Every side in a war believes that God is on its side, but what happens when a key political figure learns that God is on the other side? When Joan King Drapeau receives her Divine mission, she must forswear her allegiance to her husband, her father, her own people, and her commitment to the safety of children -- or she must defy God. The events of the novel are revealed through witness testimonies given for the purpose of Joan's beatification, five years after her death. Joan of Quebec deals with themes of nationalism, the role of religion in politics, the moral cost of war, betrayal and free...

When global warming melts the Antarctic ice, a disease is unleashed that was responsible for killing off all the placental mammals of Australia 34 million years ago, when the two continents were joined. That disease, the Blue Cancer, spreads rapidly and inexorably via even casual contact, threatening humankind and all the other mammals on Earth. Dr. Jace Nechuston has a propensity to ruminate on the human condition and the meaninglessness of suffering. He seeks refuge at the end of the Earth where his interactions with people, which he finds almost painful, will be at a minimum. When the Blue...