Friday, December 24, 2021

The Key of Ahknaton by Graeme Rodaughan ★★★★★

the left side is a pawn with the shadow of a queen reading dream the impossible dream the right side is a profile of selene from underworld with a full moon backdrop
If Chloe is your favorite character this one’s for you.  Even if she isn’t, prologue aside, this is the best book Graeme has written.   The factions, the surprises, the violence, the body count - good times.  

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Engineering Infinity

An orange and tan image of the Stargate Pyramid in a valley of sand with the caption From Russian with Love
Laika’s Ghost by Karl Schroeder ★★★★½ 
When an American finds evidence of a Russian pyramid on Mars he is hunted down by Google and other geopolitical entities.  Declining American witness protection he flees to Russia.  This proves to be a great decision because a small group of online patriots have been creating a new hope for Russia, and possibly the world.

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Come With Me by Ronald Malfi ★★★☆☆

When Aaron Decker loses his wife to a spree shooter he inherits her secrets, her obsession:  Allison had been hunting a serial killer.  

It felt like a dramatized version of Patton Oswalt’s life, but the epilogue indicates the author had more personal motives. 

I would like to say this was an exciting, or scary, story but it wasn’t.  Really, is there anything more boring, and depressing, than a serial killer targeting young women?

The epilogue gave him sympathy points otherwise it would have been an angry two stars.