Two groups of pupils, from different schools, “AJ” Public School and “New Generation” private school, arrive in a summer camp abandoned for a long time. They are accompanied by their respective teachers, Ms. Lucy and Ms. Deborah, whom immediately clashes with each-other. All of them need to learn how to live together, under the same roof, and sharing the same facilities, but it won’t be easy. They will discover that all pupils are purposely chosen due to a great, well-hidden secret each one of them have. A person called Mister Ash follows the children everywhere, staying always in the shadow. Mister Ash is a very mysterious man who carries a lot of secrets within him, a few of which, are about to be exposed to the children.

Aria 2 – The orphanage where Aria and Rian live is flooded, so they temporarily go to live at Adele’s and Noldi’s apartment, an interesting couple who live together but are hesitant to take things further and build a future together. Aria will do her best to save the orphanage centre, also to help the couple make their deepest dream and desire come true; creating their own love nest, a family. Let’s travel with Aria and the other characters once more. Let’s enjoy the unexpected situations full of surprises, laughter, and above all, full of valuable lessons and messages.

Aria, a ten-year-old girl, and her twelve-year-old brother Rain are placed in an orphanage after losing their parents in a car accident. The orphanage staff tries to find a foster family for Rain, and Aria is determined to stay with him. The siblings spend a week at Ms. Martha and Mr. Giljan’s house, facing adventures and mishaps that teach valuable life lessons. Aria, with her pure heart, believes love should lead above all. The story explores the love and sacrifices within a family, and Aria’s journey continues

Youth Tales  it’s a compilation of ten different short stories with a common character named Mike. Sometimes he’s the protagonist, sometimes he has just a narrative role. The stories are told in first person and in third person, sharing various points of views such as those of the women’s, men’s, the poor’s, the rich’s, of the young, immature freshness and also of the thoughtful adult.

It is an Albanian detective novel. The protagonist, Bardhyl, is a former police officer who has decided to resign from the State Police and get a professional license as a private investigator. His normal routine changes when everyone starts believing he is in possession of a secret file. This will take Bardhyl to act not only in a world of honest and corrupted politicians and policeman, but also secret services, criminal interests and former communists, because the past never really leaves. Clearly influenced by authors like Raymond Chandler, Paco Ignacio Taibo II and Joe R. Lansdale among all, the book seems to use crime as a way to describe and explain the society.

Martin Ibrahimi is a young man graduated in Literature at the University of Tirana, a salesperson in an empty bookstore, but also leader and songwriter of the rock band Lufta e Ftohtë (Cold War). The book inquiries on the dreams, desires, hopes and despair of young Albanians in a post-socialist country, and manages to do so without victimization, using the music and the art as a sort of escape plan for Martin and, maybe, for all his generation.

Marla and Marini, cousins connected by a strong bond, leave Albania in 1995. He moves away to study aviation in Malta, while she pursues sociology on another island. They promise that their love will never fade. Time passes, and despite the distance, they wonder if they’ve kept their promise. Their story unfolds across decades, from adolescence to maturity, through the challenges of East and West, love, and separation. The novel reflects the spirit of Albania’s transition, recounting both triumphs and struggles in their journey together.

There must have been a crime in the house on Hermosa Beach, Los Angeles. There could have been. The wife could have done it. This doubt haunts the philosophy professor Miljan Toska, the twin brother of the dead man. Arriving in Los Angeles for the reading of his brother’s testament, Toska revisits the house where the alleged crime occurred and, where years ago, he fell for Tesa, his brother’s wife, now widow. The scramble for truth sends the living on a backward journey that must traverse their past as migrants from a little speck of land named Albania to the turbid New World of the United States.

An engrossing novel, rooted in memory – personal and collective – hopeless and encouraging at the same time; a story of human lives diluted and disfigured by the absurdity of big cities, homesickness for a distant and wounded country and the multiple facets of the Kosovo war, reflected by the eyes of a child free from any ideological or political bias.

In 1997, a mysterious group of Americans arrives in a chaotic Albania, set against explosions, kidnappings, and fear. “Fallen from the Sky” is inspired by a true event that merges fantasy with historical reality. During WWII, an American plane crashes in Southern Albania, and its crew disappears. Fifty years later, a group of Americans, guided by an Albanian, search for the past amid Albania’s turmoil. The novel vividly portrays a difficult time in Albanian history, with characters ranging from street thugs to foreign diplomats, and explores the country’s unstable journey through war and peace.

The Evil Hour: Set in a time when honor is defended through vengeance and love is considered shameful, the story follows Sali Kamati, a man compelled to avenge his brother’s death. As he prepares for his own demise, he encounters Tusha, his wife’s granddaughter, who brings new hope and challenges societal norms. The novel blends epic and lyrical elements, exploring themes of death, love, prejudice, and freedom, and is often described as a form of Albanian magical realism.

The Plague is a metaphor for contemporary Albania during a pandemic, symbolizing humanity’s gluttony and destruction of nature. In a chaotic Tirana, where people die from calamity, a Roma woman is murdered. Di Hima, the chief investigator, follows the clues to uncover the killer’s motives. The story delves into cruelty and the search for justice in a city filled with corruption. Hima, introduced in the author’s debut novel Jujube on Cobblestone, must navigate a world of violence and betrayal to bring truth to light.

The Stones Of Solitude is a novel set in a land caught between borders, where a small group of people struggles to rebuild their lives in a place tied to their past, all while living under the shadow of history. The narrative weaves together the past, present, and future, blending memories and retrospectives, with characters existing in a timeless space. The central focus of the novel is the Paramithia massacre, where 72 prominent men were invited under the guise of peace talks but were instead betrayed and killed at the Selani stream, highlighting the deep scars of history and the persistence of violence.

Set in 1930s Tirana, this story is an homage to the city’s past. Through vivid descriptions, the author paints a picture of the sights and smells of old Tirana, from the stench of the sewers to the aroma of cooking. Di Hima, the chief investigator, investigates the murder of a Greek man, unveiling secrets and blackmail in a poor, hungry Albania where human life holds little value. In the end, love is the only thing that can save him. The author paints a striking image of a city where nothing has changed, even after nearly a century.

During the First Balkan War, Shkodra is under siege, with bombardments and hunger threatening its people. Kolë Laca, a photographer, documents the chaos, capturing the city’s fate in his camera. Amidst the turmoil, Çerçiz Topulli, an Albanian hero, searches for the enemy, while the city’s inhabitants struggle to survive. The author’s inspiration comes from a photograph that sparked a deeper story. The Siege blends real historical events with fiction, telling the story of a nation’s resistance through love and survival during a dark time.

Why would Albanians who left their homeland in the early ‘90s want to return after two decades of absence? “For love”, answers Tokëmjalta. The novel is narrated by a student of jurisprudence, whose infatuation with his repatriated Albanian-German neighbor confronts him what he most avoids: History with H. Minute observations as if through a keyhole unravel two love stories, one at the breaking point of Communist Albanian-Russian relationships and the other in the early ‘90s. To the young man’s astonishment, both stories reveal connections to his own family. In love with an idealist woman, he must decide whether he has learned anything from History.