occasionally be found posting on various imageboards, sinking hours into Terraria or Starbound, and taking online certification courses to… Read more