JB Richards

A Highly Technical Sci-Fi Epic Meets Dogs In Space! Overview: Graciela Juarez is back and her interplanetary dog business is growing by leaps and bounds. As a Guardian for Empire, she’s also in a prime position to save the people of Earth from both the demons—the mortal enemies of Empire—and themselves. In this chapter of Dan Melson’s Rediscovery Series, his main protagonist, Graciela Juarez, intends to help the people of Earth prepare for the fall of world governments brough

Melson’s Multi-Generational Space Opera Undergoes An Epic Expansion! Overview: The stakes are high for an Earth engineer and his crew as they are caught in a battle between empires. In “Preparing the Ground”, Dan Melson expands his Sci-fi epic space opera to the next generation by introducing Grace’s 22-year old nephew, Joe. The main protagonist in this chapter of Melson’s expansive series is a gifted engineer who’s respected more for his connection with the family business o

A Fast-Paced & Absorbing Sci-Fi Murder Mystery! Overview: Mark Jackson's wife, Diane, left him seven years ago, but now she’s back, and looking better than ever, claiming a cult that cured her cancer is now trying to kill her. It’s bad enough that Mark is instantly falling for Diane all over again, but his real problems begin when he wakes up lovingly entwined with his ex-wife's mummified corpse lying in the bed beside him. Author Dan Melson’s fast-paced, absorbing sci-fi mur

Vengeance Is The Key In This Sci-Fi Thriller! In Dan Melson’s sequel to “The Man from Empire”—“A Guardian From Earth”—Graciela Juarez returns home to Earth reunite with her family and take care of business after her initial introduction to ScOsh’s world and family. For Sci-Fi fans familiar with Dan Melson’s first chapter in the Rediscovery Series, “A Guardian From Earth” provides a deeper understanding of the everyday workings of the Empire and ScOsh’s family. As Graciela is

An Advanced Alien Being Is Banished To The Fabled World Of Midgard! What happens to a technically-advanced, philosophically-minded, intellectually-superior alien being once he’s been banished by his Imperial family and assigned to guard a world reminiscent of the Viking Midgard on steroids? Author Dan Melson amps up Norse folklore and takes readers on a cerebral journey into a culture rich in diversity and a world teeming with strange beings and bizarre lifeforms in his Sci-F

Genius Level Sci-Fi! Whether it’s through oral or telepathic communication, the author’s concepts of an alien culture and its ideals are transmitted from one main protagonist to the other more as an interactive dialogue rather than action, making this one read that true Sci-Fi world-building and civilization buffs will enjoy. Melson’s alien, ScOsh, is rather one-dimensional and reminiscent of Keanu Reeves in the popular Sci-Fi film, The Day the Earth Stood Still, possessing

A Mind-Boggling Futuristic Sci-Fi Thriller! “The Invention of Motherhood” may be an unusual title for this mind-boggling Sci-Fi thriller, but this story is well worth the read. This story takes place far into the future, when an alien race has assumed control of Earth. It is a stunning saga about a couple’s determination to bear a child using the old ways—allowing the laws of nature and nurture rather than cold science shape their unborn child. It is also a window into what w