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The Rithmatist Book Review

The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson Tor Teen 2013 $17.99; 378 pages ISBN 9780765320322 Ever since a friend recommended Mistborn three years ago, I have been in love with Brandon Sanderson's work. Sanderson's shtick is coming up with really interesting systems of "magic", that

Death Troopers Book Review

Death Troopers by Joe Schreiber LucasBooks, 2009 ISBN: 9780345509628 $7.99; 256 pages A friend recommended this book to me nearly three years ago. I finally picked up a copy, and it was a blast! Oh, the days when you could throw iconic characters into any situation you wanted! As

Ice, Iron, and Gold Book Review

Ice, Iron, and Gold by S. M. Stirling Nightshade Books, 2007 ISBN: 9781597801157 $6.70; 256 pages Stirling has written some of my favorite books. He co-authored The Prince with Jerry Pournelle, and also wrote some short fiction in the War World series. I tried to read the Draka series,

The Red King Book Review

The Red King by Nick Cole Amazon Digital 2005 $0.00; 285 pages ASIN B019S9WEHA I don't usually read ebooks. I have an irrational love of physical books, with their scent of slowly oxidizing paper. I find that I will do almost anything to avoid reading ebooks. Thus

Thrawn Trilogy Book Review

Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn Bantam Spectra, 1992 $5.99; 404 pages ISBN 0-553-29612-4 Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn Bantam Spectra, 1993 $5.99; 439 pages ISBN 978-0-553-56071-8 The Last Command by Timothy Zahn Bantam Spectra, 1994 $5.99; 467 pages ISBN 0-553-56492-7 Outside of the original

Soda Pop Soldier Book Review

Soda Pop Soldier by Nick Cole Harper Voyager, 2014 $4.99; 368 pages ISBN 978-006-221022-7 Nick Cole describes this book as "Ready Player One meets Call of Duty". I would wholeheartedly agree with that assessment. I would also recommend this book, at least to anyone with the same

Salvage and Demolition Book Review

Salvage and Demolition by Tim Powers Subterranean Books, 2013 $30.00; 155 pages ISBN 978-1-59606-515-4 Tim Powers has been one of my favorite authors for over a decade, and this novella is full of the reasons why. A good time travel book is hard to write, but I think Powers