Terrell Noalki grows up in an orphanage, but seems to know there is more to life than what is being presented to him. Dreams of Atlantis by Larry Krantz follows the life of Terrell, who seems to have some connection to the ruling class of...

Deviation by Christine Manzari is about a group of teenagers who are genetically programmed from the foetus stage to become the experiments of a program. The story is told through the eyes of a teenage girl named Clementine Dracone, or Cleo as she likes to...

Desecrated, the second book in The Saga of Ukumog, captured my interest instantly as author Louis Puster III focused on the immediate goal of the main characters within the first words. The tension that resonated at the end of book 1 between Wracked and Brin...

Over the past several months I've read many books that ranged from very badly written to excellent. Fortunately, the very bad were only 2% of the total and the good to excellent made up the next 97%. Division of the Marked by March McCarron exceeds...

Dark Mountain by C.B. Pratt is the third book in her series Eno the Thracian. Here we find Eno determined to accomplish a visit to his mother. As with any hero of merit, Eno is beset by unwelcome incidents on the road home, including a...

Sarabeth, the princess of the realm, is living as an impostor with the thoughts and memories of Dr. James Khoo, who is suffering from extreme headaches. As the dual life of Jamie, living as Sarabeth, and James continues, the question is – which one is...

This book begins with the sudden appearance of a black pyramid in a field in rural Black Hawk County in the Midwest. With no record of this mysterious black tower having ever appeared before, the authorities get ready to explore why the pyramid had suddenly...

Dreamers is a title given to a certain set of people in a research study. They have the ability to change facts in their dreams and to actually enter and interact with the dream almost as if they were awake. The research study has...

Marissa Ames’ high-fantasy short story, Darrion: A Story of Tir Athair, will have readers longing to read more. Darrion is the prequel to Ames’ larger work, Minstrel, and I dare anyone who reads this short story to not want to pick up a copy of...

In the prologue of Daemon Persuasion by S.K. Gregory, we are introduced to Mackenzie Murphy, a terrified eleven-year-old who is listening as her mother is being abused again by her stepfather, Ray. As the abuse escalates, Mackenzie covers her ears and pleads for someone to...