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 […]
The third entry in the Proxima series, Proxima: War for Peace, picks up eighteen years later than the end of the second novel. In the first two novels, humans discovered the evil Othauls when landing on a distant planet, Hyera (or Proxima b), inhabited by a race called Proximinians. The […]
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 […]
Proxima: The Othaul Dynasty by Chase Hildenbrand is a science fiction space adventure that continues the exciting narrative initiated in Proxima. The novel picks up just after the events of the last offering with a group of characters learning how to survive in outer space on a hostile planet. This […]
The Mistake (Earth Girls Aren’t Easy) is a short novel by Leigh Royal detailing the humdrum lives of scientifically minded Harriet and drifting-through-life Ace. Harriet is a researcher working at a lab and Ace is a sales clerk at an (as he defines it) “adult entertainment” store. Harriet’s car breaks […]
When Havok publishes an anthology, my son and I read them, approximately one a night, and then compare notes. We give a 1 to 10 rating after finishing each tale. We finished Havok’s latest, Sensational, where the usual blend of mystery, science fiction/fantasy, humor, and thriller offerings are centered on […]
Proxima by Chase Hildenbrand is a science fiction action adventure in which humans have ravaged Earth’s natural resources and must find a way to survive. The situation leaves the human race no choice but to build space arks and head for the nearest habitable planet, Proxima. However, not everyone wants […]
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. […]
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 […]