The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick - Reveals out the Dark History

Philip Kindred Dick was an American novelist and a short story writer. He was born in Chicago in 1928 and lived most of his life in California.

The Man in the High Castle, by Philip Dick, is a Sci-fi novel that helped to define the alternative history genre and has won the Hugo Award for the best novel in 1962. The story is about the daily life of the winners and the vanquished under the fascist rule. The base is set in West-Coast America in the 1960s, when the Axis powers won the Second World War.

It’s a well-known fact that the former U.S president, Franklin Roosevelt was assassinated that had some effect on American preparations for the war. The US entered the war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. New York and San Francisco were badly damaged, during the war that lasted until 1947. In the consequences, the United States has been partitioned, with Nazi-run Eastern and Japanese-run Western portions. Only the strip of Rocky Mountain States was left free, as it is a buffer zone.

In this neutral buffer zone lives the man in the high castle, the author of an underground bestseller, “The Grasshopper Lies Heavy,” a work of fiction that offers an alternative theory of world history in which the Axis lost the Second World War. The message is very simple that, both Japanese and Germans didn’t win the war in a fair manner, even though history says they won.

In short, this book is about the connection between history, facts and creativity, which is carefully adjusted and controlled. Moreover, this book is one of the widely published books with more than 28 editions, remaining as the finest alternative world novel ever written.

Two Little Miracles by Caroline Anderson - A Medical Romance

Caroline Anderson is a popular British writer of romantic novels and she is specialized in medical romances. She has lived in England.

“Two Little Miracles” is a romantic novel written by Caroline Anderson, in which she plots out the love and departure between a pair, which took their paths to different situations.

As the story begins, it’s Mr. Gallagher who is working for Max, comes with the information about Max’s departed wife, Julia. Gallagher stated that he has found Julia in Suffolk, England. When Max hears this, he freezes out in happiness. But this happiness was not so long, until he came to know that Julia is staying in a cottage that belongs to John Blake and she too got babies -- Twin girls.

Now, Max doubts whether she has been having affairs with John, since the day he left her. When Gallagher moves out, Max looses his temper, thinking of his wife, throws away a paperweight in frustration which hits the window and shattered, the pieces jumping off the glass and falling harmlessly to the floor. On hearing this, Andrea, PA for Max rushes in and reads out the situation. She understood the things that is troubling Max.

Andrea soon tries to cool him off and offers him a cup of tea before he moves to see his wife, Julia. Now the story moves to Suffolk, where Julia is taking care of her babies, expecting her aunt Jane. Max finds her cottage and sees a woman walking near the window with a baby in her hand. When Julia saw Max, she stuns out and feels the blood drain from her face.

At this heart-breaking situation, this couple is running out of words as they stare at each other. Both were having anger over each, but didn’t express out, since love overtakes their anger for a while. But, will this pair reunite to lead a peaceful life? Are the babies belonging to Max?

Mother of Pearl by Maureen Lee - Love, Romance and Tragedy fills the story

Maureen was born in Bootle, Liverpool and had published numerous short stories and a play professionally staged before her first novel was published. Now she lives in Colchester, Essex and her latest novel, “The Leaving of Liverpool”, was a Sunday Times top ten bestseller.

“Mother of Pearl” is a great tale written by Maureen Lee, which brings out the story of a women who passes through war years and beyond. The story begins at Southport pier in 1939, where the eighteen years old gorgeous looking girl -- Pretty Amy Curran is in love with Barney Patterson, a charming man and their romantic, passionate marriage was made in heaven, according to their belief.

From the day they married each other, their life was filled purely with love and care over each other. But their happy days were not lasting long, since Britain declared war on Germany and Barney immediately volunteered to fight, and the couple was eventually separated for five long years. As the days pass away, blowing out love in air, Amy is eagerly waiting for her husband’s return. But things suddenly started to change when Barney returned to Liverpool after VE Day. It seems he wasn't the same person when he left her.

It seems the couple lost their love due to some reasons. One day Amy was arrested for killing her beloved husband. By 1971 Amy has spent nearly twenty years in prison for Barney's murder. Now she is about to be released. At this point, many queries rise in readers’ mind like what happened to Amy’s little daughter, Pearl who was just five years old at the time her mother left? Can Amy find her little girl? What would be the reason for Amy to kill her beloved?

In short, Maureen Lee is a excellent story teller who will gently guide readers through every emotion known.

Not Untrue and Not Unkind by Ed O'Loughlin - A gripping story of friendship, rivalry and betrayal

Ed O’Loughlin has lived much of his professional life as a correspondent in Africa. He leaves a deep impression in his novels through his fine, darkly authoritative.

Not Untrue and Not Unkind is a fictional debut about journalist reporting from the continent, trying toprotect the port of Dublin from the chaotic African conflict on a journey of private discovery. The story begins at Dublin, where a newspaper editor called Cartwright commits suicide. His colleague, Owen Simmons, working as foreign editor of a Dublin newspaper, gets the post of Cartwright who has left behind a dossier.

One day, Owen discovers the dossier, which has some pictures and clippings that remind Owen of his own memories as a roving correspondent and take his thoughts to a dusty road in Africa and to the woman he once loved in Africa during the 1990s. It was a hard time in that continent, with the genocide in Rwanda, outbreaks in Nigeria and disruptions in the Congo. Due to such mess and outbreaks, Owen is forced to make compromises. Departing away from the women he loved and from the place he never wants to miss, Owen stepped into Dublin leaving behind the wonderful times he spent in his native.

Soon, Owen steps out from his memories and tries to figure out the relation between the photos and his late colleague. In this book, the author has brought out a gripping tale of friendship, rivalry and betrayal that prevails among the group of journalists and photographers covering Africa’s wars. Will Owen finds the reason behind his colleague’s suicide?

Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child - Another crime thriller title in Reacher’s series

Lee Child is a British thriller novelist who lives in New York State. He spends his spare time with music, reading and likes to travel for vacations, especially on promotion tours so that he can meet his readers, to whom he is eternally thankful.

“Gone Tomorrow” is the 13th novel in the strangely appealing Jack Reacher series, which is one of the most successful thriller series in the world. The story begins at on a New York subway in the early hours of the morning, where Reacher notices a woman, Susan Mark who looks suspicious in a way that makes Reacher conclude that she is a suicide bomber on a mission. But Reacher can't help Susan since she commits suicide, instead of setting off a bomb.

Soon, Reacher realizes she is not the suicide bomber and so he invites the interest of the Police Department. However, he senses out danger ahead since there is something mysterious about the dead woman’s individuality that puts larger forces into play. Once the people started to scatter, due to fear, Reacher who is just a witness for Susan’s death, notices an innocent bystander, being chased by the FBI, the Department of Defense, NYPD and a strange group of terrorists.

In this story, Reacher is quite slow off the mark, at first working things out wrong as usual and finally rethink his options. Due to Reacher’s interference, he has become a centre target for secretive foreign agents, federal officials and persons from the Pentagon who have some part behind the pre-planned tragedies that is expected to commence soon. Will Reacher figures out the disasters waiting ahead?

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