Blog Tour: Vulcan’s Forge by Robert Mitchell Evans

There is nothing like escaping Earth, and a sci-fi book is perfect for that. Vulcan’s Forge by Robert Mitchell Evans takes the reader to Nocturnia, a newly populated world with the last colony after Earth’s destruction. My many thanks to Anne Cater and the author for allowing me to be part of this tour.

Author: Robert Mitchell Evans Publisher: Flame Tree Press Pages: 288 Genre: Sci-fi, Romance, Crime Publication: 26th March 2020

Synopsis:

Jason Kessler doesn’t fit in the society of Nocturnia, the sole colony that survived the Earth’s destruction. Between the colony’s dedication to a distorted vision of mid-twentieth-century Americana, its sexually repressive culture, and the expectation that his most important duty is marriage and children Jason rebels, throwing himself into an illicit and dangerous affair with Pamela Guest, but Pamela harbours a secret.

Soon the lovers are engaged in a lethal game of cat and mouse with the colony’s underworld head and the secrets Jason unlocks upend everything he knew, exposing dangers far beyond Nocturnia and its obsessions.

Review:

If I had to describe this book with one word, it would be DRAMA! Jason rebellion leads him into the arm of Pamela, a gorgeous woman he just met, while still being engaged with another woman. The affair turns Jason’s life around more than he could ever imagine. All the lies and secrets create a lot of drama that was delicious to read.

The book was fairly quick because I couldn’t put it down. I desperately wanted to know what was going to happen to Jason and Pamela. And from a simple forbidden romance, the story turned into murder. Suddenly, the affair didn’t matter anymore, and Jason was caught up into a web of crime.

There was so much happening, it made me forget that this was a sci-fi book. Still, there were plenty of references to a technological world very different from our own. Although since the culture and religion were reflective of an exaggerated twentieth century in America, society is very recognisable.

About the author:

Robert Mitchell Evans was born in North Caroline but split his early life between that state and sunny Florida before brief and ultimately unsuccessful tour in the United States Navy.

A life-long enthusiastic fan of film and genre fiction Robert’s interests include all form of science, history, and politics. He has played role-playing games since the early 80s and enjoys a wide array of board and card games as well. He haunts local conventions and his favourite Shakespearean play is Macbeth. Like so many ex-sailors he lives in San Diego with his sweetie-wife and an ever-growing film library.

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