News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Everybody knew you didn't cross the desert plains when it was Tromoal breeding season, to do so was a death sentence. That didn't stop Maddie though, her old injury was causing her distress, her health slowly decreased, and she needed more potions. If she took this job, a mission to make an important delivery, she… Continue reading Book review: Dawn Chapman’s Desert Runner (@kanundra )
Pratima was summoned, the Duke required help with some technology, and she was just the person he needed. Long ago the Collapse was thought to be caused by human arrogance, they believed their thoughts were truth to be displayed and enforced. The libraries set rules, rules intended to keep everyone safe, and it appears the… Continue reading Book review: S. A. Gibson’s Pratima’s Engines (@gibsonauthor )
The end of the world is upon us. People cower in their homes, holding their loved ones close as the bombs begin to fall, dreading the inevitable, fearing their death. But there are a few who know how to find escape from this total annihilation, perhaps for a whole lifetime. Years ago VirTim, Virtual Time,… Continue reading Book review: Robert Medmenham’s The New Party
Donja's mother has just remarried, and with that came a new upheaval. She was glad her mother had found someone after her father's death, but she had not been prepared for the change. Forced to leave her home and friends she finds herself in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. But this is just the start. A… Continue reading Book review: Karen Glista Chasing the Red Queen (@ElizabethGlist1 )
O.Z. Diggs the seventh, descendent of Oz the Great and Terrible Wizard, like all male heirs in his family, was cursed by the wicked witch of the West. Or so the story which had been passed through many generations had been told. He was the storyteller now, and the last of his line, fated by… Continue reading Book review: O.Z Diggs Himself Out by Ron Baxley Jr. (@RonBaxleyJRofOz )
It all started at a curiosity shop, where curiosity really did get the better of Christopher English. He found an old chest, locked, sealed, and seemingly empty. He knew he had to have it, to find a way to open it and discover what was hidden inside. They say curiosity killed the cat, in this… Continue reading Book review: Lady Saera’s The Wizard of Crescent Keep
It had taken his last moments in this world, but he recorded the truth. Perhaps his record would be the only copy of what had been done, and in turn what he had done. Evidence, scriptures, it all was to be destroyed so no one would almost destroy the world itself in an attempt to… Continue reading Book review: T.L. Howard’s The Final Choosing
Doctor Thomas Applegate was on the brink of financial ruin. His vices, gambling and drinking, played their part and made him the perfect pawn in Jules Signet's scheme. It was a time of racial intolerance, and people openly expressed their small minded thoughts, Signet not only shared this viewpoint but planned to exploit it to… Continue reading Book review: Eddie Price’s One Drop – A Slave
Gary could never have afforded a house like the one left to him by his estranged aunt. It was large, it came with a barn, a large plot of land, and a history none of them could have ever imagined. It was summer break, so Gary took his family there to complete inventory, sell off… Continue reading Book review: Scott A Johnson’s Shy Grove (@HorrorScott )
His mother had given everything she had to protect him. Born Noss touched there were those who would call Ruka cursed. Children like him were not allowed to live in some places, although some northern laws protected them from the death sentence that people were all too willing to preach was right. She loved him,… Continue reading Book review: Richard Nell’s Kings of Paradise (@rnell2 )
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