2026 Books On Deck
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Rockin' Dog Studio's publishing imprint, Rocndog Books, is already working with authors on its 2026 selections. We'll continue to add to this list—because there is more on the way! See below what we're able to announce so far...
Fun spy fiction: Ever wonder what happens when an expert 20th-century-women-spy-researcher has a glass of wine—and makes up the character she wishes she'd met in real life?The first two books in Marcia Mitchell's fiction series—vetted by real FBI agents!—and featuring FBI agent and foodie Maggie Sachet.
A debut novel—a "techno-thriller" that takes us around the world and to the edge.
The first in a series of children's picture books. Written by a professional paleontologist with a touch of whimsy.
A companion book to a Mind, Body, Spirit trilogy... introducing revolutionary ideas that are detailed in the newest, freshest text±—which is inspiring international audiences to change their worlds. And the world we all share.
Murder Comes in Threes
First in a mystery book series
Marcia Mitchell
Mitchell draws heavily on her own experiences as an investigative journalist and author of award-winning nonfiction books on little-known spy cases, co-written with her late husband, a former FBI agent. Like spy/chef Julia Childs herself, Mitchell knows how to juggle the demands of a KGB debriefing in the morning with an elegant dinner party in the evening, and her experience shows. Murder Comes in Threes launches an enchanting new must-read series for mystery fans.
— Sara Bernstein, Screenwriter, Official Secrets, Trial and Error
In this pilot book in a deftly crafted mystery series, Mitchell presents three murders—of a Hollywood filmmaker, a South Dakota judge, and a Washington, DC, evangelist. All three cases, seemingly disconnected and without clues, end up in cold storage—until they land on the desk of quirky FBI agent Maggie Sachet. Her investigation, "with more twists and surprises than a Mediterranean pasta salad," leads her to wonder if the deaths might be connected. Before long, these cold cases heat up—and lead Maggie into her own life-and-death dilemma. This story, like the others in the series, were vetted for accuracy by Mitchell's FBI advisors—agents who had worked on her past real cases and contributed to her research.
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Distributor: (to come)
Publication Date: Spring 2026
Language: English
Page Count: (to come)
Paperback ISBN: (to come)
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
BISAC: (to come)
The Wolf Particle
A Techo-thriller
Tyler McKenzie
In his debut novel, McKenzie hews a thrilling trail across three continents, one that reminds us how close we came. And how close we might come again. In the aftermath of COVID-19, crack epidemiologist Ilsa Kivi—a former, high-flying CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service officer—grieves her child, struggles to fund her small Seattle research business, and is looking down the barrel of bankruptcy. The last thing she needs: a cryptic note from a Wuhan scientist, tucked into the day’s stack of past-due notices.
Ilsa isn’t the only Kivi in the business. Her estranged father, Laur, is the top infectious disease expert in the Baltic States. In order to rebuild her life—past and present—Ilsa joins him in her native Estonia. The last thing she expects: two mysterious bodies have floated onto a Tallinn shoreline; somehow they are tied to her, and to that Wuhan envelope. To unravel the mystery, she partners with a team led by a FBI special agent and friend; together, they sort through her nightmares, her father’s sin, and his connection to a Swedish pharmaceutical billionaire. She suddenly finds herself in a race against time. If she does not bring it all into focus—to find the creator of
The Wolf Particle—if she makes one false step, she might take humanity down with her.
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Distributor: (to come)
Publication Date: Spring 2026
Language: English
Page Count: (to come)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-7352228-7-5
eBook ISBN: 978-1-7352228-8-2
Audiobook ISBN: 978-1-7352228-9.9
Dimensions: 6 x 9 in.
BISAC: (to come)
Cover to come
The Muscadine and the Mighty Oak
Children's Picture Book
Andre LuJan
Andre LuJan wrote this personal story for his wife and children. It started as a poem and quickly became an illustrated children’s picture book—inspired by a real tree at his Texas home. Each year, the oak hosts an actual muscadine vine, which climbs the tree's trunk to the canopy. For Andre, who is a paleontologist by trade, the story depicts one snapshot in the timeless tale of Earth’s life cycle, the give-and-take of nature, and the way in which every ecosystem becomes its own neighborhood. Even more, it is a story of eternal love, life, death, and rebirth. A story of seasons of change and their context in the biggest picture of all.
This is the first in a series of picture books that Andre is creating with an illustrator. The entire series will be featured in his nonprofit museum, Texas Through Time.
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Distributor: (to come)
Publication Date: 2026
Language: English
Page Count: (to come)
Paperback ISBN: (to come)
Dimensions: (to come)
BISAC: (to come)
Dearly Departed
Second installment in the Maggie Sachet fiction series
Marcia Mitchell
In this second book in a deftly crafted mystery series, Mitchell takes Maggie Sachet from Washington, DC, to Prague, St. Petersburg, and Los Angeles—as she searches for a double agent. Or is this elusive beauty just a Russian-born film star on the run? Or is she already dead? This story, like the others in the series, were vetted for accuracy by Mitchell's FBI advisors—agents who worked on her past real cases and contributed to her research.
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Distributor: (to come)
Publication Date: Fall 2026
Language: English
Page Count: (to come)
Paperback ISBN: (to come)
Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 in.
BISAC: (to come)
Companion cover to come;
below is the cover for the trilogy.
Australia's Wholehearted Revolution also
will be made more widely available by
Rocndog Books soon!
Leap Into Liberation
Companion Book for Wholehearted Revolution
Mind, Body, Spirit
Kate Macnamara
Leap Into Liberation is the second book written by counselor and transformative psychotherapist Kate Macnamara. It’s a companion to her inspiring, multi-leveled trilogy,
Wholehearted Revolution—the product of a nine-year odyssey through her own spiritual and trauma-healing journey. Her work reflects a skillful combination of professional training and personal experience—but its message of healing extends well beyond the needs of individual clients.
Yes, “Leap Into Liberation exemplifies a path of transformative healing and inspires us to know our true calling,” she says. “We are meant to be of service, and shine our incredible presence and light in this world.” But there is more. Humankind stands at a precipice, a time of unique chaos. “As a people, we can either be pulled deeper into a vortex of suffering—or we can rise. Together.”
Kate prescribes a collective quantum leap into liberation—individually, relationally, and collectively. Leap Into Liberation is a primer that models how one “Australian country woman” did it for herself—and illuminates a path we all can share to birth a
compassionate, loving, and unified world.
Publisher: Rocndog Books, an imprint of Rockin' Dog Studio, LLC
Distributor: (to come)
Publication Date: Fall 2026
Language: English
Page Count: (to come)
Paperback ISBN: (to come)
Dimensions: (to come)
BISAC: (to come)
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