Linda Ravenscroft

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Book Review for "Noah's Ark"
Schartz pens a suspenseful prequel to her futuristic series, "Chronicles of Kassouk" with "Noah's Ark." Filled with action, adventure, greed, betrayal, and love, "Noah's Ark" tells the story of how the humans were brought to Kassouk and how they fought for their independence in the face of adversity.
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:45:25 -0500

Rise of The Kek: A Science Fiction Novel Overview
The Neutrino Drive engine was the Cideban's answer to near-lightspeed space travel. Cideban scoutships crossed the galaxy with impunity, cataloguing the evolutionary and technological progress of the worlds they discovered. Time dilation kept the scoutship pilots young as hundreds, even thousands of light years slipped behind them. When the Cideban homeworld came under attack by the Kek, a vicious race of bloodthirsty insectoids that had commandeered and partly succeeded in reverse engineering a Cideban Neutrino Drive engine, a chain of events was set into motion which led straight to Earth. But humanity was ill-equipped to defend itself against interstellar spacefaring aliens, and not advanced enough to utilize Neutrino Drive engine technology.
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:32:47 -0500

The Tides of Avarice: A Sagaria Legend - By: John Dahlgren - Book Review
In the world of Sagaria - a place not so different than ours, other than virtually all the animals can talk and have roughly equal status in society - there are adventures to be had...
Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:21:23 -0500

In Time, By: Lila L Pinord - Book Review
Traveling can be a tiring activity, whether you're driving across the state or flying halfway around the world. As Lila L. Pinord demonstrates in her novel In Time, flitting across space and time at random is even more exhausting, and a good deal more frightening.
Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:30:02 -0500

Review: Micromegas
This one is the first. It's the first short story about aliens, the first short story questioning the position of humans in the universe relative to extra-terrestrials, and the first to suggest that aliens might be our equals, even our superiors. It's also, being 260 years old, one of the first science fiction texts out there. This is aliens-come-to-earth, sci-fi Patient Zero right here, and it certainly didn't keep its ideas to itself.
Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:10:17 -0500

Mortus, By: Dennis K Hausker
Mortus - Book I of the Faenum Quest the adventure begins is a unique epic fantasy with high and dark fantasy elements. Author Dennis K. Hausker is realistic about the flawed and dark nature of society and allows this to come through in some of the characters he creates.
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:02:37 -0500

A Demonically Great Read
Dark Solus's parents where a witch and a demon. After they were brutally murdered by an evil wizard and the heads of several guilds who worked with him, Dark Solus burns with a desire to seek revenge. With the training of the Styge, and the advice and help of his grandfather, who is a silver dragon, Dark embarks on his quest in this highly entertaining read.
Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:47:42 -0500

The Drawing of The Three: A Book Review, Part 4
In the second book of Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower' series, Roland of Gilead reaches out to the world of a heroin addict named Eddie Dean for help. He's dying of starvation and infection. Roland, the last in a long line of fabled gunslingers, helps this heroin addict stand up to mobsters who would otherwise destroy him.
Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:59:10 -0500

The Drawing of The Three: A Book Review, Part 3
The second book of Stephen King's 'The Gunslinger' series is called 'The Drawing of The Three.' The book starts out with Roland of Gilead, the last of a long line of gunslingers, practically dead with infection and starvation. He finds a door in the middle of a plain that leads into the mind and life of a heroin addict named Eddie Dean.
Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:46:49 -0500