News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Zak Walker, a fringe rat living on the outskirts of the slums and doing dangerous labour in the hope to look after his sister, could never imagine the plan fate has for him. He only wanted to protect his sister. His father, since their mother left, is a mean and violent drunk, and Zak had… Continue reading Book review: Wilbert Stanton’s Gears of Fate (@wilbert_stanton )
Indra was an Outlier. She was nothing, less than nothing within the city walls. For three years she had worked for Saffron, inheriting her mother's position of House Maid when her mother became too sick to work. Now it fell to her to provide for the family. She learnt quickly how to protect herself from… Continue reading Book review: Kate L. Mary’s The Outliers (@kmary0622 )
An Initial Countdown: A Haszard Narrative, by Kevin E. Hatt. Haszard is a registered operating theatre practitioner, but when his and another car are forced from the road there is nothing to do but wait for the emergency services while the scoundrel responsible sped away. The more he reflected on the event the more he… Continue reading Book review: Kevin E. Hatt’s An Initial Countdown
Quantum was stuck, day after day, year after year living the same day. Like a twisted version of Groundhog day, bit filled with violence. He could set the time by who was attacking him, or the movement of trash. Every day was perfect repetition, although his actions changed small things, some days he died, others… Continue reading Book review: Harmon Cooper’s The Feedback Loop
Melvin is dead. There's no beating around the bush with that. But what a mess he left in his wake, or rather his Aunt Martha left after a brief possession of the priest to give him the 'no punches pulled' send off she thought he deserved. His mistress is pregnant, and his wife, Melody, has… Continue reading Book review: James Pumpelly’s Twice Melvin
It was the end of the world, and those who didn't win the survivor lotto were given an option, a 100% fatality or an 88.3% chance of surviving by uploading themselves into Viridian Gate Online. Of course to do this, you had to have the gear, fortunately for Jack he had been given the full immersion… Continue reading Book review: J.A. Hunter’s Viridian Gate online: Cataclysm
Roan had never been much of a gamer, in fact, he'd never been a gamer at all. He was quite happy grounded in reality, that was, until his work with the FBI forced him to hook up and join the popular gaming realm of Daggerland. The FBI had been called to investigate a series of… Continue reading Book review: Peter Meredith’s Infinite Reality: Daggerland Online Novel 1 (@petermeredith01 )
Darcey had found the man of her dreams in Brad. He lit a fire in her like no one else could. But Lily's appearance In their life had marked trouble. Darcey knew very little about his job, only that it was 'classified'. When he tells her he once more has to return to sort out… Continue reading Book review: Madge H. Gressley’s Inescapable ~ The Beginning (@mgressley1 )
Spark Jaxley was a professional gamer, and boy did she draw in the crowds. With the upcoming release of FullD and the awesome game Feyland, her schedule was more hectic than ever. The last thing she needed was to cross paths with a Hacker, intent of finding the cheats and selling them before the game… Continue reading Book review: Anthea Sharp’s Spark: Feyguard Book 1
Alice was the very image of her father, from her looks, to her heart. She had even taken his old sword and learnt from the blacksmith in order to melt it down and make something more suitable for her to wield. Recently her thoughts had turned to concern, her home was expanding, the forest was… Continue reading Book review: Robert E Kreig’s The Huntress of Woodmyst, (@robertekreig )
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