reviews

Trigger Happy Paramilitary Dudes, Stranded Scientists, and Dinosaurs Author: Benjamin Cross In the depths of the Arctic there is an ice mummy, a secret, and a desperate plot. A group of isolated scientists are inspecting Harmsworth Island in the Arctic Circle for a Russian company that wants to mine for natural gas resources. It’s a semi-political, semi-scientific expedition, one that Dr. Callum Ross joined at the last second. It could be his big breakthrough, and even though he was forced to leave his young son, Callum hopes his work here will be worth the trauma of separation. Little does he know [...]

A Sweeping Sci-Fi Drama of Society, Idealism, & Sentient Plants Author: Sue Burke I was dubious starting Semiosis, but it was the March read for my new addiction, a GoodReads group called Creatures, Creatures Everywhere! My creature loving tendencies are usually more horror oriented, and sci-fi rarely captivates me, but the write-up hinting at forbidding planets and sentient plants was intriguing, so I dove in. I am so glad I did. The story starts with a group of brilliant people, each with a different specialty, fleeing a doomed Earth in a fancy automated spaceship. While they’re frozen, the ship will track [...]

Complicated, Historical Love Author: Donna Murray She has nothing but what she can carry, the clothes on her back, and her husband’s oversized boots when she escapes into the night, desperate to be away from him. Eventually, the abuse will escalate. Eventually, he will kill her. And now that she has run – now he will never stop hunting her. But what choice was there? And so Sila, a young Cherokee woman, escapes into the night. She has a past she cannot return to, a people she is cut off from, and a drunken, vengeful husband tracking her. She is alone [...]