SPR’s book reviews of new self-published books
Apex: A Max Ahlgren Novel (Crucible Book 3) by Ryan W. Aslesen
In Apex, the third thriller in the gripping Crucible series from Ryan W. Aslesen, Max Ahlgren is once again recruited for a high-stakes mission that will take him closer to answers about his family, but also straight into the heart of the jungles of South America, where his hunt for a missing boy quickly becomes a hunt of a very different kind – with him as the prey.
Similar to the previous Ahlgren novels set in Alaska and North Korea, this exotic adventure offers intrigue and a deeply spiraling web of lies with our never-say-die protagonist leading every bullet-riddled […]
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.
Nobbin, Bobbin & Cobb is a charming children’s picture book about the wonders of the special moonberry tree, masterfully illustrated by the author Tracy Sabin.
History professor Garnet Gibbs keeps her faith strong while angels and devils stage proxy battles over the souls of her family and colleagues. Garnet holds strong in her convictions but gives kindness to all around her as she moves through a world ripe with sin. Set vividly in Las Vegas, Two ‘Til Midnight by Bernard L. Dillard tells a simple story of faith in everyday life through the lens of a cosmic battle between good and evil.