Superfall

Superfall (Humorous Spy/Thriller)

By John Hegenberger

196 Pages

Not Released Yet

Rating 4-Stars

“Well Written Humorous Thriller”

L.A. private detective Sam Wade is working for a disguised George Reeves, whose recent death was staged so he could be placed in the Witness Protection Plan after identifying key mob figures. With Reeves is a female FBI agent who is also working on a commie plot; the communist are infiltrating the mob for their own purposes. Wade and George Reeves, who the Reds believe is Steve Allen now, attend one of their meetings, and are recruited into their organization. The local leader tells Sam that a Russian cell is passing counterfeit money all over L.A., and it interferes with his bigger plan, and he wants Wade to discover how the money is being brought in.

This appears to be a prequel to SPYFALL, and was well written, with a good plot. The name dropping throughout the story is fun, but I’m still not comfortable with the author using real people as characters in the novels. Lloyd Bridges also has a recurring part, and Walt Disney is a behind the scenes as a local FBI boss who uses Wade as his agent in cases like this one. There is lots of humor along with the action, and spy lovers with enjoy this light-hearted, fast-paced, easy read. Highly recommended.

Tom Johnson

Author of COLD WAR HEROES

Linked, We Soar

Mia is a small town girl who falls in love with the new boy in town, Aaron. He is handsome and charming, but has a secret that will ultimately change who he is. With her faith in God, and her joy in life, can she lead him away from the pain of his past?

Linked, We Soar is a coming of age story that contrasts the hopelessness of a broken family with a culture of faith, hope, and love.

Linked, We Soar (Coming of Age)

By Elisa Ellis

Independent Publishing Platform

ASIN #B00TE9XRMG

Price $2.99

213 Pages

Rating 4-Stars

This is a coming of age story involving two teenagers, Aaron and Mia. He meets Mia and her friends in school, and the attraction links them in faith and life. But the conflict between his biological mother and his adopted parents sends him into a troubled existence. His biological mother who is on drugs and alcohol, feels she has done nothing wrong to lose her children, and hounds Aaron. They are faced with many adult problems, yet their faith remains strong and pulls them through.

Ginger Johnson

Author of THE SUICIDE THAT WASN’T

Sensing Serafina

Two worlds. His, hers. Poor, rich. Freedom, control. Until her light breaks through his darkness, bringing them together in a sensory overload. Sera and Cal find love in each other despite their differences until a tragic accident leaves them both in the dark. Will they each be able to overcome personal struggles and adversity to find the light within? And is their love strong enough to withstand the dark?

Sensing Serafina (Romance)

By Elisa Ellis

Independent Publishing Platform

ASIN #B01ETWDWFE

Price $2.99

229 Pages

Rating 4-Stars

Throughout the first half of this novel readers are led to believe one thing. Then there is reason for the reader to believe something else entirely. Against all odds, Cal and Sera come together in their belief in each other. Even separated by an accident and Sara’s father, their love and faith allow each to grow and mature into adults who can run their own lives and convince Sara’s father and others of that also.

The story is well written, but the switching from one period to another can be confusing to the reader.  The story is packed with emotion. Highly recommended to adult readers, as the story contains mature language.

Ginger Johnson

Author of THE COWBOY FROM TEXAS

Sea Station Umbra

Somewhere far off the California coast in the Pacific Ocean a thousand meters down lies a Top Secret U.S. Government manned research outpost called Sea Station Umbra. Thought to be a Fukushima radiation monitoring station, its real purpose remains a mystery. A hundred people on Earth know of its existence but only thirty seven know what it is and why it's there. As things in the station begin to go horribly awry, a black ops mission Operation Deep Force is dispatched to investigate and intervene but encounters a situation far beyond their wildest imaginations. A deep-sea thriller-mystery filled with suspense, chills, and heart-stopping action, it takes you back to those days of 2001, the Abyss, and Sphere and leaves you cold, deep and gasping for more.

Sea Station Umbra (Thriller)

By John P. Cater

Independent Publishing Platform

ISBN #978-1533243232

Price $14.50

312 Pages

Rating 5-Stars

“Danger At 3000 Feet Down!”

Matt Cross and Mica Briscoe are called back to the Navy for another dangerous mission. Four months after the events of PI Day Doomsday, their expertise is needed once more. Operation Deep Force, a Black Ops Group is monitoring the advance of radiation from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Reactor in the Pacific Ocean; a second operation involves spying on telephone/radio communications through the cable system on the ocean floor. But something strange is going on. Too many people on the secret sea dome, Discovery One, when there shouldn’t be, then people start to disappear. To make matters worse a Chinese spy sub disguised as a whale is monitoring Discovery One. Matt and Mica are sent below to discover what is going on, and what they find will almost kill them.

Starting from this great cover, there are thrills on every page. Even knowing the author’s background in science and mathematics I was surprised, and I think the reader will be too. I don’t want to give anything away, but the author uses a bit of sleight of hand in leading the reader in one direction, then pulling the surprise out of the hat – and it isn’t a rabbit. Be prepared for the unexpected. There is a slam-bang ending as everything comes together in the final moments, leaving little time left for survival. Highly recommended.

Tom Johnson

Author of SENORA SCORPION

Glare of The Gorgon

Why did a desperate man shave his head before visiting Doc Savage headquarters, only to be struck down, his pulsing brain turned to inert stone? What sinister secret did his strange slaying silence? And how was a lizard-green shadow resembling Medusa branded on Doc’s office wall?

These are only some of the questions confronting the Man of Bronze as he pursues a grisly trail of petrified corpses to post-Prohibition Chicago, whose criminal underworld is being terrorized by a serpent-haired demon engaged in a seemingly senseless slaughter spree whose ultimate target will shake Doc Savage’s men to their core.

Suspects are many, clues baffling. Death and danger lurks everywhere they turn––symbolized by the silhouette of a faceless Gorgon.

From the concrete canyons of Manhattan to the coal fields of Illinois, Doc Savage tracks a phantom fiend the likes of which he has never before hunted. Or is he the one being hunted?

Glare of The Gorgon (Doc Savage Adventure)

The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage

By Kenneth Robeson (Will Murray)

Altus Press www.altuspress.com

ISBN #978-1618272386

Price $24.95

510 Pages

Rating 5-Stars

“Smoothly Written, Fast Paced, And Thrilling Adventure.”

Ned Gamble contacts Doc Savage from the train he’s arriving on from Chicago, to expect him. But he’s being followed, and before he reaches the safety of Doc’s headquarters, he is killed in the hallway and an odd green figure is found on the wall where he died. When Doc examines him, he finds the man’s brain calcified. Ned is carrying a newspaper with an article covering the death of a scientist in Chicago that appears to have a bearing on the case. At present, Long Tom Roberts is attending the Chicago Exposition of Science, and Doc notifies him to contact Janet Falcon, the last person Ned Gamble was in contact with. Finding the girl is easy, but Long Tom is quickly captured, and the case is running full steam with the Greek mythical Gorgons playing a hideous death note. The story quickly moves to Chicago where the Exposition becomes a backdrop for some of the action.

Although the cover isn’t one of my favorites, the author’s writing continues to mesmerize the reader from the first page onward. The writing is smooth, the plot fast-paced, and the adventure is filled with thrills. Doc’s aides, the five greatest minds in the world – next to Doc – have to be shown a little dumb in order for Doc to appear so smart, but these longer stories tend to make them even dumber than they would normally seem in a pulp-size adventure of 120 pages. In this novel we see that clearly. Not that it distracts from the novel, I just feel the author should give them a little more intelligence in these longer tomes. However, the author has another winner on his hands. Highly recommended to Doc Savage fans, as well as adventure lovers around the world.

Tom Johnson

Author of CARNIVAL OF DEATH