Grand Marshall E. Pluribus Unum was bored. Bored and worried. He looked out through the picture window of his home overlooking the small country of Lilia and sighed. It had been five years since peace and independence had been declared. And not much had happened since then. Nothing but prosperity it seemed. Farmers had returned … More Short Story: “The Great Cantaloupe War”
Invasion (Tales of Mighty Men Book 1) by David Bergsland. 218 pages. For purposes of transparency, I need to state that I came upon this book when I was assigned it on Goodreads as part of a thread on Christian speculative fiction. The authors and readers there agreed to review each other’s books for the … More Review: “Invasion” by David Bergsland
Eagle in the Snow: General Maximus and Rome’s Last Stand by Wallace Breem. Rugged Land. 320 pages. I’ve never read Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, even though I thought I would like to one day. The two main reasons why I want to read it is because (1) I think the … More Review: “Eagle In the Snow” by Wallace Breem
To Fall Among Vultures (Union Earth Privateers Book 2) by Scott Warren. Parvus Press. 232 pages. First, the good news. This promises to be an exciting new series, and I really like the premise. Earth finally develops the technology to travel into the stars, only to find they are already occupied and we are horribly … More Review: “To Fall Among Vultures” by Scott Warren
Sir Johnathan de Armes, first Captain of the White Guard, recipient of the Golden Medal for Valor, keeper of the second knights crown with double ivy clusters, and royal bodyguard to the Queen, sweated profusely in his bent, burned, and broken armor. He leaned heavily against the blackened stones on the walkway leading up to … More Short Story: “Paladin”
Abaddon’s Gate (Book 3 in The Expanse Series) by James S.A. Corey. Orbit Books. 566 pages. Before I go any further, here’s the Amazon description: For generations, the solar system — Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt — was humanity’s great frontier. Until now. The alien artifact working through its program under the clouds of … More Review: “Abaddon’s Gate” by James S.A. Corey
Strands of Sorrow (Book 4 in the Black Tide Rising Series) by John Ringo. Baen Books. 472 pages. This is the final book in the series I’ve been reading and reviewing about the Smith family and how they survived the zombie apocalypse. The title, Strands of Sorrow, made me think, oh no, one of the … More Review: “Strands of Sorrow” by John Ringo
Islands of Rage and Hope (Black Tide Rising Book 3) by John Ringo. Baen Books. 528 pages. I may have been a bit unfair in my review of John Ringo’s second book in the Black Tide Rising series, To Sail a Darkling Sea, when I gave it two stars out of five possible recently. The … More Review: “Islands of Rage and Hope” by John Ringo
To Sail A Darkling Sea (Black Tide Rising Book 2) by John Ringo. Baen Books. 522 pages. John Ringo, in my opinion, is one of the best military sci-fi writers around. He really knows his stuff, military wise. In addition, he’s an entertaining writer. That’s probably why you have seen so many reviews lately with … More Review: “To Sail a Darkling Sea” by John Ringo
Hell’s Faire (Legacy of the Aldenata Book 4) by John Ringo. Baen Books. 416 pages. In case you haven’t picked up my review of other books in this series, in the process of my browsing on the Internet, John Ringo’s Posleen War series came out as #1 as far as military science fiction is concerned. … More Review: “Hell’s Faire” by John Ringo
The Great Adventure 