Feature Book Review: The Scouts of St. Michael: Operation Archangel, by Dan Morales

August 10

  The Scouts of St. Michael: Operation Archangel, by Dan Morales, is set in rural England during the early stages of World War II. A group of young boys, living in an orphanage, wards of the British state, are determined to start their own Boy Scout Troop. Without the funds to buy uniforms, the sisters […]

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Book Review: In a Gilded Cage by Susan Appleyard

August 07

In a Gilded Cage by Susan Appleyard        *** 5 stars *** An historical romance about the Austrian Royalty in the 1800’s. The customs of the times in Austria were difficult for young women. Arranged marriages, little or no independence. Women everywhere had difficult lives and very little power over their circumstances, but […]

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Feature Book Review: Caramel: Part 1, by Haji Outlaw

August 01

Caramel: Part 1, by Haji Outlaw, is a dystopian sci-fi novel. The story opens with the appearance of a young woman, reminiscent of some Marvel-comic action figure, who suddenly, unexpectedly, demonstrates lethal fighting skills as she ruthlessly annihilates a small gang of men who offer up more ego and brawn than brains. As the story […]

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Feature Book Review: The Ghost, by H. Berkeley Rourke

July 30

The Ghost, by H. Berkeley Rourke, is a police investigatory crime-novel. A serial rapist is on the loose on the campus of Scalian University. His taste for sexual assaults culminates in murder, and when the first body of a young university student shows up, the dominos start to fall. Corrupt campus police and University officials […]

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Book Review: The Secret Journals of Adolf Hitler: The Struggle (Volume 2) by A.G. Mogan

July 26

The Secret Journals of Adolf Hitler: The Struggle (Volume 2), by A.G. Mogan, is a brilliant rendering on a very difficult and probably, quite controversial subject. In this fascinating narrative about Adolf Hitler, which takes up his life from the point of his release from prison in December 1924, until his assumption of power as […]

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Book Review: The Horse Killer, by Joe Kilgore

July 20

The Horse Killer, by Joe Kilgore The Horse Killer, by Joe Kilgore, is a good western adventure novel told in classic western style, but with an unusual twist. Texas Ranger, Raven Comstock, on the hunt for wayward criminals, comes across an abandoned farm where he finds the carcass of a brutally beaten horse. The crime […]

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Feature Book: The Ghost – by H. Berkeley Rourke

July 13

  “The story is written in a formal manner, although no punches are pulled as you are drawn into the action and investigation. We follow Jeanne, a tough young cop with a no-nonsense approach, and her colleagues as they cast their net, looking for a rapist, turned killer.” “This is an intriguing book and the […]

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Book Review: Fifth Column by Christopher McGarry

July 12

  Fifth Column by Christopher McGarry, is a dystopian thriller, set in the not too distant future. In the wake of Brexit, Britain’s divorce from the European Union, the escalation of EU’s attempt to strengthen and fortify its borders as an entity, leads to a dictatorial state with Brussels as its head, and the formation […]

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Book Feature: Witches’ Gambit: Book One of the Seven Worlds, by Charles Freedom Long

July 06

“More than science fiction – Witches’ Gambit is a preview of where our world is heading if fundamentalist religion and corrupt politicians continue to divide the human race into illusory camps; and corporate greed continues to fuel a military establishment, a world where fear dominates and where logic, love and science have taken the backseat.”

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Feature Book: The Anatomy of Escape, by Michael Blue

July 06

“Not only is this a tremendously entertaining book, rich in adventures, hilarious encounters, and thoughtful philosophy as experienced by a mobile hobo, this is a challenge to us to examine how we are living.”

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