Joe Rover

Clean Fantasy Books

Doctor Who—Geek History Lesson Tells You

All reviews are my personal opinion and do not reflect the views of any person or organization. Hosts Jason Inman and Ashley V. Robinson do it again with another Geek History Lesson. Each week Inman and Robinson take one construct from pop culture and clue you in. Inman and Robinson are excellent at explaining, sometimes… — read more

Apr 20, 2017
Thor will Ragnarok you

All reviews are my personal opinion and do not reflect the views of any person or organization. Thor: Ragnarok from Marvel Studios is set to release Nov. 3. In the meantime, I got to watch the trailer, thanks to the iTunes Trailers app. The trailer starts out with Thor chained in a pit or cave.… — read more

Apr 12, 2017
Malicious leaves no malice in readers

All reviews are my personal opinion and do not reflect the views of any person or organization. Malicious, a James Patterson Bookshots written by Patterson and James O. Born, is another book staring Mitchum, an ex-Navy SEAL turned private private investigator (aka unofficial) and paperboy. He is called in to help his brother, Natty, who… — read more

Apr 7, 2017
POV Challenge – Ace – Regrets

Point of View Challenge: Write in a different point of view than you normally do or write from the point of view of a different character. For example: I write in first-person so I would change to third or second person. Or since I usually write from the point of view of Dogboy, Max, or… — read more

Jan 11, 2017
Dialogue Challenge – Hot, Hot, Hot

Dialogue Challenge: Story written in all dialgoue. There can be attribution such as “he said” or “she cried.” Internal dialogue is OK. Filler dialogue or pauses are OK such as … for someone not responsding. “Spoken” sounds like coughs, grunts, and such are also allowed. Feel free to try it yourself. “Man, it’s hot!” I… — read more

Dec 26, 2016
Busted

Part 1 Part 2 Jackson “Jack” Riggs “Accessing ILOST Database,” said the base’s AI. “Accessing Brood file.” The big “Open File” button stared at me. I glanced around checking to see if anyone was near. I took a breath and opened the file. “Brood,” said the artificial intelligence. “Real… — read more

Nov 23, 2016
First Contact

Part 1 Dogboy (aka Joe Rover) While I was thankful for the assist, I could tell not everyone was as grateful. “Who is he?” someone asked. “Where did he come from?” “How did he stop that thing?” “Are the Xacians back?” Sally helped… — read more

Nov 7, 2016
The Sphere

Jackson “Jack” Riggs People were panicking. The strange sphere came out of nowhere and was now floating over the city. Beams shot from the object and what they hit became cocooned in a strange wood-bone material. Though everyone around me was freaking out, I found it…mesmerizing. It seemed familiar. It felt like when… — read more

Nov 1, 2016
Damsel Not in Distress

I was running for my life. I’d been working on a case with the police. A serial killer was on the loose. I was getting close. Too close. One final message to police. Sally was in danger. When I could I would teleport. It must have looked weird to see someone running down the streets… — read more

Oct 31, 2016
Invited For Dinner

I looked up from the map. “This looks to be the place.” Lightning flashed and thunder crackled. Somewhere in the distance we could hear a cackle. “You sure about this?” Ryack asked. “It seems sketchy.” I rolled up the map. “Eh, it’s OK. It’s Halloween. Someone probably… — read more

Oct 31, 2016