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Bad City by Matt Mayr

Reviewed by Alex Binkley Novels set in the aftermath of the collapse of civilization due to war, environmental catastrophe or even alien...

Palestine by Hubert Haddad

Reviewed by Timothy Niedermann Any author writing fiction about Palestine for a Western audience has two problems. The first is...

Journey of Days and Journey of Days Continues by Guy Thatcher

Reviewed by John Last Ottawa author Guy Thatcher, a former officer in the Canadian Forces (Tank Corps, helicopter pilot), is a widely...

Red Nexus by Benoit Chartier

Reviewed by Martin Bueno In the futuristic dystopian Asian world of Benoit Chartier’s Red Nexus, citizens live in apartment buildings of...

Welcome to ORB's October 2015 Issue

The ORB core team is pleased to offer you our take on five wonderful novels by Canadian writers. In this issue, we review the works of...

Cold Mourning by Brenda Chapman

Reviewed by Jim Napier Northern Ontario, 1995: two young aboriginal girls run through the woods, trying desperately to escape from a...

The Storm Murders by John Farrow (Trevor Ferguson)

Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw With his latest crime novel, the literary accomplishments of Hudson writer Trevor Ferguson (aka John Farrow)...

The Very Best of Charles de Lint

Reviewed by Alex Binkley Ottawa author Charles de Lint is best known for the quirky characters that inhabit the worlds he has crafted for...

Too Much On The Inside by Danila Botha

Reviewed by Ranga Iyer-Rajah Life at times can get heavy and unbearable. It could start with little things like wanting to move from one...

Deadroads by Robin Riopelle

Reviewed by Benoit Chartier The Sarrazins aren’t like any other family, by far. Sol, the elder son was raised to become a traiteur, a...

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