Book Review: The Andromeda Evolution by Michael Crichton/ Daniel H Wilson

Decades after the Andromeda Strain wiped out Piedmont, Arizona, people have forgotten the danger. All but Eternal Vigilance, a military operation put in place to monitor for evidence Andromeda has returned. Now the remnants of a crashed ship in the Amazon have triggered alerts. Andromeda is back. A new Wildfire team is selected to investigate […]

Book Review: The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton

When a deadly contagion wipes out the small city of Piedmont, Arizona following the crash of a US satellite, it sets into motion Project Wildfire. Comprised of five scientists, Wildfire is dedicated to dealing with pathogens that may arrive from an extraterrestrial origin. Of the original Piedmont population, only two survived- an old man and […]

Book Review: The Devil’s Fingers by Hunter Shea

The Devil’s Fingers by Hunter Shea is next in the One Size Eats All series. Autumn Winters and her friends have gone on a camping outing in a parkland forest near Merritt Lake. Out hiking, they stumble into a meadow of weird looking plants with grotesque tentacles. When disturbed by Autumn, a budding botanist, the […]

Book Review: The Smallest Thing by Lisa Manterfield

Emmott Syddall wants nothing more than to leave the tiny English village of Eyam, that has been home to countless generations of her family. She’s desperate to escape to London, with her boyfriend Ro, though Ro seems more reluctant to leave. Emmott’s father wants her to stay, eventually taking over the family tour business. Before […]