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Review: Seeds across the Sky
Seeds Across the Sky is the fourth book
in Mark Whiteway's popular science fiction Lodestone chronicles. In
this latest installment we find Keris, head of the Division of
Maintenance of World Order, investigating the thief of an artifact.
Her investigation leads her to a bar and Alexander Edward McMann, the
last human on Kelanni. He produces the artifact she looking for and
reveals how her people came to be known as the Kela-nesh-hannani,
those who have been cast out. Curious to find out this knowledge she
follows him to an ancient archive where she listens to a sphere log
that tells the story of how the Helvenian people came to be the
Kelanni. From the first time that Keris plugs in the sphere and we
hear the voice of Zemira as she keeps us spellbound with tale of her
first meeting with energy being called Ash, the events that lead up
to desperate group of Helvenians being launched into space and their
struggles to survive. Throughout the telling of her story we find
ourselves emotionally ivested as Zemira reluctantly co-operates with
Ash but keeps a suspicious eye on him until she can figure out his
ultimate goal and just how it will impact the Helvenian people.
Zemira knows that she will eventually have to challenge Ash but not
until she discovers how far his influence goes and the limits of his
power.
Mr. Whiteway uses the element of
suspense extremely well in this book not just with the mysterious Ash
and what are his plans are, but who is responsible for the explosion
on the the solar sailing vessel known as the lattice and who betrayed
Zemira's plan to return to Helvena. One of my favorite parts and
another example of the use of suspense is the epic battle between
what has become known as the rimmers, Zemira and the others that have
been exiled to the outer circles of the lattice, known as rimmers,
and those living near the center, known as hubbers.
I would recommend this book to anyone
that enjoys science fiction involving space travel, conflicts between
good and evil or just the struggles to overcome prejudices.
I would give this book 5 out of 5 stars
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Review: The Wicked Wives
Wicked Wives by Gustine H. Pelagatti is
a legal thriller that will captivate its audience with ruthless
politics, murdering wives and lovers, conspiracies and romance. It is
a fiction account of an actual poisoning crime ring that took place
in the city of Philadelphia in the late 1930s. The story starts with
Lilian and Reggie Stoner having a night out and discussing their
failing marriage. Shortly after the couple arrive home Reggie is
dead. Even though the family doctor rules that the death is a result
of pneumonia the assistant District Attorney thinks otherwise. Soon
the assistant District Attorney starts investigating the death of
Reggie Stoner but quickly runs into a road in the form of Deputy
Mayor Bill Evans, a ruthless politician and Lilian's uncle. Despite
the threats, from the Deputy Mayor, assistant D.A. Tom Rossi
continues his investigation where he uncovers more murders and soon
finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy ring of wives poisoning
their husbands, insurance fraud and sex. As Mr. Rossi digs into his
investigation he finds that the ring is being orchestrated by a
mysterious woman only known as the woman in black referring to the
all black outfit she wears. It is not long before Mr. Rossi starts
making arrest in the case only to run into some complications as some
of his key witnesses being dying at the hands of the mysterious woman
in black and her companion only known as the giant. Eventually Mr.
Rossi arrest and tries Lilian Stoner, Eva Bell Fitzpatrick, Joanna
Napoli, Giorgio Dicipio and several other wives and conspirators.
Through all the trails and convictions he keeps looking for the
mysterious woman and her companion. They finally track down the giant
but it is too late as Mr. Rossi and Chief of detectives Mike Fine
find the man has been poisoned by the woman in black.
Throughout the book Mr. Pelagatti shows
a great command of the element of suspense with keeping us guess on
just who this mystery woman can be and just how she is able to one
step ahead in the investigation.
The book is thoroughly enjoyable as you
will find yourself involved in the investigation wanting to find out
just how deep it will go. I would recommend this book to anyone that
enjoys murder mysteries, politics and legal fiction.
I give it 5 out of 5 stars
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
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Review: Dead Bishops don't lie
'Dead Bishops don't lie' by Andre K.
Baby is a captivating thriller that will enthrall you so much you
won't want to put the book down. The story starts with two hired
assassins Vasiliev and Kurganski are carrying Archbishop Salvidore to
his impending death. His body is later discovered, crucified, at a
ski resort by Karen Dawson. She tries to put the grizzly matter out
of her mind but when a plaque is discovered around the dead man's
neck that has some mythical reference Dr. Karen Dawson finds herself
confront by Inspector Thierry Dulac of Interpol asking for her
expertise as a mythologist Soon there is another murder of a second
Archbishop, Conti, with a similar plaque around his neck. Dr. Karen
Dawson's study of the plaque's leads Interpol to focus on a religious
sect Pistis Sophia that has had conflicts with the Catholic Church in
the past. Through her work with the Pistas Sophia Lady Sarah Litman,
Marchioness of Dorset. Soon though the investigation gets more
complicated when after visiting with Lady Sarah they discover a
smuggling operation with possible drug connections, a mysterious
donor to the Vatican and a multi-national conspiracy.
Mr. Baby does an excellent job of using
the element of surprise by constantly keeping us guessing who is
behind the murders. He throws us several false flags to throw us off
of the track just when we think that we almost have it all solved.
His use of this element will surely soon have his name among some of
the giants in the industry, such as, Agatha Christie, Mary Higgins
Clark and Dean Koontz.
I would highly recommend this book for
anyone who enjoys a good mystery with several twist and turns.
Review: Being a go-to-tech
Being a go to Tech by Warren C.
Zabloudil is a great how-to and self improvement that should be read
by not only anyone going into the IT (information technology) field
but any service-based career. Mr. Zabloudil uses a common sense
approach pointing out the ins and outs that will make you the
individual (or team leader) that everyone looks to when their
computer systems are down. The book brings up several good points
that we may have heard before but not in as clear and precise as Mr.
Zabloudil puts it in this book. He points out how different types of
attitudes can affect performance and steps that should be taken to
change your outlook when going into a job or dealing with management.
You will be shown the importance of listening, documenting,
understanding, communication and time management.
Mr. Zabloudil does a great job of
organizing, categorizing and detailing the information. He starts
with the basic needed for the new person and takes you through what
you need to know to be a good team leader. One the most useful pieces
of knowledge that runs throughout the book is that the best at their
job are the one constantly learning about the latest technologies and
techniques for repairing them. The one area that I would criticize is
that for the non-technology person that might read the book will see
the occasional three-letter acronym and not know what it means.
Overall I would recommend this book for
any college course that is preparing students for going into the IT
field. It will also be of benefit to have at home as a reference
guide on improving in the areas you feel will help you get further in
your career.
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