Books of local interest

Roger Farney of Watertown has self-published, through Xlibris,"Cliffwalk — A Novel of Affairs, Affluence and Affection."

The book is set among the mansions of Newport, R.I., during the 1920s.

"Love and lust compel young, affluent and innocently wreckless Morgan Slate III to weave his way through the web of problems he creates," according to a synopsis.

The book's cover photo, taken by Hope Marshall of Perception Photography, Evans Mills, features local models in front of the Emma Flower Taylor mansion on Clinton Street.

"Cliffwalk" sells for $15.99 and is available at online book stores.

Hermon native Janice L. Brabaw, now of New York City, has self-published her second collection of poetry,"Tongue for Folie."

The book, which sells for $10, is available at online book stores.

Ms. Brabaw describes "Tongue for Folie" as "Universe, Disturbed" "all grown up — but yet still seeking, still struggling."

"Universe Disturbed" is Ms. Brabaw's first poetry collection that contains poems she wrote as a teenager.

J.M. Oakley, Fort Drum, has self-published, through Strategic Book Publishing,"Lords of Catritopia,"book two in the "Levadrian's Quest" series.

"The second book begins as young Levadrian swiftly travels across the Seven Lands, announcing the return of the Lords of Catritopia," according to a press release.

The book sells for $22.95 and is available on the publisher's Web site, www.strategicpublishinggroup.com.

Dana M. Barry, Canton, has published, through Strategic Book Publishing,"The Power of Prayer: A Science Educator's Experience."

In the book, she gives examples of astonishing responses to prayer, "citing references from the Bible, the saints and Mother Teresa."

Ms. Barry is the senior technical writer and editor at Clarkson University's Center for Advanced Materials Processing.

"The Power of Prayer" sells for $9.99 and is available on the publisher's Web site at www.strategicpublishinggroup.com

Maggie Wheeler, Ingelside, Ontario, Canada, has published, through General Store Publishing House, Renfrew, Ontario,"On a Darkling Plain."

It is her fourth novel in her "Lost Villages" mysteries.

Ms. Wheeler's "On a Darkling Plain" opens with the remains of a young man who went missing during construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway surface near Old Iroquois.

"On a Darkling Plain" sells for $24.95 Canadian and is available through the publisher's Web site at www.gsph.com

Compiled by Times staff writer Chris Brock.