Britannia, 61 A.D. For ten years, Taras has lived in the young city of Londinium, feeding off the city’s underbelly. But now Theron, his old enemy, has come looking for revenge, and Taras’ nights of living in relative peace are about to end.
The story of two twins, Emma and Ethan, their friend Zak and their supervisor Dr Currant. They live in the year 2028, a sterile world where EVERYTHING is monitored and watched. The cold hearted and ever alert governors of the USA are known as MOM. MOM has even gone as far as to put implants into children under the guise of vaccinations. History has been skimmed of anything that doesn’t fit MOM’s desires.
The Raven Girl Kathy Cecala ISBN 978 146 106 6378 CreateSpace Copyright © April 2011 236 Pages Paperback $12.00 Kindle $2.99 You might look at the words “Historical Fiction” and “Young Adult” and decide to pass on The Raven Girl by Kathy Cecala. I almost did, there are other reviewers who typically review the young [...]
Termination Orders: Code Name Cobra by Leo Maloney with Caio Camargo Independent Publishing House Copyright © January 2011 ISBN: 0615419887 249 Pages $14.99 Paperback Amazon.com When Dan Morgan (code name Cobra), a former Black Ops contractor, is asked to come out of retirement to help the CIA with a mission, he is hesitant at first. [...]
Just as Sabrina Grainger falls off a party boat into the Caribbean in 2009, so the reader is dropped right into the action of The Noble Pirates. R. L. Jean (a.k.a. Fiction Chick) makes the reader and her protagonist fend for themselves. Much easier for the reader who is aided by the accomplished storytelling than for poor Sabrina Grainger—a mother, wife, and attorney—whose plunge sinks her nearly three centuries into the world of pirates.
The cover quote from Michael Balkind says, “Fast moving and funny, The Purples has a hard edge, a soft heart, and an original voice.” I’ve never read a more apt blurb.
At less than 200 pages, you’d think I could get through Cheryl Anne Gardner’s latest book in a day. Having read and reviewed her two previous novellas, I knew I better clear at least a week from my reading schedule to devote my time and attention to her work. Logos took two weeks, as I devoted one single evening to each chapter. Each page is packed with detailed prose, and poetry even, that reads like Psalms from the Bible. I believe her protaganist, Selena, says it best in the first chapter:
I was first introduced to Mark Zero when I read Blood and Chocolate, a book I found on Amazon by accident, but fell in love with and have suggested it to others ever since. I immediately wanted to read more from him and chose The Scarlet Dove next.
Steve Anderson’s Ebook called Besserwisser reminded me of my favorite Sunday night show Amazing Race. I love when an American couple shows their true U.S. arrogance and stupidity when they are having trouble navigating a foreign country and become upset when they can’t find anyone who “speaks English.”
I have to admit that I’m not usually a fan of historical fiction that takes place in time of war. Battle scenes and descriptions of armory bore me, but I decided to give Luke Jackson’s book, The Wrong Choice, a read mainly because I’ve been researching the Civil War a lot lately for a project of my own. I thought reading something else from that genre might help or inspire me.
