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What if the brightest student in class is hiding extraordinary abilities? In the Ghost’s Shadow, book one of The Shadow Core Saga, follows Mason “Brick” Redstone in Colorado Springs. Dark sci-fi with romance. Would you read on? buff.ly/0KU46ux #BookSky #SciFi #DarkSciFi

How does one give oneself to God without losing oneself? Salvatory Realm is a short, dark meditation on faith, alienation, and the search for meaning, told through a seminarian named Menos. Ready for a challenging read? buff.ly/fxmt1VS #BookSky #LiteraryFiction #Philosophy

What is it like to be the average one in a family of powerful telekinetics? Regna Born, book one of The Regna Sagas, follows Gabriel Kelly, his Bernedoodle familiar, and a hidden world living beside ours. Ready for some urban fantasy? buff.ly/HjPpdxS #BookSky #UrbanFantasy #Fantasy

What would you do if an ancient tree looked straight at you? Tickle Touch: An Environmental Fairytale follows eight-year-old Zephyr, who has always seen fairies, into an adventure set in a futuristic Australia. Would you follow him? buff.ly/v4pgQHy #BookSky #Fantasy #FairyTale

What does a mischievous puppy do when his sisters train to be show dogs? Spencer the Story Dog follows the smallest German Shepherd on a farm as he searches for a job of his own. Would your little reader cheer for Spencer? buff.ly/p84kF9T #BookSky #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks

What if the local legends held more practical advice than anyone expected? Under the Irish Sea follows fourteen-year-old Rowan, a diver’s daughter in Northern Ireland, and a friend who knows his Celtic myths. Would you follow them in? buff.ly/N09NnDH #BookSky #Fantasy #FantasyBooks

How does a newcomer in uniform win a community’s trust? What the Aurora Remembers: A Nicky Ryan Mystery follows a new constable in Northern Canada investigating the murder of a family she cared about. Would you keep reading? buff.ly/QxehKwc #BookSky #Mystery #CrimeFiction

What if Earth’s only hope was a hidden nation on another planet? In The Last Oathkeeper, Jessie must decide whether to reveal the Jeshurun Stellar Nation to save Earth. Biblically inspired space opera about faith, duty, and love. buff.ly/Winr8UJ #BookSky #SciFi #ChristianFiction

What was it like to be young in Seattle in the early 1990s? The Sylvan Hotel: A Seattle Story follows Joann, a hotel desk worker with big career dreams, as grunge reshapes her city. A Gen X coming-of-age novel. buff.ly/WeL1sRx #BookSky #GenX #ComingOfAge

What do you do when your Olympic dream is put on hold? In Goodbye Demons, skater Angie Fernández Parnell joins the Peace Corps in Tunis and learns how hard it is to turn good intentions into real help. A novel of courage, love, and limits. buff.ly/ygF1Zds #BookSky #PeaceCorps #Fiction

What happens when a high school rivalry never ends? Horace follows a D&D-obsessed misfit and the bully who torments him from the 1970s into adulthood. Dark humor and psychological suspense. buff.ly/cmfT43m #BookSky #PsychologicalThriller #DarkHumor

Aaron Streeton joins the show today to talk about his book, The Nine Essential Questions for Organizational Transformation. It’s a practical framework for leaders who’ve poured money into change programs that don’t stick. buff.ly/VsCepxi #Leadership #Podcast

What if your great-grandfather’s notebook led to a legendary treasure? In Legends Unearthed: The Hunt for Yamashita’s Gold, four teens follow mysterious maps and coordinates to the Philippines to see if the legend is real. buff.ly/0jWaEKT #BookSky #YAFiction #MysteryAdventure

Why do companies that value employees still make work so hard? Align Culture offers a practical framework of intent, environment, and architecture for hiring, retention, and healthier workplaces. buff.ly/UqoS11E #BookSky #Leadership #WorkplaceCulture

Why is talking to kids about sex so hard for parents? The Sex-Wise Parent offers education, communication, and calm, informed involvement instead of panic or silence. A comprehensive guide for parents. buff.ly/rk0nFfv #BookSky #Parenting #NonfictionBooks

What if advanced technology is not enough to keep you alive? In Transition Points, American soldiers stranded in a time-shifted world face a powerful reborn empire and a struggle for resources. Military sci-fi and alternate history. buff.ly/jcKUC9S #BookSky #MilitarySciFi #AlternateHistory

What if an old house could show you the lives that came before? In The Places I Wake, Emma is drawn to old houses and the glimpses they give her of the people who once lived there. A quiet book of memory, grief, and finding home. buff.ly/B5UYxKd #BookSky #OldHouses #Healing

Theresa Janson didn’t figure out how she wanted to write until 72, and then eight books poured out in six months. Her take on permission, persistence, and protecting your work is worth a read. buff.ly/IDj3L8z #IndieAuthors #AmWriting

What would you risk to leave everything behind and start over? The Poet’s Wife is a multi-generational Greek family saga that begins with a daring escape across the Mediterranean. For adult readers. buff.ly/FLXziDg #BookSky #HistoricalFiction #FamilySaga

What would you do if freedom was one kill away? In The Nameless Woman, an assassin owned by a ring is about to earn her freedom, until she meets her final target. Political fantasy about grief, trauma, and healing. buff.ly/4nYqbns #BookSky #Fantasy #PoliticalFantasy

What happens when a whole town looks the other way? The Getaway Conspiracy opens with a high-speed chase, then goes back to the days before, in a Texas county where a five-million-dollar conspiracy is brewing. buff.ly/6wGbhmz #BookSky #CrimeThriller #Thriller

What if music and nature shaped a fantasy world’s magic? In Rider of the Wind, Bards and Druids keep an uneasy peace until one Druid sees a chance to grab power. A gentle, music-infused fantasy. buff.ly/I7YFHpK #BookSky #Fantasy #FantasyBooks

How far would a struggling father go to hold his family together? In The Watersmith, Jack Calloway faces alcoholism, unemployment, and old wounds in a small Smoky Mountain town. A weighty, emotional story. buff.ly/vKJTQ2w #BookSky #LiteraryFiction #FamilyDrama

What if a poacher had to live the lives of the animals he hunted? The Hunter’s Reflection is a short, powerful novella about justice, compassion, and the possibility of redemption. buff.ly/ft3A6WH #BookSky #Novella #LiteraryFiction

What happens when a man who avoids responsibility is put in charge of two kids? In Big Things, Grover Sullivan sets off across Australia to see giant roadside attractions. Loud, funny, and emotional. For adult readers. buff.ly/eMPRVql #BookSky #RoadTripBooks #ContemporaryFiction

What happens when a writer invents alter egos to understand his own life? Uncommon Strangers is a brief literary novella that mixes memoir-like reflection and fiction to explore manhood, class, and coming of age in a turbulent America. buff.ly/6XN53oB #BookSky #LiteraryFiction #Novella

What is really going on behind the curtains on your street? In Willow Circle, three families share a perfectly curated veneer until two newcomers arrive and their lives begin to implode. A twisty psychological thriller. buff.ly/nTxOW63 #BookSky #PsychologicalThriller #DomesticThriller

Can an ordinary healer build an extraordinary future? In The Fox and the Flower, Rei searches for a rare herb and crosses paths with Ilvor, a warrior shunned over his fox companion. Slow-burn romantasy with rich world-building. buff.ly/CdUphL8 #BookSky #Romantasy #FantasyRomance

How could a human hand end up on Mars before any human arrived? In A Hand on Mars, mining robot Glitch narrates the first crewed expedition to the Red Planet. Dry humor, sci-fi suspense, and a very human crew. buff.ly/j9PkWxD #BookSky #SciFi #SpaceExploration

What if a Civil War novel refused to follow the usual script? The Haunted Hills follows orphaned siblings Perry and Pert Treadway from 1854 Virginia, with a gothic touch and surprises at every turn. buff.ly/QinAeyA #BookSky #HistoricalFiction #CivilWar

What happens when one emergency call changes everything? In Wreck: The Sinking of Rebecca Landry, paramedic Bec Landry has finally built the life she wanted, until one shift. A novel of trauma, grief, and healing. buff.ly/gD2H6oP #BookSky #ContemporaryFiction

Who gets to decide what counts as a monster? In I Can’t Believe My Girlfriend’s a Zombie, Uriah and Evynn survive a world where women periodically transform into monsters. Grotesque humor, bloody action, and big questions. buff.ly/0GeohdI #BookSky #Horror #Apocalyptic

What does it feel like to live inside an overstimulated mind? Elysian Fields uses quick cuts and jarring transitions to mirror Imogen’s thoughts as she navigates therapy, family, and a relationship. buff.ly/3RdY1Tn #BookSky #LiteraryFiction #MentalHealth

What are the people around you really feeling? Things with Teeth by Moonlight is a miscellany of micro-fiction, short stories, and poetry on grief, loneliness, and longing, with black-and-white illustrations. buff.ly/mQ8umjD #BookSky #FlashFiction #Poetry

What would you do if you found a child alone in the woods at midnight? In The Watchers, forensic psychologist Charlotte Dutton finds a boy who remembers only his name, and someone else is searching for him. A first-contact sci-fi mystery. buff.ly/GzaBlHn #BookSky #SciFi #MysteryThriller

What if a trip to the library led to a whole new world? In Cinder Rabbit: The Saddlebag Chronicles, twelve-year-old Riley meets a mysterious wolf-like creature who shows him where books and storytelling take on new meaning. buff.ly/OISNzPt #BookSky #Fantasy #YAFantasy

What if rehabilitation is just another word for control? In A Question of Evil, a nineteen-year-old survivor is sentenced to a space station that promises to reform her. Space opera with supernatural twists. buff.ly/BUH9vbv #BookSky #SciFi #SpaceOpera

What happens when a grifter chaplain travels with a teenage do-gooder? The Vagrant Promises follows them and a combat-hardened cat toward the city of Luther. Whimsical, witty high fantasy with witchy magic and talking creatures. buff.ly/GtWJH4h #BookSky #HighFantasy #Fantasy

What if Alexander the Great’s greatest battles were internal? Alexander Chronicles: The Turquoise Palace retells the legend through Persian storytelling, with fables, moral lessons, and vivid illustrations on every page. buff.ly/nbECdfp #BookSky #PersianLiterature #Fables

What does it take to be a true friend, not just a casual one? The Four Jacks Annotated, Uncensored follows four poker-playing friends through a funny, rowdy 1980s college life with plenty of heart. For adult readers. buff.ly/jtLwqp1 #BookSky #ComingOfAge #Humor

What would you do if mysterious tattoos appeared on your face? In The 6th Heaven, a plastic surgeon searches for answers in the Amazon with a priest at his side. Supernatural suspense with faith at its center. buff.ly/99fQhCC #BookSky #ChristianFiction #Mystery

What would a fantasy kingdom look like if cooperation came first? Kingdom Keeper 2: Rise of the Dragons returns to Mazgamor, a peaceful realm of talking squirrels and revered storytellers, where a Kingdom Keeper steps up when trouble comes. buff.ly/DfAKE6x #BookSky #Fantasy #CozyFantasy

What happens when a man who avoids every fight is dropped into a war? A Reluctant Volunteer follows Max Schilling, a slippery smuggler in the Spanish Civil War who would rather be anywhere else. Historical adventure with dark humor. buff.ly/5YHT52r #BookSky #HistoricalFiction #WarFiction

What would it take to wake up to the life you want? Wake! is a poetry collection in three parts, Destruction, Awakening, and Rebirth, about letting go of the old and creating something new. buff.ly/MFQfACo #BookSky #Poetry #PoetryCommunity

What happens when the mind locks itself away to survive? Phrenic Ruse is a poetry collection that follows a psychological collapse in brief, clinical lines with a gothic touch and inventive white space. buff.ly/1VtIgKS #BookSky #Poetry #GothicPoetry

Where does justice end and corruption begin? In Mob Justice, a DOJ lawyer is sent to take down the Chicago Outfit and finds it hard to know who to trust. Legal suspense, organized crime, and political corruption. buff.ly/wd4WOf7 #BookSky #Thriller #LegalThriller

What happens when a storm blows a butterfly across the ocean? A Monarch Meets the Monarch follows a monarch butterfly meant for Mexico who ends up in London instead. Colorful art, flight paths to trace, and fun facts. buff.ly/ab4X7YC #BookSky #PictureBooks #KidLit

What would a seventeen-year-old risk to build her own life? In Ballet of the Birds, Gina is determined to escape a restrictive convent and an arranged marriage, and strange spiritual encounters begin to guide her. buff.ly/jmQ9mye #BookSky #Fantasy #SpiritualFantasy

What do you do when your life resets at thirty-seven? In Ode to Hot Pilates, Ripley Mott moves back to Portland after losing her job and her boyfriend, and one intimidating class may change everything. buff.ly/3ZVNi6l #BookSky #Romance #ContemporaryRomance

Theresa Janson didn’t figure out how she wanted to write until 72, and then eight books poured out in six months. Her take on permission, persistence, and protecting your work is worth a read. buff.ly/IDj3L8z #IndieAuthors #AmWriting