January 2021 – Page 2 of 2 – scintilla.info

Book Review: Forgotten Lives, Ray Britain   Mystery: Forgotten Lives, Ray Britain Blog Tour January 11, 2021   Doug Stirling was supposed to have the weekend off to spend time with his girlfriend. Unfortunately, a murderer had other plans and the detective was called to the scene. A local thug had been killed, expertly knifed […]

Book Review: When the Children Come, Barry Kirwan   Science Fiction: When the Children Come, Barry Kirwan Blog Tour January 8, 2021   Nathan has PTSD after serving in Afghanistan, but he has begun to get a handle on things. On New Year’s Eve his sister invites him to a party and sets him up […]

Book Review: Children of God, Mary Doria Russell   Science Fiction: Children of God, Mary Doria Russell   In her first book, The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell tells the story of a tragically doomed mission to Rahkat, a planet in the Alpha Centauri system with not one but two intelligent species coexisting in a very […]

Book Review: Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World, Richard C. Francis   Nonfiction: Domesticated: Evolution in a Man-Made World, Richard C. Francis   Domesticated is a scientific examination of the evolution of domesticated mammals. Tracing their origins back to their wild ancestors, Richard C. Francis explores the changes and modifications that domestication has made on […]

Book Review: The Last Emperox, The Interdependency Book 3, John Scalzi   Science Fiction: The Last Emperox, The Interdependency Book 3, John Scalzi   In the first two books of his Interdependency trilogy, John Scalzi has introduced readers to the empire and its reliance on “the flow,” the poorly understood force that transports ships across vast […]