Review of Amy Rogers’ Microes Series
We have all heard of the human experimentation done in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, but many may not know that Japan had its own human experimental camp… Read More
Tag: science
Review of Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Series
My latest search for the ultimate climate change thriller series has led me to Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam series as a number of ecofiction sites have listed it as one of the best for climate change. Read More
Review of Annelie Wendeberg’s Climate Saga Series
In my quest to find the ultimate climate change thriller series I have come across Annelie Wendeberg’s Climate Saga series. The series looks through the eyes of a scrappy teenage girl known as Mickaela (Micka) Capra. Read More
Review of Kim Stanley Robinson’s Science in the Capital Series
With the recent decision by this administration to remove the US from the Paris climate agreement, I thought it would be good time to hunt for the ultimate climate change thriller series, and I decided to start with Kim Stanley Robinson’s Science in the Capital series. So what should one look for in a really […]
Review of A.G. Riddle’s Extinction File Series
As of May 20th of this year, the World Health Organization has announced that 37 suspected cases of Ebola have occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with 4 known deaths. Read More
Review of Douglas E. Richards’ Nick Hall Series
I have previously reviewed Douglas E. Richards’ Wired series and I decided to take on his more recent Nick Hall series. The two series share something in common which would be the technological advancement of the human brain. In the Wired series, Richards focuses on the enhancement of human intelligence through gene therapy whereas the […]
Review of Kevin Tinto’s Leah Andrews & Jack Hobson Series
I decided to take a crack at Kevin Tinto’s Andrews & Hobson series when I saw on the cover of the first book in the series, Ice, that it was “A mind-blowing thriller in the tradition of James Rollins, Matthew Reilley, and Preston & Child”. With an endorsement like that how could I refuse? Read More
Review of Danielle Girard’s Dr. Schwartzman Series
Danielle Girard has started a new series starting with Exhume that features medical examiner Annabelle Schwartzman. What is unique about Schwartzman compared to other series featuring medical examiners is that Schwartzman comes onto the scene with some heavy baggage. Read More
Review of Nathan M. Farrugia’s Helix Series
Recently, I have been neglecting my blog mainly because I have been absolutely captivated by the news. The actions of our newest administration has the workings of a first rate thriller; collusion with the Russians, ‘alternative facts’, North Korean missile launches, denigration of our judicial system, and the list goes on. Read More
Review of Mary Lawrence’s Bianca Goddard Series
Up to this point I have focused on reviewing thrillers that take place either in the present day or in the future. The main reason for that is my blog focuses primarily on thrillers that have some basis in science and technology. Read More
Review of Samuel Marquis’ Joe Higheagle Series
I grew up in Colorado, specifically Littleton – notorious for being “Home of the Columbine shooting”. And no, I did not go to Columbine High School, in fact, Columbine was a spanking brand new school when I was in high school. Read More
Review of Michael C. Grumley’s Breakthrough Series
When I was a little girl, I loved the TV show Flipper. I would go around singing “They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning/No one you see, is faster than he” and swim around in our little plastic wading pool pretending to be a dolphin. Read More
Review of Michael R. Hicks’ Harvest Series
When I first looked into reading the Harvest series, I was thinking this could be a really cool ecothriller series that focuses on the adverse effects of agricultural GMOs. Well, it is definitely a thriller, but an ecothriller? I don’t think so. Read More
Review of Matthew Mather’s Nomad Series
Matthew Mather, author of the best-selling techno-thriller Cyberstorm, has recently released the Nomad series with the first book of the series, Nomad, released last summer and the newest addition, Sanctuary, released back in February. Read More
Review of Jeff Kirk’s Prometheus Option Series
Corporate conspiracy, state-of-the-art technology, government spying, nuclear explosion, and Armageddon pretty much sums up Jeff Kirk’s latest novel, The Prometheus Option. Read More
Review of Tony Batton’s Interface Series
When choosing an evil antagonist, thriller writers can select from a vast array of institutions that have the ability to create cataclysmic, mind-shattering, and horrific events on a global scale. Read More
Review of Christopher Kerns’ Haylie Black Series
Christopher Kerns has recently released his first book, Crash Alive, from his Haylie Black series and I have to say it is one of the best thrillers that I have read in a while, and being a reviewer of thrillers that says a lot. Read More
Review of Jon McGoran’s Doyle Carrick Series
Jon McGoran’s Doyle Carrick thriller series focuses on the dire effects of genetically modified organisms or better known as GMOs. As a scientist, I have mixed feelings about GMOs as they can have great potential to do wonderful things, but on the other hand could result in serious negative consequences if not properly monitored. Read […]
Review of Denison Hatch’s Jake Rivett Series
Indie author Denison Hatch is about to release his first novel, Flash Crash, and the beginning of a series known as the Jake Rivett series. Flash Crash is an algorithm written by David Belov, a computer programmer that works for mega-bank Montgomery Noyes. Read More
Review of Larry Bond’s Red Phoenix Series
For a reviewer of techno-thrillers, I knew eventually I was going to have to review a military techno-thriller series especially since the military thriller, starting with Tom Clancy’s The Hunt for Red October, gave birth to this genre. Read More
Review of A.G. Riddle’s Origin Mystery Series
Homo sapiens’ evolutionary “Great Leap Forward”, which occurred about 80,000 years ago, was a time period in which a rapid advancement in human behavior and tool production occurred. There are a number of theories on why this took place including the possibilities in changes to the human genome. Read More
Review of Rebecca Cantrell’s Joe Tesla Series
I LOVE quirky characters, and Rebecca Cantrell’s Joe Tesla is undoubtedly a quirky character. A millionaire software genius, Tesla is afflicted with agoraphobia, an anxiety disorder that results in panic attacks when confronted with certain situations, and in Tesla’s case being out-of-doors. Read More
Review of James Rollins’ Latest Novel – The Bone Labyrinth
The focus of my blog is to review book series and not individual novels, but writers are going to continue writing novels within a series even after I have done my review, so I plan on reviewing the individual novels as they come into circulation. James Rollins just recently added book #11, Bone Labyrinth, to the […]
Review of Wesley Chu’s The World of Tao Series
Now that the next presidential campaign is in full swing and the debate shenanigans are at their best, haven’t you ever wondered if maybe our political leaders are possessed by aliens? Well according to Wesley Chu’s the world of Tao series, that maybe possible. Read More
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