Contract fiction, but done by a talented author who elevaters the weak material he is given to work with. 

Slightly out of date legally, but entirely relevant culturally. Read t olearn more about how corporations and lawyers - with the willing aid of Congress -  stifle creativity and punish artists. 

Not a book for everyone.  Short stories interspersed between chapters of an overarching premise make for a difficult but rewarding read. 

It's a bit of a cheat to crib my own review from another Rollins novel, but everything stands - Another of Rollins' stand-alone stories before he developed an ongoing series. Enjoyable in comparison to the series work, since unlike those globe-spanning volumes these early works are  - while no smaller - more intimate due to the singular settings. 

Another of Rollins' stand-alone stories before he developed an ongoing series. Enjoyable in comparison to the series work, since unlike those globe-spanning volumes these early works are  - while no smaller - more intimate due to the singular settings. 

Escape from a hot summer day with adventure at the bottom of the world. Certainly not a unique premise, but ably done. 

My least favorite of Rollins' books. Still enjoyable, but the Deus Ex Machina ending is something he has thankfully moved away from in his latter works. 

I personally loved it, but I enjoy overly technical digressions into the intricate inner working of tax policy.  Your experience may vary. 

Not a piece of literature by any stretch, but an excellent beach read.

Good story in a good setting, but the third act goes squirrelly and drags down the overall read. 

A good, broad story with a novel premise, but the art is a bit undifferentiated.

The premise was solid and the story was tight, but there was just something off about the voice of the main female character. Every line was more suited to a bad soap opera than to thriller fiction. Add in some odd monologuing and a resort director who disappears as a character halfway through the story and you have the worst entry in this series. 

I've torn through several alcoholic memoirs recently and while this one is entertaining and revelatory in spots it seems to drag more than others. For Damaged Gay Memoirists, David Sedaris is the better bet for consistent entertainment.          

Portions will make you laugh out loud but the payoffs are to few and to far apart. The lack of an index or table of contents is annoying (particularly when trying to craft a coherent review) but the two stories that stick the most in the mind are the first and the last. Whether this reflects wise choices on the part of the author and editor or merely the uneven composition of the book is left to you to judge.          

Just as entertaining as his other series, aimed at at slightly younger audience. Lessons on Leadership and responsibility are couched within a sea tale right out of Forester or Wouk.

Reads well companioned with "Where the Wild Things Were"

Excellent for a short story collection in that every selection was entertaining - not a dud in the lot.

Remarkably insightful and reasoned presentation of arguments for religious tolerance and open mindedness, couched in the authors own voice.

An insight into a long-under-appreciated theater of WWII.

Amusingly dated but entirely relevant stories that explore the human condition through science fiction.