Amazing Stories Reviews A Blanket of Steel: “It’s prescient.”
This is a stellar review. I am still processing it. The reviewer, R. Graeme Cameron, has so far read and reviewed three of my books:
This is a stellar review. I am still processing it. The reviewer, R. Graeme Cameron, has so far read and reviewed three of my books:
My 2023 underwater heist thriller, The Shadow of War, has made the final group of novels in the science fiction award competition.
I’ve said it before, and I’m saying it again: Michael Libling, author of Hollywood North: A Novel in Six Reels and The Serial Killer’s Son Takes a Wife, is a Canadian treasure. He’s a brilliant genius and I can’t argue with or dispute anything he says about any topic. Especially this one.
Here are his impressions of my newest thriller, A Blanket of Steel:
Links are in the post, as is the gripping book trailer. All retailers are currently delivering the eBook format (Kindle, Nook, Kobo, ePub, etc.) Links follow …
Links are in the post, as is the gripping book trailer.
Kirkus Reviews! I am so proud of this book! The Shadow of War is an underwater heist/thriller with a diverse cast and a gripping story. The listing is in the November issue of Kirkus Reviews.
I’m thrilled to announce that my underwater heist and climate change adventure, The Shadow of War, has been shortlisted for this year’s Science Fiction Award in the Climate Fiction category. (Watch the exciting book trailer below.)
I’ve been in Venice and Greece (tough life, I know) and mostly off-the-grid. However, I heard the news through the grapevine and couldn’t be happier. Moreover, I learned that
You can see the direction this is headed. The hull plating, the rivets, the color scheme.
(Note: I watched the events involving the submersible Titan in the Atlantic closely over the past week. It was a tragic and yet avoidable disaster. James Cameron, on CNN, spoke about how similar it was to the Titanic sinking in 1912. He couldn’t have been more correct. Despite warnings, the captain pressed on to the inevitable end. I am saddened by the loss of five lives and it is a sign to explorers everywhere that the ocean is merciless. Pressure is inexorable. Engineering needs to be perfect to descend to depth, and if problems appear, there is often very little time (or none at all) to solve problems on the spot. Since I began writing The Rise of Oceania, events have tended to mirror my predictions. The increasing tensions with China, for example, the growing climate crisis on the surface, and more. I wrote the below article only days before Titan went silent. I’ve added this note to acknowledge the dangers and the loss of life last Sunday. — TSJ, 26 June 2023)