Entering a new kind of world I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Austin Job by David Mark Brown. As soon as I started it, I realized that I should have read its predecessor,Fistful of Reefer, which creates and introduces the new sub-sub-genre of science fiction, reefer punk. According to the author’s introduction to The Austin Job, […]
Gray Retribution, by Alan McDermott No one writes action like McDermott. From the first sentence, Gray Retribution delivers that combination of action and detail that few writers can manage. Not only does McDermott put us eye-to-eye with his characters, he gets the little things right, like the types of weapons and the way they all […]
David Vinjamuri, fellow member of Best-Selling Reads and a columnist with Forbes magazine, has released his second novel, Binder. What’s it about? In the mountains of West Virginia, hooded men ambush and beat a group of environmental protestors. An Army colonel’s daughter goes missing, and ex-operator Michael Herne travels to West Virginia to find her. […]
An independent novel review I like it when an author sets his book in his home town, especially when it’s a place that doesn’t normally get mentioned in much mass media. The depth of knowledge comes through in the detail and that makes the story that much more realistic. For me, even nicer that it’s […]
Collateral Damage is the third thriller in the best-selling Annie Ogden series by Frederick Lee Brooke, fellow member of the BestSelling Reads group. I’m proud to participate in the blog tour launching this exciting title. How good is Fred Brooke’s Annie Ogden series? You could read my review of the first book in the series, […]
Image of Slavic god Perun fighting snake-god, Veles. Courtexy Dan Nye, UMichUkrainian blog. Once again, here is an action excerpt from The Bones of the Earth — because you love action!This is from Part 1: Initiation Rites (also available as a stand-alone novella from Amazon and Smashwords), where the hero, Javor, is pursuing his parents’ […]
Image of “Thermae boxer,” National Museum of Rome, by Marie-Lan Nguyen (2009), used under Creative Commons This Sample Sunday continues the series of action excerpts from The Bones of the Earth. This selection is from Part II: Tests. Here, the hero, Javor, meets for the first time a man who becomes his most valuable friend: Antonio. Javor stepped back […]