Amazon Link: B.U.G. When it comes to good guys taking on the terrorists, do you turn to ‘Die Hard’, or are you more a James Bond fan? If you answered ‘Die Hard’, ‘BUG’ is the book for you! What I love about the ‘Die Hard’ series is the John McLean character Bruce Willis plays, always in […]
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Book Review: William Gibson – The Peripheral
Do you enjoy games where you can create an avatar and then roam a virtual world, carrying out missions, fulfilling quests and saving damsels or dudes in distress? OK, now imagine the possibilities if the avatar you created existed in the real world, not a virtual world. This is the premise behind Cyberpunk godfather William Gibson’s newest […]
Jinnik by Gideon D. Asche Book Review
Title: Jinnik Author: Gideon D. Asche Kindle version (illustrated) read on Onyx Boox T68 ISBN13 9781483539188 The preview blurb for “Jinnik” by Gideon Asche caught my eye on a discussion thread on Goodreads. “Set in a time and place remembered only by those who survived and a row of upside down shot glasses behind an old bar; […]
The Rise of the Fourth Reich, by Jim Marrs Book Review
The publisher’s blurb says “Throw out everything you think you know about history. Close the approved textbooks, turn off the corporate mass media, and whatever you do, don’t believe anything you hear from the government — The Rise of the Fourth Reich reveals the truth about American power.”I suggest instead you suspend all disbelief and […]
Half Way Home and Hurricane, by Hugh Howey Book Reviews
Digital age author Hugh Howey specialises in post apocalyptic ‘what happens after the end of the world’ storytelling, with minutely imagined, detailed worlds and compelling characters whose fates you cannot fail to care about.Many book lovers will need no introduction to Howey and his famous ‘Sand’ and ‘Silo’ series books, so for this review I have chosen to review two of […]
The Origin Trilogy by AG Riddle Book Reviews
PreambleI am just beginning to dive into Elite Dangerous, and to get in the sci-fi mood, I picked up this huge time, universe and species spanning space opera trilogy. The three titles in the Origin Trilogy include Atlantis Gene, Atlantis Plague and Atlantis World, and I made the mistake of reading the first two in […]
Ghosts of Targets Past Book Review
Extremely well written and first published in 1995; Ghosts of Targets Past reads like a ”modern” book as it takes the reader through the experiences of a Lancaster pilot and crew during the closing months of WW2. Beginning in January 1942 with the author’s appearance before the selection board and then going on to describe parts […]
Europe at War (non fiction) & the Ossie Wolf Trilogy (fiction)
Blue Man Falling/Band of Eagles/To Play the Fox, Frank Bernard (Kindle Editions). Frank Bernard titles on Amazon PREAMBLE Frank Bernard penned this trio of great yarns about a fictional American volunteer pilot in WWII, Ossie Wolf, and his adventures in the Battle of Britain, Africa and the Med. True story: I was sitting on a […]
Dawn Attack by Brian Callison Book Review
Dawn Attack by Brian Callison Plot precis: Fictional account of a British combined forces attack on German Occupied Norway, drawing inspiration from the British commando raid on Lofoten in March 1941.The story of the dawn raid is told from multiple points of view, both the German and British side, as well as from air, land and sea. Preamble: […]
ROLLING THUNDER (Wings of War) Free on Kindle
Amazon is offering ROLLING THUNDER (Wings of War) for free on Kindle. Rolling Thunder is an explosive portrait of men at war, so authentic and powerful, only a veteran pilot could have written it. It is the first of the five-book Rolling Thunder series. Next are Steel Tiger, Phantom Leader, Eagle Station, and Storm Flight.
Men who Killed the Luftwaffe Free on Kindle
Amazon is offering Men who Killed the Luftwaffe a dramatic story of World War II in the air written by Jay A. Stout for free on Kindle. The book details how the U.S. built an air force of 2.3 million men after starting with 45,000 and defeated the world’s best air force at the time. In order to defeat […]
Out of the Turret and Into Hell Review
by Cat Introduction In this digital age, almost anyone can be a published author. Over the last ten years especially, print-on-demand services have flourished, making a domain previously occupied only by professional literary agents and long-established publishing houses open to just about anyone. I myself have taken advantage of this, with the 2009 publication through […]