SPR’s book reviews of new self-published books
Strange Quantum Souls by Chris Carvell
Scholars and thinkers have been seeking the substance of the soul since time immemorial, but author Chris Carvell proposes something entirely unique in his new book Strange Quantum Souls. Blending high-level mathematics with cognitive philosophy and quantum theory, this book is a wild and challenging dive into the realm of quantum consciousness.
Carvell’s argument combines ideas of micro-black holes and a Super-Ether that feed our brains information to form our thoughts and consciousness on an instantaneous level. If that single sentence is a struggle to unpack, you’ll have a truly tangled (and thought-provoking) time comprehending the rest of this […]
Medical research leads to deadly consequences in Geoffrey M. Cooper’s exciting new medical thriller, Nondisclosure.
There are plenty of things we take for granted as humans, but few things seem as easy to overlook as our self-awareness. In Earth Log, a new novel by Blaine C. Readler, that same great power is bestowed upon a ferret, who “wakes up” one day overwhelmed with curiosity, questions, and a new appreciation for the complexity of life.
Madisonville by J.A. Huff is a thrilling novel with a great premise – a prison where prisoners are hunted like prey. Six college students come up with the “perfect” crime: having access to a system of tunnels underneath their town, they plan a series of bank robberies…which go horribly wrong. Things get worse from there, as the young men end up in the prison at Madisonville, and soon they find out that “recreation” at the prison means that they are hunted for sport.