New books in December
Here are 10 intriguing arrivals for the month of December.
Fiction
Reclaiming Mni Sota by Colin Mustful
Samuel is a young settler who has moved West with his family. Waabi is Ojibwe – suffering with his tribe under famine and injustice. These young men – so similar in some ways – will end up on opposite sides of the 1862 Dakota War.
The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak
Young CIA agent Amanda Cole doesn’t expect much excitement from her sleepy posting in Rome. When a US Senator is assassinated, Amanda must solve the mystery – a mystery that may involve her own father.
Graphic Novel
Blacksad: They All Fall Down by Juan Díaz Canales
This European graphic novel series presents classic noir – in a city where all the characters are animals. In this world, John Blacksad is a feline detective, navigating from the heights to the depths of New York City to protect a union president from organized crime.
Horror
When the Night Bells Ring by Jo Kaplan
In a near future where climate catastrophe has set the western US ablaze, two women take shelter in a Nevada ghost town. In the abandoned mine, they find a bed, a doll, and a diary – they are not alone. Something haunts the mine’s depths.
Local Author
The Battle for Eklatros by Alex Galassi
Eklatros is a peaceful planet, untouched by war for thousands of years. Now, Eklatros faces its gravest threat yet from an alien horde known as the Gnusar. The planet’s only hope for survival rests in a mysterious elvish woman – Ànifa.
Nonfiction
The Colony by Sally Denton
On the morning of November 4, 2019, an unassuming caravan of women and children was ambushed by masked gunmen on a desolate stretch of road in northern Mexico controlled by the Sinaloa drug cartel. The victims were members of the LeBaron and La Mora communities—fundamentalist Mormons whose forebears broke from the Latter-day Saints Church and settled in Mexico when their religion outlawed polygamy in the late nineteenth century. In this book, Sally Denton goes into the fascinating and disturbing history of these communities.
Survive and Thrive by Bill Fulton
This book demystifies “prepping” using a collaborative, sustainable, and family-friendly approach. Learn techniques of water purification, food storage, making evacuation bags, and more – without any doomsday paranoia.
They Never Reigned by Blair Hoffman
British kings and queens are famous, making headlines even in the United States, where they have no political influence. But many heirs to the British throne never became the actual king or queen due to various quirks of fate. This is their story.
Until Our Lungs Give Out by George Yancy
Award-winning author, scholar, and social visionary George Yancy brings together the greatest minds of our time to welcome everyone into a conversation about the pursuit of justice, equality, and peace.
Poetry
Everything That Hurt Us Becomes a Ghost by Sage Ravenwood
Sage Ravenwood is a deaf Indigenous poet whose work deals with the lingering, resurgent trauma of familial violence. This book is a poet’s response to her place in the wider world, exploring grief, anger, tenderness, and defiance.