American heroes and villains occupy the focus for week’s Newsmax Rising Bestsellers. The first tells the stories of nine heroic first responders, and the second describes the intense campaign of lawfare waged to keep a former president from reentering the White House. A third describes America’s greatness and how we can maintain it, and the final selection reveals an unholy alliance between the woke mob and religious fundamentalists. But there also is a celebrated novelist’s latest work.

“Never Flinch,” by Stephen King (Scribner)

Numerous publications, from The New York Times on the left to the New York Post on the right, called this the Most Anticipated Book of 2025, and for good reason: it’s the latest work from master storyteller Stephen King, and he brings back Holly Rachel Gibney, one if his most beloved characters. Buckeye City Police Detective Izzy Jaynes isn’t sure what to make of a letter sent to the department threatening to “kill 13 innocents and one guilty,” so she enlists her friend Holly to help. What results is a “thrilling, wildly fun, and outrageously engrossing” new novel from King’s imagination, according to the publisher. “I loved this story as I love all Stephen King stories. I was hooked from the first page. You could feel the tension building and the pieces on the board moving,” wrote Trisha in her GoodReads review. “So many great twists and interesting characters.”  [Fiction] “Behind the Badge,” by Johnny Joey Jones (Harper Influence)

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