Monthly Archives: December 2016
Saga, Volume 1, by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples (2012)
Star-crossed interstellar lovers Alana and Marko are on the run from their people, trying to find a safe place for themselves and their new baby. Time and Place: Anytime. The planet Cleave, in a distant galaxy, and Space. Summary Opening with the birth of a baby girl in a dirty machine shop on the planet Cleave, […]
The Seventh Scroll, by Wilbur Smith (1995)
Pursued by deadly enemies, Egyptologist Royan Al Simmu and daring archeologist Nicholas Quenton-Harper race to find a hidden tomb. Time and Place: Present day. Ethiopia, Egypt and England. Summary Egyptologist Royan Al Simmu is on the run: thieves have just killed her husband and destroyed her home outside of Cairo. They were after a priceless scroll […]
The Obelisk Gate, by N. K. Jemisin (2016)
In this sequel to The Fifth Season, a mother struggles to save the world while forces try to compel her missing daughter to ensure its destruction. Time and Place: Far Future. The Stillness. Summary Picking up immediately where The Fifth Season left off, Essun is in the underground geode/comm Castrima, being tutored in how to save […]
Naked in Death, by J. D. Robb (1995)
Detective Eve Dallas has never let her personal life get in the way of solving crimes – but a mysterious murder suspect named Roarke could change everything. Time and Place: 2058. New York City. Summary Eve Dallas: aggressive, neo-hardboiled NYPD detective with a past secret that keeps her relationships with men at arms’ length […]
The Last Time I Saw You, by Elizabeth Berg (2010)
Five estranged high school classmates gather at their 40th reunion. This mid-life check in isn’t what they had imagined, but it alters the course of some of their lives. Summary A 40th high school reunion brings five former classmates back together. Each has their own motivations, hopes and expectations for the night. And each brings […]
Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline (2011)
Wade Watts, known as Perzival in the virtual world of the OASIS, is on a quest to find the ultimate prize: freedom from the bleak existence that is life in 2044 America. Time and Place: 2044. The OASIS, and parts of the United States. Summary It’s 2044, and the world has gone to hell. 18-year-old […]
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