Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes

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Towers to Nowhere    by Yakov Keller
Price: $5.99 USD. 254330 words. Language: English. Published on March 23, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish.

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Russia at the turn of the century, a country beset by revolutionary tensions and upheavals, where Jews are increasingly threatened. From a straightforward commercial venture, Feivel’s voyage on a riverboat will turn into a series of adventures, some of them absurdly funny, some hair-raising. Few foresee that much worse is still in store for Jews, in this new century – but what to do about it?
Sunday Girl    by Kalliope Lee
Price: $1.99 USD. 127750 words. Language: English. Published on April 12, 2013. Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Asian American.

Full moon night in Seoul. Victim of a brutal crime, beautiful, mentally troubled Jang-Mee dissociates form her body and becomes a channel for an ancestral ghost who hints at historical secrets. Seeking out the ghost again, Jang-Mee becomes addicted to dangerous, extreme situations that will bring her to the edge. Sunday Girl explores the traumatic wounds that haunt the blood for generations.
The Holy Road    by Michael Blake
Price: $5.99 USD. 111320 words. Language: English. Agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management on February 25, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Western & American frontier.

Eleven years have passed since Lieutenant John Dunbar became the Comanche warrior Dances With Wolves and married Stands With A Fist, a white born women raised as a Comanche from early childhood. With their three children, they live in the village of Ten Bears. But there is unease in the air, caused by violent confrontations with white soldiers who want to drive the Comanche onto reservations.