A shared Christian mystery universe following Ray Macon, Solomon Birch, Eli Voss, and Caleb Wren — each with their own faith, their own territory, and their pursuit of truth against the Heartland Land and Legacy Trust.
Mark Sterling never expected to become a hunter. But the Codex of Thresholds has other plans. A fast-paced YA adventure series built around an ancient five-artifact mythology — available in ebook, print, and audiobook.
Stories rooted in faith — mystery, fiction, romance, and devotional works written to inspire, challenge, and illuminate. Every title carries a deeper purpose without hitting you over the head with it.
Adventure, puzzles, escape room books, thrillers, YA, and more. Wide-ranging stories for curious minds — wherever they're coming from, whatever they're looking for.
Writing a shared universe across four protagonists means every book has to stand alone and connect to something larger. Here's how we mapped it out.
Browse the full Cornerstone House catalog — faith fiction, mystery, YA adventure, puzzle books, and more.
Long-form story universes — each one built to reward readers who go deeper.
Four detectives. Four corners of the Midwest. One vast shadow stretching across all of them — the Heartland Land and Legacy Trust, led by the enigmatic Eldon Creed. Each book stands alone. Together, they build something larger.
A detective whose faith is quiet but unshakeable. Ray operates in the northern territory, where land disputes and old grudges run deep.
A former investigator now working inside the prison system. Solomon's faith is tested daily — and so is his conviction that the truth will set people free.
Skeptical, sharp, and slower to trust than the others. Eli's arc is one of the most spiritually complex in the universe — a man circling toward belief.
A rural sheriff in storm country Kansas whose faith is lived rather than spoken. The first protagonist readers meet, and the heart of the universe.
Five artifacts hidden across the world. One young man chosen to find them. The Codex of Thresholds doesn't ask — it calls. And Mark Sterling is already running.
The Threshold Hunters follows 19-year-old Mark Sterling through a world where ancient artifacts — collectively known as the Codex of Thresholds — hold the key to something far older and more dangerous than anyone realizes.
Each book in the series centers on one artifact. Each artifact unlocks the next. Best read in order — though every book delivers a complete adventure.
Cornerstone House Publishing operates two distinct imprints — each with its own identity, audience, and catalog.
Cornerstone Faith publishes mystery, fiction, romance, and devotional works grounded in Christian faith. Our approach is literary rather than preachy — we believe the best faith fiction invites readers into questions rather than forcing answers.
Titles under this imprint are appropriate for readers of all ages who appreciate stories where faith is woven into character and plot rather than worn on the sleeve.
Cornerstone House Press is our general-market imprint — home to YA adventure, puzzle books, escape room experiences, thrillers, romance, and whatever else deserves to exist and doesn't fit anywhere else.
No faith requirement. No genre limit. Just well-crafted stories that earn their place on your shelf.
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Writing a shared universe across four protagonists means every book has to stand alone and connect to something larger. Here's how we mapped it out.
The Threshold Hunters debut is now fully produced and available for listening — narrated with full ElevenLabs audio and available wherever you get audiobooks.
Escape room books live or die on one question: does the reader feel clever or cheated? Here's how we think about that balance at Cornerstone House Press.
The best faith fiction doesn't wave a banner. It sits with people. It asks hard questions and trusts the reader to wrestle with them.
Setting a mystery inside a prison is a constraint and a gift. Every interaction is charged. Every conversation has stakes. Solomon Birch was made for this world.
The plains are never just a backdrop. In Storm Country, the landscape is a character — flat and wide and full of things you can't hide.
Cornerstone House Publishing is an independent press based in Wichita, Kansas, built around one conviction: that stories have weight, and the right story at the right moment can change how someone sees the world.
We publish across two imprints — Cornerstone Faith, for stories rooted in Christian tradition, and Cornerstone House Press, for everything else worth reading. The imprints are distinct. The standard is the same.
We came to publishing through storytelling, not commerce. Our catalog reflects that. We are drawn to mystery, to atmosphere, to characters who carry genuine faith or genuine doubt — sometimes both at once. We believe the Midwest is one of the most underserved settings in American fiction, and we intend to do something about that.
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