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Book Review – Tigerheart
Author: Peter David Cover Artist: Lauren Dong Publisher: Del Rey Binding: Paperback Publication Date: June 2008 Coming from a different direction, Peter David explores the Peter Pan legend through the eyes of Paul, a young man whose family has experienced a terrible loss. Paul’s baby sister dies in her crib one night. His family deals [...]
Book Review – Eternal Vigilance: From Deep Within the Earth
Author: Gabrielle S. Faust Cover Artist: Wojciech Zwolinski Publisher: Immanion Press Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2008 We awaken with Tynan Llywelyn from a hundred year’s Sleep. Tynan is no Rip Van Winkle, however, but a powerful vampire who is not eager to return to the vampire community who shunned him. The world that greets him [...]
Book Review – Pebble in the Sky
Author: Isaac Asimov Publisher: Tor Binding: Hardback Publication Date: January 2008 Fans of Asimov will recognize the bare bones of later works in Pebble in the Sky, his first published fiction novel. This story takes place many years before the Foundation series and contains some hints of these stories yet to come. The Galactic Empire [...]
Book Review – The 13th Reality: The Journal of Curious Letters
Author: James Dashner Cover Artist: Bryan Beus Publisher: Shadow Mountain Binding: Paperback Publication Date: March 2007 Tick, an introverted and intelligent young man suddenly receives a mysterious letter. By opening it, Tick launches himself on an adventure of a lifetime. Each subsequent letter holds a quirky and sometimes humorous clue, promising Tick danger if he [...]
Book Review – Jumper
Author: Stephen Gould Publisher: Tor Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: August 2007 David Rice, abused by father and abandoned by mother, suddenly discovers he has the unusual ability to “jump” – miraculously transporting himself and anything he is holding to wherever he pictures in his mind. Using his ability to escape his father, he struggles to [...]
Book Review – Marseguro
Author: Edward Willet Cover Artist: Steve Stone Publisher: DAW Binding: Paperback Publication Date: February 2008 Chris Keating hated his life. He hated living on a planet covered mostly with water. He hated the smell of rotting seaweed. He hated his job and the fact he was an orphan. However, he despised the Selkies more than [...]
Book Review – Child of a Dead God
Author: Barb Hendee & J.C. Hendee Cover Artist: Steve Stone Publisher: ROC Binding: Paperback Publication Date: January 2008 Fans of the Noble Dead saga have watched Magiere discover her heritage, assist in rescuing an elven assassin, and constantly remain on the lookout for more vampires. Now, driven to recover a powerful talisman, she finds herself [...]
Book Review – Breath and Bone
Author: Carol Berg Cover Artist: Luis Royo Publisher: ROC Binding: Paperback Publication Date: January 2008 Every once in a while a book comes along that redefines enjoyment and artistry. With Breath and Bone, Carol Berg has achieved just that. The magic in this story lives and breathes in the very words and phrasing of the [...]
Book Review – The Golden Cord
Author: Publisher: Thomson Gale Binding: Paperback Publication Date: April 2008 Drake is sent on a journey meant to be short and simple. Yet no journey through the Thornwoods could be termed simple. Constrictor vines, vicious ants and thorn vipers were the least of his worries. Aevians top the list, beginning with the bloodthirsty and aggressive [...]
Book Review – Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague
Author: Brandon Mull Publisher: Shadow Mountain Binding: Paperback Publication Date: April 21, 2008 Brandon Mull ups the stakes in this third installment of the Fablehaven series. Things are looking bad for Fablehaven. The artifact protected there is gone and all over the world secret refuges for magical creatures are collapsing in disarray. Grip of the [...]
Book Review – Virtual Evil
Author: Jana G. Oliver Cover Artist: L.W. Perkins Publisher: Dragon Moon Press Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2007 The government of 2057 is regretting the deregulation of time travel as private companies deluge the past with tourists. As the delicate web of history flexes under the weight of interference from the future, Jacynda struggles to locate [...]
Book Review – Sojourn
Author: Jana G. Oliver Cover Artist: Christina Yoder Publisher: Dragon Moon Press Binding: Paperback Publication Date: 2006 Jacynda is a Time Rover from the year 2057, escorting academic tourists back and forth in the river of Time to engage in historical research. Called upon to recover a reluctant tourist who is enjoying the past a [...]
