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February 2013

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published February 2013.

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Futuredaze

by Leia Menlove

Fiction for young adults (YA if you are pub-geeky) is taking the world by solar storm. We have seen the novels and the movies, now Underwords Press brings us an anthology of YA shorts. True to trend, "Futuredaze" features both space... Read More

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Opcit at Large

by Leia Menlove

John Barr, writer of epic poems or poetic epics (the poetry-illiterate may not draw a distinction), has returned with Book II of The Adventures of Ibn Opcit. This second volume, "Opcit at Large", mires our eponymous poet-hero in more... Read More

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Pass Me the Rice

by Diane Gardner

Lieutenant Robert Kay wanted more. Life on a US Navy ship lacked the action he craved, especially with the Vietnam War underway. So, while some fled the draft or reluctantly served, he requested a transfer into the thick of it all. In... Read More

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Ambition

by Lawrence Kane

George Tazoli is a young, successful floor trader at Forest & Vignes bank, an institution reeling from a portfolio of bad loans. He is also dating billionaire bank president Peter Donovan’s daughter, Sam. Although he is an... Read More

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At Times I Almost Dream

by James Burt

Combining fantasy and reality in fiction is no easy task. Amy E. Yergen’s "At Times I Almost Dream" serves up a world of almost child-like fantasy mixed with heavy adult situations. A collection of short stories, each narrative... Read More

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Actor. Writer. Whatever.

by Christina Hamlett

As the title of the vintage song goes, “There’s a Broken Heart for Every Light on Broadway.” Yet for as many disappointments, rejections, setbacks, and snubs that Mellini Kantayya has endured during her “rise to the top of the... Read More

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The Crystal Scepter

by Alan Couture

The land of Elysiel is under a curse of bitter ice, its king dead, its denizens frozen in time. Treacherous Pythius, the tyrant of distant Paladya, has stolen the magical Crystal Scepter and is determined to master its charms, no matter... Read More

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Ashes Rain Down

by Shoilee Khan

"Ashes Rain Down" is a collection of linked short stories set in a dismal, pre-apocalyptic world where environmental disasters wreak havoc on disparate communities scattered across the country. The world is embroiled in The Forever War,... Read More

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