Metaphysical Fiction

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have isolated his planet of anarchists from the rest of the civilized universe. To do this dangerous task will mean giving up his family and possibly his life. Shevek must make the unprecedented journey to the utopian mother planet, Anarres, to challenge the complex structures of life and living, and ignite the fires of change.

Sissy Hankshaw, an almost flawlessly beautiful small-town girl with big-time dreams, hitchhikes her way into your heart, your hopes, and your sleeping bag in Tom Robbins's magical, funny, and most famous novel. Follow Sissy's amazing odyssey from Virginia to chic Manhattan to the Dakota Badlands, where FBI agents, cowgirls, and ecstatic whooping cranes explode in a deliciously drawn-out climax.

Adrift in a raft after a deadly ship explosion, 10 people struggle for survival at sea. Three days pass. Short on water, food, and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him in. “Thank the Lord we found you,” a passenger says. “I am the Lord,” the man whispers. So begins Mitch Albom’s most beguiling and inspiring novel yet.

Lyrical, cinematic, and profoundly moving, Flying Colors is for seekers, dreamers, and anyone at a crossroads. If you’ve ever felt there must be more to life and longed for something greater, this novel will inspire you to spread your wings and soar.

Jimmy Tock comes into the world on the very night his grandfather leaves it. As a violent storm rages outside the hospital, Rudy Tock spends long hours walking the corridors between the expectant fathers' waiting room and his dying father's bedside. It's a strange vigil made all the stranger when, at the very height of the storm's fury, Josef Tock suddenly sits up in bed and speaks coherently for the frist and last time since his stroke. What he says before he dies is that there will be five dark days in the life of his grandson.

A traveling prospector wandering around California looking for gold spends a few peaceful days with a man hiding a sad story.

Explore two timelines separated by just one life - a life that changes everything for Monta. Glant keeps the city safe but safe means restrictions and opposition is rising. Herai - Glant's youngest and most innocent child - is caught up in the plots against Glant. Will Herai survive? Will the city survive? How can a war that no-one wants, be avoided? Will Monta find the love he deserves, and the answer to all his questions? Find out by trying Herai today! What readers are saying about Herai "It took me a bit to fall into this world. The pacing is a bit slow. This a benefit as you progress ...

Fifteen years ago, in Mitch Albom’s beloved novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the world fell in love with Eddie, a grizzled war veteran turned amusement park mechanic who died saving the life of a young girl named Annie. Eddie’s journey to heaven taught him that every life matters. Now, in this magical sequel, Mitch Albom reveals Annie’s story.

Kyle and his parents have recently moved back to America after four years in Cairo when tragedy strikes. Already struggling to readjust, Kyle's mother’s death tears his world apart, the anguish and despair further straining his already tense relationship with his father. Soon, he begins having visions of himself in the Underworld—the Duat—in which he is Anubis, the Egyptian god of embalming. The delusions are frightening at first, but soon, he is going out of his way to induce them. Through Anubis’s eyes, he bears witness to the nightly passage of Ra, the sun god, and joins his ...

You know that excitement you get when a paranormal romance suddenly turns ... supernatural? Edgy, sexy and absolutely visionary, this one-of-a-kind love story will open eyes. The Goddess is afoot and things are about to get medieval in the Fatherland.

"You've long set your heart against it, Axl, I know. But it's time now to think on it anew. There's a journey we must go on, and no more delay..." The Buried Giant begins as a couple set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen in years. Sometimes savage, often intensely moving, Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel in nearly a decade is about lost memories, love, revenge, and war.

Skylar had it all - riches, success, and fame - until he traded it all for Enlightenment. Skylar Seequn is in pursuit of permanent happiness. He hopes to find it in his first love, a human rainbow. Later, he moves to gaudy Florida, where he spends time reading Hemingway and Proust and enjoying the disco nightlife. Then he travels to France to study meditation with an enlightened Master. Join Skylar on a wild ride, where he makes friends with women who see angels and surfer yogis, and is introduced to a golden-hearted lady. Remembering Eternity: The Sun Inside - Love and Learning is the ...

The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon out of his life as a San Francisco Web-design drone - and serendipity, sheer curiosity, and the ability to climb a ladder like a monkey has landed him a new gig working the night shift at Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore. But after just a few days on the job, Clay begins to realize that this store is even more curious than the name suggests. There are only a few customers, but they come in repeatedly and never seem to actually buy anything....

Rebaa’s adopted tribe lies slaughtered behind her. Rebaa’s lover, Juran, lays down his life for hers, and now she must use all of her cunning and extraordinary powers to survive the inhospitable wilderness alone, ensuring that Juran’s sacrifice was not in vain.

Amidst the whispers of the ancients, their souls found solace in each other, a bond forged in the fires of love and destiny. In the timeless realm of Tzang Yi, where the veil between reality and hidden secrets is thin, Jordan and Li Wan are destined to find each other across the expanse of eternity. Whether amidst the golden waves of a wheat field, aboard a ship that sails the endless seas, or within the sacred walls of an ashram, their souls are bound by a love that transcends the boundaries of time and space. Amidst the whispers of the ancients, their souls found solace in each other, a ...

Yuki Hirano is just out of high school when his parents enroll him, against his will, in a forestry training program in the remote mountain village of Kamusari. No phone, no internet, no shopping. Just a small, inviting community where the most common expression is “take it easy.” At first, Yuki is exhausted, fumbles with the tools, asks silly questions, and feels like an outcast. Kamusari is the last place a city boy from Yokohama wants to spend a year of his life. But as resistant as he might be, the scent of the cedars and the staggering beauty of the region have a pull.

When the beautiful and precocious sisters Sally and Gillian Owens are orphaned at a young age, they are taken to a small Massachusetts town to be raised by their eccentric aunts, who happen to dwell in the darkest, eeriest house in town. As they become more aware of their aunts' mysterious and sometimes frightening powers - and as their own powers begin to surface - the sisters grow determined to escape their strange upbringing by blending into "normal" society.

Gypsy, a calming, loyal, maternal force, is loving and caring when it comes to her family and true friends. Troubled with family issues, she knows how to lean on her family to help her heal. Michael, a young, loving, real go-getter, is committed to her narcissistic, cheating, and abusive husband, Darren. She must learn to put herself first in order to survive the relationship. Joy, a high-energy soul and a fortunate product of an overexposed childhood, brings an unconventional dynamic to the lives of Gypsy and Michael.

Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination; it's a place where your life is explained to you by five people, some of whom you knew, others who may have been strangers. One by one, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life.

Clockmaker is quite content making timepieces in his little cottage within the world of Everpath, until a terrible shadow from the forest begins to threaten him. Leaving all that he knows behind, Clockmaker escapes with the Road-Men so he can find a new home, far from the cruel shadow that haunts him. Instead, he discovers that the world is not at all what it seems, and he embarks upon a strange adventure beyond his wildest expectations.