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Slow Train to Arcturus

by Todd Mercer

Veteran sci-fi writers Eric Flint and Dave Freer present a mechanical engineer/biologist named Kretz who’s investigating a gargan-tuan craft transporting planetoid-sized artificial habitats through deep space in "Slow Train to... Read More

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Dooley Takes the Fall

by Todd Mercer

Quintuple winner of the Arthur Ellis Award Norah McClintock profiles a teen struggling and failing to regain normalcy after incarcera-tion for burglary and assault in "Dooley Takes the Fall" (Red Deer Press, 978-0-88995-403-8). Dooley is... Read More

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Triskellion

by Todd Mercer

Rachel and Adam Newman, fourteen-year-old twins from New York, are shipped off to live with an unaffectionate grandmother in a peculiar English town on the moors whose insular residents share a complicated secret. Will Peterson’s... Read More

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Quondam

by Todd Mercer

The winner of the Indie Excellence Award for Fantasy and Science Fiction steers a sure course away from the wreckage-strewn shoals common to the genre delivering a well-conceptualized story which seems to reflect real history yet... Read More

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EV Management

by Todd Mercer

Dr. Brammar takes a dim view of certain improvement paradigms like Lean Manufacturing which promise miracle savings through little more than streamlining work stations or production lines. If every second of waste is cut from the making... Read More

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African Girl

by Todd Mercer

The quest for racial equality and human rights ties together disparate elements in the highly original speculative novel "African Girl". The story begins with a little girl named Lea living in the fictional country of Nathan which could... Read More

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