Something is wrong with Marianne. It's not just that her parents have split up, or that life hasn't been the same since she quit dancing. Or even that her mother has checked herself into the hospital. She's losing time. Doing things she would never do. And objects around her seem to break whenever she comes … Continue reading THE DARK BENEATH THE ICE, by Amelinda Berube, Sourcebook Fire/Sourcebooks
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THE ANOMALY, by Michael Rutger, Grand Central Publishing/Hachette
If Indiana Jones lived in the X-Files era, he might bear at least a passing resemblance to Nolan Moore -- a rogue archaeologist hosting a documentary series derisively dismissed by the "real" experts, but beloved of conspiracy theorists. Nolan sets out to retrace the steps of an explorer from 1909 who claimed to have discovered … Continue reading THE ANOMALY, by Michael Rutger, Grand Central Publishing/Hachette
DAMNATION ISLAND, POOR, SICK, MAD, & CRIMINAL IN THE 19TH-CENTURY NEW YORK, by Stacy Horn, Algonquin Books
DESCRIPTION: Today it is known as Roosevelt Island. In 1828, when New York City purchased this narrow, two-mile-long island in the East River, it was called Blackwell’s Island. There, over the next hundred years, the city would send its insane, indigent, sick, and criminal. Told through the gripping voices of Blackwell’s inhabitants, as well as … Continue reading DAMNATION ISLAND, POOR, SICK, MAD, & CRIMINAL IN THE 19TH-CENTURY NEW YORK, by Stacy Horn, Algonquin Books
FORSAKEN, A UNIT 51 NOVEL, Book Two, by Michael McBride, Kensington Books
"McBride writes with the perfect mixture of suspense and horror that keeps the reader on edge." --Examiner See my review of Book One Here IT HAS SURVIVED At a research station in Antarctica, scientists discovered a strange and ancient organism. They thought they could study it, classify it, control it. They couldn't. IT HAS … Continue reading FORSAKEN, A UNIT 51 NOVEL, Book Two, by Michael McBride, Kensington Books
SUBHUMAN, A UNIT 51 NOVEL, BOOK ONE, by Michael McBride, Pinnacle Books
DESCRIPTION: THEY ARE NOT HUMAN. At a research station in Antarctica, five of the world's top scientists have been brought together to solve one of the greatest mysteries in human history. Their subject, however, is anything but human . . . THEY ARE NOT NATURAL. Deep beneath the ice, the submerged ruins of a lost … Continue reading SUBHUMAN, A UNIT 51 NOVEL, BOOK ONE, by Michael McBride, Pinnacle Books
