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Midway, the most famous naval battle in American history, has been the subject of many excellent books. However, none satisfactorily explain why the Japanese lost that battle, given their overwhelming advantage in firepower. While no book may ever silence debate on the subject, Midway Inquest answers the central mystery of the battle.

The Matt Cooper complete series consists of a total of 202 short stories to date. All the stories combined would make the file too large, so I broke the collection down into groups of 10 stories each.

Plagued by supervillains for over a decade, the city of Lancaster has watched in awe as their superhero, Zero, stood victorious against each threat. They’ve grown to respect him, to love him, to idolize him; oblivious to the fact that their beloved hero is also the city’s most hated millionaire media mogul. But Zero has a secret much bigger than his identity.

A wholesome story for young and old, Walk With Me is a stirring adventure that follows Pappy—wise, rugged Nelson—and his curious grandson, Skyler, alongside their faithful yellow Lab, Willis. As they trek through Washington’s breathtaking Cascade Mountains, Pappy teaches Skyler essential lessons in hiking, camping, and surviving in the wild. With each trail conquered and campfire story shared, Skyler grows—not just in skill, but in heart. Willis, with his boundless energy and sharp instincts, brings added joy and protection to their journey.

After a near-fatal stroke and a separation, amidst a global pandemic, Rick Van Noy decided to go for a paddle. In Borne by the River, he charts the story of discovery, and healing that came from this solo canoe journey. Paddling two hundred miles on the Delaware River to his boyhood home just upriver from Trenton, New Jersey, Van Noy contemplates his fate and life, as well as the simple joy of sitting in a small boat floating down a large river with his dog, Sully.

The consequences of twenty-first-century sea level rise on the United States and its nearly 90,000 miles of shoreline will be immense: Miami and New Orleans will disappear; many nuclear and other power plants, hundreds of wastewater plants and toxic waste sites, and oil production facilities will be at risk; port infrastructures will need to be raised; and over ten million Americans fleeing rising seas will become climate refugees.

Terror is back, and its name is Nathan. With no time to lick his wounds, Frank’s evil brother will never stop until he reigns as the sole surviving inheritor of the Sedrick family fortune. The long-awaited sequel to Redmon’s debut thriller, Cut From the Fold, has surfaced. Cut From Thin Air wastes no time revealing how vengeance and blood flow from the edge of Nathan’s knife. Coast Guard Ensign Tom, who realized almost too late that Frank Sedrick was the good guy, had little time to bask in what all thought was the demise of Nathan on an uninhabited coral atoll.

Contemporary fiction has never been less contemporary. Midcentury writers tended to set their works in their own moment, but for the last several decades critical acclaim and attention have fixated on historical fiction. This shift is particularly dramatic for writers of color.