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2011 Best of Indie: The Complete List (page 2)


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Cover art for THE SHAKE
INDIE
Released: Sept. 27, 2010

"An utterly readable fusion of vampire fiction and labyrinthine whodunit powered by a highly intelligent narrative containing deep existential speculation and numerous philosophical references; Anne Rice meets Dashiell Hammett at a Zen Buddhist monastery."
A philosophically inclined vampire turns gumshoe and investigates an unsolved murder. Read full book review >
Cover art for MISFITS & HEROES
INDIE
Released: Nov. 4, 2010

"The kind of dangerous book that makes you want to remove most of your clothing, climb in a dugout and just start paddling."
Rollins tells an epic tale of ancient conflict, migration, spirit-world mystery and love. Read full book review >
Cover art for NEWSLADY
INDIE
Released: Nov. 5, 2010

"An honest, engaging self-portrait of a woman who forever changed racial and gender dynamics in media."
A journalist's trailblazing rise and swift fall in TV broadcasting. Read full book review >
Cover art for AMIDST LATVIANS DURING THE HOLOCAUST
INDIE
Released: Dec. 27, 2010

"A testament of remarkable clarity and humanity, wrung from dark experience."
A Jewish teenager views World War II from a very precarious perch—Nazi-occupied Latvia—in this quietly harrowing memoir. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE RELUCTANT MARTYR
INDIE
Released: Dec. 31, 2010

"Unpolished but intricate and fun, even as the plot turns tragic."
A terrorist sleeper agent has fallen in love with his adoptive country, but the arrival of other jihadists threatens to place him back on a dangerous path. Read full book review >
Cover art for NEON DREAMS
INDIE
Released: Jan. 1, 2011

"A deftly crafted tale of an absorbing character in dire straits; readers will be pulling for Rebecca Plotnik."
The grinding tribulations of a promising young woman breaking from the bad habits sewn by her upbringing. Read full book review >