These words greeted me in the introduction, “As you are now reading this introduction, I think it is reasonable for me to deduce that you feel or know that you have a low self-esteem and would like to increase it.” Well, no. My self-esteem is...

California TV Reporter Robin Anderson thinks she’s meeting a source that will take her career to the next level but he is there for far more nefarious reasons. When Peter Brandt, Robin’s ex-husband returns to California to bury her, he learns from his buddy Matt,...

Truth Insurrected: The Saint Mary Project by Daniel P. Douglas is a thriller with a science fiction twist. William Harrison used to work for the FBI. Now a private investigator, he is on surveillance one night, watching a cheating wife, when he spots something strange...

In The Outworlds: War Torrent by Daniel P. Douglas, Zy is looking forward to getting old enough to start service to the others of his bipedal, reptilian race called Angorals. That is until he stumbles on a spy from a rival moon. Sekkalan Angorals launch...

Must Remember by Colleen S. Myers is about Elizabeth ‘Beta’ Camden, a 19-year-old girl who was abducted by aliens, the E’mani. She was experimented on in the most excruciating ways, but she was waiting for the day when she would be able to break free...

Sometimes an author speaks so clearly and so honestly, the reader feels body-punched by the truth. Grant M. Whitus honors us with his gut-pummeling book, Bullet Riddled: The First S.W.A.T. Officer Inside Columbine…and Beyond. The down-to-earth authenticity embedded in his gritty voice starts immediately with...

Thomas ‘Pigeon Pete’ Turner is almost an average 16-year-old, at least until he accidentally steals a time travel machine from the Pentagon in The Pigeon Chronicles by Stephen Torelli. The nickname is the result of Tom’s love of racing pigeons with his grandfather, Pete Costa,...

Cadet Adam reminds me of a Robert A. Heinlein novel I read when I was a boy. I think it was called Space Cadet, but I can’t be sure because it has been so long, and I have read so many books. But I remember...

James M. Corkill’s DNA is the sixth book in The Alex Cave Series and it is an interesting treat for sci-fi fans. A ground-breaking scientific discovery, an ancient prophecy about to be fulfilled, and impending doom on earth are a great combination when deftly...

Legacy of War by Ed Marohn is something a little bit unique. It isn’t exactly a war novel, but the Vietnam War dominates the narrative. It is a thriller, but it is more of a psychological thriller than spies getting into and out of tight...

Flat Earth by Brent Golembiewski is an action-packed science fiction adventure. The story opens like an episode of Twilight Zone but turns into something more akin to the first Star Wars movie. Eighteen-year-old James lives a quiet, happy life in a 1950s era town that...

Supreme Threat: A Logan Alexander Thriller by T.L. Williams is a well-researched and detailed account of the differences between North and South Korea. The content is factual and there are several acronyms introducing intelligence agencies and their importance to national security. The plot is shrouded...

The Woman in Purple Armor by Bryan DeMinico is a thrilling science fiction novel that will keep you sitting on the edge of your seat until the last page. Our protagonist is Captain Mike Casey, the star of Land Warfare Exploration Corp. His assignment is...

The Source of Death is a young adult urban fantasy by Jay Michael Night. Mikey Black still remembers the day his parents sacrificed themselves to save him from the monstrous creatures of the Otherside. A human-vampire hybrid, Mikey spent years in different foster homes, unwittingly...

Greedy as a Ghoul is a work in the dark fantasy, adventure, and action subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience due to its graphic violence and gore. It forms the prequel story for the upcoming novel Malfus: Necromancer Unchained. In...

Chase DeMers is a seventy-two-year-old retired lawyer. He owns a ranch in Montana, a place he loves deeply. Chase mourns the death of his wife, JoAnn, who succumbed to cancer a year ago. He blames himself for not being by her side during her last...

“Hurry and wait—that was the way of the Royal Navy.” For Lieutenant Joseph Duncan, the protagonist of Sailing Toward the Tempest by Kent M. Schwendy, things are much more complicated than that. The story begins in 1795 aboard HMS Fidelity, where Joseph serves as a...

The Wordless Book by Shawn Spencer is a thrilling fantasy that will appeal to fans of horror. It has everything that excites me — horror, adventure, mystery, and the supernatural. The story follows Robert, a Korean-American camp caretaker, and Jessica, a dedicated teacher, as they...