Adeline Song is on the run. The US government has started to hunt down people like her. But when Adeline crosses paths with mechanic Finley Reyes, she must decide whether she will let other people continue to define her, or whether she will finally define herself—before the government uses them both for human experimentation.
If it were anyone else calling, Jamie would not have heard the phone ring. But it’s his ex-girlfriend, Micah, and she needs a ride home from Florida, almost ten hours away. On a rollicking midnight ride from Tennessee to Daytona Beach and back, Jamie turns over his relationship with Micah, his friends, and even God, as he tries to do the right thing and save her. One last time.
A thoughtfully beautiful, eerie meditation on loneliness and addiction. Catherine evokes the starkness of Cormac McCarthy’s prose with a little more soul, a little more yearning.
Juliette is an Anthropology professor in New York City. Cole is a self-professed “Crypto Bro” who makes a killing on Wall Street. After their disastrous first date, Juliette never expects to hear from Cole again. But when Cole texts her late one night, she finds herself caught up in a sordid plot of money, mythology, and murder.
In 2001, unknown artist and Holocaust survivor David Klein unveils The Time Golem, a massive sculpture inspired by the legendary protector of the Jews. At the opening, he performs a forbidden kabbalistic ritual—one not attempted in 400 years—to bring it to life.
There’s something different about this county fair: a certain rush in the air each time you ride a ride, a certain sizzle in your blood. After a teenager nicknamed Electricity had her innocence stolen from her ten years ago at the county fair, she returns prepared to steal it back—not realizing all the forces at play, then and now, each chasing after innocence and power.
Vera, Em, and Stefan live intertwined, entangled in the damp sheets and the complexities of life under the oppressive gaze of their government. Employing lyrical prose, Em’s River explores the fall of the Weimar Republic and rise of fascism during Germany’s Third Reich through the lens of personal turmoil and privilege as it explores class, compulsive heterosexuality, and nationalism.
For twenty years, Sam has lived in fear, controlled by his father—while Cal, his brazen, chain-smoking best friend, hides in his closet. Now, with Cal facing a terminal illness, the two must race against time to break free from the expectations that have kept Sam paralyzed.
In the unforgiving landscape of Afghanistan’s Tangi Valley, a military base tells its own extraordinary story. Neither human nor fully inanimate, this “square of dirt” becomes a sentient witness to the brutal rhythms of war, listening intently to the soldiers who build and inhabit it.
Steven has one year left of college when he returns to his small New Hampshire hometown for the summer. He says he is home to help his friend John, whose mother is dying, but he just might be escaping the uncertainty of his future. While he’s home, Steven finds himself drawn to the mysterious Catherine, an out-of-towner who drives around with a shovel in the back of her truck. The two must decide if they can trust each other – and themselves when a natural disaster is sparked nearby.