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Category: Fiction

Review: The Bear And The Dragon – Tom Clancy

Posted on 06/09/2026 by Speesh in Fiction, Thriller

A whole new level of enjoyable nonsense

Tagged China, Jack Ryan, KGB, Penguin Books, Russia, Tom ClancyLeave a comment

Review: Waking Gods – Sylvain Neuvel

Posted on 06/09/2026 by Speesh in Fiction, Science Fiction

Closer to Star Trek than the oft-mentioned Star Wars

Tagged Del Rey, Michael Joseph, Penguin Random House, Star Trek, Sylvain Neuvel, The Themis Files, Waking GodsLeave a comment
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Review: Icon – Frederick Forsyth

Posted on 05/09/202605/09/2026 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Russia, Spy, Spy Fiction, The Cold War, The Soviet Union, Thriller

It was the best of times it was the worst of times

Tagged Bantam Press, Frederick Forsyth, Icon, The Day Of The Jackal, Transworld PublishersLeave a comment

Review: The Sentinel – Lee Child And Andrew Child

Posted on 04/09/2026 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Thriller

Sleepy no-name town - check. No Police worth the mention - check. Reacher can do whatever he likes without intervention - check.

Tagged Andrew Child, Books, Jack Reacher, Lee Child, tech, TransworldLeave a comment

Review: Capture Or Kill – Vince Flynn, Don Bentley

Posted on 04/09/202604/09/2026 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Terrorism

An excellent continuation of the long-running character

Tagged art, Bin Laden, Books, Capture Or Kill, Don Bentley, Israel, middle-east, Mitch Rapp, photography, Simon & Schuster, The Middle East, Vince FlynnLeave a comment

Review: Berlin – Jason Lutes

Posted on 04/09/2026 by Speesh in Between The Wars, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction

Graphic novel about the last years of Weimar Republic Berlin...and if that doesn't whet your appetite, nothing will

Tagged Berlin, book-review, Drawn & Quarterly, Germany, History, Jason Lutes, politics, Pre-War Germany, The Weimar RepublicLeave a comment

Review: Dark Matter – Blake Crouch

Posted on 02/09/2026 by Speesh in Fiction, Science Fiction

A mind-expanding, emotionally resonant journey through the infinite possibilities of human experience. And if that hasn't put you off, read on...

Tagged Blake Crouch, Dark Matter, Pan Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Science FictionLeave a comment

Review: War Lord – Bernard Cornwell

Posted on 02/09/2026 by Speesh in 10th Century Britain, Britain/England, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Viking Britain

The epic conclusion to the globally bestselling historical series.

Tagged Alfred The Great, Anglo Saxons, Bernard Cornwell, Harper Collins, The Last Kingdom, Uhtred, Vikings, War LordLeave a comment

Review: Lone Wolf – Gregg Hurwitz

Posted on 31/08/2026 by Speesh in Action & Adventure, Fiction, Thriller

Wolf it down

Tagged Evan Smoak, Gregg Hurwitz, Lone Wolf, Michael Joseph, Orphan X, Penguin Books, Random House, ThrillerLeave a comment

Review: Testament – Kim Sherwood

Posted on 31/08/2026 by Speesh in Fiction, Historical Fiction, The Second World War, World War II, World War II Germany

Great book

Tagged Historical Fiction, History, Kim Sherwood, Riverrun, The Holocaust, World War IILeave a comment

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