SEAL Mitch Grace was among the first humans to see the aliens when they landed at the naval base where he was stationed, but like the rest of humanity, he was powerless to stop them. Five years later, Mitch awakens from his coma under the care of an alien physician to find that aliens control the planet. Starting alone, as a one man army, he rallies the surviving humans to build a resistance movement to take the planet back from the alien conquerors. After his capture by the aliens, Mitch is forced into intergalactic slavery to become a gladiator, fighting as the sole representative of the human species. Against all odds and far from home, he lays the plans for the reconquest of his homeland. Reconquest: Mother Earth is the thrilling combination of Red Dawn, Independence Day, and Gladiator.

Wherever there are mafia members, there’s usually blood involved, not to mention a good chance that corpses aren’t too far behind. One could also say the same for vampires. Like vampire clans, once you’re in the mob, there’s no way out. The brash and impatient immortal, Alexei, finds these things out the hard way when he chooses the wrong neighborhood to claim his latest victim in Carl Alves’ second novel, Blood Street (True Grit Publishing; original e-book). It’s not long before Alexei has Philadelphia mob boss Enzo Salerno on a path to find him, determined to hunt down the man who killed his associate in such gruesome style. Perplexed by the unusual nature of the murder, Salerno uncovers clues that suggest his associate’s death wasn’t a mob hit. Something far worse got to him—a bloodthirsty vampire. Because of Alexei’s careless actions, Magnus, the charismatic leader of Alexei’s vampire brood, has no choice but to use all of his resources to save them from the mafia and the FBI.