FOX: SAILOR’S BLOOD by Adam Hardy

Every so often, I find myself trudging down memory lane. It happens when I see an old book on a shelf in a used book story, or I read through an article on popular writers and where they got their inspiration to write. Almost every time, I pick up that book or I go on […]

ALPHA by Greg Rucka

Greg Rucka knows how to write an action-packed story filled with interesting characters, and he does it again in his latest book, Alpha. The story is begging to be made into a summer blockbuster movie. Wilsonville (a theme park a lot like Disneyland) is a well-thought out background to the events in the novel. Rucka […]

IRON MAN: THE FIVE NIGHTMARES by Matt Fraction and Salvador Larroca

Iron Man can be a tough character to write. While inside the suit it’s too easy to forget about the man inside, and outside the suit it just doesn’t feel like enough superhero action. After all, Tony Stark isn’t James Bond. Clothes do make the hero. Many of Marvel Comics’ most skilled writers have taken […]

GI JOE #1 by Chuck Dixon and Robert Atkins

GI Joe comics are back and IDW publisher has ‘em! Not only that, but they have action writer supreme Chuck Dixon doing the scripts and Robert Atkins on pencils. The GI Joe franchise began as an action figure (although we called them dolls back when I was a kid because we had invented the term […]

THE UNIT: SEEK AND DESTROY by Patrick Andrews

I’m a fan of The Unit. I was drawn to the show immediately because I like covert ops/military tales. If they’re done well. The television episodes are great, a good mix of military tech and human drama. Sadly, a lot of that is missing in this first novel of a paperback series. The biggest thing […]