Seeing Red: A Reflection

Looking at my last name and the last name of the author of Seeing Red, you’ll understand why this isn’t a review. My brother is author T. M. Doran. As such, this posting is not a proper review of this novel, it won’t receive a rating, and it won’t be […]

Review of Haven

In Haven, author Ashley Nicole establishes a future that could well have been our own. The Mors Certa Virus, or MCV20, has infected a large segment of the population of Earth. This disease is so dangerous that those without the virus, called the Pure, have erected walls around cities, keeping […]

Parable of the Sower: A Reflection

In light of recent events, I tried to think of a way I could reflect and listen to the plight of the black men and women of the United States. One way to listen is to read because you can’t interrupt the author of a book to provide a counterpoint. […]

Review of The Cured

Lisa Caskey’s third book in her The Farmed trilogy, The Cured, brings to a conclusion the events of post-apocalyptic United States circa 2085. In her first book, she described the devastating war which left only a few people alive, mostly in San Francisco. Residents live under a brutal regime while […]