21 people on a mining asteroid. 17 clones. 3 Overseers. 6 Jays. 6 Bees. 5 Ays. 1 Ell. And One Killer. After humanity has exhausted the resources of precious metals in Earth, clones are sent far out in space, to asteroids to harvest zinc, platinum, and nickel. The Overseers direct the programmed perfection: the muscled... Continue Reading →
Celebrating My 100th Blog Post
I want to thank everyone who has supported me in my new hobby of book reviewing. To my family, for giving me the time to read and write, and the people who have read, followed, and retweeted. To NetGalley, the wonderful authors and publishers who have provided me with the reading material. Thank you! I've... Continue Reading →
The Pharaoh Key (Gideon Crew #5) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
The Pharaoh Key picks up Gideon's story right after his last mission with Effective Engineering Solutions. Two quick twists jump-start the plot: Gideon's trip to the doctor confirms a prior diagnosis of an inoperable brain disorder and he is given only months to live. And his employer stops payments on his salary and mysteriously closes its... Continue Reading →
The Bonanza King by Gregory Crouch
‘… many of the richest men had been busted several times, and all of them knew they might well be broke again tomorrow.’ I spent many summer days in my youth playing 'miner' in the tailings of the Empire Mine in the Mineral King Valley. In current-day Sequoia National Park, the valley was the site... Continue Reading →
The Robots of Gotham by Todd McAulty
The year is 2083 and humankind's neural synapses are slow... much, much slower than the processing speed that computers and robots can accomplish. Good faith and independent thought have allowed them to become citizens and even be voted to head nations, but there have been takeovers. And fascist regimes led by robots with intelligences past our... Continue Reading →