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Spring has sprung. While you’re in the process of cleaning up your home and switching out your wardrobe, let the Weekly help you freshen up your reading list with these new books offering adventure, mystery, insight and more, all of them penned by Las Vegas’ own.

A Coin for the Ferryman By Megan Edwards (Imbrifex Books, $30)

The latest work of fiction from this local author imagines what it would be like to transport Julius Caesar—right before his murder—forward in time to 1999. The plan for the Roman dictator, who is successfully transported by an elite interdisciplinary team, is to have him converse with historians and Latin scholars and then return him to his rightful time. Despite efforts to keep Caesar’s presence a secret, however, a kidnapping attempt plunges him into danger. This book has everything a reader needs for an entertaining and thrilling read—an enthralling plot, likeable characters, humor, high stakes ... and a trip to Caesars Palace.

Night Mayer: Legend of the Skinwalker By Paul W. Papa (STACGroup, $10)

Papa has always been a huge Supernatural fan. While watching an episode of that fantasy series one day, he was inspired to write Night Mayer, a paranormal noir set in 1950s Las Vegas. The story opens with the death of a rich developer, the victim of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. But his partner is convinced there’s been foul play and sways P.M. Mayer to take the case and attempt to uncover the truth. It’s a dark road that places Mayer in a position to face an ancient, gruesome creature.

Following Huck By S.R. Zalesny (Gatekeeper Press, $10)

So, your letter to Hogwarts never came. But what if you could take a trip down the Mississippi River the way Huckleberry Finn did? Follow Zalesny and his friends as they set out to replicate that famous adventure aboard their homemade wooden raft. This story immerses the reader in the preparations to build the raft and handle the twists and turns of the river. Though Following Huck is a memoir, it reads like an adrenaline-charged novel from the first page.

Gathering Broken Light By Heather Lang-Cassera (Unsolicited Press, $16)

Las Vegas will always remember the dark day on which a gunman opened fire on music fans at the Route 91 Harvest country music festival. Clark County Poet Laureate Emeritus Lang-Cassera wrote this hauntingly beautiful collection of poems to honor the victims and survivors of that tragedy—and to offer a way to reflect on its emotional aftermath. The untitled poems flow from one to the next, describing the weapons used and items forgotten at the scene, while also acknowledging that at times, “We wait, confronting pasts we cannot understand.” All royalties from sales of Gathering Broken Light will go to the Vegas Strong Resiliency Center to support October 1 survivors.

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