For geeks only…

Cell by Stephen King — probably the best beginning I’ve ever read. That’s high praise. The best beginning? Yup. The action starts on page 2. Planes are falling out of the sky, the cities are crumbling, people are going nuts…

The Gunslinger, by Stephen King. Also book 1 in a 7 volume series. Stephen King has proclaimed this to be his Magnus Opus. But I’m not so sure. This is a mix of fantasy and western — which is something I’ve always wanted to do. The man in black. The gunslinger (though he ends up having a name, couldn’t help but think of ‘the man with no name’ in the Spaghetti Westerns).

Coming Soon

Deeper by Jeff Long is the sequel to The Descent (unrelated to the movie called the Descent). Both books are about the journey into a literal Hell at the centre of the earth.

Wheel of Darkness is the sixth book in the Agent Penderghast series by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. These books usually move fast…by fast I mean that they usually grip you by the throat around page 50 and never really let go. And while the action is fantastic, the books are built around this crazy character named Agent Penderghast — the ingenuity of McGyver, the social pretentiousness of Higgens, and the kick-assery of an Indiana Jones.

Locke Lamora, conman, thief…what more needs to be said.

Coming Soon