PRECEDENT OF JUSTICE, author is Patrick Raley...

In a whole, Patrick Raley's debut novel to me seems like a cross between The Davinci Code and perhaps The Rainmaker. Although at the same time, there is no comparison.

  This book has its intriguing moments. I liked the protagonist, Charlie Pepper, as he searches for clues through his myriad of truth in finding fact. The author demonstrates a well-rounded and believably complex character. Although the book is very intriguing and often times shocking in the way the cases are built to adhere to each other, there are moments of disparity, that in the Editor's view of verbiage, and the common mistakes. Overall, well-sought out as a debut novel lead by very few, as Precedent fits in a class of it's own. What I most liked about this book was its viewpoints of subliminally making you wonder if our justice system is even fair with today's standards.

Nathan Curtis- NEW WORLD REVIEWS

  THE CHRONOS PROJECT- Marc Rios

What can I say about this book other than don't buy it?

Okay, that's probably a little harsh, and I'm known for being compared to Simon Cowell of AMERICAN IDOL, but seriously, folks, as an avid science fiction fan, this book was terrible, it was all over the place. I admired the author's renditions of incorporating law and the exciting dangers like that found in the video game HALO or DEF CON, but the novel didn't stick to it's own story line as a genuine science fiction thriller or keep up with it's own continuum and thus lost my interest in the first few pages. The super humans were just lame in this book that seemed to be greatly influenced by a cross cut genre between Spiderman and star wars. This novel was unintended to say the least.  Although I have read a lot worse by newer authors, and some of them best sellers, THE CHRONOS PROJECT should be better left unsaid, and not to ride the cliché' on CHRONOS, better luck next TIME.

Bradley Jones- New World Reviews

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RISE and WALK by Gregory Solis.

Okay zombie fans, as I grow tired of the genre and never liked it to begin with, I was forced to read this book, (although I'm paid so I guess that is inappropriate) I sat down and started on a book that was published by LULU. While I began to wonder why I was reading it, (I don't generally take authors seriously that publish their own books or that are published through LULU,) but I will say, the book itself is very attractive, and has a nice layout. I know I know it's what's inside that counts right. Never judge a book by it's cover right? Wrong…because I certainly wouldn't read a book about vampires if there is a picture of Mickey Mouse on the cover no matter how great the story inside is. Covers are first impressions, if I open the book and start reading, good. The impression is won by the author.

This cover was intriguing…simple, non-flamboyant. It gave me the impression of something really wrong brewing inside and that was true when I read it, but wrong in a good way,

This book takes place primarily in the mountains during a paintball competition when zombies are introduced in the most disturbing way, and two thrill seekers go all out to fight for their lives when this most horrifying book becomes greatly absorbed in it's own guts. The book is a great novel, and terrifying in parts. I'm equally impressed with the author's use of allegories and depth in the characters. It's also changed my mind about entering any competition in the woods any time soon.

So to Gregory, my hat is off to you, just tell your zombies to leave my brains alone, and to all you zombie fans, RISE and WALK is incredible. The zombie genre would be missing an arm without it.

Nathan Curtis-

MAGAZINE REVIEW

The Literary Bone. Issue #1

WOW!

I have to say this upfront, not since Weird Tales and Gore Zone have I ever been so intrigued. The Literary Bone magazine is trustworthy in delivering to you the best writers in literary fiction. From Bram Stoker Award winning author John Everson's gruesome tale to Stephen Redwood who brings out a funny but yet disquieting anecdote. The cover art is wonderful and gothic but yet fascinating. The glossy magazine is beyond impressive. A horrifying vampire tale by Donna Burgess and many many others will keep you reading well into the day and hopefully forgetting that the sun does go down, packing this 170 page anthology with literary power, and I do mean power. This was the first magazine I have ever read where not once I was bored. I had a hard time turning the pages because of the captivation of such stories. Incredibly, I was sad when it was over and for once in my life with a magazine of this scope the only thing that could be better is hope that issue #2 is just as good. Perhaps I'll have to sit on my hands until then, or perhaps I'll read issue #1 again.

Donna Gardner- Magazine division NWR

 Music!!!

TOOL  10,000 Days

Review by Melissa Sheldon

I've always been a TOOL fan, seeing both them in concert and the sharing of lead singer Maynard James Keenan with another band known as A PERFECT CIRCLE. My all time favorite of the albums is and probably always will be Lateralus, which was their third effort, fourth if you count OPIATE.

  Let me sum it up really well, as best as I can. 10,000 days has some truly powerful songs. VICARIOUS makes me think of that Republican knock off sitting in the white house while watching so many husbands die behind the walls of Iraq, the troubling lyrics make you think, and in that sense the music is great. Wings for Marie part 1 and 2 is a continuation of JUDITH, where Maynard sings of his Mother's belonging in heaven when she died. It is rumored she lived 10,000 days on Earth, which is part of the prospect behind the title and par for the course on figuring out hidden clues behind some of the deep progressive tracks, some of them this time very surprising. THE POT, is proggy, but becomes a heavy song of revenge, and RIGHT IN TWO is spooky and preaching, all in a sense of what I love about TOOL. They are a band of their own, they don't fit into a genre, and the artwork they utilize for their albums and concerts is beyond human imagination. So colorful, so deadly, waiting like a stalking butler, who upon the finger rests…"  Pick up 10,000 days, while probably not their best, has their ever been a bad TOOL album? Not now…not ever…