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An alternative-history of Benoit Mandelbrot, a famed Jewish mathematician who survived the Nazi occupation of France during WW2. This is a story woven with religion, coming of age, and magical calculations. Mandelbrot's family is pushed west by the advancing German army, from Warsaw to Paris to Tulle. His once-mentor uncle is able to escape with... Continue Reading →
The bifurcation of time and love. The ache of the longing to help a child. Mike Chen's Here and Now and Then is an excellent time-travel novel that is a contemplation of memory disguised as a page-turner. Kin is a Tempural Crimes agent whose job is to weed out corruption in the timeline. But a... Continue Reading →
A grieving African-American scientist uses the inspiration of Dr. Frankenstein's monster to piece together her son, who has been killed by a police officer while walking home with a baseball bat that is mistaken for a gun. The real monster emerges from his centuries sleep from the Arctic ice to go on a killing rampage...... Continue Reading →
Jane Hawk has fallen into traps and escaped. She has been separated from the ones she loves. And she has discovered the true meaning of an ally. One who she can trust with her son's life, and one who will stand next to her in the battle to take down the Techno Arcadians. Their nuero-web... Continue Reading →
Much more than a How-To guide. This is a story of transition: a career change, a city departure and arrival, a climate change (weather and cultural). Natalie Nourigat leaves her design job in Portland, a city undergoing its own evolution, and moves to Los Angeles to enter the animation business. Filled with anecdotes of personal... Continue Reading →
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