The Game Changer by Dave Dröge
The novel is an ambitious and multi-layered story about art, business, environmentalism, and family, with the […]
Review: The Speaking Ghost of Rajpur by Priyonkar Dasgupta
★★★★ 
Depending on where a person is born and raised creates a unique perspective of childhood. Therefore, seeing an intimate and vivid depiction of childhood from someone in another part of the world can be a truly eye-opening experience. That is the world inhabited in The Speaking Ghost of Rajpur, a whimsical and memorable novel by Priyonkar Dasgupta. It is a bright and revelatory tale of growing up in a mysterious world, softened at the harder edges by the innocent lens of youth.
Readers who have forgotten the joys of childhood will be thrown back into an age of endless […]
Elephant Walk (The Brigandshaw Chronicles Book 2) by Peter Rimmer
Elephant Walk defines the term “epic.” […]
Echoes from the Past by Peter Rimmer
The year is 1887, and Sebastian Brigandshaw is stolen away from his lover, Emily, and forced across the sea in order to allow his older brother to take Emily’s hand instead. Cast into the wild and unknown colonies of Africa, Sebastian becomes one of the white hunters destined to see the bloodiest faces of man as the British face off against the Boers in their second war. Sebastian lusts for home, but must endure if he wants to survive in Echoes from the Past by Peter Rimmer.
The book is rather hefty at around 350 pages, yet comes full to […]
Working the Devil by John Hagar
All in all, Working the Devil[…]
Review: Energy Dependence Day by Christian F. Burton ★ ★ ★ ★
The premise could sound like a fairly black and white story: good vs. evil where the terrorists are bad and the Americans are good. Fortunately, Burton doesn’t go down this road. This is a sympathetic portrayal of each […]
Review: The Second Crack by Chelo Diaz-Ludden
The Second Crack, by Chelo Diaz-Ludden, is a thrilling read, keeping the reader on edge until the final page.
One week before Christmas, Anne is excited that her twin sister, Suz, will be visiting. Anne, owner of The Bean, a coffee shop in Portland, Oregon, is passionate about her business and coffee. The city has proposed building an on-ramp, threatening The Bean’s quiet atmosphere. Suz returns from South Africa to support Anne’s fight.
The day after Suz arrives, she’s missing. Anne can’t remember everything that happened the night before since the twins were celebrating Suz’s return by drinking copious […]
Review: On The Money by Tariq Saleim
Asad starts his day in the slums of Lahore, Pakistan, and inadvertently stops a kidnapping, but is attacked and left for dead. The two young women he saved, Samia and Natasha, decide to take him in. Lucky for Asad, Salman, Samia’s father is a […]