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2011 Best of Indie: Contemplative Fiction


Cover art for RIDDLES IN PROVENCE
INDIE
Released: July 5, 2011

"A skillful blend of passion, mystery, politics and history, set in a perfectly rendered Provence."
A woman in an unraveling marriage tries to solve her uncle's murder. Read full book review >
Cover art for RETERNITY
INDIE
Released: July 1, 2011

"Nearly impossible to put down."
Wooten's novel is an earnest coming-of-age tale as well as an inventive look at the contested borderland between science and faith. Read full book review >
Cover art for MINDWARP
INDIE
Released: April 15, 2011

"A beguiling blend of high-concept narrative and old-school literary chops."
This scintillating collection of a novella and eight short stories uses offbeat character studies to wrestle with snaky issues of identity and self-knowledge. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE SHIELD THAT FELL FROM HEAVEN
INDIE
Released: Jan. 27, 2011

"A delightfully playful cross-genre novel whose science fiction is every bit as enjoyable as its historical fiction."
A French journalist encounters the American Civil War--and something even stranger--in 1861 Kentucky. Read full book review >
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 >