SPR’s book reviews of new self-published books
Former legal investigator, Vincent Malone, is heading to Albuquerque where he’s hoping to live on the cheap until his Social Security benefits kick in. He makes it as far as Santa Fe where he impulsively finds work as a driver for a new bed and breakfast – only to find himself soon mixed up in the murder of a high-profile sports agent.
Charged with the crime is the dead man’s client, a […]
Harry Gustafson, a mild-mannered attorney, is the star of the show. Harry’s uncle is in surgery in the hospital, and he is suspected of killing and tearing apart some KKK members. When Harry visits him, he has visions […]
Set in a time when Earth isn’t the only planet with viable life on it, the story examines the conflicts that arise when power shift and unrest is certain and palpable. Full of secrets, class separation, and longing to know the “good old days” when things were beautiful for all, the novel gives the reader more than just a wonderful sci-fi storyline. It gives them a mission to believe in, or fight against.
Characters such […]
In the world of this novel, magic is alive and well in the deepest core of global politics, and psychological sorcerers have managed to infiltrate every level of society, orchestrating the greatest trick […]
Author Brendan Ball creates a clever satire that shreds the vapidity of nationalist pride in The Cretin Gene. He takes junk food, television, and the […]
Dee Plecic’s autobiographical account of life in a war-torn city presents a world where racism and religious tyranny gradually replaced multiculturalism and tolerance is an amazing tale of one woman’s endurance.
In 1992, the city of Sarajevo, the capital of the Balkan country Bosnia and Herzegovina, fell under siege in the Bosnian War. The center of a multi-ethnic, multi-national power struggle among Serbs, Croatians, and Bosnians erupted, bringing the term “ethnic cleansing” into modern-day vocabulary. The author lived in Sarajevo during much of that time, and describes the daily conditions in harrowing detail: snipers firing on people getting water at […]
Colleens starts by breaking down human behavior by looking at the three types of ‘brain’: the dog brain, the reptile brain, and the master brain. While scientifically vague, it is true that there are parts of the brain that stem from the time humans were reptiles, or when we were bottom-feeding mammals. It is with these classifications that Colleens describes the behaviors that lead away from happiness– ego driven, pleasure-seeking, […]
Terry Markham is a Bruce Wayne-ish character who runs a company that creates and develops technologies that are used to help those in need. Under that guise, however, Terry Markham moonlights as Dr. Fid – a kitted-out supervillain who despairs at how the world treats superheros, despite their frequent failures.
The novel is immediately engaging because it feels like Dr. Fid is talking directly to the reader, as if in a diary – a personal touch that is often missing […]