The latest indie book reviews from Self-Publishing Review
Review: Mintaka by Brian M. Brownrigg
Mintaka is fairly standard fantasy fare that doesn’t break very much in terms of new ground in setting or basic premise. A triad of gods […]
Review: Return of the Clonsayee by Elaine Bassett
Return of the Clonsayee is the second part of the Xidoran Prophecy series by Elaine Bassett.
Following the events of The Xidoran Prophecy, Charles Brookfield, a recent inductee into the coin-collecting, time-traveling organization of the Sojourners, who exist within and without the world we live in, returns to his life with sweetheart Caroline and a job at Jones’ farm.
After discovering the truth of the titular Xidoran Prophecy – the promise made by a furious sorcerer that someday the Sojourners would feel their power at the behest of a chosen one – Charles discovers new adventure in ancient writings […]
Review: The Xidoran Prophecy by Elaine Bassett
Charles Brookfield was just an ordinary boy with a life in the country that left him wanting for nothing. That is, until his fifteenth birthday. With a gift of a set of coins, his family leaves Charles heir to an unbelievable secret and a whole new world, one so dangerous that Caroline – the only girl he ever felt right about – must never be exposed, no matter how much the world of the Sojourners may intrude upon their lives. What follows is an epic tale of magic and intrigue for the best summer Charles has ever had.
Xidoran is […]
Review: Magic, Machines and the Awakening of Danny Searle by John McWilliams
The stalemate is broken the day Danny Searle stumbles into a chance […]
Review: The Gospel According to Yeshua’s Cat by C.L. Francisco
The Gospel According to Yeshua’s Cat is a Christian fiction story by world religion expert C.L. Francisco.
Mari, a little black cat, travels with Yeshua, tucked inside his robe as he fulfills his destiny as the son of God. Through the eyes of a cat, details of his life and times are elegantly described to the reader for an especially spiritual Mashup Fiction experience.
There is a comparison to the bestselling book, The Fire Gospel by Michel Faber, in which an Aramaic translator finds a lost scroll that turns out to be a controversial testament to Jesus’ life. In that […]
Review: GunKnight by Cynthia & Scott Green
GunKnight, the first part of The GunKnight Chronicles by Cynthia & Scott Green, is a quirky sci-fi story set in a world where guns are sacred tools which the desperate and the proud alike must live by. Colt, the only known surviving GunKnight – a technoreligious warrior clad in a powerful suit of biotech armor – wakes up in a dusty crater, alone, with only a crippling pain and a flickering heads-up display to jog his memory and guide his path through what may be a dead Earth.
As his memories return, his “mission” becomes more and more clear, […]
Review: Kisses in the Wind by Forbes Skinner
Kisses in the Wind is a near-future apocalyptic story written by ex-pat South American writer Forbes Skinner, writes SPR’s Cate Baum.
As attorney Neil Myers recovers from a mental illness in the heart of Washington DC, he imagines that women have taken over the world. Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama are locked in their struggle to win Democratic Party presidential nominee, and when Clinton’s supporters are ruffled by a snub to womankind, Myers sees what he always suspected: Women are headed to crush males into extinction, and it’s going to happen soon.
While the concept of this book is very […]
Review: Cat Eyes by Teneca Meeks
Cat Eyes by Teneca Meeks follows Tia, a hardworking single girl who one night finds herself abducted by the Equestrians, an extraterrestrial species of tiger-like creatures intent on breeding with human women to save their race. But will Tia be able to help them with their mission before Diane, a scientist with her own murderous agenda, threatens the future of the Equestrians?
There is a sub-genre in sci-fi and fantasy at the moment known as “monster erotica”. These stories entail a creature of high intelligence in animal form, somehow forcing sexual relations on a human woman.
The problems that books […]