Book Review: Jeanne C. Stein’s Crossroads
The sudden discovery of a slew of drained bodies near the Mexican border brings an old flame back into Anna Strong’s life along with a new challenge and stunning news from an unexpected source.
Publisher: Ace Books
Book Review: Simon R. Green’s A Hard Day’s Knight
There are good reasons why John Taylor hasn’t been to London Proper, now he has no choice if he’s to consult with the Last Defenders of Camelot about a very special-and dangerous-weapon Excalibur.
Book Review: Simon R. Green’s The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny
John Taylor, the PI with a knack for finding things, gets a visit from Walker-the powerful, never-to-be-trusted agent who runs the Nightside on behalf of The Authorities. He tells John he’s dying, and wants to offer him an important job: His….
Book Review: Simon R. Green’s Just Another Judgement Day
God’s own enforcer, the righteous engine of destruction known as the Walking Man, has come to the Nightside to eliminate the wicked and the guilty, which means no one left alive in the Nightside once he gets started. So the Authorities have hired P.I. John Taylor to stop him.
Book Review: Simon R. Green’s Hell to Pay
In the wake of the war that left the Nightside leaderless, Jeremiah Griffin-one of the last of the immortal human families-plans to fill the power vacuum. But his granddaughter has disappeared, and he wants John Taylor to use his special abilities to find her. Except someone-or something-is blocking Taylor’s abilities.
Book Review: Simon R. Green’s Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth
John Taylor knows that he’s the only one who can stop her. But how to do it without fulfilling this prophecy that says whatever action he takes, not only is the Nightside doomed, but the rest of the world will soon follow…
Book Review: Simon R. Green’s Paths Not Taken
John Taylor just discovered his long-gone mother created the Nightside—the dark heart of London—and intends to destroy it. To save his birthplace, he will have to travel back through a very distant—and probably deadly—past.
Book Review: Simon R. Green’s Nightingale’s Lament
In the Nightside, PI John Taylor must find an elusive singer known as The Nightingale whose silken voice has lured many a fan to suicide.
Book Review: John Varley’s Rolling Thunder
Her grandfather was one of the first to set foot on Mars, so Lieutenant Patricia Kelly Elizabeth Strickland, aka Podkayne, has some big shoes to fill. After joining the Martian Navy, Podkayne has decided to sing, but learns that there’s plenty of danger to go around in the Martian Navy, even if you’ve just signed on to sing.
Book Review: Rob Thurman’s Blackout
I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Blackoutby Rob Thurman dark fantasy in a paperback edition that was published by Ace Books on March 1, 2011 and has 352 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include The Grimrose Path, Basilisk, Doubletake, Kicking It, Nevermore, Shadowed SoulsSixth in the Cal Leandros dark urban fantasy series set in contemporary New York City. Cal and his brother, Niko, are loners who live to fight the supernatural. My Take I love this series. Yes, it’s dark. VERY dark. Thurman writes so very well that I can feel the grimness of their lives, the grittiness of New York, the peace that Peter Pan brought to Cal as a child. The loneliness he experiences as himself along with the regret he feels for leaving behind that scrap of humanity he got to experience. Yet we also experience the love and respect he has for Niko. Both good men. Cal comes to understand the place he holds for Niko and the support only he can provide. As for […]