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Compass Rose plans to release titles in a number of genres, including memoirs, literary thrillers, high adventure, mysteries, and classics (new editions).

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The Harvard Murders

By Robert J. Mrazek

American landscape on the brink of war. It’s the fall of 1937 and real-life Harvard roommates Jimmy Rousmaniere and Jack Kennedy have returned to Cambridge …

About the Author

is an award-winning author of twelve books. A former five-term congressman, he wrote numerous pieces of landmark legislation including the Amerasian Homecoming Act that brought …

The Roast Penguin Chronicles

By Jason C. Anthony

From the author of the acclaimed Substack series, A Field Guide to the Anthropocene, Jason C. Anthony’s The Roast Penguin Chronicles is a savory, eclectic …

About the Author

Jason C. Anthony was the 2014 Literary Fellow for Maine, and his awards include fellowships at the MacDowell Colony, the Dora Maar House, and the …

The Broken Place

By Michael Shaara

If there is such a thing as a born writer, Michael Shaara is certainly that. Library Journal The story of a deeply-scarred young man who …

About the Author

(June 23, 1928 – May 5, 1988) wrote more than seventy short stories before four novels including The Broken Place, followed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning …