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Imager’s Battalion (The Image Portfolio book six) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (book review).
This is the sixth book in ‘The Imager Portfolio’ so beware spoilers for previous episodes. The first three books are set in a…
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Fathom by Cheri Priest (book review).
Nia goes to stay with her cousin Bernice, hoping for a summer of fun but what she finds changes her life forever. After…
January 2013
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Conflagration by Mick Farren (book review).
‘Conflagration’ is the sequel to ‘Kindling’ which’ unfortunately’ I have not read. I say ‘unfortunate’ as ‘Conflagration’ is a cracking read and perhaps…
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The Stars Blue Yonder by Sandra McDonald (book review).
The inside cover note says that Chief Terry Myell died and became a god and now he’s back to life. He is being…
December 2012
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The Immortality Engine (A Newbury and Hobbes Investigation book 3) by George Mann (book review).
If you hunger for more stories about the indomitable Sherlock Holmes but can’t get a regular fix, you might want try another dynamic…
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Princeps (The Image Portfolio book five) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (book review).
The first thing to say about ’Princeps’ is that L.E. Modesitt makes no concessions to new readers in this sequel and if you…
November 2012
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A Forthcoming Wizard by Jody Lynn Nye (book review).
Chapter One contains a recap of events from book one, ‘An Unexpected Apprentice’, so you don’t need to have read it to find…
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Scholar (The Imager Portfolio book 4) by L.E. Modesitt Jr. (book review).
‘Scholar’, the fourth book in ‘The Imager Portfolio’, opens with the furniture of fantasy: a cast list and a map. The other genre…
September 2012
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Imager’s Challenge (The Imager Portfolio book 2) by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
This is the second book in ‘The Imager Portfolio’ series. Like the first, it is set in the city of L’Execlsis in the…
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The Unincorporated Future by Dani Kollin & Eytan Kollin.
These ‘Unincorporated’ book series seems to be moving ever further from the original unique premise where American business practices are extended in the…
August 2012
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The Coldest War (book 2) by Ian Tregillis
It is 1963, some eighteen years after World War Two, in this alternative reality, Germany wasn’t split between Russia, American and Great Britain,…
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Energized by Edward M. Lerner
Edward Lerner’s latest book, ‘Energized’, is a post-disaster book. An accident has resulted in the Middle East oil being radioactive contaminated, according to…