Book Synopsis A man is left to die in Alaska while on an “adventure vacation” and must somehow survive to get his revenge on those who betrayed him. Forty and facing a mid-life crisis, Stu Stark has lost his mojo. He simply gave up after being fired from his prestigious job as a prosecuting attorney […]
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Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
Synopsis With his wife dead and buried, and life nearly over at 75, John Perry takes the only logical course of action left: he joins the army. Now better known as the Colonial Defense Force (CDF), Perry’s service-of-choice has extended its reach into interstellar space to pave the way for human colonization of other planets […]
The Companions by R.A. Salvatore
Book Synopsis This latest installment in New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore’s beloved fantasy saga, The Companions moves Salvatore’s signature hero Drizzt into a new era of the Forgotten Realms. As Drizzt’s fate hangs in the balance, he reflects on the lives of the trusted allies who stood by his side throughout his early […]
Lords of the Sith by Paul S. Kemp
Book Synopsis On Ryloth, a planet crucial to the growing Empire as a source of slave labor and the narcotic known as “spice,” an aggressive resistance movement has arisen, led by Cham Syndulla, an idealistic freedom fighter, and Isval, a vengeful former slave. But Emperor Palpatine means to control the embattled world and its precious […]
The Three by Sarah Lotz
Book Synopsis Four simultaneous plane crashes. Three child survivors. A religious fanatic who insists the three are harbingers of the apocalypse. What if he’s right? The world is stunned when four commuter planes crash within hours of each other on different continents. Facing global panic, officials are under pressure to find the causes. With […]
Heir to the Jedi by Kevin Hearne
Book Synopsis The Galactic Civil War rages on after the destruction of the Death Star and Luke Skywalker struggles to learn more about the Force without the aid of Obi-Wan Kenobi – or indeed without any aid at all. But the few memories he has of Obi-Wan’s instruction point the way to a stronger […]
Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Blue Labyrinth Authors: Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: November 11, 2014 Source: NetGalley Book Description (from Goodreads): Special Agent Pendergast-one of the most original, compelling characters in all of contemporary fiction-returns in Preston and Child’s new exhilarating novel BLUE LABYRINTH A long-buried family secret has come back to haunt […]
