Category: writing

The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

This is such an involved read that it’s difficult to decide where to start. …

The Splinter in the Sky

Etinan and her sibling Xiang live on the moon Koriko, which is the under rule of Vaalbaran empire. Following the death of her lover, a Vaalbaran noblewomen, and the disappearance of Xiang, Etinan arranges to be taken as a hostage by the empire so she can find him. Now living as a “guest” of the empire, she is thrown headlong into the web of politics and treachery within the Splinter, the vast palace that serves as the capital residence of the empire.

But in her quest to find her missing sibling, and free her people from the yoke of the empire, she finds an unlikely, if not completely trustworthy ally: Menkhet Ta-Mui, the God-Emperor herself.

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Film review: The Flash

Well, it’s taken them literally years, but they’ve finally done it. After many many complete failures and near misses, the DC stable have managed to release a movie that’s a near match for a Marvel flick. I say “near” as in “almost, but not quite.”

The Flash is DC comics resident speeder. Following a lab accident involving lightning and shelf full of chemicals, our hero gains access the Speed Force: an extra dimensional energy field that allows him to move at superhuman speed.

The Flash

So how fast is he? Faster than Wonder Woman? Why, yes. Faster than Superman? Hell, yes. In fact (and, yes, I know it’s not an actual fact), he can run faster than the speed of light … and this is where the trouble starts. Young Barry (his real name is Barry Allen) discovers that when he breaks the light barrier, he can travel back through time. So, ignoring Bruce Wayne’s sage advice, Barry travels back to the day of his mother’s murder and tries to prevent it.

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