The Heir to the Amulet mixes the ideas of knights and old world, medieval places with futuristic, high-tech places and blends them into a story of mystery and intrigue, kidnapping, and sabotage. Raith was successful in her attempt to take over the country of Cymnosa,...

What a book! I have to state that I found this book utterly wonderful and a total pleasure to read. The story begins with a young girl living in an off-world colony. The book describes her everyday life as safe, regimented and utterly mundane. She...

Bjarne O. has written an intensely humorous story about man’s eternal questioning of God’s plan. The First Humor Being looks at the simple attraction between men and women and the concept of friendship and love through the eyes of a relatively misfit ‘first man’ and...

Being in two places at the same time is something that we have all wished to be able to do at times. In The Secret World of Farallon by Melany Holton, Eric Doyle is able to do just that. As himself, he is led on...

The Griffin’s Boy: The Griffin Riders is the second book in The Griffin Riders series by Julia Hughes. In this book, we get the history behind the griffin named Balkind and his rider. The rider is introduced to us as a boy who wants to...

The Crimson Brand: The Phoenix Girls II by Brian Knight is a superb follow-up to the first Phoenix Girls story, but that is exactly what I expected it to be. In this episode, Penny and Zoe are joined by Katie, with Ellen joining the Phoenix...

The Griffin Cryer: Griffin Riders by Julia Hughes opens in another world where a griffin rider instructor is waiting for the return of a young boy and his griffin. When the boy does not return, the prologue closes and we are introduced to 15-year-old Francesca...

Tex, The Witch Boy by Stuart R. West is the story of a teenage boy and his journey through one year in his life. His father suffers from MS and his mother, who once fought and beat cancer, was taken from them in a freak...

The Others by Kristin Bryant is one of those books I couldn’t put down once I started. It has an interesting blend of Christianity and Aliens. Ryen, Claire, Chase, and Mateo are inhabitants of Zhimeya, who are the last of the bunch sent to...

As a HUGE steampunk fan, I was thrilled when I got a chance to read The Lotus Effect, the first book in the Rise of the Ardent series by Bridget Ladd. Lily Emmerson is the daughter of two of the most important leaders of her...