🌟🌟🌟🌟💫 “There are things on this earth that only exist because you have beheld them. If you weren’t there, they never would have been.” What would it take to encounter, up close and personal, and see, really see, the world around you - to appreciate the things you can comprehend,…
🌟🌟🌟🌟 A fascinating speculative premise and a read I absolutely could not put down for almost exactly the first half (Part1). Although this reader did find the pacing and characterization of the second half (Part 2) less rewarding, overall this is a stunning read - original, interesting and well worth…
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Beautifully textured, this mind-altering speculative fiction story tells a tale of time, of humanity, and our never-ending search for meaning and understanding, amidst our existential quest to live a “tranquil life in the face of death”. With impeccable finesse the author builds an intricate and mesmerizing world (actually, many…
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 As dazzling and beautiful as it is thoughtful and heart-wrenching, this speculative fiction narrative centers on the indescribable pain and beauty of motherhood, and the mysterious and horrifying related “affliction” one small and isolated community has found themselves subject to. Somehow, some way, this unnamed town has developed a…
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 A harrowing look at all the things we take for granted, and how close we could be to a world without them. What happens when a solar event (a happening which occurs on a smaller scale, constantly) , translates into an Earth-bound geomagnetic storm - of a fierceness and…
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 An achingly poignant, speculative look at Motherhood, perhaps the ultimate in narcissism, or could it be the exact opposite - a no-holds-barred absorption of identity, choice, and being, into the single-minded pursuit of the well-being and nurturance of another. With mounting insight, the author examines the choices we make…
🌟🌟🌟🌟 1/2 “Nature has no moral code. No ethical qualms about collateral damage.It’s about survival: of yourself and your progeny.That’s it”. Or is it? A crisply-paced and an incredibly compelling read, this book will keep you reading late into the night, as these terribly-flawed but not-improbable characters decide and act…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️+ I finished this book and the-lump-in-the-throat test cannot be denied. This book is a first class heart breaker, albeit one with a strangely hopeful tone balancing out what at first glance seems affectingly tragic. A science or speculative fiction instant classic, “Kara and the Sun” is about AI and…
⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Book one in a new series, “The Reluctant DoorKeeper Trilogy”, “28 Days” is a speculative fiction dystopian tale set in Australia in the year 2100, where “saffron dust clouds are blown from the dry interior” of a world forever devastated by altered weather patterns and total climate breakdown.…
