News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Humanity was about to embark on a new frontier. Returning to the role of Explorer they were destined to be. Only this time they were going further than any have been before. Their destination, Titan. Mother Earth was angry with her children, exhausted of resources and her anger rained down on those committing matricide. There… Continue reading Book review: SEEDS The Journey Begins by Cary Allen Stone (@CaryAllenStone1 )
War is constantly advancing. Biological warfare was just another method. Tired of sending their young off to die the military have a contract to Concord Labs to design a 'super battlefield bug' something they could drop on the enemy, but that wouldn't spread and die out quickly. Under the guise of a drug treatment centre… Continue reading Book review: Addiction & Pestilence by Edmund Kelly (@edkell99 )
You don't make friends in Market World, there are no heroes, no acts of kindness, and especially no gifting. This was the way of life, 'don't pay, don't get'. It didn't matter if someone's life was on the line, if you acted freely you answered to the law, and the Enforcers ensure all adhered to… Continue reading Book review: The Baby Auction by Peter Taylor-Gooby (@PeterT_G )
John loved Amy, she was beautiful, pristine, and her excellent culinary skills seemed to always ensure he carried an extra few pounds. The two of them couldn't have been much different, Matt was outdoorsy, a prepper, and with Sept 11th just around the corner it was time to make sure things were in order. Just… Continue reading Book review: Dystopia: The Long Road by D.J Cooper (@DJCooper2015)
Britain was in trouble. Austerity became the way of life, global recession hit everyone, with the election drawing near everyone wanted to win support, but a new group, Unity, made promises which seemed too good to be true. A self-sustaining, profiting Britain on the rise to the glory it knew in the less than distant… Continue reading Book review: Subnormal by Stuart Kenyon
Julie arrived at Teotihuacan, the City of the Gods, a place said to be where men went to become immortal. Elbow deep in blood, she had held on as long as she could, her life flashing before her eyes, warning her the end was nigh, but she held on, she fought. Her dreams of the… Continue reading Book review: Apocryphal of Julie by G.W. Miller II
Harnessing Altruism is a dystopian fiction written by Sava Buncic The government's did their thing. They promoted their successes while brushing their failures under the carpet, keeping them quiet, away from the public eye as much as possible. But not everything can be kept a secret, especially something that impacts life itself. Groups had rallied, spoken… Continue reading Book review: Harnessing Altruism by Sava Buncic
The Rebirth: Future of Destruction by Adam Watt is a short dystopian tale focusing around Azral and her visions coming to pass Azral is a psychic investigator for the LAPD. In fact, she is not just any psychic investigator, she is the psychic investigator, their first and most accurate. When she is called in to… Continue reading Book review: The Rebirth: Future of Destruction by Adam Watt
David Litwack's The Light of Reason is the third and final instalment in The Seeker's series. Orah and Nathaniel reach the shores of home, completing a long and eventful journey. But the land they left behind is not the one they return to find. Whispers and lies cloud the minds of people as vicars as… Continue reading Book review: The Light of Reason by David Litwack
Displaced is a dystopian, fantasy sci-fi written by Stephen Drake and is the first book in the Displaced series. Murdock's upbringing was considered anything but normal to the masses, raised by his father and uncle he was taught to hunt, to be a survivor. When he awakes on a distant planet he knows these skills… Continue reading Book review: Displaced by Stephen Drake
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