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As an author, I tend (naturally) to read the types of books I like to write. For me, that means thrillers and poetry. Amazingly, Ryan Kovacs has combined the two.

Create Destruction is a thrilling apocalyptic story that is written in verse. And no, it is not traditional poetry—it is in free verse, but in verse nonetheless. And to answer the question some might have about whether this form of writing detracts from the pace or the flow, the answer is a resounding NO. It is the tale of a boy with parapsychic powers who is held captive…

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German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda…

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