News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
21 year old James Jerome Johnson, of J.J. was a drop out, forced to take a job to support his mother and siblings, but conditions at his work place were getting to him. He joined the army, slipping the recruiter ten dollars to be directed to the cooks, he loved cooking, and to do so… Continue reading Book review: Cookie Johnson by Tank Gunner
The Land of the Sourpie is a Beautifully written fairy tale written by J.S. Skye and book 2 in the Flurry the Bear series. Flurry had learnt many things since leaving the North Pole, his most favourite of all, the many varieties of food. He had been sent away from his family to learn humility.… Continue reading Book review: The Land of the Sourpie by J.S Skye
Forced to retreat as the Danes close in on their flanks Logan and Dawson flee. The Saxons were losing this battle. Reunited with their savage ally Arthos, they finally find the space to activate a strange device. Before the Danes' eyes the three Saxon warriors vanished from sight. But that was not the end of… Continue reading Book review: A Time For Glory by Martin L Strong
In Mark Reefe's El Sendero (The Hell Walker Trilogy Book 2) concealed terror has come for the people of El Sendero and it falls to Finn to intervene. A tiny village has been found deserted, no trace of man or animal. The only thing there was an overbearingly creepy vibe, and Miguel was certain this… Continue reading Book review: El Sendero by Mark Reefe (@markreefe )
Forget of world's and weaver of tales Aleksandra Layland has done it again in yet another wonderful tale. Three Brothers of Ansgar, A Windflower Saga Novella book 26. Two years have passed since the death of King Ansgar, Kapa'a, Borgumik, and Koritane (Kori), are his three youngest son's, still in the grips of youth when their father… Continue reading Book review: Three Brothers of Ansgar by Aleksandra Layland (@kbenart1 )
The Mortal Fires by Anna Durand is the second book in the Undercover Elementals series. Lindsey Porter was the Janusite, a mortal born with the powers of a Roman god. But she still had no idea what that actually meant, what was expected from her, or even how to harness this apparently legendary magic. As if… Continue reading Book review: The Mortal Fires by Anna Durand (@TheAnnaDurand )
Courage of Ansgar is book 21 in the Windflower Saga by Aleksandra Layland. Edmond of Ingar had been raised in Aspatria, away from his birth place of Kimbria. They had left when he was a boy, and he had not so much as return for a visit. How he had been elected to be their… Continue reading Book review: Courage of Ansgar by Aleksandra Layland (@kbenart1 )
The idea of time being sentient had never occurred to Nathan. All he had wanted to do was conquer it and bend it to his whim. He had been an expert in this field, highly qualified, respected, he had even been on the cover of Time, twice. Then came a fateful day where it all… Continue reading Book review: Time Will Tale by S.C Barrett (@StevenCraigBar1 )
It had all started with a dream, mournful sounds carried through the realm of slumber to Chione, in her dream these sounds were connected to a tomb in Egypt, something that wanted to be found. Her dream was relayed to Clifford around the time reports of a new noise, possibly caused by the shifting in… Continue reading Book review: The Ka by Mary Deal (@Mary_Deal )
It had been an accident, how could a youngster of four be expected to control her powers? But her father had not seen it that way. In his eyes, like any parent of a nymph, she was but a product to be sold when she came of age, but this object had almost killed his heirs.… Continue reading Book review: A Thread in the Tangle by Sabrina Flynn
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