Son of Saigon: A Novel by David Myles Robinson is an engaging story that follows the adventures of two compelling characters, a crime thriller with a wonderful setting and a great plot. Meet Hank and Norm, two retired friends with good homes and enough money...

In an exciting setting in ancient Greece, Shadow of Athena by Elena Douglas is a tale of adventure and romance, with hints of Greek mythology. Marpessa is a maiden chosen by lot to appease the goddess Athena for a sacrilege committed hundreds of years ago,...

Six II: A Tall Tumultuous Tale by Ron Weinkauf is a hilarious science fiction story with unusual characters and fraught with unwonted hilarity. It starts aboard a spaceship bound for Earth. The astronauts - Liza, Horatio, and Easy, together with Otto, the little dog -...

Son of Anger by RJD Ferguson is a compelling start to the Alfarbani Series, a novel with a strong appeal for fans of epic fantasy. Just after his eighteenth birthday and at a time when he is ready to receive the heritage reserved for him,...

Even a minuscule amount of information about our infinite universe would fill a storage device the size of our solar system. Saving Paludis by Clayton Graham is a superb thriller in which the author accepts that interstellar travel, constrained by the onerous limits imposed by...

A mysterious organization has contracted a group of couriers to transport six ancient artifacts to a remote site in the Arabian Desert. One of the couriers changes his mind at the last moment, however, and convinces his friend, Max Monahan, to take his place. So,...

It’s the year 1866 and a ship named the General Grant is on its way from Australia to London with a cargo of gold, a lot of gold. Running into very bad weather, the General Grant is wrecked on an island off the coast of...

Spellsmith and Carver: Magicians' Rivalry by H.L. Burke is the first book in the Spellsmith and Carver series. It's been five years since Auric Spellsmith has been home. His return isn't the welcome he hoped for. Finding his father is still set in the old...

Season End by Jacqueline T. Johnson is the fifth novel in the Sons of Meir series. Although I have not read the previous novels in the series, I had no issues in catching up with the characters and becoming invested in the story. With a...

Starvation Mountain is a contemporary fiction thriller written by Robert Gilberg. Jim Schmidt had found his home, his place, on his acreage located on Starvation Mountain. He loved riding the mountains that ranged east of San Diego, and his avocado grove would soon be the...