Strange Stories II: The Empty Earth by Roger Mannon is a collection of two dystopian stories set in the not-too-distant future. The stories share similar themes of isolation, fight for survival, and climate change. In the first story titled "Alone," a team of scholars trying...

A massive hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas, leaving a hospital and its inhabitants trapped with a deadly virus and no way to escape. In the sensational thriller The Lambda Factor by Dimple P. Desai, MD, we are thrown into action at once. With a category five...

Eddy and Will LeBarron are brothers who seem to have nothing in common, and their differences in character and values are the driving force behind Geoffrey Carter’s Thicker Than Water. This is a poignant story about family and the environment, one which leaves you breathless...

Guardians of the Solar Shield: Earth's Climate Mirrors Under Attack 2029-2037 by Sam Bleicher is a very enjoyable novel dealing with our world in the 2030s trying to cope with climate change and its effect on the planet. This is not a doom-and-gloom story but...

In Lake Friction by Ron McCarthy, Len has just arrived in New South Wales looking forward to some much-deserved peace and tranquillity. For the next three weeks, he will be the coach to the Morisset United Premier League football. One evening, with memories disturbing his...

Will Normal Return by Ben Kilgore is the story of survival and fighting against the odds. Jack Stevens enjoyed his annual camping vacation and was all set to return to normal life. However, he had no idea that life as he knew it no longer...

The Color of Greed is book two in the Erebus Tales by Norman Westhoff, a tale filled with adventure. Keltyn SparrowHawk is a geologist left behind by her mates. After surviving a bullet wound, she has found a home among the tribe that has accepted...

Thirst: A Climate Change Story by Michael Carson gives a glimpse of our future with a twist that will keep you entertained. Set in the year 2045 when the earth is ravaged by climate change, the story follows young Lily Star. When Lily discovered she...

Battling lawlessness, bizarre weather patterns, and the hardships of everyday living, a young woman struggles to keep body and soul together in the aftermath of a nuclear bombing in the exciting post-apocalyptic young adult novel, The World We Make (Evergreen Series: Book 6) by Matthew...

How appropriate that just the day after I finished reading Fatal Depth by Timothy S. Johnston, CNN reported that because of rapid glacial melt, “It’s becoming increasingly clear that sea-level rise is going to be a bigger and bigger problem as we move through the...