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It is absolutely amazing how many things can change all due to a single decision. The book Echo by Kenneth James Allen explores exactly that. It opens on a young man named Eli who is currently sitting in his apartment looking at the dead body of a cop while holding the gun that killed him…
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Today’s book is Dinosaur Planet, another brilliant story from Anne McCaffrey. It takes place far in the future where mankind is part of a federation of sentient beings. The story revolves around a group of people who are working as explorers for the federation to explore new planets. This particular group of people was one…
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Ancient Egypt, a world full of magic and a little bit of wonder. A place we return to in Warlock, the second book in the Ancient Egypt series by Wilbur Smith. It opens a few decades after the end of the previous book when Taita is training Nefer, the grandson of Lostris and son of…
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The book Keep Close by Kristen Wade was odd in that it doesn’t follow the stereotype for the typical story about an alien invasion. I say that because it doesn’t reveal the existence of the aliens right away and instead builds the tension for a while before the reveal. The story is about two teenagers,…
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I did not know that a watch could save a life but in The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley it does just that. Nathaniel Steepleton is a lowly telegraphist for the British Government in the 1880’s. One day he comes home to his rented room and finds a random pocket watch on a…
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Yet another month has come and gone and it is time for another monthly review. Last month I managed to finish a total of 23 books which brings my yearly total up to 104. This also means that I once again hit my monthly goal of 20 books and am already halfway to my yearly…
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3D printing a human body, I have to admit that it not something that I have come across before. That is however a primary theme in the book Re-printed Matter by Peter Merrens. The book opens just a few decades into our future, at a time when 3D printing has progressed into quantum printing with…
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I have finally reached the second half of The Demonwars Saga with Ascendance, which is the fifth book overall in The Demonwars Saga and it marks the beginning of the second DemonWars trilogy. Several years have passed for the various characters since the time of the rosy plague in the previous book Mortalis. Pony, still…
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A single chance event and the two women it unintentionally brings together. In Before She Finds Me by Heather Chavez we see how exactly Ren and Julia are brought together. Julia is with her daughter, Cora, registering her for college and dropping her off at the dorms when the shooting starts. Due to past experience…
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