Books published by publisher Borah Press

This is the tale of Bradley after he left Fort Dinosaur upon the west coast of the great lake that is in the center of the island. Upon the fourth day of September 1916, he set out with four companions through the heavy Caspakian air. About them upon the ground, among the trees and in the air over them moved and swung and soared the countless forms of Caspak's teeming life. They had taken a dozen steps, perhaps, when a hideous growl broke from a dense thicket ahead, the leafy branches parted, and the hideous head of a gigantic bear emerged. "Lie still!" shouted Bradley. "Can't waste ammunition." Like a bolt of lightning the bear flashed down upon the Englishman. "Now run!" Bradley called to Tippet and himself turned in flight toward a nearby tree. The other men, now safely ensconced upon various branches, watched the race with breathless interest. Would Bradley make it? It seemed scarce possible. And if he didn't. . . !

The Gods of Mars begins with John Cater's arrival back on Barsoom (Mars) after a ten-year separation from his wife Dejah Thoris, his unborn child, and the Red Martian people of the nation of Helium, whom he has adopted as his own. Unfortunately, Carter materializes in the one place on Barsoom from which nobody is allowed to depart: the Valley Dor, which is the Barsoomian afterlife. Second book in Edgar Rice Burroughs's Mars series.

"To represent Anatole France as one of the undying names in literature would hardly be extravagant. Not that I would endow Ariel with the stature and sinews of a Titan; this were to miss his distinctive qualities: delicacy, elegance, charm. He belongs to a category of writers who are more read and probably will ever exercise greater influence than some of greater name. The latter show us life as a whole; but life as a whole is too vast and too remote to excite in most of us more than a somewhat languid curiosity. France confines himself to themes of the keenest personal interest, the life of the world we live in. It is herein that he excels! His knowledge is wide, his sympathies are many-sided, his power of exposition is unsurpassed. No one has set before us the mind of our time, with its half-lights, its shadowy vistas, its indefiniteness, its haze on the horizon, so vividly as he." -- Jules Lemaitre of Impressions de Théàtre.

Prester John tells the tale of John Laputa, a celebrated Zulu minister who has taken the title of the mythical priest-king Prester John. We see the story through the eyes of nineteen-year-old David Crawfurd, a young Scot in South Africa working as a storekeeper: Crawfurd he finds himself at the heart of a massive uprising of the people -- and holding the key to Prester John's secret. (Jacketless library hardcover.)

The Phoenix and the Carpet follows the adventures of the same five children: Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb. The children acquired the magic carpet when they found a special fire egg -- it hatched in their nursery fireplace. The phoenix came from the egg and when he saw their mother's new Persian rug, he showed them that it was a magical thing -- a flying carpet that would take them any time and that place they could wish for.

Wal is a dreamer: he imagines escaping from his parents by building a raft. His friend Billy is more practical. Together, they construct a makeshift craft, and sail it along the local sea coast. But Wal still dreams of adventure, and one dark night he sails into the teeth of a growing storm. In the wild hours that follow, he must find the strength to persevere--and survive! A great tale of storm and sea!

'Twas brillig--and Albert is vacationing with his family in The Valley of Enchantment in Redwoods National Park in California when something goes very, VERY wrong. Albert suddenly finds himself without cell phone service, and is forced to deal with slithy toves, mome raths, borogoves, and a pretty girl named Alice. The only way that Albert can ever return home, he's told, is by slaying the Jabberwock, the monster featured in Lewis Carroll's classic poem, "Jabberwocky"; and then getting into the cave of a snark, which is, unfortunately, a boojum. Wonderland was never so much fun--or so dangerous! This modern-day sequel to Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books is a middle-grade novel for kids--and for adults who can still remember when they were kids. Great fantasy adventure!

There may be -- we'd say there are -- ways to reconcile the eternal with the evidence of our senses. But surely a harangue in the cloak of fiction is not the way to do it; rather more by railing at the dark she teaches folks to find the intellectual courage to step into it. Regardless, Corelli was a gifted writer, and whether the tale she tells here is the one she intended or not, she tells a fine and interesting tale. (Jacketless library hardcover.)

Ana’s life began with a perilous birth. Her mother, pregnant with Ana, is thrown through the windshield of a car driven by her drunk uncle on the way to midnight Mass. Ana was born with gangrenous feet four weeks later. In her first years of life, Ana’s extended Louisiana Acadian family of Mama, Grandmother Malou, and Grandfather Poppee surrounded her. But her life changed dramatically when her father was released from prison. He began raping her repeatedly and emotionally abused her relentlessly. The rapes were somehow unrecognized by her family, and when she told them, they accused her of being imaginative. The early abuse set the stage for addiction and further victimization in adulthood. The only salvation she knew came from her devout Grandmother Malou who introduced her to the Roman Catholic Church, brought her to Mass regularly, and taught her prayers even before she could read. Throughout her recovery from addiction and fall out from early childhood abuse, she found help from priest, sisters, other devotees, the Twelve-Step program, and more than anything else, miracles that occurred in time to save her over and over.

The Necromancers is more than that; there is a real Augustinian terror of the void, in the absence of God comes real evil. In the book's climax, Maggie's love for Laurie, and a night of sincere prayer draw him back from the brink - a brink that practical, clear-headed, convent-raised Maggie glimpses in the form of the dark, fiery personality she confronts in the night. This personality can be none other than the Devil himself.