This international thriller/conspiracy theory/novel starts with a great action sequence, full of assailants in ski masks, early-hours careening through the streets of Beijing in an enclosed van, and a great deal of disorientation, pain, and unpleasant surprise. However, we then drop back to the real beginning, which contains a great deal of backstory and information […]
Trampling in the Land of Woe” by William Galaini
Despite its dark title and even darker cover, I must recommend this book. It’s actually a lighter take on the venerable “What Hell is Like” genre, started by Dante Alighieri with his “Inferno” in the 14th century, and picked up by a myriad of rock ‘n’ rollers and fantasy writers in the past few decades. Not […]
Inevitable Ascension by V.K. McAllister
Here we go again. Another novel in the new genre, “Video Game Plot.” This one in spades. This story is set in a dystopian steam-punk world where all the rules are broken, including most of the rules of novel writing. Violina and her sidekick, Lux, roar through the ruins of a destroyed planet, finding, using, […]