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The Dragon Factory by Jonathan Maberry REVIEW SUMMARY: Joe Ledger is back, he’s mad, and ready to take on genetically enhanced humans, animals and anything in between. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: In this follow up to the Bram Stoker nominated Patient Zero, Joe Ledger and the Department of Military Sciences team fight two sets of related genetic
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Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel by Jonathan Maberry Patient Zero is as thought-provoking as it is balls-to-the-wall. Which is quite a combo, no question! You’ll find violence and excitement throughout, tempered by enough politics and scientific stuff to provide “meat” for this high-octane rollercoaster ride. There’s never a dull moment, which makes Jonathan Maberry’s
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Green by Jay Lake Jay Lake’s Green is a character-driven fantasy with enough action to satisfy the most blood-thirsty of us. The important part is Green, the girl, the heroine, the character we come to love and root for. Fate buffets her, and few heroines really maintain their agency in the face of the forces
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Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel by Jonathan Maberry Patient Zero follows Joe Ledger, a hard, no-nonsense cop in Boston who is facing a hearing because of the his fatal shooting of a suspect – Joe isn’t worried, though. The hearing is merely for show since his actions were legal in every way, but the
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Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel by Jonathan Maberry But I’m breaking my own rule to review what the book is, rather than what it isn’t. Maberry’s intent is clearly to play the percentages rather than to take risks, and he’s more interested in comfort reading than challenging people’s expectations, but within those parameters (and
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Singing to the Dead by Caro Ramsay There is something about a Scottish detective. Something about the often cold and rainy city of Glasgow that lends itself to determined and forthright policing. In Caro Ramsay’s second novel, Singing to the Dead, the Partickhill squad is facing severe staff shortages at Christmas because of the holidays
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The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman It all begins with a mistake, of course. We never know why the machine works, only that it does. It’s the “almost useless” time machine, as accidental creator and MIT graduate Matt Fuller calls it. A small calibrator that’s supposed to measure gravitrons but, upon each press of
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The January Dancer by Michael Flynn SF author Michael Flynn told SCI FI Wire that his new novel, The January Dancer, was inspired by the look and feel of Frank Herbert’s classic Dune. “I wrote this book when I was a teenager,” Flynn said in an interview. “I had just read [Dune] in Analog and
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Bewitching Season by Marissa Doyle Living in 1827 London, twin sisters Persy and Pen Leland are beginning their first season out in society. They are wealthy, loved by family, AND… witches! Their beloved governess, Miss Allardyce disappears at the same time they meet a strange gentleman with odd eyes. Is Miss Allardyce attending to an