reviews

The Secrets of Life... Author:  Sean B. Carroll I’ve often said that the best science writing comes from actual scientists who write well.  But what happens when a scientist decides to venture far afield, writing about topics distant from white coats and laboratories?  Sometimes, it results in a truly remarkable book.  Case in point, Brave Genius, by Sean B. Carroll, a splendidly conceived history of the French Resistance, the founding of existentialism and the birth of modern molecular biology.  At first glance, it sounds completely contrived.  How can these three disparate topics be so intimately connected?  It’s not immediately obvious [...]

When a Drought Reveals the Thirst for Power Author: Graham Masterton What would you do if the government cut off your water? Where would you go? How would you survive, and how far would you be willing to go to keep your family alive? Martin Makepeace, an ex-Marine still battling his own demons, is about to find out. It hasn’t rained in months. Underground aquifers are drying up. Lakes are at record lows. Years of mismanagement and misappropriation have left the nation unprepared for such a natural disaster. The heat soars and the world is burning into a wasteland. Meanwhile, [...]

Take a Ride on the Wild Side Author: Alan Draven Nick Kubrick, myth debunker and famous Bitternest disc jockey, is hitting the road for some much needed R&R from the things that go bump in the foggy Bitternest night. Everything isn’t peace and bliss, however, when he arrives in Montreal to discover his brother missing. Things take an even more dramatic turn to the bizarre when he runs into an old high school chum that is part of a peculiar gated community where all the women are supermodels, no one is below forty, and there are no children. Meanwhile, something [...]