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The World Before Shattered Bonds: The Rise of Sicaria
For most people in Sicaria, reliable personal history only stretches back four or five generations. Stories are passed from parents to children, details disappear, and truth slowly becomes tangled with legend. Written records from before the Collapse are scarce,...
Book Review: The Wall by Brian Penn
I am not a fast reader, but The Wall by Brian Penn might be the fastest I have ever finished a book. Sure, I was on vacation and had more time to read than usual, but I still finished it in less than two weeks—which, for me, says a lot about how invested I was in the...
Book Review on Genius: The Game by Leopoldo Gout
I’m always up for a good young adult thriller adventure, and Genius: The Game delivered an exciting, suspenseful, and quick read. From the beginning, there’s a lot of great setup. You know something isn’t quite right about this so-called “game” for geniuses, but the...
Stealing from the Rebels [a deleted scene from Shattered Bonds]
[NOTE: Since this is deleted scene, it is not fully edited.] “How are we going to get to the capitol now?” Ruth asked. “Is there another train coming somewhere?” “Not near here.” “We steal a rebel vehicle and drive.” Wes started walking. “No.” Ethan stopped him....
The Beast Beneath the Clouds
The cerulean ocean stretched into eternity as the dying sun kissed the horizon. Its orange and pink rays danced on the waves, leaving behind tiny diamonds in the water. Falcon imagined her father’s gray eyes glimmering at her from below the ship’s bowsprit as laughter...
ATV Crash [deleted scene from Shattered Bonds]
NOTE: this original scene is during the lightening storm. Instead of them pulling over and hiding out by the rocks covering, the car flips and Donovan is the one who gets hurt. When I decided to have Ruth escape on her own, having both a motorbike AND an ATV...