Thursday, February 20, 2025

The Sea-Wolf ~ Audiobook Review

 

The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by Jack London about a literary critic Humphrey van Weyden. The story starts with him aboard a San Francisco ferry, called Martinez, which collides with another ship in the fog and sinks. He is set adrift in the Bay, eventually being picked up by Wolf Larsen. Larsen is the captain of a seal-hunting schooner, the Ghost. Brutal and cynical, yet also highly intelligent and intellectual, he rules over his ship and terrorizes the crew with the aid of his exceptionally great physical strength.

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

BBNYA2024 Blog Tour ~ 15th Place Finalist ~ Curse of Souls by Niranjan

The fates of two nations hang on the balance on a man’s choice between love and an arcane bond. 


Philip has been spearheading a rebellion in his country, with Casey, his lover and partner, at his side. The rebellion has snowballed into a civil war and casualties on both sides are mounting. In a desperate attempt for peace, Philip decides to approach Raylan, the second in command of the other side. He has learned that Raylan is not as stubborn as his mentor and that he may be open to negotiations.


The last thing Philip expects is for a soul mate bond to spring to life between him and Raylan, activating an ancient curse that will kill them both if the bond isn’t consummated. Philip has never loved anyone but Casey, and Raylan is a total stranger who he has no feelings for. Yet, the delicate negotiations between the two nations will fail without him and Raylan. Philip’s life is not his own, after all; it belongs to the people he has pledged his service to. 


With more than his life at stake, will Philip be able to let go of the love of his life to bring peace to his people? 


Curse of Souls is dystopian futuristic fantasy. If you love fantasy tales with high personal and world changing stakes, and protagonists who struggle to make hard choices, you will enjoy Niranjan’s Curse of Souls about people pushed to the limits of their endurance. 


Buy Curse of Souls today for a tale of love, sacrifice and redemption that will leave you breathless.



Sunday, February 16, 2025

AVR Weekly News ~ 582nd Edition


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Thursday, February 13, 2025

The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie ~ Book Review


In London after the Great War, Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley are out of work and low on funds. The old friends quickly form the Young Adventurers, Ltd. Seeking to hire themselves out to “do anything, go anywhere,” the duo agree to a lucrative locate a survivor of the Lusitania sinking who’s disappeared with a compromising secret. Their assignment sucks them into a conspiracy of murder, kidnapping, and double identities. Behind it is an elusive, omnipresent puppet master who will stop at nothing to eliminate the amateur sleuths before they find what they’re looking for.

In Agatha Christie’s first Tommy and Tuppence mystery, the plucky pair hit the ground running in their search for excitement and adventure―“no unreasonable offer refused.”

Sunday, February 9, 2025

AVR Weekly News ~ 581st Edition


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Thursday, February 6, 2025

BBNYA2024 Blog Tour ~ 16th Place Finalist ~ The Nameless by Stuart White

IN A NAMELESS WORLD, ONE HERO RISES BY DISCOVERING THEIR IDENTITY. 

In a dystopian world dominated by genetic perfection and numbered gene pools, sixteen-year-old E820927, known as Seven, yearns for an identity beyond his assigned number. To escape a life as a Nameless Exile, and become a citizen of the Realm, he must pass a loyalty test to prove his allegiance to the totalitarian Autokratōr. But as the truth unfolds, Seven faces a difficult choice between revenge, love and discovering his identity.

For dystopian fans of THE LAST OF US, THE MAZE RUNNER, and THE HUNGER GAMES.
The YA debut from award-winning author, Stuart White.


Sunday, February 2, 2025

AVR Weekly News ~ 580th Edition


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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

TWR Blog Tour Book Review ~ The Hangman's Master by Elyse Hoffman

Stefan Harkel is a reckless man, and this recklessness has often gotten him into trouble. It led to him being kicked out his parents' home at sixteen, and then it led him right into the arms of the Nazi Party’s Brownshirt Unit. In this army of hatred, Stefan finds love and friendship, but when Hitler chooses to purge the Brownshirts, Stefan turns against the Führer he once served loyally, vowing vengeance for his butchered loved ones.

Driven by a desire for revenge, Stefan joins an anti-Nazi resistance group, but killing a few Nazis isn’t enough for him. He yearns for the power to truly make the Nazis pay for what they’ve done. One day, a supernatural occurrence gives him that chance by granting him the power of a god… and a chance for revenge.

Stefan is approached by the Angel of Justice, who reigns over Hell itself. The angel reveals that Hell is divided into thousands of Zones, condemned souls sent to each to suffer whatever punishment their respective Master sees fit. The angels in charge of Hell have chosen Stefan as a warden, and he is given a Contract for his own Zone.

Stefan gains a Contract for Zone N-1, which holds the soul of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the main architects of the Holocaust and the one who instigated the purge of the SA. However, Stefan is not the only one who has been offered a Contract, and with the chance for revenge comes terrible danger.

A ruthless Nazi, another Master, has been killing people for their Contracts, and has his sights set on Stefan. If he gains Heydrich’s contract, he could turn the tide of the war back in Hitler’s favour.

Faced with torture and the murder of innocents, Stefan is the only person standing between his enemies and the precious Contract for Zone N-1. How will he ensure the power of God does not fall into the ruthless Nazis’ hands?

A thrilling tale of redemption and the brutality of the Second World War is flawlessly told in Elyse Hoffman’s latest page-turner.