Cargo Hold 4…A Brief Synopsis
Five years into a multi-decade deep space mission, a team of eight scientists—four women, four men—explore a dwarf planet near the Kuiper Belt, loading soil samples, rocks and artifacts onto their spaceship, Gretel. Inadvertently, they bring aboard a ...
Involuntarius…A Brief Synopsis
It is the 26th day of October. In the year of our Lady Miraberis 1988. Or is it Lord Vehemens? Civility amongst two societies is hanging by a thread after the love that united a God, and a Goddess is irreversibly shattered. For centuries, Congrega ...
Cargo Hold 4 by Lonnie Busch
Reviewed by Douglas R. Cobb Cargo Hold 4 is a Science Fiction/Horror novel by Lonnie Busch that takes the old trope of a stowaway aboard your spaceship to a different level. Perhaps the most famous example of having a stowaway aboard one's spaceship ...
Involuntarius by J. R. Izquierdo
Reviewed by Lily Andrews J.R. Izquierdo's gripping mystery and suspense novel "Involuntarius" traces a young man's quest to unearth secrets his father left behind that might prevent a war between two secret societies fighting to be the dominant se ...
Star Maker…A Brief Synopsis
Fall in Love with Rock and Romance on the Sunset Strip Dive into the electric allure of the 1980s rock scene with Star Maker. Meet Kit McKenna, a bright-eyed entertainment attorney on a mission to conquer the music world. But when she meets the ch ...
Star Maker by Jessa Nevins
Reviewed by Jacquelyn Tolksdorf The novel captures the essence of the 1980s rock scene, with vivid descriptions of the music, fashion, and culture of the time. From the highways of Nevada to the bustling streets of Los Angeles, Nevins paints a ric ...
Tommy Rocket and the Goober Patrol…A Brief Synopsis
When Nate Turner, a more or less average, well-intentioned 10-year-old, receives via robot-helicopter an encoded invitation from the secluded, anti-social, and enigmatic child prodigy, Tommy Rocket, promising free Doritos, Twinkies, and adventure, he ...
Broken Pencils… A Brief Synopsis
Jonah Tarver, a troubled Oakland teenager grappling with his parents' troubled marriage, his own mental disorder, and the weight of his best friend's death, embarks on a desperate quest to find meaning in life. On his eighteenth birthday, coinciding ...
Tommy Rocket and the Goober Patrol by Thomas Kuhn
Reviewed by Teri Takle Nate lives a reasonably everyday life for a 10-year-old boy. Along with his parents, little brother, big sister, and grandmother, life survives with little excitement. The school exists, but Nate’s standard is to get by doing a ...
Broken Pencils by J.R. Rice
Reviewed by Michaela Gordoni In Broken Pencils by J.R. Rice, 18-year-old Jonah is in for a whirlwind prom night when his emotions mount on top of drug use and alcohol. He has a personal recipe for disaster, and the ingredients are as follows: First, ...