Category Archives: Small Press Book Reviews

Lost Cargo by P.A. Cornell (Mocha Memoirs Press) Lost Cargo is a novella—and is a decent book. Good characters, good plot, good setting. If you want something pleasant to help fill up your eReader, this will fit the bill. Parker … Continue reading →

The Celestial Sea (The Combined Service Book 3)(Theogony Books/CKP) by Jo Boone The Magnetar, a military space-going vessel of The Combined Service, is in for repairs after nearly being burned up in an intentional failed reentry to protect an octopod … Continue reading →

The Infinity Trap by Ian C. Douglas (IFWG Publishing International) Zeke is a 15-year-old boy who fakes being psychic to get into an exclusive school for psychics on Mars. This school is used to train people with the potential to … Continue reading →

Johnny Talon and the Goddess of Love and War (The Wild Rose Press) W. B. J. Williams This novel is possibly one of the best examples of magical realism I’ve ever read. Warning: Adult themes. Johnny Talon is a private … Continue reading →

Shortcut: A Jason Maxx thriller (Villainous Press) by Bryan Thomas Schmidt and Hunt Lowry Smart, original, and it twists like an ice dancer. You’ll want to read Shortcut or see the movie they’re  making from this page-turning thriller. Jason Maxx … Continue reading →

Slice of Chaos: Pizza In Space Book 2 (Paper Golem LLC) by Lawrence M. Schoen Since Book 1 Melody Wilder has beaten a ruthless alien pirate/priest, survived being gored, and is recuperating while trying to complete and defend her doctoral … Continue reading →

Touch the Sky (… And We Write) edited by Jennifer Busick and Catherine Jamie This is an enjoyable anthology themed by the Saturn V rocket. I could see it being a worthy addition to the Huntsville Space & Rocket Center’s … Continue reading →

 The Shadow Collector (Tellwell) by Bonnie Randall It takes at least a decade to become an “overnight success,” or in this case two decades. In June of 2023 this A&A author and veteran indie writer Bonnie Randall’s latest work became … Continue reading →

Death Tango  (Running Wild Press/ RIZE ) by Lachi The book opens with a grisly murder by a nameless someone who is not fully human and feels not only slighted by a scientist named Dr. Ferguson but threatened by him–so … Continue reading →