SCIENCE FICTION
RABT BOOK TOUR : BOOK BLITZ – AETHYR BY SEAN E KELLY
He wanted to live forever. He’s going to learn that immortality might be worse than death. One day in Pittsburgh, Paddy Riordan died…his body did, anyway. His digitalized mind wakes up in a world where nothing is what it seems, his memory fragmented. When a stranger calling himself the Varyag appears with a dire warning, Paddy must piece together his broken past, all while evading assassins, rogue AI, and the most beautiful demon he’s ever seen, to save himself and the woman he loves. But hidden in those broken memories is a virus more devastating than any Paddy has faced before.
BOOK REVIEW : MADE TO ORDER – ROBOTS AND REVOLUTION EDITED BY JONATHAN STRAHAN
Made To Order has 16 short stories that discuss AIs and robots where we see them taking over the human workforce, some more sentient beings than just machines. The book discusses the impact of these technological advancements on humans and their existence. The cultural changes and the societal standards that come into play in accommodating new beings. We also have some human-robot hybrids, some futuristic humans with electronics being part of them and AIs with human physiology as well, playing central characters. Keep on reading for more...
BOOK REVIEW : ON THE ISLE OF SOUND AND WONDER BY ALYSON GRAUER
On The Isle Of Sound And Wonder is a fantasy retelling of The Tempest by William Shakespeare. Alyson Grauer has done a fantastic job in this book keeping the story engaging and riveting with the atmospheric setting of the remote island, the magic and a good cast of characters. The book is a fun read and definitely worth checking it out. If you want to more about my thoughts on this book keep on reading.
YA BOUND BOOK TOURS – BOOK EXCERPT : VEILED SUN (TOMORROW’S EDGE #2) BY BRETT ARMSTRONG
AD 2040: Every day the world slips further into lies. Seventeen-year-old Elliott knows that better than most. Project Alexandria is rewriting history, shaping the world according to sinister goals. To stop it, Elliott must assemble the “Veiled Sun”, a secret program written by his grandfather. Keep on reading...
RABT BOOK TOURS – BOOK EXCERPT : INTERDICTED SPACE (INTERSTELAR ENFORCEMENT AGENCY #2) BY GILLIAN ANDREWS
Sci-Fi / Space Opera Date Published: December 23, 2019 The universe needs saving, but is this makeshift crew really the stuff of superheroes? Nivala’s first interstellar patrol is interrupted by extremely unwelcome visitors. Mallivan may have to take them on board; he doesn’t have to like it. His vociferous crewmembers certainly don’t. He is right to be concerned. The youngest member of the team is in imminent, grave danger. People covet her privileged link to the mighty Chakran aliens, who can unlock spacetime itself. When she makes a brave and selfless decision, the situation becomes critical. If they can’t reach her in time the galaxy will slide into self-serving chaos. …
RABT BOOK TOURS – BOOK EXCERPT : TERMINATION SHOCK (INTERSTELAR ENFORCEMENT AGENCY #1) BY GILLIAN ANDREWS
Book One of Interstellar Enforcement Agency Space Opera (Scifi) Date Published: First of December 2019 In a galactic meltdown that threatens spacetime itself, the universe needs superheroes. On offer: a Spacelander with a slight attitude, an irritating protégée who talks back and vast alien beings who may span the cosmos but who have quite a problem communicating with other species. The learning curve might be too steep. Ryler Mallivan’s comfortable life as an upstanding young freighter captain has just imploded. Avaraks are storming the training ship he is on and the bullets being fired are not blanks. Interstellar war has broken out and unless he moves fast they will all…
BOOK REVIEW : A TOUCH OF DEATH ( THE OUTLANDS PENTALOGY) BY REBECCA CRUNDEN
TITLE : A Touch of Death AUTHOR : Rebecca Crunden GENRE : Fantasy, Science Fiction/Dystopia FBRC RATING : 4.5 Stars SYNOPSIS : A thousand years in the future, the last of humanity live inside the walls of the totalitarian Kingdom of Cutta. The rich live in Anais, the capital city of Cutta, sheltered from the famine and disease which ravage the rest of the Kingdom. Yet riches and power only go so far, and even Anaitians can be executed. It is only by the will of the King that Nate Anteros, son of the King’s favourite, is spared from the gallows after openly dissenting. But when he’s released from prison,…
BOOK REVIEW : IF DARKNESS TAKES US BY BRENDA MARIE SMITH
I no longer trusted the sun. I kept half an eye on it, night and day. I told myself that the sun would not go full rogue on us and send a pulse to suck our atmosphere away, but I had a hard time believing it…. – IF DARKNESS TAKES US (BRENDA MARIE SMITH) TITLE : If darkness takes us AUTHOR : Brenda Marie Smith GENRE : Sci-fi, Adult FBRC RATING : 3 stars BLURB : IN SUBURBAN AUSTIN, TEXAS, BEA CRENSHAW SECRETLY PREPARES FOR THE APOCALYPSE. But when a solar pulse destroys modern life, she’s left alone with four grandkids whose parents do not return home. She must teach…
