Hammers on Bone by Cassandra Khaw

 Generally, I like strange books, this one not so much.  A noir tale set in a confusing mix of contemporary vernacular and 40’s hardboiled detective story.  A creeping monster disease that appears to be afflicting a segment of London.  The detective is asked to kill the step-dad by one of the children.

This was a confusing mélange of speech, fantasy and characters. 

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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Diablo Mesa by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Nora Kelly is an archologist with strong opinions and a lack of tact.   She successfully alienates her employer and an incompetent co-worker and then a potential employer.  An Elan Musk clone gets her reluctantly involved in a controversial dig.

Tappan, the billionaire clone with an open mind and a good heart is a bit more difficult to accept than the Rosewell crash.  Statistics can’t be ignored; it is inconceivable we are the only “intelligent” beings.  On the other hand, a wildly successful billionaire being a “down to earth” good guy stretches the limits of credibility.

The two gun sheriff and the naïve FBI agency are crucial to the exposure of an expected government coverup.

I enjoyed the book and recommend it.

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Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

I don’t read a lot of vampire books so I don’t know if this is typical.  Atl and Domingo are Romeo and Juliet with bloodletting or maybe the odd couple.  Atl is on the run with a devastating tale.   Domingo is a street person.  

The two provide an interesting couple’s story. I learned more about vampires than I ever knew. The appendix provides a full description of a variety of vampires. There was plenty of action and a good story line.   I liked the dog.

I enjoyed the book.

 

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Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs

Mercy finds why she really, really hates witches.   The Tri-City is going to host a conference between the Fey and the U.S. Government.  Adam’s pack is to provide security. Mercy is to be the liaison between the Fey and the Government and then there were witches.

Many groups wished the conference between the Fey and the government to fail.  When things start to intrude, there are initially just so many possible perertrators that resources are bled thin.  The discovery of a semi-coven of witches solidifies a plan of action.

As in most Briggs books, there is action, mayhem, werewolves, werecoyotes, vampires, witches, goblins, Fey and human foils.  

Briggs books are always entertaining, I enjoyed it. 

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YOU SEXY THING by Cat Rambo

Regardless of the title, the book is a science fiction adventure. A mixed bag off characters, human, non-human and artificial intelligences populate the pages.

Said mixed bag find themselves running from one disaster to another while assimilating additional members to the close-knit crew.

The author shows loss, camaraderie, obsession, loyalty, hate and demonstrates it with action and verbiage. The mystery of the heir and the origins of Captain and crew are explained but with an insufficiency to suggest the book is the first in a series. I don’t recall cooking as a major feature in any other scifi book I’ve read.

I enjoyed the book.  

 

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Have a Happy and Healthy 2021 Thanksgiving!

StarPassage: Cyber Plague by Clark Burbidge! Spotlight and Q & A

CYBER PLAGUE BOOK 4 OF THE STARPASSAGE SERIES by Clark Burbidge 

Mike Hernandez and the Coleman twins return, but just when the friends think they have the Star of Passage, it’s riddles, and Orion’s Belt figured out, they discover a new relic. All of Tim and Martie’s rules are tossed aside when Tocho, a member of the Native American Shoshoni tribe which roamed the Rocky Mountains, knocks on Callie and Courtney’s Astoria, Oregon door with the mysterious Star of Hope. The new relic has the shocking ability to transport the teens forward in time, where cartels and gangs are a rising threat and technology has advanced so far that computer viruses affect humans. As Mike, Callie, Courtney, and Tocho struggle to remain free of the virus, they also have to dodge the shadowy Trackers, those wicked souls who are doomed to haunt history and desire the relics to free themselves from their eternal prison. The teens find themselves racing to save a possible future, but can they change it for the better? Award-winning storyteller Clark R. Burbidge’s latest addition to the StarPassage series, StarPassage: Cyber Plague, will inspire you to pave the way for a brighter tomorrow.

 About the Author:

Clark Burbidge was born and raised in the high mountain valleys of the Rockies. He earned an MBA from the University of Southern California and a BS from the University of Utah. Clark and his wife, Leah, live near Salt Lake City, Utah, where they enjoy their blended family of ten children and nine grandchildren. Clark’s award-winning works include the StarPassage series, Giants in the Land trilogy, the acclaimed Christmas book, A Piece of Silver: A Story of Christ and a nonfiction work, Living in the Family Blender: 10 Principles of a Successful Blended Family. 

 Q&A with the Author

1.    What is your education/career background?

I received my undergraduate education from the University of Utah, where I competed in two varsity sports, swimming and water polo, and earned my letters. I graduated with a BS in Finance. I received an MBA from the University of Southern California, where I continued living for thirteen years and began my career in banking and finance before moving back to Utah. I spent twenty-five years with graduated responsibilities in banking, corporate banking, and investment banking, then spent the final ten years of my career as the Chief Financial Officer for three different companies.

 

2.    When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer? Or what first inspired you to write?

I have always been a storyteller. In the financial world, it is critical to be able to succinctly deliver your message in a compelling way. I have always made up stories for my kids. The fun part is always starting with a basic format and filling out the story in real time, as I tell it. I never know where it will go. I was between jobs in 2010 when I decided to try to pull together my first book and see who might be interested. It is an interesting story but has led me to this day.

 3.    Do you have any interesting writing habits or superstitions?

I suppose I have one that is not shared by too many others: I do not write from a previously prepared outline. I like to climb into the story with the characters and walk at their side. I may turn a corner and discover a giant facing us. Is he friend or foe? How does he advance the story? Will I need to go back and do some extensive revisions to write the character in? Yes, of course. I do not experience writer’s block because I am having an experience just like I hope my readers have when they climb aboard. The best part of reading is when you discover that you are no longer reading, you are having an experience with the characters. That is my major goal in all my books.

 4.    Is there a message/theme in your novel that you want readers to grasp?

Each StarPassage book approaches a basic theme from a very different direction. We can feel overwhelmed, hopeless and helpless in the world today. It doesn’t matter if you have seemingly impossible family situations, injuries that changed your life or feel like you are completely out of place. I have never seen monsters and villains in life or in literature as threats to destroy us or the characters. In fact, without such antagonists, it is impossible for the characters or real people to reach deep down inside and find their own greatness, which has always been theirs. In other words, these monsters, villains, circumstances, whether without or within, are not a threat to destroy us but the vehicle which allows us all to become heroes. There are no heroes without villains.

 5.    What’s the best writing advice you have ever received?

Those who overly dwell on gratuitous language, immorality, violence and gore are lazy and unimaginative writers. It also detracts from the story and one’s ability to climb about with the characters by pulling the reader out of the story time and again. It is worth the author’s time to use dialogue and words that move the story and characters along rather than bring it to a screeching halt or a graphic stream of epithets that do nothing for the story except destroy the magic. Unfortunately, much of moviedom, television and literature seem to dwell on this kind of cheap, poor substitute for good writing, good stories and quality characters.

 

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When Darkness Falls by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory

This is the conclusion of The Obsidian Trilogy.  Think epic battle in the Lord of the Rings movie. Once again, the adage United We Stand, Divided We Fall comes into play.  The Elves and the non-city dwellers are doomed unless they can convince the mages of Armethalieh to join them.

There is plenty of action and monsters to satisfy the boldest of adventurers.  I really enjoyed this series and recommend it. 

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GODS AND DRAGONS by Kevin J. Anderson

 This is the sequel to Venge War.  Anderson ambitiously has a story that covers two continents, an island of contention, multiple civilizations, and a variety of rulers.  Balance is the theme.  Without balance the world malfunctions.  

The Werth both Sand and Frost continue to charge toward their destiny of destroying the world dragon.   In the meantime, Utho, driven by revenge, turns the human story participants on their ear.

Two empires on a collision course and two villains, Utho and Klovus, seeking to use hatred to drive their own agendas.

This is a complex series but well worth reading.

 

 

 

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Requiem For A Genocide by Michael Drakich

Racism is depicted by having robots having no free will and suffering discrimination in this book.  The protagonist is an elderly warbot named Jak.  He is the last of his kind.  Warbots are cannon fodder in a long running war.   As new models are brought online the older models are not repaired when damaged and then shut down or killed depending on your viewpoint.  Jak finds himself free of the robotic laws and is forced to develop a personal ethics structure.

This book can be read superficially as an adventure and would be enjoyable.   The author cleverly provides a duality to his storyline.   I think Socrates would have enjoyed the book and the development of a values system.

I enjoyed the book and highly recommend it. 

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Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs

Mercy, the were-coyote, is once more in trouble.  She claims that since her birth father is Coyote of Native American tales that chaos is her norm.  When she isn’t surrounded by chaos, something is wrong.  

The Lord of Night,(since this was an audio book, I have no clue how to spell his name or most others in the story.) is worried that Adam’s  (Mercy’s husband) safe zone for all that is weird will end up as a war on vampires by humans. 

His reaction to his fear is the basis of the plot.   Needless to say, Mercy is once again grossly underestimated.  Adam and “friends” go to rescue Mercy.  Mercy generates a wealth of chaos.   There are witches, vampires and werewolves, what a great book.

I enjoyed it. 

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The Misfit Soldier by Michael Mammay

Gas is a reincarnated Sgt. Bilko but with more skill and courage.  Google Bilko when you don’t recognize the reference.   Gas tries hard to portray a hard, uncaring character but fails.  Inadvertently one of his schemes turns out to be both philanthropic and noble.

The characters in his squad are willing to follow Gas anywhere because he supports them and looks out for them. He does not see them as mere cannon fodder.  His squad is a power armored squad which gives them more protection and greater firepower.  

Gas looks beyond combat to conflictual roots and takes action.

I enjoyed the book and recommend it. 

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The Encanto by Arthur Swan

The Encanto by Arthur Swan

This book has an intriguing premise but I felt it jumped around without appropriate preparation.   An ancient possibly Mayan artifact draws the attention of a billionaire.  He then disappears from the storyline.   The premise of the book is character development and how experiences force identity introspection.

Each character was well developed except for Evan York, the billionaire. The characters underwent some significant changes in their life which caused them to re-evaluate their identity.

I enjoyed the in-depth character development but found the plot a bit murky.

 

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Q&A with Arthur Swan Author of The Encanto

Q&A with Arthur Swan Author of The Encanto

 1.    Where did you grow up /live now?

            I grew up in Wilson, a small tobacco town in eastern North Carolina. I now reside in Los Angeles.

 2.    As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? 

            As a very young child, I had plethora of career ambitions ranging from garbage man (the guy who rides on the back of the truck, not the one who has to drive it) to veterinarian. I also recall wanting to be a biologist for a few years and a musician.

 3.    What is your education/career background?

            Math Science

 4.    What first inspired you to write?

            In fifth grade, “volunteers” were selected to read our writing assignments aloud to the class. I was deathly terrified. I nearly passed out the first time I stood up there in front of the whole class, everyone staring at me as I tried to discern the slop I passed off as handwriting. After I stuttering through the first paragraph, a miracle happened—the kids laughed at my joke. And hearing their laughter, the ones who weren’t paying attention suddenly perked up. It was a transformative experience. Now the whole class was suddenly ready to hear what came next. They wanted to be entertained. They yearned for it. And I wanted to give it to them. After that, the writing assignments became my highest priority pieces of homework. I learned to type them up, so I could read them more easily, which I’m sure my teacher appreciated, as well.

 5.    Where/When do you best like to write?

            I like to write at 5:30 in the morning before doing anything else. As the sun comes up and the days starts, I like to be writing. Then no matter how crazy things get later on, at least I know I got some writing done.

 6.    What do you think makes a good story?

            A character who readers identify with, who must undergo a transformation.

 7.    What inspired your story?

            All the people in LA who lead socially isolated lives because they are so focused on their careers, and, often, moved to LA from somewhere else, with no family or friends or local support network. I started thinking how some isolated person’s life could go totally off the rails with no one else even knowing. Even things that get reported on often get boiled down of a catchy headline. Often, so much is left out that people come to the wrong conclusion. And more often the truth is even more unbelievable than what you hear.

            Also I wanted to write about the difference between people who can believe in something without knowing it’s true and those who can’t.

 8.    How does a new story idea come to you? Is it an event that sparks the plot or a character speaking to you?

            Character. I do like the idea of starting from an event, but without a character who is changed by the event you don’t have a story.

 9.    Is there a message/theme in your novel that you want readers to grasp?

            I want readers to think about the choices they’re making, if they’re really getting where they want to go. And to think about all the misunderstandings that occur when people communicate, all the misperceptions and incorrect assumptions.

 10.  What was your greatest challenge in writing this book?

            Getting it done. I thought it would be fun to write a horror suspense novel where I could play with spooky images. Something quick and easy. But now here I am after six years, finally launching the first installment of a quartet.

 11.  On a Friday night, what are you most likely to be doing?

            Friday night represents a transition from my day job to a relaxing weekend of writing peppered with outdoor activities. I like to start it off with a good meal, maybe a burrito from Aroma Coffee and Tea. Then, either read or watch a show. I love Black Mirror, but sometimes it’s just too dark and too close to reality. Right now, I’m excited about the new season of Ted Lasso.

 12.  What do you like to do when you are not writing?

            Read, swim, hike, paddle board, and just sit outside and stare at the horizon.

 13.  Who are some of your favorite authors?

            James Lee Burke, Michael Connelly, Andre Dubus III, Stephen King, Donna Tartt, John Kennedy Toole, Kurt Vonnegut.

 14.  What’s the best writing advice you have ever received?

            “We have to remember that the greatest triumphs and the greatest tragedies of the human race are nothing to do with people being basically good or people being basically evil. They’re all to do with people being basically people.” - Neil Gaiman.

 15.  What was your favorite book as a child?

            The Little Prince.

 16.  What is the one book no writer should be without?

            Writing the Block Buster Novel by Albert Zuckerman. Currently, my favorite book on writing.

 17.  Is there a character you identify with more than any of the others?

            I identify with every one of them. When writing, I imagine I am that character. What it would be like if, for example, I weighed three hundred pounds? I do know what it’s like to want to eat even when I know it’s bad for me or I’m not hungry.  When possible, I read something by someone with that experience, or talk to them. I have a friend who’s overweight and I’ve seen the effect on his self-image.

            Ashley is probably the character I have the least in common with but I understand her feeling of social isolation caused by ambition, and living in LA. I’ve seen how isolated some people have become by their own wealth. I understand how living with another person’s family seeds this longing she had for one of her own.

 

18.  What will LA FOG part 2 be released?

            Wayob’s Revenge is currently in the editing phase. Expect it in April or May, 2022.

 

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To Light a Candle by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory

This is the sequel to The Outstretched Shadow with book three of the trilogy in my TBR pile.   Kellen has grown enormously in his role of Knight-Mage.    Ancaladar and Jermayan add some spice to the mix of characters.   The plot is simple, Demons vs. Humans.

Although the plot is clear the characters aren’t always clear.   The nuances of behavior are what makes so many of Lackey’s books so worthwhile.

There is coming of age and frustrated and deadly dealings with the endarkened.

I enjoyed the book and am enjoying the series. 

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Reboots: Undead Can Dance by Mercedes Lackey, Cody Martin

Humphrey Boggart (A boggart is a creature in English folklore, either a household spirit or a malevolent genius loci (that is, a geographically-defined spirit) a boggart who was saddled with his first name by who originally summoned him.  He is a private eye in a world populated by Norms and Paras.   Paras being Fangs/vampires, Furs/weres and a wealth of other worldly creatures.  The story collection is tied together with Humphrey’s relationship with a werewolf and a zombie.   They collectively become the PI firm of Boggart, the Barke and the Bot.

The stories are entertaining and fun to read.   I particularly liked Skinny Jim.

I recommend this book.

 

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Alien Hostiles: Solar Warden Book Two by Ian Douglas

This is second book of  a series.  Mark Hunter, a Navy SEAL, finds himself directing a mixed band of special ops troops.   Said troops are to provide security for a starship.   The ship travels through both space and time.  Earth is being manipulated by aliens but primarily our own ancestors and our reptilian predecessors.   The manipulation is intended to guarantee the existence of the manipulators.  Confused yet?

Hunter’s ethics are at odds with the chain of command that seeks to appease the groups by ignoring human exploitation and suffering.

 The plot centers on a trip to a distant planet that is the home of space faring Nazis. 

 The book explains the plausibility of such a ludicrous notion.

Space travel and time travel are adroitly merged by Douglas.

 Overall, the book was very good and I look forward to the next volume.

 As an aside, considering the number of potentially inhabitable planets in just our galaxy, it is the height of arrogance to assume we are the only intelligent (often questionable) life to be found. 

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The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart

Stick with this, it starts confusing and well, ends a bit confusing but is still worth reading.   The Paradox Hotel is where the time travelers stay before going through the Einstein time portal.  January Cole is the hotel detective.   Her interaction with the rest of the characters is really the core of the plot.

There is a plan to use the time portal to change history to benefit someone.  I am not clear as to whom but there are speculations or possibly inferences.  

January is of the school that tampering with history can be catastrophic.   The villains all feel that as long as the historic tampering benefits them, all is well.

The book had some interesting premises.

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Isolate by L.E. Modesitt

Modesitt can get wordy and is a social scientist in his writing.  His social commentary is often subtle and occasionally less than subtle.  In a fictional land government is in need of a change.  The major characters are a councilor, one of sixty-six and his two security aides. How they go about making change is the plot.

Avrall, an empath, and Dekkard an isolate are security specialists guarding Obreduur a Craft Councilor.   Avrall’s ability to sense others thoughts and Dekkard’s exceptional reflexes do an admirable job of protecting Obreduur. 

The three find themselves dealing with assassins, political chicanery and the tedium of politicking.

Once again those who avidly read Modesitt are aware that his books carry a load of societal insights.  There is some action.

I really enjoyed the book and I always lament there isn’t more on the last page. 

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the Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark

Onsi and Hamed are agents for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities. They are based in Cairo, and they are sent to the tram station to get a ghost out of Tram Car 015. 

The Trams are run by djinns.  The djinns are accepted as members of Cairo society.

The agents can’t afford a major djinn to get rid of the alleged ghost.   They seek help from different groups which doesn’t fare well.

They discover their ghost is not a ghost but something else altogether.

An entertaining novella, it looks at the Mideast in a new manner. 

Oh, as a backdrop the suffragette movement is featured. 

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Never Forget 9/11

Never Forget

Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs

Anna was an Omega.  Trapped in a pack led by a psychotic.   She is rescued by Charles who takes her home with him.

That sets up the werewolf story.  Briggs sets the stage and then runs action across it in an unpredictable manner.   Bran, the leader of the North American werewolves,  finds his pack and his own safety threatened.

Charles the pack enforcer is sent to track down a rogue who is leaving corpses that threaten the security of the pack.

A witch and centuries old vendetta round out the intricate plot line .

I like Briggs and her books, I recommend reading them all. 

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World Breakers edited by Tony Daniel

 The book purports to be about sentient tanks.  Well, some of the stories are but others are more like AIs with weapons.

As in any short story collection it is hard to review without going over every story.  There wasn’t a story in this I didn’t like.   Weber’s might have been my favorite but not by any more than a nose.

If you like sentient tanks, really who doesn’t, I highly recommend the book.

Honor is not reserved for mere organic beings. 

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The Outstretched Shadow by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory

Kellen is a teen with teen age angst.   His father is the head of the mages in his perfect town.   The town is perfect because that  is what the council of mages want.  Kellen is a reluctant student and discovers an alternative forbidden magic.  He butts heads with his daddy and ends up banned from the city.   That is the basis of the story.

Kellen meets a sister he didn’t know he had and she teaches him how to use their magic.  The story is of discovery and coming of age.  Kellen surprises his sister with his adaptability.  Kellen is befriended by a sarcastic Unicorn.

The three end up with Elves and Kellen is tasked with a quest to save the Elven community.

Vestikia shows things aren’t always as the seem and the value of acceptance and tolerance.

I enjoyed the book. 

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Spotlight on David Massie and the Quantum Flux by Andrew M. Nehring

Where do you go when time stands still?

 

 

Kid genius battles time in quest to save the world in author’s action-packed debut middle grade sci-fi novel

CHICAGO – Most kids’ biggest worries are what cereal they’ll have for breakfast or being late to soccer practice. But not David Massie. This 12-year-old has the weight of space and time in his hands in debut author Andrew M. Nehring’s middle grade science-fiction novel, “David Massie and the Quantum Flux” (July 13, 2021).

 

In this ordinary world of extraordinary technology lies David, a kid genius. After the abrupt disappearance of his older brother, Morgan, David spends his days fending off the class bully and searching deep into Morgan’s past for answers. Then, one rainy day, his world implodes thanks to a mysterious dark armored figure. That fateful encounter triggers a series of alternate realities in which David, his parents, his school, and even society at large continuously morphs into different scenarios each day. But as strange as those realities were, nothing prepared David for time coming to a screeching halt. To return his world to normal, David teams up with a Time Cop named CP. And together, they look to unravel the mystery of the Quantum Flux.

 

A quick read full of action and adventure — and an ending you won’t see coming — readers will be eager to see just where David’s journey takes him next.

“

David Massie and the Quantum Flux”

Andrew M. Nehring | July 13, 2021 | Middle Grade Science-Fiction
Paperback | 9781733384926 | $8.99 | Ebook | 9781733384933 | $5.99

 

Andrew M. Nehring is the author of David Massie as well as The Corrupted Light Chronicles. Growing up, he was always a very imaginative child who would tend to get lost in these worlds he created for himself. That passion for creativity never stopped. The concept of David Massie came to him after years of being an avid fan of science-fiction. This world that he created draws from both old and new sci-fi concepts.

 

Andrew has recently graduated from Northeastern Illinois University in the beautiful city of Chicago.  Now that he has graduated, he is focused on expanding the worlds of David Massie and also The Corrupted Light Chronicles. For more info, visit andrewmnehring.com.

 

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