Showcase 25: Eight Authors Write Their Own Book Reviews

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So here we go with our 25th Showcase:

DARK ENLIGHTENMENT by Peter Ubtrent

It takes an excellent author to maintain a series successfully over four books but this is what R Peter Ubtrent does in this next novel in the absorbing and complex ‘Dark Pilgrim’ series. And if anything, the quality goes up. The excitement continues with the Restoration now thrown into the broiling mix, working to bring down the Church of the Blessed Prophets which it sees as an “infection”. Lord Comte Mishi continues her rebellion against the tatters of the Imperium. The virus is still having a fiercely negative impact on humanity, as are the Drek and the Ynos. And Ailanthus is still fighting his fate, with an ever-dwindling band of loyal supporters. He feels wholly inadequate for the responsibilities he will face as Emperor. All of the main characters reflect on what their status will be within the new order, if and when it finally comes.

This intricately constructed book has at its heart pain and relationships, and often the pain of relationships. There is torture, both physical and emotional, on a shocking scale. Trust too is an issue. It is described as being nothing but exploitation at one point and this seems true. Alliances are brittle and self-interest is served. The galaxy seems to be wading forward into darker times. The truth concerning the history of the Dark Ages of Human Bondage emerges but as Ailanthus declares sarcastically, “Now that we’ve been enlightened, we all know better.” There seems to be no end to the darkness in sight. There is still a lot more to come in this astounding series.

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3037 by Peggy Holloway

The year is 3037 and technology has come a long ways.

There are no more computers. Now everything is implanted directly into the brain and the government is using these implants to control the people.

It is up to Ashley, the heroine to come from the past and save mankind.

Besides writing, Peggy likes to read (anything she can get my hands on), paint landscapes in oil and in enamel on glass. She enjoys swimming and walking on the beach.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

 

THE COMPASSIONATE REBEL REVOLUTION: Ordinary People Changing The World

by Burt F Berlowe

In this compassionate rebel sequel, we look at how millions of individual citizen actions have collectively become a massive social change movement that offers every person a chance to make a difference in the world. We feature the inspiring true stories of some 60 of these everyday heroes who have turned adversity into triumph, compassion into commitment and anger into activism, and whose extraordinary acts of caring and courage are transforming society from the bottom-up. Their personal lives and bold accomplishments are constant reminders that the potential to change our culture dwells within everyone, that we are all part of the compassionate rebel revolution.

Burt Berlowe is an award-winning author and journalist who specializes in writing and publishing the stories of ordinary people involved in social change.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

 

THE ANGEL WHO FELL TO EARTH BY BARBARA VILLEMEZ

The angel, Saraquel, wishes to understand human emotions and embarks on an adventure as a fully formed human female. Beautiful, intelligent and only speaking ancient Aramaic she is brought to a retired rabbi’s home. The rabbi is a student of semitic languages and is able to understand her. No one knows who she really is and she pretends to have amnesia. But there is another reason she is on the earth. The rabbi owns a valuable ancient book that is coveted by a Jewish historan. But Feldman, the historian, is a dark angel who has been on earth since the early times of the Fall. The confrontation between Saraquel and the dark angel give an exciting conclusion to this story of the battle that is still ongoing between the forces of darkness and the forces of the Light.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

DEAR CROSSING by Marjorie Doering 

A peaceful, lakeside summer home… A gruesome murder… Valerie Davis, wife of Paul Davis, a prominent Minneapolis executive, is dead. Very dead.

Personal demons in tow, Ray Schiller of the Widmer P.D. follows the evidence to the Twin Cities, joining forces with Minneapolis homicide detective Dick Waverly. They discover many are suspect, few are innocent. The widower has good reason to keep his personal life private, and he isn’t the only one–not by a long shot.

“Sweet nothings” become weapons in a war of words as intimates turn on one another. The case is turned on its head as ambition, love and hate result in lethal consequences.

When an unthinkable incident makes Ray the subject of an Internal Affairs investigation in the midst of the case, his personal and professional life are in the balance. He soon learns the devil is

in the details, and the details aren’t what anyone expected.

Marjorie Swift Doering enjoys writing in various genres. Currently, her focus is on the upcoming completion of the third in her series of “Ray Schiller” murder mysteries. In 2005, her first one-act play, Flight 419, was produced and performed by Darknight Theatrical Productions in Chicago, Illinois. Omega Publications, in 2009, published a number of her short stories in an anthology titled Mosaic, A Collection of Short Stories. In 2010, another of her short stories was published in Red Cedar, The University of Wisconsin Barron County’s journal of arts and literature. Marjorie and her husband Denny live in beautiful northwestern Wisconsin with their Springer spaniel and three crazy but lovable cats.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

THE SHERIFF AND THE FOLSOM MAN MURDERS by D.R.Meredith

Enrique Armijo, archaeologist, and in his own mind, the world’s authority on the Folsom Man culture, is spying on a ritual performed by the so-called Skin People in the crater of Capulin Mountain, an extinct volcano in northern New Mexico. He doesn’t expect to be murdered. He certainly doesn’t expect the weapon to be a prehistoric atl-atl. Back in Crawford County, Texas, Sheriff Charles Matthews doesn’t expect a call from his deputy, Raul Trujillo, about the archaeologist’s murder and the bizarre weapon used. He certainly doesn’t expect to hear that the atl-atl has been found in his deputy’s hotel room and that Raul is charged with murder. Knowing that no matter what the evidence says, Raul didn’t murder anyone, Charles leaves his badge behind in Texas and steps into New Mexican Sheriff Kit Lindman’s territory to prove his deputy and friend innocent.

A fan of mysteries since a childhood obsession with Agatha Christie and Rex Stout, D. R. Meredith has written three mystery series set in the Texas Panhandle, a little-known area of the state even to other Texans.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk

 

EXPERT WITNESS by Rebecca Forster 

It’s two in the morning when Hannah Sheraton slips into Archer’s Hermosa Beach apartment to see if Josie Bates sleeps in his bed. But Josie isn’t there. In fact, Josie isn’t anywhere. When her Jeep is found abandoned in a parking lot near the Redondo pier, the only clue to her whereabouts leads Archer to Daniel Young, an expert witness for the prosecution in the case that made Josie’s reputation as a defense attorney ten years earlier. Fighting to keep Hannah from being taken into custody by child protective services, racing against a clock ticking off the minutes of Josie’s life, Archer reluctantly partners with Daniel Young and a rogue Hermosa Beach detective, Liz Driscoll, to race down a winding road of intrigue. From the Hollywood Hills to the glitzy evangelical enclave of Orange County; the seedy side of Los Angeles to the pristine and remote California mountains, Archer bores into the past. What he finds is that the woman he loves was once a ruthless and hated defense attorney, that the system he believes in has released a double murderer, and that there is more than one person who would be happy if Josie Bates was never seen again.

She marketed a world-class spa when it was still called a gym, did business in China before there were western toilettes at the Great Wall and mucked around with the sheep to find out exactly how her client’s fine wool clothing was manufactured.   Then Rebecca wrote her first book and found her passion.

Now, over twenty-five books later, she is a USA Today and Amazon best selling author and writes full time, penning thrillers that explore the emotional impact of the justice system.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk


THIRTEEN DAYS IN MILAN by Jack Erickson

Sylvia de Matteo, an American commercial photographer, is taken hostage by terrorists during a political assassination at Stazione Centrale, Milan’s main train station.Sylvia is seized at gunpoint, thrown into the back of a van, blindfolded, beaten, and driven to a warehouse where she is imprisoned in a cell.

When the terrorists discover her father is a wealthy Wall Street investment banker, they demand a ransom for her safe release.

Also available from Amazon.co.uk


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