- Location(s): Ukraine
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Bayan, the title, is Russian for the accordion, since the story is based on a hauntingly beautiful narration of the transition of life from the Soviet through the post-Soviet era in Ukraine. The main character, Ivan Nikolaevich, is a...
- Location(s): Hydra
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
On a hike during a white-hot summer break on the Greek island of Hydra, Naomi and Samantha make a startling discovery: a man named Faoud, sleeping heavily, exposed to the elements, but still alive. Naomi, the daughter of a...
- Location(s): Rajasthan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1930s
1930, Rajputana, India. Since her husband’s death, 28-year-old photojournalist Eliza’s only companion has been her camera. When the British Government send her to an Indian princely state to photograph the royal family, she’s determined to make a name for...
Belas Rift: The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham: Volume 3
- Location(s): The Cotswolds, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Winchcombe
- Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future, Fantasy
- Era(s): Early 21st Century
Our young hero Stig and his female partner Meg chase the evil enemy’s leader Anet into a rift. This interdimensional portal brings them from their fantasyland through into a small village in 21st century England. Their mission is to...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC)
- Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Claire Wright likes to play other people. A British drama student, in New York without a green card, Claire takes the only job she can get: working for a firm of divorce lawyers, posing as an easy pick-up in...
- Location(s): India, Sussex
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 19th Century to early 1920s
Lila Langdon is twelve years old when she witnesses a family tragedy after her mother unveils her father’s surprise birthday present – a tragedy that ends her childhood in India and precipitates a new life in Sussex with her...
- Location(s): Colorado
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE. One long last summer for Dad Lewis in his beloved town, Holt, Colorado. As old friends pass in and out to voice their farewells and good wishes, Dad’s wife and daughter work to make...
- Location(s): Washington DC, Honduras
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Dan Raglan, former Foreign Legion fighter, alias The Englishman, returns. The new high-octane international thriller from David Gilman. Someone’s trying to start a war. And Raglan’s just walked into the kill zone. It has been many years since Dan...
- Location(s): Ohio
- Genre(s): Fiction, Fantasy
- Era(s): Second half 20th Century
Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father and white mother, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit is one of poverty and violence – both from outside the family and also, devastatingly,...
- Location(s): China, Bahrain, Idaho, Montenegro, North Carolina
- Genre(s): Short Stories
- Era(s): 1930-2010
Short stories that spread around the world and told from the viewpoints of everyday people.
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