DDBook Reviews

  Beginning of Arrogance, Book 1 of a Paladin's Journey by Bryan Cole, is a Sword and Sorcery style fantasy. Krell is a survivor, possibly this is why ReckNor, the god of the sea and sky, likes him so much, or maybe ReckNor is just lonely. Whatever the reason, he speaks directly to Krell quite often. It is not the norm for ReckNor to call a Paladin, but after surviving two shipwrecks Krell was found by Olgar, the resident priest of ReckNor in Watford. Olgar has trained him, and when the time comes that the town is looking for able fighters to look into a beast of some sort at the nearby Darf mine, Krell is but too eager to apply. Together with Orca and Kraven, two Orcs, Tristan, a sorcerer, and Gerrard, a Halfling, he sets out to help the Dwarfs. In true Sword and Sorcery fashion, they fight numerous battles, sometimes surviving and sometimes not, uncovering a smuggling ring and thwarting a deadly invasion.   Beginning of Arrogance, Book 1 of a Paladin's Journey by Bryan C...

When a routine surveillance mission goes wrong and the mark is brought back to her world, Black Spade, Charlie Saxe’s life is thrown into turmoil. She has always had to prove herself to the council and her adoptive Father the leader of the royal security guard in Counterpart and now she has not only her life on the line. As circumstances around her become tense and those whom she can trust become few, she has to balance her duty to Umbra against her loyalty to the royal household and her childhood friend. Kav has been pulled out of his cushy high school life and thrown into the political drama of another dimension. Things are different but at least now he can come to know the girl he has had a crush on for the last couple of months. Plus, he is having the adventure of a lifetime. Ace, the King of the Underworld grew up with Charlie, or as he calls her Little Lie. When she comes to him seeking safety he cannot help pulling her into his life again. He promises to help her, but accepting ...

Things from myth and legend must have originated from something that resembled them. When an empire is faced with a vicious rebellion and the Emperor is killed, the Sorothian Magical Order offers their help in a mission that could change the tide of the war. Amendal Aramien has just returned from his adventure in the Melar forest to prove his prowess as a conjurer and requires relaxation and food. He receives a mandated trip to the Abodine wasteland to aid Vaem a Mindolarnian, on her quest to retrieve a precious tevisral hidden in a Crystal city. And so starts a rollercoaster of a ride. On the journey to Tardalim, a place so forsaken that it is called after the realm of eternal suffering, the ship is attacked by beasts from the deep sea. This sets the tone for the rest of the adventure. What makes the journey somewhat bearable is Amendal's pursuit of Faelinia. As Amendal and the few friends who are also part of the expedition fight for their lives, they face magic, betrayal, and ne...

  Emily Buchannan just wants some normal time, without murders and the drama that comes along with them. Unfortunately for her, she seems to attract trouble. While attending a funeral a body is discovered in an open grave. She tries very hard to stay out of the investigation but when her friend is implicated in the murder she does what comes naturally and starts asking questions. Meanwhile, she has a house full of ghost hunters, and lucky for them it seems that Oakhill’s ghosts have either woken up and started acting out or there are new ghosts moving in. When it seems that Emily is being set up for the murder, her friends rally around her to protect her. But Emily is stubborn and once again innocently ends up in dangerous situations. What will happen to Emily this time and more importantly, will she learn her lesson? Beth Dolgner once again outdid herself. Emily is such a lovely character brought to life by Patricia Shade that you feel you are also one of her friends who wish sh...

A secret buried. Twice. Three friends, outliers in their town. A town that has never known violence or even crime. When Roger, the town's spiritual guru, sees something disturbing on the town's horizon, he knows something terrible is going to happen. Naomi, the town's art teacher, discovers a disturbing piece of art painted by one of her not-so-promising students. Jeremy, the night watchman at the town's biggest employer, has a disturbing dream. A mysterious yet hilarious adventure ensues in which the three friends try to save their small peaceful town by burning down the art gallery, breaking from prison, and battling with a painting that grows roots and refuses to be moved. In their quest, they must dodge angry mobs and rebellious cows. They also cannot do all of the saving alone and enlist the help of the town coroner, the librarian, and an old shop owner with a vendetta. Will the three friends succeed in their quest, or will they succumb to the madness unleashed on ...

  Cynthia just wanted to have summer on her own in Berlin. After many arguments, a compromise was made, and she is staying with a host family of Shifters. Though Cynthia thinks she is more likely to melt from the heat than to come across a Witch or a Vampire, both species are conspicuously absent, and she has not seen any yet, which is just as well. She is looking for her father, and no supernaturals mean she can search freely. She did not count on the loner she met at the Kreuzberg Memorial to become a friend; neither did she imagine that she would become part of a search for information about the missing Shifters. As she burns bridges faster than she can build new ones, she must trust Monica and Nathan to have her back when she is kidnapped, twice, to be a sacrifice for a spell that would cure the Vampires but have a devastating effect on her new friend Leon. Will she survive the tumultuous undercurrents of the Supernatural Community in Berlin, or will she become an unwilling sac...

Hierdie werk wat agt preke uit die boek Rut bevat, kan met groot vrymoedigheid aanbeveel word.  Die preke is eksegeties baie korrek, maar bied die feite verstommend verrassend aan. Dis prikkelend om  die stryd waarder die drie vroue, Naomi, Rut en Orpa saam met hulle te belewe en deur te werk. Baie vrae wat in mense se gemoed lê, word aangespreek en opgelos. hierdie stel preke gryp ook in ons moderne mense se lewens waardes en lewens keuses in en gee veral  leiding oor watter konsekwensies dit inhou as jy werklik ‘n aanbidder van die Drie-Enige God wil wees (of is!). Die preekbundel bied werklik opwindende leesstof vir iemand wat sy geloof wil verdiep en wat ook sy kennis van die gebruike en leefstyl (argeologie) van  die Jode en volke wil verbreed en verdiep. Baie geluk met hierdie werk   Dr. MJ du Plessis Mei 2022