Quiet Revolutions: Literary Fiction That Transforms

11 Jul 2025

Quiet Revolutions: Literary Fiction That Transforms

Change isn’t always loud or dramatic. Sometimes it’s the quiet decisions, the small moments of courage or doubt, that ripple through our lives and alter the course of our futures. These stories capture those subtle shifts, the unexpected turns, the inner reckonings, and the gradual transformations that shape who we become.

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Indifferent Universe

by Joseph Blackhurst

Release Date: June 24, 2025

An all-knowing A.I. was asked: How did our universe begin, how will it end, and what is the meaning of life? The answer follows the life story of Aldo Go, an artist living in a hilarious alternate universe from our own. The reader watches as Aldo is transformed by the ugliness of the modern-day zeitgeist.

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Making Sense of it: Living for Peace (The Sense of It Book 3)

by Linda DeGree

Release Date: April 29, 2025

Margie has a dilemma. She is certain she loves William, but she has doubts about joining his farming dream. She dreams of teaching, writing, and working for social justice. William believes their faith in God and each other will help them have a strong marriage. Watch as they combine their dreams by welcoming children into their homes.

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The Gathering of Clan McFee

by Karen Baugh MENUHIN

Release Date: July 3, 2025

Spring 1924. Scotland. The ancient halls of Clan McFee’s castle echo with the whispers of history—and now, the stirrings of ambition and rivalry. The old Laird has passed away, leaving no will, no children, and no clear heir. The task of naming a successor falls to Lady Peggie, the widow of the reclusive Laird.

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Smoke on the Wind

by Kelli Estes

Release Date: June 24, 2025

Struggling with the tragic end of her marriage, Keaka Denney is on a bittersweet adventure in Scotland with her son, Colin. She’s joining him on a weeklong hike along the West Highland Way before he enters university in Glasgow. Soon into the journey, Keaka’s disquieting visions begin—a woman from ages past reaching for Colin, a burning cottage, and violence.

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The Master Jeweler

by Weina Dai Randel

Release Date: June 24, 2025

Harbin, China, 1925. Fifteen-year-old Anyu Zhang discovers a priceless Fabergé egg in the snow and returns it to the owner, Isaac Mandelburg, a fugitive and former master jeweler for Russia’s imperial palace. In gratitude, he leaves her his address in Shanghai and a promise of hospitality, forever altering her fate.

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The Retreat

by Eoin Dempsey

Release Date: June 30, 2025

Hiding out in a cave in the Austrian Alps with three others, Monika runs into trouble. Pursued by vengeful forces of the Wehrmacht and the Gestapo, she and her three companions undergo an arduous journey over the mountains to safety in a Catholic monastery outside the town of Hallein, near the German border.

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