The tech is hot, the corruption is rampant, and the grit doesn't wash off easy. Richard K. Morgan's Thin Air is a fast-paced scifi thriller set on the 4th planet from the sun. Hakan Veil has an issue with his physiology: his mech-infused body needs to sleep four out of twelve months of the year,... Continue Reading →
We Ride the Storm by Devin Manson (Mini Review)
In the Asian-inspired land of Kisia, three lives fight to make sense of new and shifting roles. Exiled Captain Rah e'Torin seeks to protect his soldiers and his herd when they are captured and put into servitude. The assassin Cassandra takes a job that unwittingly puts her in the midst of the greed of desperate... Continue Reading →
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown (Mini Review)
After her cargo ship is sunk by a hurricane, the robot Roz is marooned on a deserted island. Her crate is knocked open in the surf and a curious otter presses her activation button. She quickly becomes identified as 'The Monster' by the other animals. It takes time, but Roz is able to befriend her... Continue Reading →
Street Freaks by Terry Brooks
In a futuristic, polluted - Escape from New York/ Terminator- style Los Angeles, Ash receives a frantic message from his bioengineer father telling him to run. Two minutes later their penthouse apartment is filled with robots on the hunt. Ash flees with his escape bag to the Red Zone, a non-patrolled sector given over to... Continue Reading →
A Big Ship at the End of the Universe by Alex White (Mini Review)
A points-leading racecar driver is framed for murder. On the run and 'kidnapped' by a crew of treasure hunters, the chase around the galaxy begins. A bounty, a former TV personality, and a captain who's trying to play all sides... A Big Ship is a book that shoots the reader out of the starting gate... Continue Reading →