Book Review: A Kingdom Besieged

A Kingdom Besieged by Raymond E. Feist My rating: 4 of 5 stars With Kingdom Besieged, we are returned to Midkemia and back to where the saga began; Crydee. Though this is a new trilogy (?) it picks up threads from the previous Midkemian volumes and makes full use of their history and lore. The […]

Book Review: Teddy Jacob’s Wicked Hunger

Wicked Hungry by Teddy Jacobs My rating: 2 of 5 stars Wicked Hungry is about a boy (Stanley) coming to terms with a sport’s injury that has taken away his ability to compete as a runner. The need to run gets worse as full moon draws near and a terrible gnawing hunger that his vegan […]

Book Review: Catching Fire (Hunger Games #2)

4 out of 5 With the Hunger Games movie coming out soon and my recently developed fascination with archery, I thought it was high time to review the sequel to the brilliant original by Suzanne Collins. Oh, I should say at this point that if you are thinking of reading the original book, which is […]

Kindle Bestseller!!!

It was World Book Day yesterday and as a way of contributing to this worthy cause, I offered my book, The Changeling King, as a free download for the day on Kindle. I was blown away by the response! By the Grace of God, 398 copies of the book were downloaded, the majority of […]

The New Blurb

You all know that I’m getting set to launch the print edition of The Changeling King, rocking the Paul Davies cover art. Being a bit of a tinkerer, I’ve redrafted the blurb (the bit on the back of the book) and thought I’d share it with you. As always, your comments are most welcome. So […]

Book Review: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare My rating: 2 of 5 stars City of Bones is the first book in the successful ‘The Mortal Instruments’ series by Cassandra Clare. The cover art features a city skyline representing New York (that is where the story is set), with the muscular torso of a man in the […]

Review: The Ancients by Nick Marsh

The Ancients by Nick Marsh My rating: 2 of 5 stars The Ancients is a fantasy novel with an element of science fiction thrown in. The setting is the aftermath of a civil war, with the king captured and his former advisor and friend installing himself as the Lord Protector. The last of the Royal […]

Book Review: Frags by Thomas K Carpenter

Frags by Thomas K. Carpenter My rating: 4 of 5 stars Frags is the sequel to Gamers, a book I recently reviewed. It continues to follow the adventures of a former high school student as she traverses a post-apocalyptic dystopian world in search for information that will help her locate her friend, Zaela. Gabby, the […]

Book Review: Gamers by Thomas Carpenter

This is a story about a high school girl that wants to graduate with good results and get her best-friend in the the same University as her. The only difference between this girl and any other high school girl is that she lives in our future when everything is hidden behind layers of augmented reality. […]

Book Review: Blood and Fire by Carrie Clevenger and Nerine Dorman

Blood and Fire is the new Xan Marcelles short story and the second collaboration between authors Carrie Clevenger and Nerine Dorman. Xan is a self-proclaimed dude who happens to be a member of Crooked Fang, a rock band who play out of the Pale Rider, a back country tavern in Colarado. He also is a […]