SPR’s book reviews of new self-published books
Two ‘Til Midnight by Bernard L. Dillard
Dillard moves the story along by taking readers behind the scenes of humanity’s continuing battle against evil. He sets up scenes of angels […]
Broken Monarch by Tom Schneider
There are countless novels inspired by government conspiracy theories, and the most famous may be MK-Ultra, a CIA program that created highly trained sleeper agents. Tom Schneider, author of Broken Monarch, writes with the passion of a true believer as he welcomes readers into a world of deception and assassination.
Glen, an unassuming chef, is also missing chunks of time in his memory, and it quickly becomes clear that his life has been tied up in a much larger conspiracy. With the imminent arrival of the First Lady of the United States, Glen must wrestle with the new revelation […]
The Persistence of Memory Book 3: The Beginning of Always by Karen Janowsky
Daniel and Nina, fresh off their recent victory over the Concordance Group, are facing a lot of difficult new truths. Nina’s powers have been fully revealed, Daniel is wrestling with feelings of betrayal, and as their professional futures at WISE come into question, neither realize that their greatest challenge still lies ahead.
While the timelines of these two protagonists have been dancing around one another for two books, their pasts are set on a […]
The Persistence of Memory Book 2: All Our Yesterdays by Karen Janowsky
Rather than the mystery-laden writing of the first book, this sophomore offering probes down into the characters’ relationships with one another and their place in the world. Nina and Daniel are both introspective and thoughtful characters, trying to balance ideals of love and duty, but not always succeeding. They are imperfect heroes, battling ancient powers and navigating their new roles in the […]
A Burning in the Darkness by AP McGrath
Thirty-three-year-old airport priest, Father Michael Kieh, has packed for his return to Liberia, the homeland he’d left behind at seventeen, when he receives a text message indicating that there’s a confessor waiting. After Michael assumes his position in the confessional, the man on the other side cryptically announces, “she won’t be waiting for you.” After demanding to know where “she” is, Michael races to a tunnel near one of the terminals and finds a woman, a ticket to Liberia clutched in […]
Clouds and Earth (The Peace Outside #1) by Sayde Scarlett
150 years in the future, the Long War may be over, but new advancements mean that the battlefields have merely changed, not disappeared. Clouds and Earth, the first installment of The Peace Outside series, is a riveting new sci-fi thriller from author Sayde Scarlett that drops readers into a radical future.
Extrapolating the Big Brother fears of the modern day into a truly data-fueled dystopia, Scarlett lays out a chillingly prophetic story. She introduces Lt. First Class Sandy Attiyeh, a soldier who must find a new path to apply her skills, and turns to the shadowy corporate side of life. […]
Selling for Non-Selling Professionals by Oreste J. D’Aversa
Throughout the book, author Oreste J. D’Aversa repeats his “ABC”: Always Be Closing. Closing a sale requires empathy – the customer must feel that you care about his/her requirements, must always be “the star of your show,” since people “buy emotionally and justify intellectually.” His book covers such significant requisites as having a […]
High on God by Matt Spinks
As a boy, Spinks was drawn to God, and despite the confusions of adolescence, including using drugs, he turned his life to mission work. With his wife and like-minded friends he founded a charitable ministry. But he was still in a controlling, almost depressive state. Then he had a true revelation – that God means us to enjoy his love right now and all the time: “Jesus came to announce that heaven […]