The latest indie book reviews from Self-Publishing Review
Within a Sheltering Darkness by Alan Havorka
Alex Boten is an astronaut, or anyway he wants to be, but he narrowly failed the tests that would have allowed him to become a mission pilot. Instead, he’s called upon to field-test a prototype spaceship, which malfunctions spectacularly on what appears to be a routine maneuver, and blam, […]
The First Atheist by Eric Polfliet
The cover blurb on this novel says, “…one of the most interesting and well-written books I’ve read in sometime [sic] – Sort of like The Da Vinci Code and just as disturbing. A ‘must read’ for anyone…” – Kaye Trout’s Book Reviews. Despite the typo in the blurb – which is unfortunate and the sloppiest thing in the book (check those blurbs, writers!) – the description of The First Atheist by Eric Polfliet is accurate. The novel does for Hinduism what The Da Vinci Code did for Christianity.
First off, it should be said that this is not really […]
Winter Games by John Lacombe
I read a lot of thrillers and mysteries written by such authors as James Lee Burke, Val McDermid, Michael Connelly, Craig Johnson, and others, so I was looking forward to reading Winter Games. I have to confess to not being gripped.
The back-cover plot […]
No Mad by Sam Moffie
One Fine Season by Michael Sheehan
The readers who will enjoy this book most may well be those who liked The Shack by William P. Young. Like that extremely popular novel, One Fine Season features lengthy conversations about religion, God, the universe, and spirituality. And baseball. Lots of baseball. Michael Sheehan has obviously given much thought to the nature of things, and he knows and loves baseball. So on several levels, the novel has a great deal going for it.
In order not to completely give away the story, I’ll quote […]
Gingham Blindfold by Eric Rohr
Place by Ned White
On the face of it, Place is the story of two fairly responsible and well-to-do adults—one of whom just happens to have a penchant for disappearing, literally, for a few seconds at a time—trying to find more happiness together than they experienced with […]