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Item Bastion of Rome(MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Tampa, 2019-06-13) Morrison, ThomasA dying Rome needs heroes, lest invading barbarians sweep aside civilization and plunge the world into a thousand-year Dark Age. Five flawed members of a knightly religious order answer the call and enter Goth-occupied Belgica to save the oppressed. Along the way, they must contend with a dead wizard, an undead cat, an alcoholic talking dog, a cryptic death cult, an army of nihilist berserkers, a clan of thieves, hordes of barbarians, a collaborationist bard, a demonic mystic, a monstrous assassin squad, a fanatic but desperate Legion commander, an ultra-orthodox bishop, their own mortal shortcomings, and their trust in each other. Will Rome’s ruthless spymasters sacrifice them as pawns in a shadow war, or will their faith and unity enable them to master their own fates and save civilization? And who will recover the missing provincial treasury? In this debut novel, T. A. Morrison applies twenty years of real-world military experience to the realms of swords and sorcery and alternate history. This is not the story of the powerful decision-makers safe in their palaces, but the gritty realism of front-line combatants who volunteer to go into harm’s way for the sake of others, not always knowing their superiors’ ultimate goals. In a chaotic, multipolar world on the brink of ultimate collapse, this is a soldier’s tale of love and sacrifice, violence and morality, crudity and poignancy, sin and faith, family and brotherhood, victory and defeat.Item The Malik Girls(The University of Tampa, 2019-01-03) Ramos, MelissaThe Malik Girls, a novel in progress, is a story where the protagonist inherits her ancestors’ home and is thrust into a town full of dark secrets, where the woods come alive, things move on their own, and no one can be trusted. Thea Malik discovers what it’s like to be an outsider in a small town, full of people who are not what they appear. Structure plays a big role in this novel, as we see her challenges in the present as well as memories from her past, interwoven together. In the process of her discoveries of who and what her family is, she grows as a person, becoming stronger, braver, and more secure. Her footing in the town changes slowly as she refuses to be bullied. This theme of being different with no acceptance from society plays heavily throughout the novel. The Malik Girls is a suspenseful tale, with psychological and supernatural elements, where the characters learn everything is not what it seems on the surface.Item Off Film(MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Tampa, 2019-06-13) Lee, ChristopherItem Sidereal Time(MFA in Creative Writing, The University of Tampa, 2019-06-13) Buchanan, AaronSidereal Time is a novel in stories spread through time: from the defining moment with the church ceremony in 1985 until the initial character is brought back in the final chapter in 2019 to sew together earlier characters and events. The novel is as much about its rural Rustbelt location, St. Thomas County, Michigan, as it is about how its inhabitants deal with death, loss, nostalgia, and wonder. It is steeped in mysticism, fundamental Christianity, the occult; living oracles and foreboding omens. The characters, the place, and the magic explore time and place (space), and connect ancient figures in metaphorical and literal fashion—Marcus Aurelius’ blood, Saint Thomas Becket’s bone—to St. Tom County’s present. All of this while the Dog Star shines brightest in the summer sky.