In everything we do, our message is that while life can be pretty awful and hard, there is always hope of some sort. It might be love. It might be finding fulfillment. It might be learning how to cope. It might be making your voice loud and standing firm. It might be completely reinventing yourself. It might be resisting the powerful forces of the world.

A star garnet doesn’t look all shiny and beautiful when you find it in the wild. It is just a chunk of rock. It needs refining and polishing to reveal the beautiful gemstone it is, just like our books.

The star garnet is unique to Idaho–it’s our state gemstone. We are unique to Idaho as well, featuring Idaho authors.