Not a lot to choose from this year, but the best were

Morgan Rice’s Kings & Sorcerers

David Wood’s Destination Series: Rio, Luxor & Sofia

The premise here is that sone ultra rich psychotic wants to record the sound of an Alien in pain. So what could be a short, simple story gets drawn out into an 83k novel that just goes on and on.

It took months to read this,

The Doomsday Brunette
Nuclear Bombshell #2
By John Zakour, Lawrence Ganem

The sequel to The Plutonium Blonde.

It’s the same stuff as the previous one. Witty dialogue, danger, last second saves and destruction. Unfortunately nothing new. And with all in invulnerability going around, nobody really suffers and it looses aby sense in tension.

Destination: Luxor:
A Dane Maddock Adventure
by Dane Maddock Destination Adventure
By Sean Ellis & David Wood

A Pharaoh’s curse reaches up from the grave.

Dane and Bones have traveled to Luxor, Egypt, and the historic Valley of the Kings to explore a sunken subterranean passage that just might/will lead to the undiscovered tomb of a forgotten Pharaoh. But someone else has beaten them to it.

Another highly improbable story, this time with the guys playing around with balloons in the final confrontation.

The Plutonium Blonde
Nuclear Bombshell #1
John Zakour (2001)

Zachary Nixon Johnson is the last private detective on Earth. The year is 2057 and the world is now a safe place.

One small problem… removing a female android intent on causing chaos.

It’s good to get back to a first person, fast paced action story. At the end of almost every chapter, our hero faces death. But still, the story must go on until the final confrontation.

Destination Rio
David Wood & Sean Ellis

A madman seeks to unleash the power of the Demon Core and only Dane and Bones stand in his way!

Only Dane Maddock can save the Pope by grabbing him and parachuting out of a moving train !!

Night of the Bold
Kings And Sorcerers #6
By Morgan Rice

In the finale, Kyra must find a way to free herself from Marda and return to Escalon with the Staff of Truth. If she does, awaiting her will be the most epic battle of her life, as she will need to face off against Ra’s armies, a nation of trolls, and a flock of dragons. If her powers, and the weapon, are strong enough, her mother awaits her, ready to reveal the secrets of her destiny, and of her birth.

A Realm of Shadows
Kings And Sorcerers #5
By Morgan Rice

Kyra finds herself in the midst of a burning capital, attacked by a host of dragons, clinging for life. With her beloved homeland destroyed, the Flames down and the trolls pouring in, Kyra must urgently quest to Marda to retrieve the magic weapon before it is too late.

A Forge of Valor
Kings And Sorcerers#4
By Morgan Rice

Kyra slowly returns from the verge of death, healed by Kyle’s love and mysterious power.

As he sacrifices for her, she regains her strength, at a price. She presses Alva for the secret of her lineage and he finally reveals all about her mother.

Given a chance to quest to the source of her power, Kyra must make a crucial choice: whether to complete her training or journey to help her father, who wallows in the capital dungeon, his execution pending.