In Identity, A. J. Thibault has built a complex, multi-layered story around each person’s most basic questions: Who am I? What is my place? What is expected of me? In this novel, those questions are shared among characters who don’t know the answers, who have multiple answers, and who don’t have traditional answers. The action begins with a bang at the first sentence, and the rollercoaster continues right to the last page.
Fort Worth Detective Jax Farris is back in town following the harrowing battle for the Blood Gem, where his friends died protecting the city. Leaving the department after the loss of his mentors and closest friends, Jax joins Special Agent Mary Pey at the FBI, taking a position on a joint task force that hunts down witches, harpies, and other extradimensional monsters in DROP: The Police Annals of Jax, Book II by J.R. Lightfoot. Pey’s loyalties are not always clear, and since the police department funds her project, she needs to consult with her counterpart, Capt. James Murphy.
Across Time and Starlight by Alessandro Candotti is as complex and detail-oriented as the concept of time travel itself. Yet it’s as simple as boy meets girl. Andreas meets the literal girl of his dreams and spends the rest of his life finding a way for them to inhabit the same space and time without destroying the world.
