Nightscape Double Feature #2

Tales of Terror & Fabled Treasure A literary pulp extravaganza featuring mummified telepaths, ancient machine gods, world-destroying artifacts, undead pirates, voudon elementals and dream-powered treasure ships! The Divine Drowned by Josh Reynolds & David W. Edwards In exploring the underwater remnants of a lost Egyptian City, supernatural adventurer Nolin "Lancer" Quigg and his crew are blasted into an alternate dimension wracked by psychic war. Broken and scattered, the members of integrand General struggle to reunite and return home. Complicating their mission: a prophecy that not only exposes the terrible secret of Lancer's superhuman strength but signals the end of reality itself. Forever the Star Finder by Fianna I. Quigg The doomed South Pacific voyage that made Lancer half a daimon is chronicled at last! Compelled to help the voudon priestess Mama Paris access an interdimensional rift, Liam Quigg and family must contend with alien deathtraps, roving monsters and the return of a vengeful Captain Nemo. What legacy does Liam leave when he makes the ultimate sacrifice to protect his loved ones? Learn the startling truth in this intimate firsthand account.

Nightscape: Double Feature #2 (Fantasy Adventure)

By David W. Edwards and Josh Reynolds

Imperial Entertainment

ISBN #978-0989748758

Price $11.99 (Paperback)

240 Pages

Rating 4-Stars

As noted, this book contains two stories, a short novel & novelette. The Divine Drowned, the longer of the two works begins the adventure. We are introduced to Nolin “Lancer” Quigg and his team of adventurers. They enter the sea in submersibles in search of sunken islands and are separated by a White space and deposited in, perhaps, different dimensions where each meet a black woman guarded by baboon warriors. The story is well written, and the characters are interesting.

The second story, Forever The Star Finder, is shorter and continues the Quigg family story, as recorded by Fianna I Quigg.  It’s in a slightly different format, and includes illustrations.

Although well written, the characters didn’t pull me into the story, and I had no interest in the plot. Numerous monsters, other dimensions, supernatural elements, and wild adventure face the team. Enough material for several novels, but nothing I cared for. However, I think this book will appeal to fantasy readers everywhere. Highly recommended.

Tom Johnson

Author of CARNIVAL OF DEATH

Dan Fowler: G-Man V#2

Dan Fowler: G-Man V#2

Various Authors

Airship 27 Productions www.airship27hanger.com

ISBN #978-0615820231

149 Pages

Price $16.99

Rating 5-Stars

Dan Fowler was the hero of G-Men Detective, a pulp magazine that ran from 1935 till 1953. One of the most popular of the g-men titles, supposedly each story had to be approved by J. Edgar Hoover himself. Whether or not that was true is anyone’s guess, but I’m sure J. Edgar kept his eye on the magazine. Another rumor says it was also a favorite of Al Capone. Again, who can say? Fowler usually worked carte blanche, answering only to his chief, and was often assisted by young Larry Kendal (his name also went through several different spellings due to the number of writers involved). Like most of the Ned Pines pulp line, there were many authors writing the Fowler stories, which made it uneven, but the stories were fun, and the authors were the best writing for the publisher.

This volume, the second in the series from Airship 27, features four exciting stories: “The Undercover Puzzle” by Derrick Ferguson; “Monkey Business by Aaron Smith; “Proof of Supremacy” by Josh Reynolds; and “Feasting On The Predator’s Corpse” by B.C. Bell. Each story captures Dan Fowler, but with the author’s own touch, so much like those original magazine stories. Although there were no disappointments in this book, I thought “Monkey Business” by Aaron Smith might have made a better Phantom Detective story, as Fowler goes undercover to find the killer of a mob boss, not something the Director would have assigned to Fowler, but would have been perfect for the Phantom Detective. Normally I don’t like team ups, as most writers tend to have the heroes fight each other at least once. How can one win, when both are heroes? But in “Proof of Supremacy” by Josh Reynolds, Fowler is joined by Jim Anthony. Jim is tracking the kidnappers of a financier’s daughter, while Fowler is investigating a series of bank robberies. The two seem to work fine together, and there is no fight between them, thankfully. Still, for my book, I would rather the author just bring in Larry Kendal, why bring in a second hero when we already have Fowler?

The front cover and interior art is also top notch. Volume Two far surpasses the first volume in this series, and I expect only good things for Airship 27 in the future, and looking forward to more great stories from this publisher.

Tom Johnson

Echoes Magazine