The Legend of Chip: The Legend Begins by Stanley Campbell is an inspiring story with a great historical setting against the backdrop of 18th century Edinburgh, Scotland. The reader follows the life of an ordinary man, Christopher MacDougall, whose sole interest is to cater to...

Sam to the Ends of the Earth is the third book in The Sea Witch Series by Mike Ward, a wonderful meld of young adult fantasy and adventure. This is the story of a brave young girl, sixteen-year-old Jenny, who is upset by the sudden...

In Corrective Measures by Nadine Dandorf, the reader is catapulted into a world of intrigue, money laundering, love, and deceit in a story that involves the CIA and the FBI. Former CIA Assistant Director of Operations, Charlie O’Donnell, has left a very dirty legacy upon...

Exiles is the fourth book in the Ilyon Chronicles by Jaye L. Knight and even though I hadn’t read any other books in the series, it wasn’t difficult to get into the story. And this is because of the author’s excellent use of backstory. This...

Eden by Shade Owens is a dystopian story that features a unique kind of conflict, one I have never seen so well-developed in any story — the gender war. Before the American Rebirth, women outnumbered men 7 to 1, until President Price banned the abortion...

The Way of Gabriel by Gabriel of Lebanon is a visionary book that invites readers to rediscover who they truly are — sons and daughters of God, loved and redeemed. The book inspires and motivates readers to seek the light of the Divine, and to...

Flushed: The Meantime Stories, No. 1 is a humorous short story written by Svingen and Pedersen. He had always been rather circumspect with regard to bodily functions. It had started, he would guess, when his sister had made a big deal out of entering a...

I have to be honest here: the opening line of Converted, The Meantime Stories (No. 2) by Svingen and Pedersen immediately startled and intrigued me. I mean, what would be your reaction to reading “In the meantime…Draghan, the esteemed warlord and feared field general, fakes...

Warped by Svingen and Pedersen is a short, zany story set on board a spaceship called Agatha X, which is stuck in a wormhole inside a wormhole. Trouble is afoot and Captain Lisa Henderson must take whatever action is needed to get herself, the crew...

In the very unusual yet enticing story entitled Snow City, G.A. Kathryns has managed to trigger those stirrings of my imagination that I didn't even know existed. The protagonist, Echo Japonica, has been in Snow City for as long as she can remember, which is...

Time Flies is the second book in a spellbinding series, Ferdie and the Seven by Larry Buenafe, a beautiful mix of coming of age, young adult fantasy and sci-fi. We follow Ferdie and his friends, Marsh Dog, Ling, Rafael and Gabriella, on a perilous adventure...

YEGman by Konn Lavery is a mesmerizing read, a thrilling ride into a very interesting setting with awesome characters. Set in the dark streets of Edmonton, streets that are reeling with crime and where ordinary people bear the brunt of injustice, Michael Bradford thinks it’s...

The Coven Murders: The Inspector Sheehan Mysteries Book 3 by Brian O’Hare is another murder mystery with a twist in the DCI Sheehan series set in Northern Ireland. The bodies begin to pile up and all of them are connected although no one is admitting...

As one person commented on Zap Tales' blog, “I honestly don’t know where to begin.” The Fourth Side: A Prison Odyssey zapped me too…and how! When I began reading, I knew I was about to enter a world I knew only from movies and TV...

The Girl Without Magic by Megan O'Russell is the first book in The Chronicles of Maggie Trent. Maggie awakens to darkness in another world where she's greeted by an unfortunate new reality under the power of the Siren. Then she meets Bertrand who tells her...

Wow! I don’t know where to start. I had hoped that Errant Gods: Blood of the Isir Book One by Erik Henry Vick was a good read. I doubted that it was as good as Stephen King’s The Dark Tower because that series is one...

Sixth grader Benny Cartwright tries to do the right thing when he suspects there is something wrong with his friend, Toby, but no one is prepared for what the problem really is in Demon King by Erik Henry Vick. Switching back and forth from the...

Whispers is a young adult social issues novel written by Lynn Yvonne Moon. No one expected the twelve-year-old daughter of the deceased to punch her father’s body in the face as he lay in his casket during the funeral service. Listening to Pastor Johnson go...

Gary could never have afforded a house like the one left to him by his estranged aunt. It was large, it came with a barn, a large plot of land, and a history none of them could have ever imagined. It was summer break, so...

Mystic and the Secret of Happiness is a fictional journey intended to uplift and inspire, penned by author Anne-Claire Szubaniska. Though the author states that the book represents her own emotional journey to happiness, the plot is relayed through the perception of a cat called...