"The Forger" by Shannon Neprily is set in a world where humans are at war with demons. This battle has been going on for a long time, in fact for thousands of years, and the angels were never meant to get involved. However, despite the...

“Human Instincts” by Ioana Visan is an apocalyptic novella which is entirely different from any other I have read. The premise is that a global war finally ended when the losing side released a biological agent over the enemy. However, they failed to recognize how...

"The Xavier Mosaic" by Emma Austen is a beautifully crafted fantasy novel. The author has meticulously constructed a complex, menacing yet intriguing world in Larasca for her rich variety of characters to inhabit. The unpleasant Queen is slowly dragging the realm into crisis with persecution...

“A Royal Elf of Abalon” by Anna del C. Dye is almost certainly the finest Fantasy it has ever been my pleasure to read. The human Kingdom of Abalon was ruled by the wicked and evil Queen Amathis. In her efforts to produce an heir...

“Laws of Depravity” by Eriq La Salle should be on a fast track to Best Seller status. The line between legal and illegal is broad and readily discernible; the line between right and wrong is not so. This intense debut novel will have you pondering...

This book is about a middling cat with a crooked tail. What is middling? The book states that middlings commonly have a comfortable standard of living, considerable economic security, moderate work plus life autonomy and often rely on their own expertise to sustain themselves. They...

Jay and Katie Barber’s "Spellbound" is sword and sorcery at its finest. Set in the world Aronshae, where an evil sorceress leads a host of ice orcs against the outpost city of Snowhaven, "Spellbound" follows the intertwined destinies of the twins Katya and Sasha, the...

The second book in Jay and Katie Barber’s Aronshae series is better in every conceivable way than its predecessor, the excellent "Spellbound". "Icebound" picks off after the events in the King’s castle. It is now time for the kingdom to strike a blow against the...

"The Planet-Girded Suns" by Sylvia Engdahl is about what people have thought about exoplanets, and how the thoughts of exoplanets have influenced our thinking. It starts off with an account of historical thoughts from the Aristotelian era through the middle ages to the present. This...

What would it feel like to see the world through the green eyes of a cat? No need to guess, just read "The Unconventional Life of Haee" by R.S. Vern. The story made me keep turning the pages till the very end, as the writing...

"Daimones" by Massimo Marino is an apocalypse book with a difference. One night the world’s population quietly died, except for Dan, his wife Mary and their teenage daughter. The mass extinction was so quiet that it was only on the commute to work in Geneva...

"Angel" by Sebastian Michael explores the life of Damion, the most beautiful boy in the world. His beauty is so great that everyone he meets seems to fall in love with him despite their gender or sexuality and people cannot believe he is human. They...

"Where Shifters Meet for Drinks: The Blue Moon Café Series" by Ioana Vison is a collection of seven short paranormal stories. The short story is not an easy genre to market, especially given the proliferation of novellas these days. However, this collection works almost as...

In “The Further Adventures of Koko and Moochee” by J.R. Hardin, we meet Koko and Moochee, two dogs who are always getting into adventures. In this story, Koko and Moochee are after Stewart and his gang of thieves. The bandits have just robbed a jewelry...

Staff Sergeant Larry FitzGerald, code name Reaper 6, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier deployed to Vietnam in 1965. As a member of a Special Ops team he reported to only two men: Generals Westmoreland and Abrams, the commanders of all the U.S. Armed...

"Mind Game" is an excellent story about Jeremy, his friends and family and their encounter with the latest virtual reality game. Jeremy and his friend Mickey both receive the hottest new virtual reality game, Mind Game, for Christmas. What they don’t know about the game...

Higher than Me: The Story of the Voices of Glory is the account of a family’s struggle and strength at the time of a horrific crisis when their mother, Felicia Cole, was hit by a drunk driver. The story follows Michael Cole’s story of how...

Rhysus Mencari lost his wife and his child during an attack by the Nukari, a violent alien race that seems unstoppable. Their purpose so far is to destroy any living beings that they encounter in space. Together with an ancient D’mar defender, Osuto, they search...

“Return to Cardamom” by Julie Anne Grasso is an appealing story for pre-teens through young (or not so young) adults. This is book 2 in “The Adventures of Caramel Cardamom” series; it is the sequel to “Escape from the Forbidden Planet”. Cardamom is a planet...

Ambrosia Chronicles: The Discovery is a novel written by K.C. Simos, a new author from Athens, Greece making her debut in YA fiction. We’re introduced to Alex, a law student, and her struggle with school, friends, and body-imagery (and other more supernatural things) as the...