“These are the times that try men’s souls.” – Thomas Paine. Novum Orbis Regium is an engaging thriller by W.A. Holdsworth. In 476 CE, King Arthur’s cavalry fights the Saxons at Mons Badonicus. An unusual fog covers the Saxon army, enabling Arthur to end the...

Profit Wars by Mac Whitesides is an intriguing tale with an international setting between Atlanta and Romania in 2020, a novel with a strong appeal to fans of military thrillers. Jake Thompson is a broken man, a man grieved by the murder of his family,...

Crater's Edge by Lucy Andrews is a gripping science fiction story with a futuristic setting in 2235. Earth hasn’t stopped colonizing the planets, but the City of Three Craters seems to beat the indefatigable colonizers. In the underground tunnels, miners face the worse challenges —...

The Reckoning is the fifth and final book in The Legend of Oescienne series by Jenna Elizabeth Johnson, an epic fantasy tale with an enchanting setting, compelling characters, mythical creatures and a conflict of huge proportions. Jahrra is the one destined to defeat the evil...

Death Drives a Minivan is a dark romantic comedy written by J.L. Pete. Kerrigan had never really given much thought to the Grim Reaper, aside from the images of spectral hooded figures bearing scythes usually seen during the Halloween season. And he never would have...

In Book of Names by Rain Oxford, brothers Nathan and Luca find themselves yanked from their easy-going existence and thrown into the midst of a strange alien world where Egyptian myths are alive and magic works. Foundling Nathan also discovers that he may have a...

I had a deep affinity for the protagonist of The Jackson MacKenzie Chronicles: In the Eye of the Storm. He is a hero in the strongest American tradition of what that word means. He served in the same Army that I served in, though at...

Orbit by Leigh Hellman is about Ciaan Gennett, who is known as a Halfsiee. She is a P-Kid who’s first mother is from Earth. She grew up having to defend herself, and ends up getting into a lot of trouble because of it. Thanks to...

Ain’t Always Been a Preacher by Casey McDonald is a short but lively story of a man who tries desperately to keep his past from reclaiming his life since he has chosen to lead a now reformed existence as the preacher in a small town....

Fort Nowhere, Vietnam is a work of dramatic military fiction by author Arthur Wiederhold. Unusual to the genre, this novel focuses on the Vietnam War from a non-combat perspective as we follow our central character Art, a journalist no longer interested in sitting on the...