Based on a number of Brad R. Torgersen’s shorter works, I felt that Torgersen was one of the best sci-fi writers currently writing and I told him so in a Facebook message (to which he very kindly replied).  But I have been less enthusiastic about his most recent novels, including this, A Star-Wheeled Sky. A Continue reading

There’s a saying (which most of us are familiar with) that there are two things which are inevitable … death and taxes.  If you were to add a third item to the list of ‘inevitables’ it might be that where two or more humans are gathered, there will be a cold war. Simon Kovalic is Continue reading

The Mederos sisters, Tesara and Yvienne, are still the talk of Port Saint Frey. They are now in charge of their merchant house as their parents have left town. But incidents from the last book, specifically those surrounding the Gentleman Bandit (whose identity is still unknown). The Guild has sent a special investigator to look Continue reading