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Mermaid By: Kate O'Connor Genre: Sci-fi 65 pages Publisher: Musa , 2013 Book Source: Author in exchange for an honest review Harvesting seaweed for World Food Co. is the only life genetically engineered sea drone Coral has ever known. Nothing in her short, monotonous life prepared her for a chance meeting with a boatful of strangers who force her to question everything she is. When the opportunity arises to change her place in the world, Coral finds herself caught between a powerful company and the family she was so desperate to leave. Struggling to unravel the tangle of politics and love, time is running out as she fights to learn the hardest lesson of all – what it means to be truly human.   An inventive retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid told with a sci-fi twist. I like Coral and her quest for more freedom for the drones. It's a well written, enjoyable novella.One with a twist at the end I didn't expect. I'm giving i...

Dresden Files: War Cry By: Jim Butcher and Carlos Gomez Genre: Comics/Graphic: Sci-fi/Fantasy 136 pages Publisher: Diamond Book Distributors, October 2014 Book Source: Publisher via netgalley There's a war going on between the vampire of the Red Court and the White Council- one that the wizard are losing. The council is desperate so they start drafting the inexperienced and outcasts. One draftee is Harry Dresden. Dresden's mission is to take a team of greenhorns to the middle of nowhere to rescue mortals targeted by the vampires. Can he keep them alive for one night? Engaging story, well drawn, and nicely inked. It's getting... Buy it: Amazon / B&N Lisa

Revised Orders By: Irene Helenowski Genre: Sci-fi 264 pages Publisher: Lulu, May 2014 I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review. In this the second book after Order of the Dimensions Jane is married to Randy and just finished her doctoral dissertation. Like the first book I found the plot to be intriguing and the characters realistic and interesting. However, I found it hard to distinguish between dimensions and which characters were talking. But other than that I found it an entertaining read.  Book Links: Goodreads   Amazon     Lisa

Paperback or E-book format 358 pages Publisher: Iguana Books (September 2012) I was given a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Beneath the streets of London lie many secrets. Subterranean rivers carve channels through darkened caverns. Hidden laboratories and government offices from WWII offer a maze of corridors and abandoned medical experiments. Lost in the depths of this underground are the contents of a looted Spanish galleon from the days of Henry VIII and a Nazi V-2 rocket that contains the most horrible secret of all. Carmen Kingsley, in charge of London projects for the British Museum, and Scotland Yard Inspector Sherwood Peets race to unravel the mysteries behind these contents before the great city succumbs to a frightening disease not seen since the age of the Henrys - the English Sweat. It all comes to a climax beneath London with the discovery of a horrifying species of genetically altered "super rats" that threa...

E-book format 408 pages Published by Enchanted Forest Press September 2012 Synopsis:  Leoros doesn't have many friends. He's moved around a lot due to his mother's work. But when his mother finds an emerald tablet that transports him to another world named Potara he finds out it's his destiny to be that world's savior. There he meets Atlantia- a slave girl he ends up befriending. With her help hopefully he can save the world he's come to love. My Review: This book is a mix of sci-fi/fantasy/adventure with a touch of romance. It also has Ancient Egyptian and Greek Mythology thrown in. Being a fan of mythology I enjoyed that plot element. However, I found the story to be confusing at first with the switching back and forth from different planet and all the characters that were introduced. I also felt that the action lagged at first because the characters spent too much time thinking and not enough doing. There's also some minor inconsistencies b...

Paperback 318 pages Publisher: lulu.com (September 14, 2012) Synopsis: Physics graduate student Jane Kremowski is working on a device called the Multiverser which lets people be capable of inter-dimensional travel. However, when the evil Dr. Zelov has his own plans for the device- he wants to be able to control all the dimensions. Can Jane and her colleagues stop him from taking over and can she protect the ones she loves? My Review:   Okay, I like anything pertaining to either time travel or other dimensions-even though reading or watching anything about it usually causes a glitch in my brain. But I still enjoy the subject. So after starting the book and  having my brain glitch up and then re-booted I found myself enjoying the story. I got engaged with Jane and her friends trying to stop Zelov and his henchmen from controlling all the dimensions. I also found myself hoping that she would prevail and lead the life that SHE wanted to live and not one that someone el...