The Second World - a satirical science fiction novel by Jake Korell

https://www.amazon.com/Second-World-Jake-Korell-ebook/dp/B0G54JBMPJ

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It's only a short 225-million kilometer, nine-month trip to the Martian biosphere in author’s satirical sci-fi “The Second World” (Feb 24, 2026).

Debut author Jake Korell takes readers to a newly sovereign Mars—where bureaucracy, ego, and generational divides run as deep as the Martian ice. When Flip Buchanan, the reluctant son of the most powerful man on the Red Planet, stumbles through two tumultuous decades of alien discoveries, killer clones, and interplanetary conflict, he discovers that building a new world isn't so different from ruining the old one. 

After a decade of working in Hollywood on shows like Arrested Development and a project with Danny DeVito and Jeff Goldblum, Korell dusted off an old TV pilot and adapted it into his first novel. The result is a darkly funny, irreverent satire about American history, political and media spectacle, and the human urge to make a finite life matter in an infinite universe. The Second World blends the wit and worldbuilding of Andy Weir and John Scalzi with the biting social commentary of Kurt Vonnegut and Matt Haig. It's a speculative coming-of-age story for our era of misinformation, memes, and misplaced idealism—equal parts hilarious and heartfelt. 

More about the book: Mars has declared its independence from Earth. But founding a new nation takes more than a flag, an anthem, and naming a donkey the national animal. In this satirical space epic about power, legacy, and culture, The Second World needles the myth of progress and legacy with humor, heart, and a little bit of sci-fi madness. As Mars fights to define itself, Flip Buchanan learns that the hardest part of independence—personal or planetary—is figuring out what to do with it. 

Psychic Echoes: Mary Jameson Book 2: A Supernatural Thriller by J.P. Alters

https://www.amazon.com/Psychic-Echoes-Jameson-Supernatural-Thriller-ebook/dp/B0D2JNN1X9

Mary Jameson communicates with the dead but craves a normal life away from her paranormal past. However, when Detective Jay Santiago seeks her psychic abilities to locate a missing boy, Mary is pulled back into the supernatural realm. Facing immense danger, she must decide if rescuing the boy is worth risking her own life.

"Both a thrilling and heartbreaking tale of found family, love, sacrifice and the consequences of our choices."

The Second Signature: An Edmund Finch Art Forgery Mystery - a cozy art forgery mystery by Edward Ellis

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX36Q673

The Second Signature: An Edmund Finch Art Forgery Mystery is a clue-driven cozy mystery set in the world of museum conservation, Dutch Golden Age painting, and wartime provenance.

Houston, 1974. Edmund Finch is a senior conservator at the Museum of Fine Arts, a man whose life is built around routine, precision, and the patient study of surfaces. He is not a detective. He does not chase danger. He examines paintings, records what he sees, and trusts that enough attention will eventually reveal the truth.

When a seventeenth-century Dutch market scene arrives in his studio for restoration, Edmund expects a difficult but ordinary conservation project: darkened varnish, surface grime, old repairs, and the familiar uncertainties of attribution. The painting has long been catalogued as the work of an artist in the circle of Jan van Kessel the Elder — valuable, interesting, but not especially mysterious.

Then Edmund finds a pigment that should not be there.

A section of the sky contains titanium white, a modern material that could not belong to a painting from the 1600s. What first seems like a technical irregularity soon becomes something stranger and more deliberate. The painting is not simply damaged, misattributed, or poorly restored. Someone has left evidence inside it, and the evidence points back to 1943.

With the help of his friend Victor Holm, an art historian at Rice University, Edmund begins to follow the trail through archives, old records, provenance files, and the evidence held in the painting itself. The deeper he looks, the clearer it becomes that the forgery was not made simply to deceive. It was made to preserve something.

For readers who enjoy atmospheric mysteries without graphic violence, The Second Signature offers a slower, more thoughtful investigation, one built on observation, patience, art history, and the small details other people miss.

A cozy art mystery for readers who enjoy museum settings, historical secrets, provenance puzzles, no graphic violence, no explicit sex, and a methodical male protagonist who solves mysteries by looking more closely than anyone else.

Secrets of your Majestic Heart: Your Sacred Journey to Healing by Catia Carrier

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD7MYP4C

What if the place you’ve been avoiding… is exactly where your healing begins?

If you’re dealing with trauma, PTSD, grief, or emotional patterns that won’t let go, the root may run deeper than you think.

Secrets of Your Majestic Heart by psychotherapist Catia Carrier explores how trauma is held—not just in the mind, but in the body, nervous system, and emotional responses.

This isn’t about managing symptoms.

It’s about understanding the patterns underneath them—and beginning to shift them.

Inside:

Trauma and emotional trigger awareness
Insight into early and inherited trauma
Tools for regulation and self-awareness
A holistic, heart-centered approach to healing

If something still feels unresolved, this may help you see why—and what comes next. 

The Red Road - A historical fiction set in 1930s Maine by J.E. McCarthy

https://www.amazon.com/Red-Road-Book-McGinn-Family-ebook/dp/B0BZ27T9YS

There is no greater duty than family.

If your brother was murdered on a dark dirt road, would you wait for justice?

When teenager Jim McGinn is killed on a dark Maine road, the police want to call it an accident, but the facts don't add up. Jim is a middle child of twelve children to a widow in depression era Maine. When his older brothers and extended family begin an investigation of their own, they soon find themselves at odds with the most powerful family in the county.  

Parker Moreland is the richest man in the county. Not only because he owns more land than everyone else, but because he is the biggest bootlegger in central Maine. In 1933, prohibition is coming to an end and the last thing he needs is an investigation to hamper his operations.  

Mary McGinn lost her husband with a brood of twelve children from teenagers to infants. She and the oldest boys have done their best to keep the farm alive during the midst of the great depression. But now she has to do the unthinkable and bury a child. In her mind, she wants to turn the other cheek, but in her heart, she knows that will never happen.

The Red Road pits rich against poor in a search for justice, but beyond that, it tests the limits of conscience when ordinary people are forced into extraordinary situations. Only the power of family will bring justice for Jim in book one of the McGinn Family Saga.

Sena Cat Hid in a Bin: A Story Book for Children Starting to Read by Sam Paliwal

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFVHXYJH

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The perfect first-time reader for kindergarteners and first-graders, Book 2 in this series brings back Sena Cat and her silly antics.  

Kids will delight in this playful story that they can read as soon as they can sound out words.  They’ll love the fun rhythm, all-decodable words, and adorable story line while gaining confidence with every page.

Play with Sena as she shares her toys with the little readers, then hides in her soft toy bin.  But where will she go next?  Young readers will follow Sena on a playful adventure as they practice sounding out words and building reading confidence.  With short sentences and playful repetition, this kids’ book for emerging readers is the ideal first reading for the kindergarten and first grade level.  

Written only with phonetic, cvc words – no sight words or even lower-case letters – this storybook is made to be as easy as possible for kids to read independently.  The second in a series of beginner reading books for kids, this book builds on Book 1 in the series by introducing longer sentences and a slightly longer story.  Children will love the fun rhythm, simple vocabulary, and adorable story line while gaining confidence with every page.

Designed to help children learn to love reading and enjoy its thrills as they also learn phonics & reading skills, this charmingly illustrated beginning reader story book will give your little ones a burst of encouragement and a feeling that reading is for them.  Kids crave being big and doing things without help, including with books.  Imagine their joy when they read a whole book all by themselves, and their sense of agency and ownership with a book that’s truly theirs. 

The Last Woman Warrior of the Liburnians - a spiritual adventure book by Andreja Austin

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Woman-Warrior-Liburnians-ebook/dp/B0BRF2SZTQ

Step into the mesmerizing world of the ancient Liburnians in the Last Woman Warrior of the Liburnians.

This is a spiritual adventure of a strong heroine, a chosen one of destiny. The story is driven by the ideal of spiritual revelation and feminine courage. It will be an inspiring read for those who like to delve into the world of intrigue and love.

This is a novel about love, carried by the wings of pure light and the moments of ecstasy at the threshold of an endless dimension. When Mihovil mysteriously disappeared, Antonija, a medical doctor, searched after him. After discovering that Mihovil was overpowered by the evil forces that threatened to take over the Earth, Antonija must find out how to stop them and save her kin.