For over 140 years the world has been at peace: war, homelessness, starvation and corruption are all things of the past. The world has been divided into small entirely segregated counties that are independent of one another; inter-district travel is banned as is all non-administrative...

"Dark Redemption" by R Peter Ubtrent is the fifth book in the stunning 'Dark Pilgrim' series. And still the author keeps up mesmerized and surprised as events in the galaxy continue to twist and turn in directions we could never have foreseen. The universe seems...

It takes an excellent author to maintain a series successfully over four books but this is what R Peter Ubtrent does in this next novel in the absorbing and complex 'Dark Pilgrim' series. And if anything, the quality goes up. The excitement continues with the...

Aislen Walker awakens in a landscape of rusty dirt and gray shrubs. She recalls her name and her father's words from years before, "I love your little butt-chin, Buttercup". Then, in this barren landscape, Aislen is shot by a soldier and evaporates. Suddenly, she is...

"Dark Throne" is the third in the absorbing and masterfully-written 'Dark Pilgrim series' which has at its heart Ailanthus and his small band of friends of assorted species. “I am Bhasan Volans, son of Deneb Aquila Volans, and I am the Emperor of the Imperium,”...

The story in this book is quite original, at least in the sense that I haven’t encountered it before. It includes a whole troop of likeable characters that keep the tale entertaining. The writing, though good, could use some editing to take away a lot...

"Dark Pilgrim Rising" by Ralph Buttner (R Peter Ubtrent) is a whole universe within a book. It is the first in the 'Dark Pilgrim' series, so there is of necessity a lot of scene-setting since this promises to be an epic science-fiction series. It is...

In this futuristic thriller, spunky Nettie Matterville is off to begin her training to become a soldier for the Alliance, training for war at Europa Site G against the Union forces whose planets are ruled by a brutal dictator. The Union planets have no independence;...