Books tagged with: temple

  • The Atlantis GeneAG Riddle
    The Atlantis Gene
    by AG Riddle
    Science Fiction

    When I first started to read this book I was anticipating a plot involving Atlanteans and genetics. This is exactly what you get. Tenfold. The story itself is fairly straightforward at a high level but the pace is a little too quick in parts. I had to re-read the first few chapters to make sure I’d...

  • Lord of SecretsBreanna Teintze
    Lord of Secrets
    by Breanna Teintze
    Fantasy

    To the ill-informed all fantasy books must look the same. They are about elves and dwarves, just retelling The Lord of the Rings repeatedly, aren’t they? Fans of the genre know that this is anything but the truth. Fantasy is an evolving genre that encompasses high and low, fantastical and the more m...

  • The New KingdomWilbur Smith
    The New Kingdom
    by Wilbur Smith
    General Fiction

    Historic fiction is often written about exciting characters who have full and adventurous lives. There is no point following someone who's past role in Egyptian culture was to turn the compost heaps four times a day. You want to follow the likes of Hui who goes from middle class to thief, to accused...

  • Doctor Strange Dimension WarJames Lovegrove
    Doctor Strange Dimension War
    by James Lovegrove
    Science Fiction

    There is a knack to adaptation, we have all seen a film made from a book. Many have read an adaptation of a film, but can you make a prose adaptation of a comic book? We see superheroes in the cinema every month, the action and colour sparks on the big screen, but bringing forth all that imagery in...