The Greatest Game by Frank Berry

Frank Berry's novel Greatest Game is a compelling read. The question is which is the Greatest Game? Is it the world games put on by World Wide Games or is it the race to control the oil reserves in China?

Berry has woven a great story of espionage, love and revenge. Frank Thro is the ultimate hero in this story. He suffers the death of his father and of his teammates. And if that is not enough for one’s plate, betrayal by a life long friend. Luckily, he gains the love of a CIA operative, who together solve the greatest mystery of the true question at hand “which is the greatest game?”

Frank Berry has done an excellent job with Greatest Game. The story is well written and easy to follow. Franks ability to bring his story alive is extraordinary. You the reader will find yourself entranced, I would really be surprised to find your book with dog eared pages. You will not want to put this down once you start; so don't start it on a night when you want to get some sleep! 5 stars

Proud Souls by Bobby Ozuna

Bobby Ozuna's novel the Proud Souls is a remarkable read. Seymour is a small town in Texas and it has developed quite a history in the last six years. Justin Olerude Bower, the Rev. Hillard Ray Polk, Ralph Winslow Parison and the so called “ town whore” Tessa Jameson have been living the last six years in their own self induced personal prison.

Justin has lost his wife and son in an accident. He has spent the last six years in a bottle, just waiting to die. Ralph Parison is in the truck that crashes into Justin and his family, for which he just can't forgive himself. The Rev. Polk, lives in his prison, feeling as though he has lost Justin's soul. Tessa's prison is one of torn feelings toward Justin, she’s fallen in love with a man who doesn't want to live.

Each character in this novel will come alive and you will feel their desperation, their sadness and loneliness. You will come to wonder, what if my life was to come to these types of problems. How would I handle such a difficult time? Who would I turn too? Who would really be able to help me? Who would make me make the right decisions in life? And the most important question of all. Would I choose life or death or choose to live with the pain of losing the people you loved the most.

Bobby Ozuna has done a spectacular job in writing this novel. His writing style is one that will bring his characters to life. He has the ability to take your feelings on a roller coaster and leave you needing to turn the pages. This is a must read. You, the reader, will not regret reading this book, even though it will mean you will be sacrificing a few nights sleep just because you can’t put it down. 4.5 stars

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Crows on the Cross by Kristy Tallman

Warning - Not for the faint of heart - true horror fans only!

Crows on the Cross is Kristy Tallman's second novel. The story starts with two lovers who are in a car crash together. When they wake up they are each alone. Rainey is in Virginia and Drew is in Florida. The states represent where Rainey and Drew's personal hell began in the days of their youth.

When Rainey wakes up in her pristine 1969 Cadillac, she can't remember how it is she got home, let alone where she has been, or why the car and her clothes smell of smoke. All she does know for certain is that her and her lover Drew had a fight - but over what? Not even she knows why, but unable to find him Rainey's drawn by the disparate need to head south. Without knowing where he is she heads to the only place she knows he might be - in Florida.

Drew is first introduced waking up in Miami, Florida in Rainey's beloved 69 Cadillac staring hard into his childhood church. Why? Only able to remember the horrible accident that took Rainey away from him he's left to wonder how he ended up back in Florida and how he's driving around in a car that wrapped around a tree. Nothing makes sense - who's the shadowy man at the church and how is he going to endure his life after losing Rainey? The stranger at the church sends Drew reeling back in time - the nightmare of his childhood comes slamming back into his memory after all these years of keeping it hidden. Filled with anger and a broken heart he decides he's got to get the hell out of Florida. He's on a mission to Virginia to return the caddie back to Rainey's mother or so he tells himself.

Both Rainey and Drew suffer flash backs into their childhood, where each of them has had to endure the worst kind of evil that can be inflicted upon a helpless child. This novel will send you on a roller coaster ride of emotional trauma, you'll scream in anger one moment then feel like crying the next as you ride with the characters Tallman has created in a car that isn't just any car. The demons she creates in this book are too real, so real it will change the way you look at the common passerby every time you walk out your front door.

Kristy Tallman has done it again! Her ability to turn the pages of a novel into a real to life psychological hell for the reader by showing you that the genuine horror in this world is our very own human race has again been accomplished with an encore for more. Tallman has definitely surpassed the expectations I held after reading "The All-Souls Faire". She managed to shock me to the core and horrify me like no other author has in a long time! Excellent! 5-Stars

Open your minds and go on a journey with the Kamishi. You won't regret it.

Gaddy Bergmann's Migration of the Kamishi is the first book of three in The Feral World series. Though this book is set in the fifty-first century, readers will be transported back to a time when mankind lived off the land and didn't have the modern day conveniences we have come to know and take for granted in our everyday lives. The people of this time have made a conscious choice to live this way so as not to become what the inhabitants of this era consider 'managers'. The managers are the populace of the twenty first century.

During this age of transition the people who live on the Earth after just barely surviving a hit by an asteroid have formed together in tribes. Bergmann first introduces us to the Kamishi tribe who live in modern day's North America. The Kamishi tribe is only two hundred strong as are most of the tribes of this time. They are a friendly and peaceful people who occupy one of the most sought after grounds for food and living conditions. Good for the Kamishi it would seem until their neighbors the Ravashi determine to take control of their lands.

The Ravashi are a warring tribe and attack early in the book without a hint of warning. They annihilate everyone in the Kamishi tribe except for Blake, the son of their chief and Manosh, Blake's closest friend. The only material item saved is their 'Bebel' given to them by their tribe's elder who dies in their arms. The 'Bebel' is sacred and compares to our modern day's Bible. Left alone after the massacre of their people Blake determines they should make the journey to the Warmlands, but not until they rescue Blake's dogs from a handful of Ravashi warriors.

After killing the Ravashi warriors Blake and Manosh set out on their journey to the Warmlands where they find themselves crossing over into other occupied territories until they reach what is known as a 'rubbletown'. A 'rubbletown' is a twenty-first century city that has crumbled away to nothing. While they are there they find themselves rescuing a young lady, Lana, from some dangerous men. Becoming the third member of the group they move on and continue to migrate towards the Warmlands together facing peril and tribulations along the way.

This was a pleasant read. Gaddy Bergmann has woven a leisurely tale that leaves you wondering the impossible. It's intermingled with action and adventures, quietude and contemplation while filling you with a sense of wonder. Could this happen to our Earth? What if this really did happen, could the world of today survive and would they choose to survive as they had before? A book I highly recommend for readers of all genres as Bergmann's book stands out on a sea of many bookshelves. Open your minds and go on a journey with the Kamishi. You won't regret it. - 4.5 STARS