Science fiction can fill a special role in the lives of teens, especially when independence is modeled by young heroes and heroines who don’t rely on their parents to solve their problems. This attribute is inherent in Cynthia Hey’s... Read More

The second in a planned four-book series, Among the Fallen: Restless Dreams is a brilliant if brutal blood fest. Set in a “city of the dead” (and undead), it is packed with shuffling hordes of zombies, crazed and crucified religious... Read More

In the science-fiction world created by Albert James in Legend of the White Dragon: The Newborn, the familiar old-world religiosity of Jerusalem coexists with futuristic flying machines, interplanetary travel, and an evil emperor... Read More

"Total Secession" is a tour de force of speculative fiction. Adam Connell creates an intriguing dystopia in which two ex-cons, Grant and Litz, travel around the United States in the days leading up to the dismantling of the federal... Read More

In comedy parlance, a throwaway joke gets delivered in a casual, easy manner. Its power comes from the lack of emphasis placed on it. A throwaway works only when the comedian or writer refrains from showing any awareness that he’s even... Read More

Captain Grieg Bryians runs his trading business in the Dragoes system with few problems, earning a reputation as a reliable merchant on the capital planet of Zelphr. His world is interrupted by the invasion of the Kyrans, humanoid,... Read More

“Anyone that gets washed down river, dressed in rags and carrying that sword, has got to have a remarkable story, and I want to hear it.” So quips the man who saves the hero of "Mayan Prophecies" from drowning. It is with such... Read More

A genetically engineered, reproductive monster is the perfect catalyst for global mayhem—a time-tested story that rarely disappoints readers. "The Immune" is yet another spin on “run for your life before it eats you.” Readers who... Read More