The Valley: Sahra's Quest

The Valley: Sahra's Quest
Elizabeth Martin iUniverse, 245 pages, (paperback) $16.95, 9781491710326 (Reviewed: January, 2014) Sahra’s Quest is the first of a planned fantasy series called The Valley, written by transplanted Scotswoman Elizabeth Martin, now residing in Wyoming. The book’s heroine, Sahra, is a traveling medic...

Liberty's Dawn: Book One of the Liberty Trilogy

Liberty's Dawn: Book One of the Liberty Trilogy
Art Theocles iUniverse, 385 pages, (paperback) $21.95, 9781469751573 (Reviewed: January, 2014) This unusual novel mixes historical fiction with a science fiction twist, telling a story about the American Revolution from a different perspective. Nik, John, and Sid are three seemingly normal men living...

The Bribe

The Bribe
Oskar Klausenstock iUniverse, 280 pages, (paperback) $17.95, 9781491709146 (Reviewed: January, 2014) Two men in whom history has engendered mutual hatred gradually surmount their past experiences in this absorbing novel. Elderly Nathan Klein is in a nursing home recovering from a stroke when he sees...

Shadows Present, Shadows Past

Shadows Present, Shadows Past
J.H. Sanderson iUniverse, (paperback) $13.95, 9780595398737 (Reviewed: December, 2013) A quick, easy read, Shadows Present, Shadows Past is the ghost story equivalent of a “cozy” mystery, in which the characters may be discussing a grisly murder, but they do it at teatime while buttering their scones....

Looking into the Revelation: The Countdown to Christ's Return

Looking into the Revelation: The Countdown to Christ's Return
Dr. Boyd O. Gray iUniverse, 542 pages, (paperback) $31.95, 9781491704264 (Reviewed: December, 2013) A recurring theme in Dr. Boyd O. Gray’s lengthy book, Looking into the Revelation, is that mankind has lost sight of its first love, God. This is an idea that permeates the controversial book of Revelation,...