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StarshipEngineer reviewed Shadow Ops by Myke Cole

Myke Cole: Shadow Ops (Paperback, 2012, Ace)

"The Great Reawakening did not come quietly. Across the country and in every nation, people …

Review of 'Shadow Ops' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

A book with heart but some blind spots in the author's sensitivities, especially with regard to marginalized social groups and some language.

StarshipEngineer rated Carter & Lovecraft: 5 stars

Jonathan L. Howard: Carter & Lovecraft (Hardcover, 2015, Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press)

Carter & Lovecraft by Jonathan L. Howard (Carter & Lovecraft #1)

Daniel Carter used to be a homicide detective, but his last case-the hunt for a serial killer-went wrong in strange …

StarshipEngineer rated Redshirts: 4 stars

Redshirts by John Scalzi

Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of the Universal Union since …

StarshipEngineer rated Alien: The Cold Forge: 5 stars

Alex White: Alien (Paperback, 2018, Titan Books)

Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White

StarshipEngineer reviewed Bring the War Home by Kathleen Belew

Kathleen Belew: Bring the War Home (2018)

The white power movement in America wants a revolution. It has declared all-out war against …

Review of 'Bring the War Home' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

Absolutely essential reading. This book provides a lot of insight into both modern and historical far right racist militias/terror groups in America.

StarshipEngineer rated This Is How You Lose the Time War: 5 stars

Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone: This Is How You Lose the Time War (Paperback, 2020, Gallery / Saga Press)

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone

Two time-traveling agents from warring futures, working their way through the past, begin to exchange letters—and fall in love in …

StarshipEngineer rated Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal: 4 stars

Christopher Moore: Lamb (2003, Harper Paperbacks)

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

The birth of Jesus has been well chronicled, as have his glorious teachings, acts, and divine sacrifice after his thirtieth …

StarshipEngineer rated The Gone World: 5 stars

The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch

Shannon Moss is part of a clandestine division within the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. In western Pennsylvania, 1997, she is …

StarshipEngineer rated Un-Trumping America: 5 stars

Dan Pfeiffer: Un-Trumping America (Hardcover, 2020, Twelve)

Un-Trumping America by Dan Pfeiffer

StarshipEngineer rated The Fifth Risk: 5 stars

Michael Lewis: The Fifth Risk (Paperback, 2019, Norton Trade Titles)

The Fifth Risk by Michael Lewis

StarshipEngineer reviewed Five Billion Years of Solitude : The Search for Life Among the Stars by Lee Billings

Lee Billings: Five Billion Years of Solitude : The Search for Life Among the Stars (2013)

Review of 'Five Billion Years of Solitude : The Search for Life Among the Stars' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

A beautiful book. It's as much about the history of life on Earth as the search for it elsewhere, and as a whole it is haunting and elegaic, with beautiful prose. The author never forgets about the human dimension of the book's subjects, either.

This is a great book in its own right, but also as a companion with Paul Davies' THE EERIE SILENCE.