Battling lawlessness, bizarre weather patterns, and the hardships of everyday living, a young woman struggles to keep body and soul together in the aftermath of a nuclear bombing in the exciting post-apocalyptic young adult novel, The World We Make (Evergreen Series: Book 6) by Matthew...

How appropriate that just the day after I finished reading Fatal Depth by Timothy S. Johnston, CNN reported that because of rapid glacial melt, “It’s becoming increasingly clear that sea-level rise is going to be a bigger and bigger problem as we move through the...

Marigold is Heather Mitchell Manheim's first novel and it makes an impressive beginning to her vision, writing skills, and ambition. Davis is the poster child of the firstborn child to receive the Marigold inoculation and survive. Shortly afterward her mother dies and she is reared...

Dead Tree Tales by Rush Leaming is about a lot more than a dead tree. It’s a mystery. It’s a crime story. It’s a thriller. It’s a powerful comment on today’s society and politics. But as a lover of nature, I loved how Leaming paid...

Terror Tree by Tom Gauthier is a thriller that follows Elizabeth Pomeroy and her friends as they face dangers and capture while on a safari in Kenya, a vacation that was supposed to be fun and adventurous. Elizabeth is accompanied by Brigit Mead, Olivia Lobuglio,...

Volcanic Winter by Mark Rutherford is a political thriller. Angus Probin is the President of the United States and playing fair has never featured in his life. Friends are not important; if someone can’t help him, he doesn’t want to know. But he knows how...

The Cottage at the End of The World by Jenny Twist is not your typical science fiction story. It is more a tale about a group of people faced with a devastating pandemic and how they survive it. The story starts out as a pleasant...

Evasion: Book 1, The Considerable Destruction Series by Erica L Hernandez is an immediately engrossing science fiction novel. Heavy on interior and exterior conflict, this character-driven drama will capture your attention on the first page, and only gets better and deeper from there. The main...

Kesterson by Craig Wilson is an environmental suspense novel based on the real-life selenium poisoning that occurred at the former Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge. Wilson begins with an immediate rush of intrigue as two men make their way toward a target, aiming to kill. The...

A Toxic Ambition by Erik A. Otto is a dystopian science fiction novel that takes place in the bleak landscape of San Francisco. As a result of a radioactive event that resulted in a harsh, toxic environment, the sharp divide between the well-off and the...