Mara's Awakening is the first book in The Mara Files by Leo Flynn. With snappy dialogue and action galore, this short piece felt very reminiscent of comic book writing. The main plot arc is simple enough: Mara has been locked away for several years and in the first pages of the story the warden is... Continue Reading →

I read half of this book yesterday and half of it today. What made this 545 page military fantasy such a pager-turner for me? The details... Tour has returned to the place of her birth after twenty-some years as a soldier in the conqueror's army. And even after thwarting an assassination attempt on their arrival,... Continue Reading →

The Goonies meets Stranger Things in this nostalgic supernatural thriller. Leif, Rex, and Alicia are stuck in Bleak Creek, North Carolina circa 1992. The town has one strip mall, two churches, and a thousand gossips... oh, and a reform school. Whitewood School. The place where delinquents are sent to become dutiful good-mannered citizens. Welp, when... Continue Reading →

A blood-stained, Roman inspired fantasy that captures the grittiness of so many of my favorite series. Two threads. Two learned mentors, and two pupils. A legendary general trying to teach the Emperor's heir the basics of governing. Yet, arrogance and ego stand in the way of true service to the kingdom... General Bordan has quite... Continue Reading →