Coming Soon: Zoysana’s Choice In September, Airborn Press will be releasing “Zoysana’s Choice,” a new book by Gordon A. Long. This is the first in a new series called the “Petrellan Saga,” which is planned to be a 7-book series of mostly stand-alone novels using a rotating cast of characters. Book 4 is the book…
Month: August 2016
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“Sacred Planet” by Austin Rogers
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There is no more fun and relaxing read than a good, old-fashioned space opera. And “Sacred Planet” is space opera on steroids: a huge, sweeping saga, with epic settings and a cast of thousands. Maybe too much so, but we’ll get to that later. As with all good epics, this tale covers the story from…
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“A Hunt by Moonlight” by Shawna Reppert
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When an author sets out to write a detective mystery that is set in Victorian England, she is joining an illustrious circle with such authors as Arthur Conan Doyle and Wilkie Collins, who lived during the period, thus giving them a leg up in the veracity of their world-building. One of my favourites is Anne Perry,…
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“The Last Bucelarii Book 2: Lament of the Fallen,” by Andy Peloquin
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There is an old theatrical maxim that watching a person try not to cry is far more moving than watching someone in tears. It is the same with “Lament of the Fallen,” the second book in “The Last Bucelarii” series. In the first book, there was far too much violence for no good reason. Killing…
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“As Wings Unfurl” by Arthur M. Doweyko
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This is a modern paranormal story of the “Guardian Angel Becomes Mortal for the Sake of Love” variety. But the promised love story rather fades as the action progresses: a lost opportunity for more depth to the humanity of the characters. The plot involves the common people involved in the unraveling of a millennia-old conspiracy:…