It would be interesting enough to read about an intelligent, likable, very observant seventeen-year-old who is entering womanhood, with all the burgeoning emotions and forays into first love and passion that such a story entails. But add to that the stress of being a “military...

Unfatally Dead: To Thaw or Not to Thaw by Wayne Edmiston follows a fascinating trip through time from the perspective of two prominent historical figures. The story opens on December 16, 1966, the day believed to be when Walt Disney's body was put into cryonic...

In the early days of World War I, Otto Lutz, owner of a small Montana ranch and the central figure of John Hansen’s Unfortunate Words, is not in good shape. He has so little money that he has to buy gas for his Model T...

Under the Approaching Dark by Anna Belfrage is a spellbinding fiction story with powerful historical references, set in the turbulent England of the 1300s. The death of Hugh Despenser and the rise to power of King Edward III could have made Adam de Guirande hopeful...

Uber Alles: A Novel of Love, Loyalty, and Political Intrigue in World War II is written by Robert Arthur Neff. Dieter has lost both of his parents and, until it was ordered to be closed, he stayed as a ward of the music school he...

Ulysses Dream by Tim White tells the story of a young man who, by reason of circumstances, is sent to fight in the Vietnam War. The story follows his early life, his meeting with the one who would be the love of his life, his...

Set against the backdrop of a Singapore barely recovered from the throes of World War II, Under the Pong Pong Tree by Hal Levey is a riveting story of a young woman dealing with the repercussions of the war. As if losing her entire family...

Reading S.R. Mallery’s first novel, Unexpected Gifts, is like exploring a large wooden chest, full of valuable treasures. The main character, Sonia, is a college student, majoring in psychology. Sonia is the only child of Sam and Lily; Sam is a Vietnam veteran who lost...

I loved, loved, loved Jennifer Bort Yacovissi’s new book, Up the Hill to Home. This debut novel is so beautifully and lovingly written that if I didn’t know that it was based on the author’s ancestors, I would have assumed as such. Up the Hill...

Unlucky Double: Part One (Volume 1) by Darryl R. Breland is subtitled Mafia, Nazis and Time Travel and it lives up to the description. It begins in the year 2046, where Giovanni “Johnny” Cado, a 20th-century New Orleans gangster who was just mysteriously found alive,...