by Philip Eliot | Aug 12, 2026 | Fantasy |
Game of Thrones meets The Name of the Wind in this exuberant, character-driven epic fantasy.Every year, prophecy leaves fall from the Yubriy Tree. And every year, the Dayborn king sends his most trusted servants to collect the leaves and return them to the capital.Only this year, one of the leaves drifted into the forest unseen.Three lives will be forever changed by the undetected prophecy leaf.The strong-willed daughter of a powerful family. The mysterious and reviled half brother of the king. And a talented but unlucky musician, desperate to write the song that will bring him good fortune.Looming in the background are reports of the first dragon to appear in Ragar Or in over sixty-five years. And, as anyone familiar with Ragar Or’s history knows, when dragons appear, royalty dies.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 12, 2026 | Mystery |
A mystery set in Victorian England by the New York Times–bestselling author whose “novels attain the societal sweep of Trollope or Thackeray” (Booklist, starred review). When her mother asks her help in finding a lost locket with a compromising picture, neither Charlotte Pitt, nor her mother, has any idea that the locket may be at the center of a bizarre chain of events leading to murder. Arriving at her mother’s home at Rutland Place, Charlotte discovers that other residents of the exclusive neighborhood have also suffered similar small thefts. It all appears quite mild as crimes go—a light-fingered servant, perhaps. That is, until Mina Spencer-Brown, a woman known for her prying, is poisoned and dies. Inspector Thomas Pitt quickly surmises that Mina’s snooping might have led to her murder, but what secrets had she stumbled upon? And whose? As Pitt patiently struggles to break down the protective silence of high-born neighbors, Charlotte works behind the closed doors of society’s drawing rooms to help unravel a mystery that reveals sordid secrets and the chilling, dark corners of human behavior.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 12, 2026 | Horror & Paranormal |
Halloween night.No moon. No backup.31 dead things on the loose.When a secret lab off the Florida coast goes dark, a covert military unit is sent to clean up what escaped. The island is drenched in rain, choked by a storm, and crawling with infected subjects that refuse to stay dead.These zombies don’t shamble. They stalk. They scream. They tear through the darkness like something summoned rather than made.As pumpkins rot on the mainland and the clock bleeds toward dawn, the team fights through a sleepy island town with only one mission, kill the 31 zombies!By sunrise, the mission won’t be remembered.But the island will.And it will be silent again—no matter the cost.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 12, 2026 | Science Fiction |
Late in the 21st century, Earth receives what looks like an urgent plea for help from planet Proxima Centauri b in the closest star system to the Sun. Astrophysicists suspect a massive solar flare is about to destroy this heretofore-unknown civilization.
Earth’s space programs are unequipped to help, but an unscrupulous Russian billionaire launches a secret and highly-specialized spaceship to Proxima b, over four light-years away. The unusual crew faces a Herculean task—should they survive the journey. No one knows what to expect from this alien planet.
Omnibus edition of the three hard sf novels of the Proxima trilogy – Proxima Rising, Proxima Dying, and Proxima Dreaming.
by Philip Eliot | Aug 12, 2026 | Historical Romance |
An “America 250” Read“Compelling and taut.” – Reader Review“Richly detailed and historically grounded.” – Reader ReviewA Most Revolutionary Watch blends action, suspense, and romance against the vivid historical backdrop of America’s founding.After a lifetime of studying time, seventy-year-old grandfather Gary Johnson invents a watch that can transport him to 1776 and back, retrieving an original printing of the Declaration of Independence to commemorate America’s 250th anniversary.Powerful forces, however, prefer he didn’t make the trip. The FBI fears that a close reading of the entire Declaration might spark another American rebellion, while the Chinese government seeks to pave the way for modern-day global dominance by scrambling the birth of American democracy.Undeterred, Gary lands in Philadelphia on July 1, 1776, only to find himself an outsider in a wartime capital under the suspicious eye of both the American patriot Committee of Safety and a gang of British thieves.Shortly after his arrival, he meets the alluring Erin Duffy, a war-widowed waitress struggling to support herself and her young sons. She leads Gary through the pitfalls of colonial life while trying to convince him to stay forever.Featuring notable encounters with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and the formidable George Washington, A Most Revolutionary Watch is lively tale for fans of sci-fi adventure and richly researched popular history.“From the riveting first sentence, readers will be captivated by Smith’s storytelling.” – Amazon Review
