The Quantum of Light
Darie Nani

Darie Nani

Editor-in-Chief

Aiming to inform, educate and sometimes amuse.

14 articles

Cover of Twenty Five by Moshea, a boy in a number 25 vest standing in front of a giant wolf on the lawn of a red-brick group home

Author Journeys, Literary Culture

Twenty Five, a Lycan Found-Family Fantasy for Mature Teens and Adults Drawn from Author Moshea's Years in Group Homes

·5 min read

Ten-year-old Jean-Eza's arrival at a group home changes the lives of 24 other boys, who discover their hidden Lycan nature and form a pack. Its author has spent decades studying child psychology, fostering, coaching and tutoring young people.

Anthony Eddolls and his wife, Chris, by the ocean at sunset

Interviews

Anthony Eddolls on His FBI Thriller Series and Where Agent David Stilley Goes Next

·6 min read

The Maui-based crime novelist, who publishes through his own company, Robert Anthony Books, also talks about finding readers as an independent author and the scams aimed at new writers.

Tom LeNoble seated on a sofa in a dark, studded interior, hands clasped

Author Journeys

Tom LeNoble, Who Joined Facebook at 50, on How to Reinvent Yourself

·6 min read

The former head of customer service at MCI, Walmart.com and Palm now advises founders and executives on changes of direction, and his memoir has won seven book awards, including a 2026 NYC Big Book Award.

Author Rick Tabor in his study, in front of bookshelves

Author Journeys, Literary Culture

Rick Tabor's Sci-Fi Political Thriller The Blink of Humanity Explores the Dire Cost of Political Corruption

·3 min read

The Blink of Humanity follows a bioengineer with epilepsy and her robot companion as they set out to bring a corrupt US president to justice after a nuclear attack on Chicago.

Chris Scharff, author of Memories: My Life Story

Author Journeys, Literary Culture

Hanns Scharff's Son Chris Scharff Traces His Family's Path From Wartime Germany to Africa and America in WWII Memoir

·5 min read

Born in Greiz in 1936, the Carlsbad author spent 20 years in South Africa and Rhodesia before joining his father in Los Angeles, and in retirement met one of the American pilots his father had interrogated.

Elizabeth M. Lykins, author and spiritual coach

Author Journeys

Physician Associate and Spiritual Coach Elizabeth M. Lykins Says Lasting Change Begins in Stillness

·6 min read

An urgent care provider since 1996, Elizabeth wrote Reflections on Transcendence, which features 59 paintings by her lifelong friend, the late expressionist Steven D. Lyons, who selected each painting to match the text.

Call Out The Dogs by Anthony Eddolls, paperback edition

Book Review

Call Out The Dogs Review: Anthony Eddolls Takes Agent Stilley From a Rome Murder to the Doors of the White House

·4 min read

The third Special Agent David Stilley adventure opens as a two-city murder case and finishes as a political thriller, written by an author who spent four decades in finance before turning to crime fiction from his home in Upcountry Maui.

DUMB 31 by Nik Nanoski, a post-apocalyptic novel styled as a bunker operations manual

Debut Authors

Army Veteran and Nurse Nik Nanoski Releases DUMB 31, a Post-Apocalyptic Novel Ten Years in the Making

·4 min read

The San Antonio author spent a decade writing a science fiction novel where survival depends on teamwork, not lone heroes, drawing on twenty years as a combat medic and nurse.

Voyage of the Salamander book cover over Lily Starling series hero artwork

Author Journeys

Christian Hurst Wins IPPY Gold as the Lily Starling Series Grows Into a Universe

·5 min read

Since April, Christian Hurst's Lily Starling series has added an IPPY Gold Medal, a Kirkus recommendation and an audiobook, with two more novels on the way.

Dr. Latrece Wright holding her book The Uninvited Pebble

Author Journeys

Dr. Latrece Wright Shares the Health Scare Behind The Uninvited Pebble

·4 min read

In The Uninvited Pebble, Georgia minister Dr. Latrece Wright writes about the weeks of waiting after a routine mammogram found a solid mass, and the faith that carried her through them.

Kenneth Bliss, author of Canthany Rising and The Accident

Interviews

Kenneth Bliss Writes Christian Fantasy Books for the Dungeons and Dragons Generation

·5 min read

The Michigan author maps tabletop RPG mechanics onto Christian theology across two books set in the same universe, targeting a niche that barely registers in search data.

Voyage of the Salamander book cover over Lily Starling series hero artwork

Interviews

Voyage of the Salamander: The Independent Space Opera That Just Won Three BookFest 2026 Awards

·8 min read

Christian Hurst writes his Lily Starling novels on evenings and weekends, between a day job in advertising and a house full of rescue beagles. This month one of them quietly took First Place in three categories at the BookFest 2026 awards, and it is one of the warmest, most character-driven space operas you will read this year.

Cindy Divine by Shafter Bailey book cover

Debut Authors

Cindy Divine Is the Fictional Girl Holding a Mirror to Real American Politics

·4 min read

Shafter Bailey's debut novel follows a traumatized girl who becomes a global figure, but the real target is the political class that lets children fall through the cracks.

James C. Clemens Jr, author of Echoes of Strength

Poets & Poetry

Author James C. Clemens Jr on the Poems That Came From Listening to God

·4 min read

In Echoes of Strength, James C. Clemens Jr turns real experiences of struggle, family, and faith into inspirational poetry that reads less like verse and more like testimony.