Books for Young Readers & Young Adults

In the future, you don’t have to work, but if you want fame and fortune, you have to earn it. There’s no inheriting it from your parents. Enter our heroes, the Losers, and their brilliant idea to become celebrities: Stow away on a rocket bound for Mars. Awesome. And there’s no turning around once they’re in motion. Fame and fortune will be theirs for the taking. One slight hiccup: Their rocket’s got a few issues. Oh, and one other: one of the Losers is a sociopath. Let the fun begin!

I’ve been a fan of John Barnes for half of my life and he’s never let me down. Now he turns his eye to Hard SF for young people ... and for those not-so young who love a good story ... like me ... and me like. Losers in Space is in keeping with the old Heinlein juveniles, only with more of today’s sensibility and scientific knowledge. And his Notes for the Interested are brilliant. Don’t want the standard sf-infodump? Then simply skip them.

--PMH

There is a lot of “buzz” going on about this debut author and her compelling yet a bit naughty novel of angel hierarchy and mythology and its ancient ties to humanity. For the sophisticated young adult reader or the open-minded adult reader, the story is of the eternal choices between good and evil and the desperate measures to attain both. Explicit physical and emotional relationships both contribute to the overall story arc and serve as a cautionary note to young readers who may be experiencing similar desires. It will appeal to lovers of Stephanie Meyers’ epic love triangles, as well as, Becca Fitzpatrick’s fallen angels sagas. It boasts a strong female protagonist, two exceptional partners to choose from and a host of gnarly characters in all different stages of “angelhood”. The next two books in the series are being released at six-month intervals and I definitely guarantee that after a taste of the first, you will be reading the rest.

--bkh