*NOW IN PAPERBACK By Brad Thor (New York: Pocket Books-Simon & Shuster, 2009, 516 pages) Brad Thor’s latest ‘Scot Harvath’ action adventure. This time it takes place in Afghanistan. It begins with the kidnapping of a American Doctor on a relief mission by the Taliban. They are demanding the release of one of their major [...]

By Phillip Jose Farmer (New York: Tom Doherty Assoc.,LLC, 2010, 443 pages, including two books: “To Your Scattered Bodies Go” and “The Fabulous Riverboat”) The first half of the book follows Sir Richard Francis Burton who along with everyone who ever lived from early Neanderthals up to 2200 AD were resurrected at the same time [...]

By Robert Ferrigno (New York: Scribner: Simon & Schuster, 2009, 356 pages) A non-stop action/adventure stand alone novel. The third and final book in the ‘Assassin’ series-previous: “Prayers For The Assassin” and “Sins of The Assassin” The year is 2045. The former United States is split in two major nations including The Islamic Republic based [...]

By Dan Brown (New York: Doubleday, 2009, 509 pages) Another fast paced Robert Langdon novel by Dan Brown. This time the focus is on Washington DC and Freemasonry. Professor Langdon produces under pressure and threat once more to solve every clue and symbol put before him. The life of a close friend, Peter Solomon, is [...]

By Michael Crichton (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009, 312 pages) The last novel of Michael Crichton published posthumously. I received the book as a Christmas gift and couldn’t put it down until the last page. Typical of any Crichton book, a lot of research must have gone into the work. The story is real and [...]

By Brad Thor (New York: Pocket Books (Simon & Shuster), 2008, 480 pages) Scot Harvath was in Paris with his girl friend Tracy Hastings recovering from his last assignment. Scot, a Navy SEAL who was assigned to the President’s Secret Service detail had been released by the President to seek and destroy terrorists wherever he [...]

By Aaron Allston (New York: Random House Pub., 2009, 318 pages) “Outcast” is the first book in the new Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi series. The war is over, Jacen Solo is dead and gone, and the Galactic Alliance is expanding under leadership of Natasi Daala. In a move to consolidate her power and [...]

By James Patterson ( New York: Little,Brown and Co-Hachette Book Group, 2008, 406 pages) The latest offering in the Detective Alex Cross series. This story begins with the incredible slaughter and dismemberment of a family in Washington DC by a teenage Nigerian gang. Cross follows the evidence all the way to Nigeria and then on [...]

By James Luceno (New York: Ballantine Books, 2008, 317 pages) The story follows the Millennium Falcon from the moment it was born (manufactured) at Corellian Engineering Corp. Assembly Facility 7. Then traces the history and different owners of the Falcon up to when Han Solo ‘won’ it from Lando. Years later, Han and Leia go [...]

By Joel C. Rosenberg (Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale House Pub., 2008, 400 pgs.)   This is the 5th and final book in the series which began with The Last Jihad and continued with The Last Days, The Ezekiel Option, and The Copper Scroll. The book revolves around Jon Bennett, Former Advisor to the President, and [...]