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Review: Miguel Traveler: The Man from Texas by Daniel McFatter

Miguel Traveler: The Man from Texas

Navigating the modern world is hard enough, but waking up and finding yourself in a bizarre and unforgiving future is a much greater challenge. In Miguel Traveler: The Man From Texas, author Daniel McFatter ambitiously takes readers into the future – a vision where society as we know it has broken down, the wasteland has overtaken the promised land, and survival is not promised to anyone.

When the Woman in Black wakes Miguel from his stasis slumber, he embarks on a journey to discover his own purpose – why was he put in stasis? What happened at the end […]

Review: The Building (Furnass Towers Trilogy Book 1) by Richard Snodgrass

The Building (Furnass Towers Trilogy Book 1)

The first book in Richard Snodgrass’ Furnass Towers Trilogy, The Building is an evocative work of literary fiction, in which the construction of an apartment tower acts as a pivot to unveil an eccentric cast of characters, allowing Snodgrass to deftly weave the stories of the people in this struggling mill town.

Usually, with a cast this big, it is possible to lose focus and drain tension. However, The Building works in the opposite direction: every point of view reveals a little bit more and every switch has the satisfaction of putting the right puzzle piece into place – slowly […]

2019-01-22T11:00:06+02:00April 13th, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: Elevator Quest by Emmanuel M Arriaga

Elevator Quest by Emmanuel M. Arriaga

Office life is the bane of many existences, and who hasn’t wished for the universe to throw them a magical curveball to save them from boredom? In Elevator Quest, a whimsical and creative novel by Emmanuel M. Arriaga, those wishes for an exciting escape are granted to a ragtag collection of corporate professionals who are transported from an elevator into a completely new and harrowing world.

Within the first few pages, readers are introduced to a dozen people facing the most terrifying experience of their lives – plummeting to their deaths in an elevator failure. However, the book doesn’t […]

2021-02-09T05:24:42+02:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: Welcome, Reluctant Stranger (Between Two Worlds Book 3) by Evy Journey

Welcome, Reluctant Stranger

A foiled assassination attempt, a corrupt government and an almost two decades’ long mystery are the surprising and intriguing elements in Welcome, Reluctant Stranger, the standalone third installment in Evy Journey’s excellent Between Two Worlds romance series.

At age nine, little Leilani Torres’ seemingly perfect life was uprooted when her mother suddenly arrived at her school and took her out of class before whisking her to the airport. There, she and her two siblings, along with her mother, boarded a plane and left behind her island home on Costa Mora – and her physician father.

Eighteen years have now […]

2019-01-22T11:09:48+02:00March 23rd, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: The Gospel of Tommy Visconti (The Edge of the Known – Conclusion) by Seth Mullins

The Gospel of Tommy Visconti

The Gospel of Tommy Visconti by Seth Mullins is the sixth and final volume of The Edge of the Known series, which follows the rise of the band Edge of the Known and the mercurial bandleader Brandon Chane, as he muses about life and the creative process. Here the story is told by his creative partner Tommy Visconti, as we get a view of Brandon from a distance, and potentially a deeper look into the author of this fascinating series.

Tommy Visconti is the lumbering bass player in Edge of the Known – not quite the mastermind, but instrumental in […]

2018-03-23T12:41:18+02:00March 22nd, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |

Review: The Victory Perspective by E.J. Kellett

The Victory Perspective by E.J. Kellett

What if we had a bird’s-eye view of the early moments of existence, the very first conversations between God and his angels before the world was born? This religious framework guides the lives of billions around the world, and in The Victory Perspective by E.J. Kellett, readers are invited to explore an eye-opening new perspective on this inconceivable beginning.

The book rests on the premise that in a magical paradise, five beings inexplicably awaken – Michael, Gabriel, Alpha, Lucifer, and Raphael. With no idea of what life means, or what their purpose on that plane is, their personalities begin to […]

2018-04-05T08:15:24+02:00March 11th, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: Dick Dialogues by R. Mohan

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Writing a book from a unique perspective is far from a revolutionary approach to literature, but in Dick Dialogues: A Jovial Conversation About Sex, the narrator is particularly unusual – and memorable. With an interest in spreading information and awareness about sexual health and behavior to those who need it most, R. Mohan has created a hilarious and heartwarming guide to sex, told from the perspective of…a penis.

Genitalia is rarely chosen as a narrator, let alone a protagonist, but just as The Vagina Monologues began a conversation between women and about sex in a healthy and hilarious way, […]

2018-03-05T17:36:26+02:00February 28th, 2018|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|
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