In the world of Col Sec, the security arm of the Confederation, there is discord within their rival camp, the Elysium Alliance. The military, led by General Solon has plans that could throw the two galactic adversaries into another war, a war the Alliance is unprepared for. Senator Mikal Tovaric is well aware of this…
Time columnist, Joel Stein had this to say in a New York Times opinion piece about adults reading YA books: “The only thing more embarrassing than catching a guy on the plane looking at pornography on his computer is seeing a guy on the plane reading The Hunger Games. Or a Twilight book. Or Harry…
In 2014 tensions on the Korean Peninsula got out of hand resulting into World War III. Thirty years later, Global Government has evolved putting in place strategies to prevent another nuclear conflagration. Every two years, the government’s control reverts to the nation who wins the Tournament—a series of soccer games set up similar to the…
Kyle Thorning is a brilliant young physicist working as a researcher at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research where scientists probe the fundamental structure of the universe. Kyle’s secret project is to create a time travel machine. Why the interest? Kyle’s dad, Max Thorning discovered a book, Account of Time Travel on Earth Using…
A 15-year old girl is psychologically abused by the constant bickering of her parents. When the fighting escalates into a full-blown war with glasses and china used as weapons, the girl, who isn’t given a name, retreats into her own world in a garden in her backyard. There she discovers an expanding black hole. With…
Max Rigdon is forced by his mom to spend summer vacation with his reclusive grandfather. All of his dreams of being the starting pitcher for his little league’s all-star team are now shattered. And why all of a sudden quality time with crazy Grandpa Joe? Max only met him once at his father’s funeral, and…
Extinction is Jan Domagala’s fifth Col Sec thriller. The 85 page sci-fi novella begins 25 years prior to the story’s action when General Sinclair, the head of the Colonial Security Intelligence Division (Col Sec), the security arm of the Confederation, was forced to deal with a military problem that went south, and naturally covered up….
Abbey has an IQ off the charts. She’s logical and grounded in the scientific method. So when older brother Simon’s behavior becomes odder than normal, she and twin brother, Caleb, follow him up Coventry Hill to a cluster of “living stones”. Suddenly, after Simon walks over the stones, he disappears out of thin air. That’s…
I find that many authors of YA series books fail to end their novels. They tend to leave the plots up in the air hoping a reader will plunk down a few more bucks to buy book 2 or 3. I hate that! So when I wrote the Koolura Series I made sure each book…
The best books published appeal to the heart of who we are. These parts are the links that connect our childhood to our adult lives. They connect the heart to the brain and the dream world to reality. Many of these books like The Wizard of Oz, To Kill a Mockingbird, and the Harry Potter…