The Unknown Author Podcast
This podcast explores unknown writers who have at least 4-star reviews but under 50 total reviews. I will buy, read and review these authors' wonderful works and tell you all about them. Join me in discovering your next reading fix.
Episodes
Book and Bone
Here’s the book summary: Oryn Academy’s brightest students have been tasked with unearthing a cure for Sleepbane—a thousand-year-old sleeping plague that has claimed millions. But when two of them, Minkka Greyfell and Faxon Fletcher, uncover a dangerous secret, they break from the academy to search for the cure on their own. Their journey takes them into a world of peril, where life-an...
The Blue Dragon's War
Here’s the book summary: How far are you willing to fight for your freedom?
For time beyond anyone’s memory, dragons have ruled the land of Calibran and the sky above
it. With unmatched magic and intelligence, these dragons have a nasty habit of doing exactly
what they want. Any creatures under their rule face a hard life filled with uncertainty and fear.
But, not e...
Orcas versus Aliens (Empath, Go Home)
Here’s the book summary: As a rare, long-range empath, Jack was good at two things: talking to whales and telling stories to kids, neither of which did him much good in space. Lunar Intelligence agreed to overlook a murder charge in exchange for his talent for tracking thinking creatures at great distances, perfect for an assassin. He didn’t fit in the military until ...
Reawakened Flames: Sparks Will Fly
Here’s the book summary: When darkness seems to have snuffed her life out, what will it take for Aria to reignite her inner fire?
Aria, the crown princess of Torrannon, has the world at her feet and a bright future. Then she develops anxiety and depression and finds herself trapped in a losing battle that seems to only have one tragic path of escape.
Landa, a phoen...
The Bloody Key
Here's the book summary: Fifteen-year-old Anne tends goats while daydreaming of fairy tales—until the day she finds herself in one. When a wealthy nobleman marries her older sister, they’re both swept off to his castle deep in the woods. Upon entering this world of finery, lush gardens, and nightly balls with dashing suitors, Anne believes her own happily-ever-after is just around the corne...
Twin Tales
Here's the book summary: Mermaids are silently disappearing as darkness rolls across the surface of the seas. A new ruler has taken control of the Northern Sea Kingdom and has no plans to keep peace with the neighboring merkingdoms. It’s up to one merfamily to stop the evil above and protect the waters below. There’s only one problem: the merfamily has been ripped apart.
Will Merena, t...
North and South
Here’s the book summary: Set in the mid-nineteenth century and written from the author's first-hand experience, North and South follows the story of the heroine's movement from the tranquil but moribund way s of southern England to the vital but turbulent north. Elizabeth Gaskell's skilful narrative uses an unusual love story to show how personal and public lives were woven together in a newly i...
Everything Worth Counting
Here’s the book summary: It's 1977 in Zimnicea Romania. An earthquake has reduced the home of ten-year old Alex to rubble, taking with it his father and his best friend. With their world in ruins and Ceausescu tightening his grip on a fearful nation, Alex's mother, Eva, must find the strength to protect her son and fight for a future beyond the confines of Communist Romania.
I...
The Stranded
Book summary: By the time the classified report is leaked to the public, it’s already too late. A horrifying pandemic has begun to spread, with ferocious speed, from Paris to the rest of Europe. The infected masses die quickly . . . but they don’t remain dead for long.
As military forces are overpowered by the horde of undead, civilization as we know it is pushed to the breaking point. Those w...
Faolan: The Younger Years
Book summary: Born of bone and flesh against Odin's law, she was stolen as a toddler. Manupulated and trained, she was molded into one of Valhalla's fiercest warriors. This is the tale of her younger years.
Not much violence except mentions of war and training. It is not graphic. I'd give it 1 sledgehammer out of 5.
Link to Emilie's book: Faolan: The Younger Years (Con...
Werewolves of Landfall, Book One of the Outside World series
Book summary: Special Agent Carl Abrams of the FBI is no stranger to peril and national threats. But when innocent infants are being kidnapped in the city of Landfall, he knows he must act fast. The children’s lives are on the line and the only lead he has is from a mysterious woman who claims the children are being raised as werewolves.
Danu's Curse
Book Summary: Neas is no ordinary woman. Born with Fae magic in her veins, she is the only mortal with immortal abilities in Ireland. Due to her powers, she has always been protected by her uncle, a leader of a powerful Irish clan. But war continues to hang in the air, and Neas agrees to marry a prized warrior from another village in a desperate bid to strengthen peace between clans, even though she love...
Mr. Right Now: Cake and Champagne
Book Summary: Fresh out of college, Janet isn’t looking for love—she’s looking for fun. Marriage and long-term commitment aren’t in her plans, but a little romance? That’s exactly what she needs. Enter Rafael, the charismatic insider who knows all the right people. With his connections and charm, he introduces Janet to five intriguing men, each offering ...
Marked: Book 1 of the Ancestral War
Book summary: Two hundred years after the Humans fell to the Draconic, it seems all hope for equality may be lost. The only light in the darkness is a prophecy handed down by an absent goddess that promises peace and prosperity following the union of a divinely chosen champion from each warring race. Now the Marked have awakened and the race is on as they must find one another, acc...
Frozen Frontlines: Alaskan Malamutes in World War II
Book Summary: In the remote wilderness of New Hamphire, Ethan Carter's connection with Alaskan Malalmutes shapes his life-and soon, his destiny. As World War II erupts, Ethan's skills as a musher lead him from the quiet woods to the unforgiving Arctic, where men and dogs face brutal storms, treacherous ice and impossible odds.
At Camp Rimini, Ethan trains ...
Project Agosha: Call of the Koteli
Book summary: Alone, the scion of an ancient and ill-fated family prepares for one last clash against the unending fury of the Power of the Dark. Resigned to his duties, the Captain of the Queen's Guard must flee with a priceless treasure to protect the world from the machinations of the evil Cotheda. Across the great sea, the Chevaliers of the Darkness seek to take over the power w...
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