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SLB in the News

Read Reviews or Articles written about Silver Leaf Books, our novels, and our authors.

 

"Project ULF is a Novel with Pulp Flavor and Flair!" - Book Review: Project U.L.F. by Press & Sun-Bulletin

"Project U.L.F." doesn't concern itself with being anything more than what it is: action-adventure fun. Clark utilizes standard science fiction elements well, crafting a story reminiscent of "Aliens," though it's less politically inclined than Heinlein's "Starship Troopers." In a narrative that bounds, Clark creates worlds that are rough and gritty, populated by extraterrestrials not interested in....

 

"Project U.L.F. is a Flat Out Winner!" - Book Review: Project U.L.F. by MyShelf.com

Attention all science-fiction fans, there is a new writing talent on the horizon. Stuart Clark is proving to be the next Michael Crichton or maybe a new Robert Heinlein. Clark has written a remarkable off-world adventure, Project U.L.F. Within its pages, Clark reveals a world of the future where zoo personnel travel to distant worlds to find exotic...

 

Preditors & Editors Selects Stuart Clark's Project U.L.F. as 2nd Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel of 2007!

Stuart Clark's Project U.L.F. had been nominated by Preditors & Editors for their 2007 Readers Honor for Science Fiction and Fantasy novels. Readers voted for the best science fiction and fantasy novel of the year, and Clark won 2nd place of all titles released last year! Congratulations to Stuart Clark for his success with Project U.L.F. in 2007 and beyond!...

 

The Mills of God uses Juxtapose with the same deft skill as (Dan) Brown or (Stephen) King

Some of the best mystery novels juxtapose tricky concepts seamlessly with both real life scenarios and great characterization.  Dan Brown's famous book, The Da Vinci Code juxtaposes cryptic messages and fine art with thievery and vanity as readers dissect codes and begin to look at Da Vinci's paintings in a new way.  While primarily a horror novelist, Stephen King....

 

Sci-Fi Chick selected Project U.L.F. as one of top Sci-Fi/Fantasy Pics of 2007!

Earlier this year, Stuart Clark's Project U.L.F. was reviewed by Sci-Fi chick. At the end of each calendar year, she announces the top 13 Science Fiction / Fantasy books of the year, and this year SLB's own Stuart Clark was honored with selection!....

 

Stuart Clark's Project U.L.F. Nominated in Preditors & Editors Readers Poll

Stuart Clark's Project U.L.F. has been nominated by Preditors & Editors for their 2007 Readers Honor for Science Fiction and Fantasy novels. If you enjoyed Project U.L.F., show your support by voting for Clark's novel at Preditors & Editors....

 

Front Street Reviews Interview with author Stuart Clark

Stuart Clark is the author of Project U.L.F., a debut science fiction novel about a team of animal trappers stranded on an uncharted planet, battling the odds of survival in hopes of escaping with their lives. Filled with predatory alien life forms and environmental extremes, team leader and ex-con Wyatt Dorren must find a way to deliver his misfit crew out of harm's way....

 

Author Stuart Clark on Tyra Banks Show

Tune in to the Tyra Banks show on September 18th and see Stuart Clark, author of Project U.L.F. live.

 

His Unique Vision

Earthlings never fare well in contemporary science fiction stories. Whether they're being harvested by extraterrestrials, as in movies like "The War of the Worlds" or "Signs," or unwittingly being hunted by space creatures....

 

"Local Author to Publish First Science Fiction Novel" - Evergreen Times, August 10, 2007

Evergreen resident Mike Lynch has been a science fiction fan since his childhood days. These days however, he’s not just reading it or watching it on TV, he’s writing it as his first novel. “When the Sky Fell,” Lynch’s first sci-fi offering, will hit bookstore shelves this coming February....

 

Pandora's Gate Interview with author Stuart Clark

PDF Download: Wow it's May - Not sure how that happened. We have a lot to look forward to this summer with movies, games, conventions and comic projects. Interview with Stuart Clark of Project ULF, page 9....

 

Alien Almanac Interview with Clifford B. Bowyer

The Imperium Saga is a Fantasy Adventure about Seven Kingdoms, known as the Imperium, and the gradual conquest of them by an evil tyrant known as Zoldex. The series begins with readers seeing the Imperium the way it supposed to be, and by the end of the trilogy, which is aptly entitled the Fall of the Imperium Trilogy, Zoldex pretty much conquers the realm....

 

SF Signal Interview with Stuart Clark

Recently I had the chance to read Project U.L.F. by Stuart Clark. I enjoyed the book (as you can see in my review) and was pleased when Stuart agreed to a short interview with me. Read on to learn about this first-time author and his take on the genre and the writing process....

 

"Guaranteed Non-Stop, Heart-Pounding Thriller" - Book Review: Project U.L.F. - by SciFi Chick

Books like this simply validate my love of science fiction. Not only are his characters realistic and interesting, but the storyline is extremely engaging. From the time I first sat down to read, straight through to the end, I was captivated....

 

"The Style is Clear, the Characters well Defined, and the Story Engrossing" - Book Review: Project U.L.F. - by Galacticum

Project U.L.F., by first time novelist Stuart Clark, tells the tale of Wyatt Dorren and his team of interplanetary animal trappers as they strive to escape a dangerous untamed planet on which they have been purposely marooned. Project U.L.F. is a special division of Chicago's Interplanetary Zoological Park. Its goal is to find new animals on uncharted worlds and....

 

"Excellent Sci-Fi Thriller that offers a ride reminiscent of Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park" - Book Review: Project U.L.F. - by SF Signal

Humanity's first reach into the stars has some very practical side-effects.  While most people won't get the chance to visit other planets, they are interested in the life that is found there and it is natural to assume today's zoos will want to fill that need.  Wyatt Dorren is an ex-con with a new lease on life thanks to a work-release program that has put him on an animal hunting crew with Chicago's interplanetary zoo....

 

"Entertains, thrills, and leaves you at the edge of your seat!" - Book Review: Project U.L.F. - by Book Pleasures

This exciting science fiction novel is about a trapper named Wyatt Dorren.  Shrouded by a rocky past, he finds himself in charge of leading a crack-pot team to a seemingly abandoned planet.  He believes the trip is a routine excursion to bring back alien lifeforms for the city zoo.  Trained in hunting and trapping creatures of unknown planets, no amount of training could prepare....

 

"Clark Offers the Reader an Exciting Story" - Book Review: Project U.L.F. - by SFRevu

Stuart Clark's debut novel Project U.L.F. throws his hero Wyatt Dorren into a hush-hush mission to capture new life forms from a planet beyond the edge of inhabited space. However, neither Wyatt nor his crew know they are not expected to return....

 

Pandora's Gate Interview with creator Clifford B. Bowyer

PDF Download: Welcome to the July issue of Pandora's Gate. This month we have a new inclusion Digital Dragon an ongoing column focusing on games for the personal computer and consoles. We also have pair of interviews with creators Clifford Bowyer....

 

"The Changing Tides continues the story of Bowyer's impressive fantasy world" - Book Review: The Changing Tides - by J.D. Charles, The Logan Banner

There are several good modern fantasy authors who continue to tell traditional tales, but in new ways and use their own voice and vision to guide them. I had a good recommendation as I had just finished The Changing Tides which is volume two of Clifford B. Bowyer's "Fall of the Imperium Trilogy" saga....

 

"Bowyer is one of the rising new stars in the world of futuristic fantasy" - Book Review: The Changing Tides

Bowyer is poised to join the ranks of such superstar names as J.K. Rowling, George Lucas, and J.R.R. Tolkien; bringing to the table futuristic ideas, which open up the minds and imagination of young people as well as adults....

 

"A complex world of memorable characters, scenarios, & action that engage and keep the reader's attention fro first page to last" - Book Review: The Changing Tides - by Midwest Book Review

Clifford Bowyer writes with originality and imagination, creating a complex world of memorable characters, scenarios, and action that engage and keep the reader's attention from first page to last -- and looking eagerly toward the third and concluding volume of this impressive and enthusiastically recommended heroic fantasy story arc....

 

"Impossible to Put Down Until Finished" - Book Review: The Mills of God - by Eva M. Thury, Drexel University

Like the stories of mythology, Justin R. Smith's The Mills of God immerses the reader in the timeless issues of human striving in the face of the implacable forces of the universe. The heroine, Constance Fairchild....

 

"An Entertaining Read" - Book Review: The Mills of God - by Mary Simmons, Book Pleasures

Combining corporate espionage, intrigue and murder with poetry, art and the enduring strength of the human soul, 'The Mills of God' is a pleasure to read. Justin Smith's suspenseful tale is woven around the theme of reincarnation and the nature of corruption. Clever, witty and at times shocking, the novel....


Articles and Announcements

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State of the Industry

It has been a little over six months since our Distributor locked their doors and all sales generated for an entire year, including most inventory, was lost. In these months since, the bankruptcy of the distributor has had a lingering effect, felt even more painfully when one walks into a bookstore where we had previously established an account prior to signing with the Distributor....

 

SLB's Distributor Out of Business. How to Order Books

Several weeks ago, the news broke that the Distributor that Silver Leaf Books worked with shut the doors and went out of business. Although the impact was quickly felt by a loss in sales and books for all orders this calendar year, the past few weeks have been proving that ordering our books has also become increasingly difficult....

 

Stuart Clark's Library Competition

Stuart Clark, author of Project U.L.F. has just announced a competition on his website. Visit www.StuartClark.net for specific details. The posting for the Competition is copied below....

 

February Releases Now Available

Silver Leaf Books is proud to announce that our February releases, Project U.L.F., The Siege of Zoldex, and Quest for the Shard have arrived and are now available for sale....

 

SLB Announces New Sci-Fi Series

Silver Leaf Books is proud to announce the addition of Mike Lynch and Brandon Barr, co-authors of When the Sky Fell, a science fiction novel where the reader is taken on a trip where the cosmological battle between good and evil is played out right before their eyes, with the fate of the human race hanging in the balance....

 

Stuart Clark Website

Silver Leaf Books author, Stuart Clark of Project U.L.F. has created a biographical website to provide information about himself and about his upcoming release....

 

Siege of Zoldex Update

The final installment of Clifford B. Bowyer's landmark trilogy, The Siege of Zoldex (The Imperium Saga, Book 3 of the Fall of the Imperium Trilogy), has been unexpectedly delayed due to a scheduling conflict with editing. The title will be processed as soon as it is available, and all Pre-Orders will be shipped on the day that the books arrive....

 

Tales of the Council of Elders Writing Contest!

Tales of the Council of Elders will be a compilation of short stories featuring the nine Mage Masters in the world designed by Clifford B. Bowyer who comprise the governing body of the Mage’s Council known as the Council of Elders. These characters have deep and interesting backgrounds, but have very little of that represented in the books due to the....

 

Fall and Winter Releases

Silver Leaf Books is proud to announce the Fall and Winter title releases, and also to inform you that all upcoming titles are now available for pre-order. We are excited to announce the upcoming releases of our first Mystery novelist, Justin R. Smith, as well as our first Science Fiction novelist, Stuart Clark...

 

Bowyer Opens Book Services Company

Silver Leaf Books is proud to announce that Managing Director and our original author, Clifford B. Bowyer, has recently developed and opened a new company, Creative Strategists....

 

SLB Announces First Sci-Fi Author

Silver Leaf Books is proud to announce that Stuart Clark will be our first Science Fiction author. Clark, author of Project U.L.F., was born in Middlesex, England, and from an early age fell in love with all things Science Fiction and Fantasy. Having a mind for Science himself, he has a Bachelors degree in Microbiology, and a Masters degree in Science Communication....

 

Henning Ludvigsen to Draw Project U.L.F.

Silver Leaf Books is proud to announce that Henning Ludvigsen has agreed to create the cover illustrations for our first Science Fiction title, Stuart Clark's Project U.L.F....

 

SLB Website Enhancements

As you visit Silver Leaf Books, you may notice that there have been some changes to the website. We would like to take this opportunity to introduce to you some of the exciting changes and new features that you may be able to explore....

 

SLB Designs Real Time Storefront

Silver Leaf Books is proud to announce that we will be making regular enhancements to the SLB website over the next month, bringing to you an interactive Real-Time Storefront, which will allow you to purchase all of your favorite Silver Leaf Books books, art, and posters....

 

Justin R. Smith Website

Silver Leaf Books author, Justin R. Smith of The Mills of God has created a biographical website to provide information about himself and about his upcoming release....

 

Clifford B. Bowyer Website

Silver Leaf Books author, Clifford B. Bowyer of The Imperium Saga: The Impending Storm has created an informational website for his readers....

 


SLB Insider: Author Interviews

Read Interviews between Silver Leaf Books and our Authors about their books.

 

The Insider: An Interview with Clifford B. Bowyer

This Insider interview is with Clifford B. Bowyer, author of The Imperium Saga: The Siege of Zoldex:....

 

The Insider: An Interview with Stuart Clark

This Insider interview is with Stuart Clark, author of the upcoming release, Project U.L.F......

 

The Insider: An Interview with Justin R. Smith

This Insider interview is with Justin R. Smith, author of the upcoming release, The Mills of God.....

 

The Insider: An Interview with Clifford B. Bowyer

This Insider interview is with Clifford B. Bowyer, author of The Imperium Saga: The Changing Tides:....

 

The Insider: An Interview with Clifford B. Bowyer

Our first Insider interview is with Clifford B. Bowyer, author of The Imperium Saga: The Impending Storm:....


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The Shard of Time Press Release

In this installment, just when readers thought that they knew what to expect, Bowyer presents many new surprises and revelations that will keep you on the edge of your seats....

 

The Changing Tides Press Release

In this riveting continuation of the Fall of the Imperium Trilogy, Bowyer grabs your attention and draws readers into the aftermath and turmoil where the first book left off, and sends you on an epic journey so intense that you will be desperately craving the third and final installment of the trilogy....

 

The Mage's Council Press Release

In this quick-paced and innovative book, the world of magic, as envisioned by Bowyer, is introduced with such splendor and awe that it shall make your imagination soar....

 

SLB BEA Exhibit

Silver Leaf Books will be hosting an Exhibit at this years Book Expo America at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, New York, on June 3rd - 5th....

 

Tom McWeeney to Draw Trilogy

Silver Leaf Books is proud to announce that Tom McWeeney has agreed to illustrate the covers for the remaining two books of Clifford B. Bowyer's  The Imperium Saga: The Fall of the Imperium Trilogy....

 

The Awakening Press Release

A fast paced novel full of danger and hard choices, The Awakening is a non-stop thrill ride from beginning to end...

 

The Child of Prophecy Press Release

Clifford B. Bowyer, author of The Imperium Saga: The Impending Storm, has crafted a delightful and majestic spin-off of his fantasy series for younger audiences. The Child of Prophecy continues exploring this powerful and exciting new fantasy realm as readers follow the adventures of the twelve-year-old Kyria....

 

June Brigman to Draw Teen Series

Silver Leaf Books is proud to announce that June Brigman has agreed to illustrate the covers for the upcoming teen series spin-off of The Imperium Saga: The Adventures of Kyria by Clifford B. Bowyer....

 

"Sometimes the Best Reading is for Fun" - Book Review: The Impending Storm - by J.D. Charles, The Logan Banner

Bowyer's Imperium Saga may tread a similar path to other fantasy novelists (most particularly J.R.R. Tolkien), however it treads that path very well, and ads a few new things along the way. Bowyer's prose is modern and snappy, his characters are well drawn out and not interchangeable with each other, and he doesn't fall prey to three page long paragraphs that seem convoluted to the reader....

 

"Bowyer's Sweeping Saga" - Holliston TAB, February 26, 2004

An ancient civilization of elves, all but brought to ruin by an insidious force, sends a trio of emissaries and protectors to find a chosen girl of the Seven Kingdoms, prophesied to be their savior....

 

"Bowyer Takes a Fantastic Journey" - Norwood Bulletin, February 19, 2004

When he was in the eighth grade, Clifford Bowyer got his first writing assignment. Told to write a short story, he did - and it was 300 pages long....

 

"A Grand Work of High Fantasy" - Book Review: The Impending Storm - by Mid West Book Review

Beginning "The Imperium Saga" series, The Impending Storm is a grand work of high fantasy by Clifford B. Bowyer. An ancient civilization of elves, all but brought to ruin by an insidious force, sends a trio of emissaries and protectors to find a chosen girl of the Seven Kingdoms, prophesied to be their savior....

 

"Phenomenal Fantasy Takes Readers on a Daring Crusade" - Book Review: The Impending Storm - by About Books

From the first page, The Imperium Saga: The Impending Storm, grabs your attention with a vise-like grip and doesn’t loosen it even after you’ve finished the final paragraph. This new fantasy thriller by first-time novelist Clifford B. Bowyer takes you on a mythic journey into a richly detailed world like none you have ever known....

 

The Impending Storm Press Release (Text Only)

This book establishes the foundation for future titles in this new series as readers explore the realm, known as the Imperium, through the eyes of its heroes. Follow the adventures of Warlord Braksis, the knight leading the Imperial forces as he seeks to uncover the true threat to the Imperium....

 

   
 
 

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