With no new entries this time around, we hope you’ll enjoy a few extra books from our archives this week!
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From the Archive
Featuring a different, randomly selected book every week
Saga of the Jewels | Faenon | Fantasy (N) (C) (F)
A free fantasy web serial and podcasted audiobook serial. Ten heroes team up together to gather the Elemental Jewels and defeat the Evil Emperor. Avatar: The Last Airbender meets the Final Fantasy games meets The Chronicles of Prydain. One fat chapter a month. If it’s a new month, a new chapter is out! Hate reading? Listen instead! Volume One is complete and free. Volume Two is being written and will be posted in 2024.
The African Songbook: A Tragedy In 5 Acts | Ben Woestenburg | Literary (NA) (C) (F)
A love story that takes place during the Mau Mau uprising of the 1950s. The African Songbook: A Tragedy In 5 Acts, is a story that speaks to the strength of true love, and the lengths one woman is willing to go...
Hiding from Shadows | John Coon | Horror, Paranormal (NA) (C) ($)
Every night is a personal battle to survive until morning for Ellen. An unseen menace lurks in the shadows outside her home. Will it strike without mercy once she lets her guard down? Hiding from Shadows is a paranormal horror tale set in the Deer Falls universe first introduced in John Coon's debut novel Pandora Reborn.