One Down is the second book in the Citizen Warrior Series by J. Thomas Rompel. This is an interesting thriller, fast-paced and featuring elaborately developed and unforgettable characters. Carter Thompson has worked with retired Delta Force Colonel Doug Redman before to save the American people...

Me: Life Guide and Guided Journey by Journal Featuring 11 Weeks of 7 Soul Minds Exercises by Jennifer Ayers-Belinkis is a wonderful guide to self-awakening, a book that sets the reader on the path to embracing the old adage from the Greek philosopher, Socrates: “Man,...

The Byzantine Pineapple: Part 1 with Corporation X by Bill Poje is a narrative on how the current socioeconomic conditions of the USA are deteriorating and how these can be improved. The book raises some very courageous questions and, after asking them, the author proposes...

Our story begins with Augustus "Aug" Valentine, the President of Trove Import-Export. Aug is mugged. The culprits make off with the precious jewels he smuggled into the country. The event draws Aug deep into organized crime. Basically they want to do him in. Painless is not...

Tempt Me by Cali Caliente is the story of a man who never backed out of a challenge, but this time, his new challenge might get the better of him. Brent Lovella has everything he could wish for; he has a career he enjoys, he...

Another creative take on children’s picture books is Secret Garden: The Amazing Life of Caterpillars by Fei Fei Chiam. Simple yet engaging, it poetically narrates the life cycle of butterflies in short bursts of verses per page. While the grownups among us are well aware...

Misfits, Mystics, Love & Life is an emotive collection of poetry for all ages, penned by author Raminder Bajwa. The collection is intended to provide a glorious escape to its readers through the intensity of human feeling and emotion, sweeping them away to another sensation...

I read quite a few thrillers, but this is the first time that an environmentalist terrorist group was the enemy. I must say it would have been hard to cheer for their demise if they had not been so bloodthirsty. On the other hand, Alex...

In Annie’s Country Awakening by Bozena Zawisz, Annie’s parents decide to immigrate to Australia in the 1980s. Hoping for a better life, they take the opportunity to leave Poland and escape the financial uncertainty in the country. Annie carries the memory of her grandmother’s cottage...

Cats definitely have a cattitude, a cat-infused attitude, because they are “reserved, aloof, detached” as well as being independent. When you really ponder this new word, you realize it has merit, given the feline power to expect the same each and every day because “Every...

The Translucent Boy and the Cat Who Ran Out of Time is an epic fantasy for young and new adults written by Tom Hoffman. Veteran explorers and best friends, Odo Whitley and Sephie Crumb, are about to set off on a rescue mission to a...

Mirror Mirror by Christina Engela is a science fiction fantasy that would have fitted perfectly into the old TV show The Twilght Zone if it were still around today. It's the story of two men in two different dimensions, who are unknowingly swapped. One is...

The rise of science fiction as we know it stemmed from short stories published in feature magazines by authors like Asimov, del Rey, and van Vogt. Short stories are an ideal medium to convey snapshots of imaginary worlds while limiting exacting details that would detract...

All kids are the same. They run, they touch, they learn, and work hard daily so that they can grow. They laugh, they share, and they make friends. They cry when they get hurt, and at night they go to sleep. Kids can be different...

The Broken Canvas: Good Woman Gone Bad by Tai Barnett opens with the thoughts of the protagonist and they represent a powerful internal conflict: “This is the part that I dread the most, pretending like I think I belong on the Red Carpet. Tirelessly writing...

The fourth installment in D. Rebbitt’s Globur Incursion series, Redoubt picks up from the conclusion of Onslaught. Captain Jones awakes in the drifting remains of the battleship Ozu, where boarding parties of the relentless alien Globurs soon beset him and the other survivors, including many...

The Great Exodus spread humanity across the galaxies where, as with their home planet Earth, space garbage became a major problem. Unlike the ancient garbage collectors of the twentieth century, future garbage collecting is a top paying profession. Mouse, an orphan, excelled in the space...

Dragon Noir is a work of urban fantasy and historical fiction set in the 1920s and penned by author Daniel J Moylan as part of the Dragon Cycles series. In the grisly yet exciting city of New Amsterdam, the twenties are roaring and there is...

Spider's Truth by Christa Yelich-Koth is a compelling psychological thriller with a strong appeal to readers who enjoy dark novels and stories featuring serial killers. The first book in a series, the story follows a serial killer out to teach a lesson to a detective...

Spirit of Prophecy is a highly engaging novel filled with crime and paranormal themes, penned by author Jill Hughes and read in audiobook format by narrator Matt Addis. The action centers around the troubled yet brilliant Rosetta Barrett, a psychic detective sworn to secrecy about...