L.S. Paragone
ALLi Author Member
Location: United States of America
Genres: History, Philosophy, Contemporary Fiction, Dystopian, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Political / Social Commentary Poetry
L. S. Paragone is the author of an ambitious body of literary fiction that explores the invisible systems shaping modern life. His novels examine how institutions are created, sustained, and transformed through ordinary human behavior, revealing the quiet forces that influence families, communities, governments, and history. His work spans contemporary literary fiction, political fiction, historical fiction, philosophical fiction, and speculative fiction. Whether set in ancient civilizations or modern bureaucracies, each novel asks enduring questions about power, responsibility, memory, and the individual’s place within larger social structures.
L.S. Paragone's books
Genres: Historical Fiction, Thriller, Suspense
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
1000 years before Robin Hood became a legend, another man gave everything he had to those who had nothing. Cast out by his own tribe yet unwilling to abandon his honor, Urwa ibn al-Ward chooses an extraordinary path. He leads a band of outcasts across the deserts of Arabia, not to enrich themselves, but to feed the hungry, protect the vulnerable, and restore dignity to those society has forgotten. Every raid carries a cost. Every act of generosity invites new enemies. Every victory brings him closer to the sacrifice that will define his legacy. Inspired by the life of one of the greatest figures of pre-Islamic Arabia, Urwa is an epic historical novel of courage, compassion, loyalty, and love. Beneath the adventure lies the deeply human story of a father, a husband, a poet, and a leader whose greatest battles are fought not for glory, but for people who can...
Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Thriller, Suspense
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
Imperium Occultum Behind every war is a headline. Behind every headline is a decision. Behind every decision is someone who believes they are acting reasonably. When a humanitarian convoy is trapped on a desert road and a routine delay ends in catastrophe, the official explanation is swift, polished, and reassuring. The world moves on. Journalist Gabriel Soren does not. Following a fragment of forgotten footage, a nearly invisible insignia, and a chain of decisions that no one seems willing to own, Gabriel uncovers a hidden architecture of influence stretching across governments, private contractors, intelligence networks, financial institutions, energy markets, and international policy circles. No single conspiracy controls the world. The truth is more unsettling. Thousands of ordinary decisions, each defensible on its own, combine to produce extraordinary consequences that no individual can fully claim and no institution can honestly explain. As the investigation spreads across continents, Gabriel discovers that power...
Genres: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Thriller
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
A system can record a life without ever understanding it. Elias Rook has spent years moving through a world of offices, archives, classifications, and procedures. The system around him processes everything placed before it. It assigns categories, preserves records, and continues with quiet confidence. Yet Elias begins to notice a persistent misalignment between what the system recognizes and what people actually live. Beyond the files are farms, hospitals, family tables, neglected roads, old obligations, and memories that resist orderly description. As Elias moves between institutional routines and the rural world that formed him, he confronts the limits of documentation and the enduring instincts that remain beneath civilization’s carefully maintained structures. Homo Rusticus is a literary and philosophical novel about memory, belonging, bureaucracy, and the persistence of ordinary human life. It asks what survives when experience is reduced to information, and whether a person can remain fully human inside a structure...
Genres: Historical Fiction, Thriller, Suspense
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
An empire expected her to surrender. History remembers that she refused. When betrayal shatters the throne of Palmyra, Queen Zenobia must choose between survival and sovereignty. With Rome closing in and powerful rivals surrounding her, she transforms a desert kingdom into one of the ancient world's most formidable powers, challenging the greatest empire of her age. Inspired by the remarkable life of one of history's most celebrated queens, Zenobia is a sweeping historical novel of courage, ambition, sacrifice, and the burdens of leadership. Beyond the battles and politics lies the story of a woman forced to balance the demands of an empire with the private cost of power, motherhood, friendship, and love. Richly researched and vividly imagined, Zenobia brings the ancient world to life through unforgettable characters, breathtaking settings, and timeless human conflicts. It is a story of resilience in the face of overwhelming odds and of a queen whose...
Genres: Historical Fiction, Suspense
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
Long before kingdoms rose and empires marched across Arabia, one woman saw what no one else could. Blessed, and burdened, with extraordinary vision, Yamāmah witnesses danger long before it reaches her people. Yet the greatest challenge of her life is not seeing the future. It is persuading others to believe what they cannot see. Set in pre-Islamic Arabia and inspired by one of the region's most enduring legends, Yamāmah reimagines the life of the woman remembered as Zarqāʾ al-Yamāmah through a richly human and emotionally compelling story. Amid tribal rivalries, shifting loyalties, love, loss, and the relentless struggle for survival, her remarkable gift becomes both a blessing and a curse. More than a historical novel, Yamāmah is a timeless exploration of leadership, trust, courage, and the price paid by those who recognize the truth before everyone else. The first novel in the Arab Legends series, Yamāmah brings one of history's...
Genres: Advice & How To, Philosophy, Writing & Publishing
Formats: E-Book
Age Groups: 16-18, 18+
How to Read Like Paragone How do you read a novel that refuses to behave like other novels? L. S. Paragone's fiction has drawn attention for its unusual architecture, philosophical depth, and quiet confidence. Rather than relying on conventional heroes and villains, dramatic twists, or tidy resolutions, his novels reveal how ordinary human behavior becomes institutions, traditions, and systems that ultimately shape civilizations. How to Read Like Paragone is an accessible guide to the ideas, themes, and narrative techniques that define the Paragone Corpus. It introduces readers to the philosophical foundations behind the novels, explains their interconnected architecture, and explores why recurring patterns of human behavior matter more than isolated events. Drawing from works that span historical fiction, literary fiction, political fiction, speculative fiction, and institutional drama, this book shows how Paragone builds stories where every conversation, decision, and compromise contributes to a larger design. Readers will discover the recurring...