This week, I received four advanced reader copies in the mail for review.
Author: Gregory Benford and Lary Niven
Publication Date: October 2012
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates
Pages: 416
Genre: Science Fiction
Cover: Hardback
Price: $25.99 US/$29.99 Canada
Free Review Copy Provided by: TOR
Description from the flap: "In this first collaboration by science fiction masters Larry Niven (Ringworld) and Gregory Benford (Eon), the limits of wonder are redrawn once again as a human expedition to another star system is jeopardized by an encounter with an astonishingly immense artifact in interstellar space: a bowl-shaped structure half-englobing a star, with a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths...and it's on a direct heading for the same system as the human ship. A landing party is sent to investigate the Bowl, but when the explorers are separated - one group captured by the gigantic structure's alien inhabitants, the other pursued across its strange and dangerous landscape - the mystery of the Bowl's origins and purpose propel the human voyagers toward discoveries that will transform their understanding of their place in the universe."
Title: The Fourth Fisherman
Author: Joe Kissack
Publication Date: 13 March 2012
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Pages: 211
Genre: Christian Biography
Cover: Hardback
Price: $19.99 US/$23.99 Canada
Free Review Copy Provided By: WaterBrook Press
Description from the flap: "Joe Kissack's life has been flipped inside out. In just a couple of years he goes from walking the red carpet in Hollywood to tripping through a fog of addiction, paralyzing anxiety, and jobless obscurity. Through a new found faith, he knows he has ben rescued from the brink of death, but for what purpose? To go back to a life of business small talk and shallow relationships? Halfway across the world, three fishermen find themselves lost and adrift in a tiny boat in the middle of the Pacific with no food or water. While their bodies begin to deteriorate after months at sea, their souls thrive as day by day they put their trust in God. Circumstances conspire against the men, but after nine months, a miracle occurs. When Joe hears of their inconceivable odyssey, he books a flight to Mexico. He doesn't know exactly why he goes, but he knows what it is like to be lost - so lost that there is no hope for rescue. He knows he has to find a way to tell the fishermen's incredible faith story. But Joe is wholly unprepared for the ways in which this grace-filled journey will transform his own life, restore his marriage, and discover what it means to be 'the fourth fisherman.'"
Title: Rough Country
Author: John Sandford
Publication Date: 29 September 2009
Publisher: The Berkeley Publishing Group
Pages: 417
Genre: Mystery
Cover: Mass Market Paperback
Price: $9.99 US/$12.50 Canada
Free Review Copy Provided By: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Description from the flap: "While competing in a fishing tournament in a remote area of southern Minnesota, Virgil Flowers receives a call from Lucas Davenport to investigate a brutal murder at a nearby resort for women only. As Virgil begins investigating, he finds a web of connections between the people at the resort, the victim, and some local women, notably a talented and popular country singer. The more Virgil digs, the more he discovers the arrows of suspicion point in many directions, encompassing a multitude of motivations: jealousy, blackmail. greed, anger, and fear. Then Virgil discovers something that sends his investigation reeling. This is not the first murder connected to the Eagle Nest Lodge. Nor will it be the last..."
Title: Better to be Broken
Author: Rick Huntress
Publication Date: 1 June 2012
Publisher: Sable Creek Press
Pages: 122
Genre: Biography
Cover: Paperback
Price: $9.95 US
Free Review Copy Provided By: BookCrash
Description from the flap: "Rick Huntress had everything - and he had nothing. He was a self-centered man living a selfish life, until one fateful day when his whole world changed. A horrific accident left Rick in a wheelchair. But this tragic moment became a blessing. God touched Rick's heart. opening a door of ministry for those with broken spirits in need of healing. This is the story of one man's awakening into the light of God's love and his hope-filled message that everyone should experience. Read Rick's inspiring story; your life will never be the same."
