Hey! I’m baaackk! After spending a few days away, I’m playing catch-up with my blog, social media, and visiting all you fine folks!
I’m starting out by posting my review for Father of Contention, written by Lanie Mores. If you like what you see, please click on the links at the bottom.
What Amazon Says:

There was only ever meant to be one Creator. In 1972, German scientist Renner Scholz travels to Barbora Bay, Washington to continue his research in recombinant DNA technology. Only believing in things proven by science, his deeply held beliefs are challenged when he meets Milena Nowak, a psychic. After a whirlwind romance, Renner becomes obsessed with understanding Milena’s unexplainable ability. Stumbling upon an exclusive occult ritual involving an evil spell that connects him to the spiritual realm where psychic abilities and power originate, he finds the answers he’s been searching for…but at a cost. Compelled by the ritual, Renner pursues a new vein of research. He develops the genetic blueprint to produce psychic abilities in humans—creating a superhuman—without realizing he is the main player in a plot to destroy mankind. Milena senses that Renner has changed and a new darkness resides within him. Helplessly she watches as the man she loves transforms, becoming deceptive, volatile and both physically and mentally more powerful. Can Milena save Renner from this evil presence? Or will she become an unwilling participant in his next experiment—one of the darkest kinds?
My Turn:
The supernatural meets the scientific in this exciting tale that stays one step ahead of the reader at every twist. Renner is a man possessed by a strong desire to disprove his cruel biological father’s contemptuous labels. But life happens, and as each plan crumbles, he grasps for any handhold that will help realize his goals. Unwittingly, he grabs the devil’s coattails and is infested by an entity so powerful it mutates every cell into a cancerous aberration.
Milena, gifted with ‘insight,’ witnesses the horrific transformation and is helpless to stop it.
The plot moves along relatively quick and is choc full of deception, violence, broken trust, dark secrets, and murder. There is an intricate dance between the scientific and the supernatural that begs the question: How much of Renner’s descent into depravity is biologically induced, and how much is ‘otherworldly?’
I recommend you read this book and draw your own conclusions.
An excellent read that’s earned FIVE STARS!
Meet Lanie

Lanie Mores is the award-winning author of the science fiction and fantasy book series, Father of Contention. An active member of the Canadian Authors Association, she also enjoys writing poetry, and magazine editorials featuring health and wellness. Her passions include fitness, baking, gaming, and binge-reading and watching anything to do with monsters. She lives in Ontario with her family and forever barking fur babies, Batman and Petri.
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This seems very interesting and your review is awesome too. I wish Lanie a great success. Very good share dear Mark.
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Thanks, Suma. 🙂
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It seems like the story has an interesting hook with tensions, as you said, keeping one step ahead of the readers, Mark. Excellent review!
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I really enjoyed it. Yes, it is a twisty plot, for sure, Miriam. Thanks or stopping by!
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You’re welcome, Mark! 🙂
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Thanks for this intriguing review, Mark. Best to Lanie. Hugs on the wing!
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Thanks for your kind words, Teagan. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing this Mark…
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Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
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Ooh, lots of twists and turns- my kind of story! Great review, Mark. I hope you get a chance to safely get out and enjoy the long weekend. How is the smoke on your end?
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No smoke here anymore. We only had a few days of it. I think you’d like this book, Jacquie. Stay safe. 🙂
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This looks so good!
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I enjoyed it. 🙂
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Thank you!
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I’ve given up on playing catch up. I just jump in on whatever day I get back to the blogs. It’s too daunting otherwise.
Great review, Mark. Sounds like a compelling story.
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That’s pretty much what I do to, Staci. Yes, it was a great story. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
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Thank you, Staci!
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The book sounds pretty scary!
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It has some tense moments. I just found it to be an interesting concept.
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I agree that it’s an interesting concept.
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Good review. You inspire me to read it. Don’t you hate trying to catch up with comments and blog posts after a quick break? Yikes! Best of luck with that.
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It’s a great read, Jacqui. I’m always trying to catch up. 🙂
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I know the “catch up” feeling!
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This is a new author to me, Mark, and thank you for introducing her. Your thoughts on her book leave me intrigued!
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I think you would enjoy this tale, Jan. It has a different spin, for sure.
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Thank you for reviewing my book, Father of Contention, and for all of your support!
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My pleasure, Lanie. It was well done!
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I see Lanie a lot on Instagram. Her book sounds like a page-turner. Thanks for sharing your review, Mark.
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I’d highly recommend it, Jill. Thanks for stopping by!
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Thank you, Jill!
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What an interesting premise. I actually thought your review was a better blurb than the blurb, Mark. Well done. I like that question about the nature of evil is it purely nature and nurture, or does evil exist as a force in the world? And is that true of good too? Thanks for the tantalizing review, and congrats to the author. 🙂
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Thanks, Diana. I hope you get a chance to check out the book.
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Thank you so much!
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What a compelling review Mark! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you, Balroop. 🙂
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I’m intrigued, Mark:) Great review and welcome back!
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Thanks, Denise. 🙂
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Sounds like a very exciting book!
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It was, Wendy. 🙂
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Thank you, Wendi!
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This sounds very exciting, Mark. Thanks for sharing.
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I enjoyed it, Robbie. Thanks for stopping by!
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Thank you! 😊
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