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THE LAST MESSENGER OF ZITOL by Chelsea Dyreng Sweetwater Books, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-4621-1896-0 YA Fiction Source: publisher for review All opinions expressed are solely my own. ABOUT THE BOOK When Rishi is kidnapped and taken to Zitól, she faces an unthinkable future: she is to be sacrificed to appease the gods. To survive in this place, where greed, lust, and fear eclipse compassion, Rishi befriends the selfish and ignorant king, only to discover that he may not have the power to save her after all. REVIEW I found The Last Messenger of Zitol  a compelling read from the very first page, where Nadal, the king of Zital begins the story.  I found it rather interesting that the selfish, ignorant king is the one telling the story, but since he's clearly telling the story after the fact it created interest for me rather than confusion.  It gave the story added dimension by allowing the reader to really see and feel the changes that Nadal undergoes.  Rish...

THE QUANTUM BREACH by Denver Acey Cedar Fort, 2014 ISBN: 9781462114344 Adult Fiction Source: eARC from publisher for review (THANKS!) All opinions expressed are solely my own. ABOUT THE BOOK Tanner Zane is a Mormon with a secret criminal past. Nobody suspects that, before his religious conversion, Tanner hacked into thousands of computer networks across the globe. He accumulated millions of dollars from his illegal activities until a sudden, life-changing event caused him to abandon hacking and give his fortune to charity. But Tanner’s guarded past is exposed when he is kidnapped by his mysterious neighbor and forced to hack into an impossible target – Los Alamos National Labs. Inside the government facility is a prototype quantum computer that is powerful enough to crack the digital safeguards of the Internet. When Tanner learns that cyber-terrorists will use the quantum computer to commit massive identify theft and corporate espionage around the world, he del...