Author: Michael J. Bowler A boy in a wheelchair who possesses a miraculous power accidentally unleashes an ancient evil into the world, plunging himself and his friends into a nightmare they might not be able to survive.
The Stranger and the Time MachineHonorable Mention
2015 Hollywood Book Festival
2015 Hollywood Book Festival
Author: Phil Scrima “You’re not of this Earth anymore.” Science fiction, adventure, mystery; it’s all there with a different twist. THE STRANGER AND THE TIME MACHINE combines the adventure and suspense of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, the magnetism of AVATAR, the mystifying allure of SPACE ODYSSEY, the lore of the OLD WEST.
The Thankful List Honorable mention
2015 Pacific Rim Book Festival
Honorable mention
2015 Pacific Rim Book Festival
2015 Pacific Rim Book Festival
2015 Pacific Rim Book Festival
Author: Babette Jackson This is a story about a boy, Jason, whose parents announce they are getting divorced. His teacher helps him discover the way in which to deal with it by thinking differently in his approach to the situation. In the process Jason influences his whole family and friends.
Bridges of Paris Winner
2015 Holiday Book Festival
2015 Holiday Book Festival
Author: Michael Saint James Bridges of Paris is a large-format coffee table book with 280 full-color pages of stunning and intimate photographs which casts new illumination on the City of Light. This gorgeous book also includes the history of each bridge. The ideal gift for an experienced or arm-chair traveler.
Where the Heart Lives Winner
USA REBA – Regional Excellence Book
USA REBA – Regional Excellence Book
Author: Mara Purl Miranda Jones has run away from home. The privileged daughter of wealthy parents,she’s struck a blow for freedom by listening toher heart, a choice her sister, parents and artist’s rep neither approve nor understand. Nowthat she’s heard what her heart whispered, shefinds herself where her heart led — to the littletown of…
Future’s Edge, the seedHonorable Mention
2015 Holiday Book Festival
2015 Holiday Book Festival
Author: Mort Herman Most people do not carry the fate of the world on their shoulders. Sam Greenhut does. He is responsible for delivering wireless energy and neural connectivity to an insatiable population. Danger looms for a population addicted to this all-encompassing Technology. What happens next fundamentally alters the fate of the planet.
The Taste of Snow Honorable Mention
2015 Holiday Book Festival
2015 Holiday Book Festival
Author: Stephen V. Masse When winter arrives in the Austrian Alps, eleven-year-old Nicole Kinders is given a candy cane by the mysterious shopkeeper, Boznik, who tells her that the candy cane is magic. After her first taste, it seems the whole world becomes more colorful, more delicious, and more dangerous.
A Jolly Good Fellow Honorable Mention
2015 Holiday Book Festival
2015 Holiday Book Festival
Author: Stephen V. Masse Two weeks before Christmas, Duncan Wagner gets into his car for another attempt at kidnapping the son of his most despised enemy, State Representative Win Booker. When he drives into the wealthy Boston suburb, he is surprised to find the boy hitchhiking. So begins Wagner’s quest for revenge as he finds…
The Transfiguration of the Soul Honorable Mention
2015 Hollywood Book Festival
2015 Hollywood Book Festival
Author: Ana Covic Following the loss of a friend in a car accident, the narrator loses her faith in God. Soon afterward, a surgical procedure under general anesthesia brings a complete change by opening the door to the spiritual world where existence continues in a completely different way.
Escape from Netherworld Honorable Mention
2015 Hollywood Book Festival
2015 Hollywood Book Festival
Author: David Kuklis A thrilling tale of a group of friends whose simulated war games go awry one weekend, sending them into an alternate realm from which there appears to be no escape. The friends go from playing the game to living the game, as they become the characters that they created.