Blurb: 2057. Humanity has raised exploiting the solar system to an art form. Bella Lind and the crew of her nuclear-powered ship, the Rockhopper, push ice. They mine comets. And they’re good at it. The Rockhopper is nearing the end of its current mission cycle, and everyone is desperate for some much-needed R & R,…… Continue reading Pushing Ice by Anthony Reynolds – An Audio Book Review
The world-famous cosmologist and number one best-selling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe’s biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work. How did the universe begin? Will humanity survive on Earth? Is there intelligent life beyond our solar system? Could artificial intelligence ever outsmart us? Throughout his extraordinary…… Continue reading Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking – An Audio Book Review
Château Blissac, on its hill above St Roque, is in a setting where every prospect pleases. But it doesn’t please its current occupier, J. Wellington Gedge. Mr Gedge wants none of it – and particularly none of the domineering Mrs Gedge’s imperious wish that he should become American Ambassador to Paris. Instead he pines for…… Continue reading Hot Water by P. G. Wodehouse – An Audio Book Review
Despite my lack of reading or blogging time, the urge to pick more stuff up just isn’t easy to shake. Other than the Harry Potter books, I haven’t been able to sink my teeth into anything recently. Audio Books have been a bit more successful on that front, but who needs success when you can…… Continue reading Book Haul
Blurb: Owen Deathstalker, last of the infamous warrior Clan, always considered himself more of a writer than a fighter, preferring his history books to making any actual history with a sword. But books won’t protect him from Her Imperial Majesty Lionstone XIV, who just Outlawed and condemned Owen to death, without any explanation, reason, or…… Continue reading Deathstalker by Simon R. Green – An Audio Book Review
Blurb: Fleeing from a traumatic break-in, Londoners Paul and Tricia Feenan sell up to escape to the isolated Holiwell village where Tricia has inherited a property. Scattered throughout the settlement are centuries-old stones used during the Great Plague as boundary markers. No plague-sufferer was permitted to pass them and enter the village. The plague diminished,…… Continue reading The Plague Stones by James Brogden – An Audio Book Review
Blurb: History shapes those who travel through it. Determined to save the antiques store she has inherited from ruin after the unexplained disappearance of her parents, Sarah Lester discovers a jumbled collection of vintage postcards that leads her on a journey through time. Unprepared for the story the postcards weave about their reclusive former owner,…… Continue reading Fifteen Postcards by Kirsten McKenzie – An Audio Book Review
Blurb: ‘The dead do not hide the truth and they never lie. Through me the dead can speak….’ He solves the mysteries of unexplained or sudden death. He has performed over 23,000 autopsies, including investigating some of the most high-profile cases of recent times; the Hungerford Massacre, the Princess Diana inquiry, and 9/11. He has…… Continue reading Unnatural Causes by Dr Richard Shepheard – An Audio Book Review
Blurb: A British agent floats in the waters of the French Riviera, murdered by an unknown hand. Determined to uncover the truth, James Bond enters a world of fast cars, grand casinos and luxury yachts. But beneath the glamour, he soon encounters a dangerous network of organised crime. It’s time for Bond to earn his…… Continue reading Forever and a Day by Anthony Horowitz – An Audio Book Review
Blurb: Summer. Massachusetts. An old Silver Wraith with a frightening history. A story about one serial killer and his lingering, unfinished business. Anyone could be next. We’re going to Christmasland…. NOS4A2 is an old-fashioned horror novel in the best sense. Claustrophobic, gripping and terrifying, this is a story that will have you on the edge of…… Continue reading NOS4A2 by Joe Hill – An Audio Book Review
Swords & Spectres 