Brad Thor has achieved the dubious distinction of reaching #25 on the Richtopia list of the “Top 200 Most Influential Authors” in the world. Judging from the list, that may mean very little. But there’s no disputing Thor’s success as a writer. The 19th entry in his Scot...
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Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Australian author Peter Cawdron has followed up his superb novel, Retrograde, with a fast-paced science fiction thriller that’s just as engrossing and just as firmly grounded in hard science. In Reentry, he picks up the story of Dr. Elizabeth Anderson as she...
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Did FDR betray the Jews of Europe? Did he turn a blind eye toward the Nazi “Final Solution” by preventing thousands of Jewish refugees from entering the United States? Clearly, there is ample evidence that President Roosevelt resisted pressure to admit German Jews fleeing from the...
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Future New York Governor Tom Dewey convicted Mafia boss Charlie “Lucky” Luciano for running a prostitution racket in 1936. Luciano was the American equivalent of the Sicilian capo di tutti capi, or boss of all the bosses; he was the first head of the modern Genovese crime family and...
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Have you ever experienced a fever dream? One of those utterly vivid nightmares that erupt as your body’s temperature spikes well over 100? If so, you might have a sense how Adrian Tchaikovsky could have come to write his novella, Walking to Aldebaran. There seems no other explanation that...
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.