Great Read


When I first started to read this book I was not so sure if I was going to like it, but after I waited a week picked it up again, I COULD NOT put it down and finished it that same evening. What a great story and what a good writer. The style of writing kept me glued to every page and now I can't wait for more

The last book of a series is often a mixed emotional bag. On the one hand, you're looking forward to getting all the treads tied together, the plots settled and the characters ready to go on with their "lives." On the other hand, if you like and connect to the characters, you know this will be the last time you get to hear about them. Balancing those things while moving the story along, keeping it fresh and exciting, and keeping you on your toes is the mark of a really good writer. Rick Parker manages to do all that in this, the last of his Temple Islands Series. He brings the action into our world and keeps things fun sometimes, gut-wrenching at others, but always worth reading. I wish he'd reconsider and add more stories.

This was a GREAT story! The best I have read all year. Fun concept, well explored. You get to know the characters and you care about them: you suffer with them, you rejoice with them. Yes, there are punctuation and spelling errors, but they don't detract from an amazingly well written and imaginative story. Hoping for a sequel!

Richard D. Parker

A truly epic tale that delights and entrances the reader. It takes you from the far future to the medieval past. The author immerses you in the time until you can smell it, feel it, live it with the characters. Enjoy this amazing ride through time. It will be time well spent.

Review for Assassin of the Heart

This story begins by grabbing your emotions and wrenching your gut.
It is gruesome but you can't stop reading. Though the whole book your heart will beat fast and you will find yourself out of breath. The author has a way of making you feel as if you are by the side of the main character, Gwaynn. You are drawn into his mind feeling what he feels.
The book is well crafted and never has uninteresting rhetoric. The author has a wonderful command of words and writes with the pallet of an artist.
I do my reading at the end of my day. I then fall asleep. This book made that hard to do. I found myself holding my eyelids open because I had to find out what happened next.
The story is very interesting and never disappoints. It is a science-fiction adventure that keeps you guessing about who these people are, and when this is taking place. You will enjoy the ride!
I can't wait to see what Mr. Parker will write next.

I don't mean to take anything away from anything else he's written, in fact I encourage you to read them all. But I found the pacing & characters in this book of Rich's really caught me & dragged me in. Really, I could barely but it down after the first chapter.

Loved it!
Good story. I do not regret spending time on this book.
Lots of action, some romance and one hell of a good ride. I only put it down when I could not hold my eyes open any longer and needed to sleep. PLEASE WE NEED A SEQUEL! I never beg but, this time I will make an exception. PLEASE?

Loved these books, from the first page of the first book I was hooked. Hope these are not the end of this story line. Please write more about these amazing people. I rate this series on a par with The Eye Of The World books.

We are left with a new King and Queen, a new Prince or Pincess to present, and an assassin close in the midst. Mr. Parker will surely keep us on the edge of our chairs as the story begins to work it's way toward a harrowing conclusion.

Reviews for The Best of All Possible Worlds:

Reviews for The Black Horseman:

I got hooked from volume 1, the Black Horseman, and stayed up late several nights in a row going through volume 2 Assassin of the Heart and this, the third volume. I found myself thinking about the characters and their situation and eagerly dove back into this alternate world. The plot is well-woven, the main characters grow through the series. The writing is very good. Definitely worth reading. My only criticism is that the author consistently misuses "passed" and "past" - in almost every case, these two words should be interchanged. The major plot lines appear to be well wrapped up by the end of this volume, except for a sudden development at the very end, which I presume launches the 4th volume. 

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Reviews for The Temporal Knights:

First book I have read by Mr. Parker, but will look for more now.
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Liked the mix of current high tech and medieval.


Great mix of drama and action.