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Onward the group proceeds through the black door. Onward in their quest and... around in circles? Surely that can't be right. But that is exactly what is happening. The latest Black Door seems to be a trap, sealing them within a strange labyrinth. Tempers rise and passions stir as they find themselves trapped. But as… Continue reading Book review: Vazdrag – Daniel J. Strait (@daniel_strait )
Anka had been raised to fear relics, touching them was taboo. Their power had razed cities, and had destroyed the bridge between worlds. So when one called out to her by name she knew true fear. She was a warrior in her village, brave, quick, and strong, yet the pull was impossible to resist. As… Continue reading Book review: Relics of Andromeda – Jonathan Michael Erickson (@EricksonAuthor )
Akinia had barely survived the torture. She had been flayed and beaten to the brink of death, healed, and forced to endure again. But even then they could not turn her. It had been a long road of recovery, and her insistence about being let back in the field, instead of hidden away on Paméd,… Continue reading Book review: Sarah Y. Westmoreland – Najee: Awakening (@SWestAuthor )
Akinia was obsessed with learning, in fact, she had learnt to hack in order to expand the material she had access to. One thing she never discovered though was why she had been left as a nearly new-born baby at the orphanage, nor why the necklace, her only possession aside from a plain blanket, protested… Continue reading Book review: Sarah Y Westmoreland – Najee: A Glimmer of Hope (@SWestAuthor )
Robert was a repair technician at Best Buy, one who had hung on to his job solely because he was so good at repairing things, his social skills, however, were indeed lacking, to the point he was banned from customer interaction. After work he conducted his own experiments, determined to break reality by discovering a hidden glitch.… Continue reading Book review: Francis Halpin – The Seventh Guard
Diggers were spread across many of the worlds, it was a capital offence to kill one outside the sanctioned hunts. Hunts designed to give people hope of obtaining a vaccination to suppress the Chira Plague. The odds of success were one in one-hundred and thirty two. It was for this reason criminals were sent on… Continue reading Book review: Michael Lee Kirk- Digger Day (Jaden Crusoe Book1)
Daniel had two parts to him, there was the boy everyone saw, and then another part of him, a part he shoved away and disassociated himself with for so long. That part of him was a murderer, and it was with that part of him the thing that came tearing into his closet one night… Continue reading Book review: TK Rising – Pink House (@etkrising )
Joshua felt like he owed Hobo, and he needed the money, so how could he refuse to help him retrieve something? He was only twelve, but his potential had not gone unnoticed, perhaps had he known the true cost of helping him that day his life would have taken a different path. But, again, he… Continue reading Book review : D G Lamb – Forging the Blade (@AuthorDGLamb )
Antaska had longed to travel into outer space, but her only chance to do so was to be chosen by one of the Verdante. It was easier said than done since it seemed as if Potat, her cat, wanted to sabotage her at every turn. Despite this she was selected. But little did she know… Continue reading Book review: Trisha McNary – Alien Pets(@Trisha_McNary )
The timeline is off, events have been accelerated for one simple reason. Black Widow. A cold, callus, creature with her sights set of Earth. Her intelligence is well established, and the glass web, know everything. Well, almost everything, they are not at full capacity but that will change. Countries are dropping like flies to her… Continue reading Book review: Alon Lavie – The Rise of Europa Prince (@VENOMSECTOR42AL )
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