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The Embers of Time
The Embers of Time, the second book in my Flames of Time is published. A cross between Indiana Jones and the Da Vinci Code, the Flames of Time is my Thriller/Mystery/Action Adventure series set in the 1930s. It follows a group of friends who discover hints of an ages old secret after they get drawn into a strange shamanic ceremony. This second book in the series picks up a year after the end of the first, when the group come back together after being forced to separate by the secretive religious order at the end of the first book. Read more…
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The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin – A Review
[amazon-element asin=”1857989511″ fields=”lg-image,large-image-link”] There’s a good reason this book has recently been republished, and that’s because it’s a brilliant and original work of fiction with a small cast of well described and memorable characters and a unique thought-provoking story. BUT! Having said that, I’ve really struggled to finish this book, I’ve taken a long time to read it and very nearly abandoned it on several occasions. First things first though, the story. In principle, the story is a simple one. George Orr has dreams. Dreams which he believes change reality as he knows it. Read more…
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Release the Bats by DBC Pierre – A Review
[amazon-element asin=”0571283187″ fields=”lg-image,large-image-link”]‘You can be insecure and be a writer. You can be unsuccessful and be a writer. You can be a bad person and be a writer. You can be a drinker, a procrastinator, a freak. You can be compulsive, dependent, delusional, manic. You can be under house arrest. You can be on medications. You can be wrong. And be a writer. You just have to write. That’s where it gets tricky. Read more…