BOOK REVIEW LISTINGS

The Captain & the Queen

          The Captain and the Queen by Phillip Vega is a captivating romance of first love related through the eyes and heart of a 17-year-old boy.   Romance from the point of view of a naïve, middle class, high school senior is a rarity.  Quick, snappy dialog with jive talk and teen lingo ...

The Case of Section 950, Seat E-14: A Sam Cloudstone Novella (The Sam Cloudstone Chronicles)

The Case of Section 950, Seat E-14: A Sam Cloudstone Novella (Sam Cloudstone Chronicles Book 1) by Jimmy  Martin is a fast-moving riveting read from the get-go or in my case a relentless, intriguing and spellbinding audiobook narration by Mike Bender. Martin has created a great literary masterpiece of Pulp Fiction set in the big city of Houston, ...

The Cave of the Six Arrows

A mystical tale set in a prehistorical land, The Cave of the Six Arrows,  by Len Boswell, is a fantasy novel with intrigue, a secret quest, and battles interspersed with comic relief. Hero and main character, Calax Halfhand, is a mercenary warrior who reluctantly takes a young runaway girl, Rhynt, with him on his travels.
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The Century's Last Word

The Century's Last Word by Brendan Walsh is a continuation of the lives and adventures of Dreden, Chanin, and Gerrika as they explore a world on the other side of the Sunitian Sea. Most of the new action takes place in the city of Brunswald, which is the capital of the country of Skaltbard. In Walsh's previous book, The Century's Scribe, ...

The Century's Scribe

The Century's Scribe by Brendan Walsh is an uplifting fantasy novel that is deeply imagined and profoundly thrilling. Walsh creates a world that he populates with various beings that have vastly different origins that live together in a degree of harmony. However, as the story is narrated, you discover that there is still a feeling in ...

The Chairs Are Jealous

J. Denise Kulick, author of The Chairs Are Jealous, pulls the reader's leg and tickles his funny bone in this fun fantasy. Set in 1958, near New York City, the novel's plot follows the adventures of Marian Fennell.  Marian is an introverted textile conservator in a large university. She and her extroverted sister were ...

The Chinese Shadow Game

The Chinese Shadow Game By Stuart Craigie is an international thriller - suspense, terrorism, torture. Roger Jones as been captured and tortured beyond belief. He is a MI6 agent and has been taken prisoner and held in North Korea. Jones is not the first to disappear--there are others that have information that have disappeared also. The information ...

The Christmas Special

The Christmas Special by David Hearne is a thriller like none you have read. Sheeva, Jason, Ali and Abdul will become etched in your mind to the point you will not be able to put The Christmas Special down. The Christmas Special is suspenseful, chilling and hits real close to home with our modern times and world events. Ali, an Afghan doctor ...

The Consequences of Victoria Grey

Johnny Cassidy's sci-fi/fantasy novel The Consequences of Victoria Grey unveils an unsettling new social order in the year 2038. It is a world of dystopian suppression. The tale is introduced by a copy of "The Prophecy" and an ominous sign proclaiming "No Heightened Displays of Emotion." Cassidy describes in the foreword the ...

The Correction

Reader, have you ever wished you could take back a decision and have a "do-over"? 

The Correction, by John Hazen, is a fantasy novel based on the premise that certain people can grant a second chance to others. However, along with the power to grant such unheard-of influence comes great responsibilities. The Correction is ...