I got a great deal on the audiobook version of this novel and decided to give it a shot. I found it to be very entertaining. It has the classic Douglas Adams humor, quirky and wacky characters, implausible situations, and some very neurotic Norse gods. It was a ton of… Read more »
In The Benders, Riley and Clay end up being prisoners again, albeit separated this time. Riley ends up as a slave in a camp run by a deranged bullet maker who runs his estate like a medieval castle. Meanwhile, Clay and Ethan are held prisoner by Nessa in an army compound. Both… Read more »
Interview With Guy Martland Can you talk a little about what the book is about? My latest book is called The Scion and is SF novel in the Space Opera tradition. When I started writing this book, it was my intention to write a gothic SF novel. However, I was having a lot of fun… Read more »
Interview With David Michael Slater Can you talk a little about what the book is about? The book is about a pair of twins on the cusp of their thirteenth birthday who come into possession of an ancient book that appears to be full of nonsense. But when their lives… Read more »
In Tabula Rasa, a young girl named Sarah is in a hospital with no memory of her past and being subjected to various experiments. Shortly after the book opens, soldiers storm the hospital and try to kill Sarah. From there, she spends the novel trying to stay alive, learning more… Read more »
The Children of Darkness is a revised version of There Comes a Prophet, a book I highly rated. In this dystopia, a future dark age has descended upon mankind. A religious group has taken control and maintains peace by intimidation and power. Most technology has been forgotten, except what the… Read more »
In The Freeze, a young girl named Andrea lives underground with a makeshift community after the weather above turned into a never-ending winter. Feeling somewhat useless and stir-crazy, she disguises herself as a boy and slips into a surface scavenging party. She quickly falls behind and loses the group. Unable… Read more »
In Fight for Valor, Edwin fights to regain his memories and save Veracka from the Regent Council who would usurp the princess’ power for their own gains. The thing about this book, and about the whole series, is it is just fun to read. The bad thing about this book… Read more »
In Scorpion Mountain, Hal and crew work to put an end to an assassination contract against princess Cassandra. By now I know to expect any John Flanagan book will be a 5-star book for me (after reading tons of them), and this one is no exception. The writing is top-notch, the… Read more »
In The Dig, a young man named Matthew Turner has a unique gift and ability to be able to read imprints (memories) left on inanimate objects. He is called to read a man-made artifact from millions ago. The readings reveal an ancient, advanced culture fleeing their home before an asteroid… Read more »
In Slaves of Socorro, the Heron crew are sent to spend a year helping patrol Araluen. While there, a renegade Skanadian captures from Araluens and sells them as slaves. Hal and his shipmates must infiltrate the slave market and free the Araluens. This series really continues to impress me. There… Read more »
The Biomass Revolution is a post-apocalyptic tale of a society living after a world-wide nuclear war. This society’s government uses a brutal military to oppress its citizens and keep out all outsiders, including those who need help. Living in all of this is a state worked named Spurious who soon… Read more »
Interview with J.A. McLachlan Hello, I’m J. A. McLachlan, the author of The Occasional Diamond Thief. I’m so pleased to be meeting you, and I’d like to thank Michael for having me here on Michael SciFan today. This blog tour is part of my online launch of The Occasional Diamond… Read more »
Interview with Siobhan Davis, author of Beyond Reach Can you talk a little about what the book is about? Beyond Reach is book two in my YA sci-fi romance Series (True Calling). The series has a unique fantasy/paranormal twist and it contains a perfect blend of action, adventure, romance, suspense,… Read more »
Cinder is a futuristic tale (borrowing some elements from Cinderella) in which a young mechanic girl (part cyborg) catches the eyes of a prince. She is invited to a ball with him but her stepmother and sister make that difficult. Meanwhile a plague sweeps the nation and the Lunar colonies… Read more »
Interview with Stephanie Erickson, author of The Dead Room Can you talk a little about what the book is about? Sure! The book is about a little island of survivors more than three centuries after the mysterious apocalypse. No one knows what caused the end of civilization, and no one… Read more »
In Departure, a group of plane crash survivors discover something very strange about the place they have landed. This novel has a very “LOST” feel to it (as in the TV series) with unexplained mysteries and a group of people banded together to solve them. I don’t want to give… Read more »
Guest Post Fonda Lee Hands down the most enjoyable part of writing my debut young adult sci-fi novel Zeroboxer was envisioning, creating, and depicting the futuristic sport of zeroboxing. Zeroboxer is about a young man named Carr Luka who battles to make it to the top in the weightless combat… Read more »
Interview With Susan Kim & Laurence Klavan Who is your favorite character, or what character was the most fun to write? SUSAN: I don’t know why, but the most fun characters to write are always the bad guys. And while I can’t speak for Laurence, I know I had the… Read more »
In this audiobook, a rich businessman named Gordon Lee has detected an alien ship approaching Earth from a nearby star. NASA believes it to only be a solar fragment ejected from the star, and thus refuses to entertain the idea of aliens. Gordon takes it upon himself to invent and… Read more »
