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Set in an alternative steampunked 1871 New Orleans, P. Djeli Clark's novella The Black God's Drum is a masterfully told tale of a street girl named Creeper, who is trying her best to pull herself up out of the muck. In an atmosphere of simmering truces, Creeper sees an opportunity when she overhears a weapon... Continue Reading →
Hi All! I'll be on hiatus for about three weeks starting on Monday. I'll be on the interwebs a little bit, but not much. I wanted to let you know just in case I don't get back to you right away if you comment on my posts or interact with me on Twitter. (@highlander27). Thank... Continue Reading →
Haven is set several years after the action of Shelter, the first book in The Aftermath series. It's almost essential to read Shelter first in order to understand the social and physical effects of the Sisters asteroids on the English countryside. The first book spends more time discussing the various factions that have risen up... Continue Reading →
“For centuries, dealers of opium, morphine, and heroin understood that an addicted person’s fear of running out - of becoming dopesick - portended one hell of a business model.” The mother’s search, the politicians’ platitudes, the fixer’s cooked numbers, the prosecutor’s insomnia, the drug company’s pitch, and the addict’s dopesick wails. Traveling up and down... Continue Reading →
There certainly are a lot of lone-wolf good guy/ gal, PI, do-gooder, antihero, vigilante types out there in the thriller world. Dark pasts, inner demons, trying to find closure for all the pain, trying to right all the wrongs... They're our guilty pleasures, the ones we root for, the ones who expose the secret government... Continue Reading →
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