Swan’s War

After Swan Samson’s oldest brother, Isaac, is murdered, Swan, a twenty-year-old Georgian, goes to war to find his brother’s killer and exact the revenge required by his notions of duty and honor. Swan’s War is the story of Swan’s internal struggle, in which the suffering of war and the slavery of revenge transform him completely. Swan easily convinces his two younger brothers to go to war with him. However, his twin brother, Jacob, is not as easily swayed. Jacob is in love with a slave girl and has no interest in fighting for the Confederacy. He also disdains Swan’s judgments about duty and honor.

Nevertheless, Swan persuades his twin brother to join the war and search for Isaac’s murderer by appealing to Jacob’s close relationship with their slain brother. Jacob will search for Isaac’s killer, while Swan seeks glory and revenge to repair his sullied reputation, which was compromised when he accidentally killed his best friend at the age of thirteen. During the war, Swan watches his younger brothers die, loses his fiancée, suffers grievous wounds, endures a year in a POW camp, and pursues, fights, and kills the man he thought had murdered his brother – only to find out that the real killer is someone he had known his whole life.

While Swan’s War is set during the Civil War and written by a historian, it is not really about that conflict. Rather, it is a character-driven story of the protagonist’s war within himself. The story includes strong female and enslaved characters, as well as family disputes. The protagonist and several of the main characters are based on the author’s ancestors.

Sweet Debris

Discover the poignant journey of one man’s passage through solitude and emotional isolation. On the surface, he appears ordinary, blending into the streetscape. Yet, within him lies a profound empathy for the overlooked fragments of life: the homeless, abandoned houses, desolate railroad sidings, and forgotten freight tracks. These elements, along with the haunting memories of a bygone era, shape his existence. His childhood whispers to him, filled with voices now lost to the earth, offering wisdom and counsel. Through it all, he persists with a quiet determination, moving forward despite the weight of the past.

Switch-Hitter

Switch-Hitter is the story of an ambidextrous female tennis player who plays the game with two forehands but quits after the untimely death of her father, a baseball switch-hitter who was her only coach. Enticed back into the game, she joins forces with an older Bahamian tennis coach who ends up moving in with her family. It is a feel-good American story about the obstacles encountered on the way to the top of the sport. In spite of issues including teenage pregnancy, racism, and geopolitical turmoil, will Sheila, our switch-hitter, fulfil her dream of being the first ambidextrous tennis player to win a major championship?

Sword Against Steel - 1

Sword Against Steel – 1: Black Cloaks follows Arathrone, a boy who feels out of place in a hidden village until adventure unexpectedly comes knocking. Drawn into the outside world, Arathrone is trained as a warrior for many years under the tutelage of sage men, elves, and wizards alike, to reveal the skills of magic, swordsmanship, and even dark tales of the secrets of the past… And of course there is a bit of time for laughter too. But most importantly, they teach him how to survive as an outcast in a land raging in a very mysterious war. Alongside newfound companions, they must fight for their homeland while they are imperiled by threats revealing themselves after long being in secret.

Tales For The Trivial

Life is hard, even on good days. We all know and accept this as a fact. But as we go through this journey and look around us, we tend to focus on the major obstacles in the way and ignore the tiny, trivial things. Even the most basic decisions we take for granted have deeper connotations than we realize in the moment. From trying to find the right shirt to wear to the gym as a male who is not built like a college athlete to dating as a single father and trying to do it in a way that does not damage the relationship you have with your wonderful children, the most basic things in life deserve to have some importance tied to them. By delving into this collection of thoughts and observations, you not only help me to feel like I have contributed something noteworthy to an otherwise simple life so far, but hopefully it can also remind you that you are not alone in the everyday thoughts you have as you navigate your own little worlds.

Tea for Tilly

Put the kettle on, we’re making Tea for Tilly, in this delightful and inspiring sequel to Mice Make the Best Friends.

A new house, a new town, new neighbors, a new chapter!

Our loveable dual protagonists, Violet and Tilly, are hosting a garden party.

A perfect summer’s day, freshly brewed tea, home baked sweets, and wait, what… is… that?!

This is one tea party Tilly’s neighbors won’t soon forget!

Tears of Joy

This is the true story of my childhood in Vietnam, born into poverty after the Vietnam War. Through twenty-two attempts of escape, we had to withstand a lot of obstacles and hardships and risk our lives to be able to reunite with my father in America.

During the last escape, our boat, filled with seventy-three people, was caught in a big storm and we were in the middle of the ocean for three days and nights. We were surrounded by water and total darkness. Many times, the powerful wind and waves knocked against our little boat, trying to sink us to the bottom of the lifeless ocean.

This is one of the many stories of the millions of Vietnamese people who escaped from Vietnam for freedom and a better opportunity. This book will hopefully inspire and motivate the younger generation and I hope for them to learn to appreciate what they have and not take things for granted. This is my piece of history.

Tepatasi: Le Au'alumā

Christianity took root in the Pacific, nowhere more so than in Samoa. As World War I raged in Europe, the Great Influenza pandemic landed in Samoa in the winter of 1918. Facing tragic losses in their adopted village, a group of outsiders stayed behind to help. Living on the fringes of society, these women were unexpectedly thrust into the epicenter of the world’s most virulent pandemic. They found purpose as healers among strangers when it was needed most.

Terrifyingly Twisted Tales

Come take a ride through the strange and macabre, as Vladimir I. Vanadivorsch guides you through four uniquely chilling stories in this brand-new anthology. Terrifyingly Twisted Tales is a captivating, evocative collection, offering a unique addition to your library with subtly built and bone chilling horror. Throughout, there is a transfixing detailed approach to the tone and crafting of each plot to a striking effect, creating a compulsion that slowly builds tension and fear.

‘Letter to Shelby Scott’ is an intimate memoir from the author about their experience with the paranormal.

‘A Mother’s Love’ tells the story of a single mother who would go to any length to keep her child safe.

‘Annihilation’ will drag you through the deepest depths of existential dread.

‘Time’s Intervention’ follows Sarah White’s struggle with sobriety and trauma as she’s hurled back in time.

Texas Beach Time

Getaways. Vacations. R&Rs. Knowing when it’s time to reboot. Knowing how important it is to be rested, especially after something traumatic happens in life. But what if, during that getaway, more trauma occurs? And is it better to travel alone or with a partner?

Who would be the best person to accompany you on your getaway? Could it be someone working on classified AI research with a robot? Or maybe a visiting Australian teacher who is full of surprises and enjoys a good brawl? Perhaps a heroic and level-headed police officer?

Complications arise as antagonists emerge, from dangerous exes and a shady but influential attorney, to the mega-crime organization of a Texas-Mexico cartel. And then there’s the young woman who was murdered. At her funeral, her mother realizes the body in the casket isn’t her daughter. Naturally, the mother loses it.

Jump into Texas Beach Time for a thrilling getaway.

The "O" with the Green Leaves

Stephanie Mendelson shares a gripping account of the most difficult and gut-wrenching time in her life. She finds herself as the caregiver to both of her parents as they simultaneously face terminal illness. She supports her mother through an unexpected battle with cancer, while trying to navigate her father’s worsening dementia. A series of unbelievable and catastrophic life events take her down a road that she never could have imagined. The ride is full of heartbreak and unthinkable stress, but there she also finds love and perspective. Her story is infused with humor and joy, even as she faces her darkest days. Go along with her on the journey of the child becoming the parent that many of us will face Bear witness to the anguish and simultaneous beauty of being there until their last breath.

The 2,003-Yard Odyssey

“It was a season where the impossible became possible. It was a season where the hard to believe became believable.”

--Marv Levy, Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach.

The 1973 Buffalo Bills made pro football history. They had an offense that broke several important rushing records during that memorable year. And they had a superstar running back by the name of O.J. Simpson, who broke a glass ceiling of sorts by becoming the first man -- and indeed the only man -- to ever rush for more than 2,000 yards in one 14-game regular season. That glory-filled accomplishment provided the celebrated culmination to this epic tale of a week-by-week journey from an initial goal to its triumphant ending.

In The 2,003-Yard Odyssey: The Juice, The Electric Company, and an Epic Run for a Record, several members of that Buffalo Bills team recall their memories of that year. They discuss how that 1973 season began with a bunch of question marks, then how a boast by one of their offensive linemen led to a challenge for the whole squad to address. A major focus in this book are the feats of the incomparable O.J. Simpson, who earned pro football fame and glory with his record-breaking 1973 performance. This story recounts how Simpson set a mark that was thought of by most people to be impossible to achieve. It was an odyssey unlike any other in NFL annals, and it is explored in concentrated depth and detail within these pages.

Joe Zagorski is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and the Pro Football Researchers Association. He has written several previous books about various teams and players of the NFL. He is also a contributing writer to the website Pro Football Journal and the administrator of the Facebook page, The NFL in the 1970s. He resides in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Marv Levy, who wrote the foreword for this book, is a coaching legend in both the United States and in Canada. He led the Buffalo Bills to four straight Super Bowl appearances from 1990 to 1993. He is also an honored member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.