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Steven Madonia's debut fantasy novel ties magic to willpower and identity
In The Tablets of Tetran: The Phantom Labyrinth, a lifelong artist and musician writes about trauma, trust and the cost of power, through a magic system that fails when a character's will does.

Authors "evicted" from Big Brother Amazon reach out to Local Bookstores
When Amazon shuts a self-published author's account, every title leaves the store overnight. More than a thousand independent bookshops, new ebook routes and Rich Books Magazine offer another way to readers.

Twenty Five, a Lycan Found-Family Fantasy for Mature Teens and Adults Drawn from Author Moshea's Years in Group Homes
Ten-year-old Jean-Eza's arrival at a group home changes the lives of 24 other boys, who discover their hidden Lycan nature and form a pack. Its author has spent decades studying child psychology, fostering, coaching and tutoring young people.

Ana Braunstein Turns Her Award-Winning Short Film This Case and My Life Into a Four-Book Series
The screenwriter and actress first told the story of attorney Chris Roberts on screen. The four novels follow him from a Manhattan law firm into marriage, fatherhood and a family home in Connecticut.

Anthony Eddolls on His FBI Thriller Series and Where Agent David Stilley Goes Next
The Maui-based crime novelist, who publishes through his own company, Robert Anthony Books, also talks about finding readers as an independent author and the scams aimed at new writers.

True Crime Author Maureen Hughes on Spotting a Rehearsed Answer and Staying Safe While Investigating the Mob
The former police officer and bodyguard has written about organized crime for 26 years, from a newspaper heiress's ties to Johnny Roselli to a 1956 Cairo case ruled a suicide.

Thomas LeBrun's Aurora Rift, a Time Travel Book for Outlander Readers, Named an NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite
A bodyguard for more than 40 years to clients including Bill Gates and Elton John, LeBrun sends a martial artist and scientist from Stone Age Norway to Kublai Khan's court in his first science fiction novel.

Is SEO Worth It for a Small Business? Michael Hodgdon Says Fix the Service Pages Before Writing More Blog Posts
The Colorado Springs consultant's book, Quickest Path to ROI SEO, reached No. 1 on Amazon's Search Engines bestseller list and uses client figures to show when search work starts paying for itself.

Rick Tabor's Sci-Fi Political Thriller The Blink of Humanity Explores the Dire Cost of Political Corruption
The Blink of Humanity follows a bioengineer with epilepsy and her robot companion as they set out to bring a corrupt US president to justice after a nuclear attack on Chicago.

Hanns Scharff's Son Chris Scharff Traces His Family's Path From Wartime Germany to Africa and America in WWII Memoir
Born in Greiz in 1936, the Carlsbad author spent 20 years in South Africa and Rhodesia before joining his father in Los Angeles, and in retirement met one of the American pilots his father had interrogated.

Physician Associate and Spiritual Coach Elizabeth M. Lykins Says Lasting Change Begins in Stillness
An urgent care provider since 1996, Elizabeth wrote Reflections on Transcendence, which features 59 paintings by her lifelong friend, the late expressionist Steven D. Lyons, who selected each painting to match the text.

Joseph Howse's Soviet-Era Novel The Circus and the Atom Wins World Literature and Audiobook Fiction at the 2026 NYC Big Book Award
The Nova Scotia author's second book, set in Kiev over the New Year of 1988 into 1989, also took a Distinguished Favorite for its cover, while his debut The Girl in the Water was honoured for its audiobook. The Next Year's Snow series has now sold to more than 80 public library systems in seven countries.