Eric Olafson: Captain Black Velvet

Title: Eric Olafson: Captain Black Velvet Author: Vanessa Ravencroft Publisher: Inkitt Pub. Date: 24 July 2017 Series: Eric Olafson Genre: Sci-fi, Space Opera I have a weakness and last week I indulged it.   One morning I looked at my mound of literary fiction, YA, Mystery, Suspense, and Thriller titles in my TBR pile and…

The Wanderers

Title: The Wanderers Author: Meg Howrey Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Pub. Date: 14, March 2017   Astronauts Helen, Yoshi, and Sergei are training for the first Prime Space Mars mission. It is interesting but occasionally stressful for them and their families. Apply external stimuli and observe the internal workings of complicated people. That is it….

Can’t Forget

Title: Can’t Forget Author: Colleen S. Myers Publisher: Champagne Books Pub Date: 6 Jun 2016 Series: Solum #2 Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Teen/YA     This is book 2, and though reading book #1 is a good idea, this book can be read as a standalone. I have included the blurb for book 1 ‘Must…

All Our Wrong Todays

  Title: All Our Wrong Todays Author: Elan Mastai Publisher: Dutton Pub. Date: 7 February  2017 Genre: Science Fiction, recommended   This is the what-if-I-could-go-back-and-fix-it story you probably never imagined. It is also time travel as raw as the naked heart–especially once it goes soooo wrong. The characters are people who live on the page,…

Quista, Book One: Danay

Title: Quista, Book One: Danay Author: Aviva Bel’Harold Publisher: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing / EDGE-Lite Pub. Date: 9 May, 2016 Series: Quista #1 Genre: YA, Sci-Fi, Middle-Grade   I read enough YA books that I am comfortable with their literary shortcomings and can enjoy them for what they are, entertainment. Some of them…

The Genius Asylum

Title: The Genius Asylum Author: Arlene F. Marks Publisher: Edge-Lite Pub. Date: 25 April, 2016 Series: Sic Transit Terra #1 Genre: Sci-fi,  Space Caper, Hard-Boiled, Crime Drama, Intergalactic Espionage Drew Townsend is dispatched to a remote station for punishment, to solve a crime, or to do a wholly different job for which he, as a…

The Salarian Desert Game

  Title: The Salarian Desert Game Author: J.A. Mclachlan Publisher: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing Pub. Date: 12 April 2016 Genre: YA, Sci-Fi, suspense, adventure     Kia is a young girl, a talented interpreter asked to go undercover for a mysterious and powerful agency, but the timing means she has an undercover agenda…

Wipe

Title: Wipe Author: Joseph Turkot Publisher: Indie Pub. Date: 5 August, 2014 Genre: YA, Post-Apoc, Spec Fic   This review is for the omnibus – parts 1-5, the complete series.   Long after the world-as-we-know-it ended, civilization has pooled into communities held together by dogma of one sort or another. In Acadia, Maze and Wills…

Wolves

Title: Wolves Author: D. J. Molles Publisher: Blackstone Pub. Date: (projected) 30 Aug. 2016 Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Recommended   With nothing left to lose, Huxley, a man driven by grief to become a force of destruction, moves across the land toward a singular vengeful goal. He seeks his daughter, and the death of man…

Beltrunner

Title: Beltrunner Author: Sean O’Brien Publisher: Edge-Lite Pub. Date: February 22, 2016 Genre: Science Fiction Scavenging known space makes for a hard life, and surviving outside of the Corporations in the Belt makes it all the harder. It is not surprising that Collier and his unusual companion Sancho hit bottom, like many before them, until…