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Your New Reviews and Some of Mine

Your New Reviews and Some of Mine. You gave me, Andy Zach, some reviews of my books. And I just reviewed some books in the past month, too. So, let’s share.

I posted my most recent review the other day on Goodreads:

Your New Reviews and Some of Mine – The Eye of the World

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Your New Reviews

December 5, 2025

I first read this book in 1994, soon after it came out. I bought it because of the cover and the blurb. I thought it might be a clever knock-off of the Lord of the Rings.

Author Robert Jordan used some elements of that epic in the beginning of his story, but it is nothing like the Lord of the Rings–but it is still very good epic fantasy.

The book begins in a backwater town of Two Rivers, famous for sheep and tabac. Rand al’Thor, a sheepherder, and his two friends, Perrin ay’Barra, a blacksmith, and Mat Cauthon, a son of a horsetrader, have all been shadowed by a man in black, on a black horse. He then disappears.

That launches them into an adventure where they must flee their village for their safety and the village’s. But safety is the last thing they find.

In this fantasy world, time moves in a cycle, from Age to Age, repeating the same events from age to age. The cycle is dominated by the Dark One, imprisoned in his lair, and the Dragon, the hero for good. Creation is a pageant for the battle between good and evil to play out. Key personalities, like the Dragon, are reborn from Age to Age.

How the Dark One and the Dragon fit into these three boys’ lives is what this book is about.

Summary Blurb

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.

Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emondโ€™s Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half-men, half beasts invade the village seeking their masterโ€™s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand alโ€™Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.

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Your New Reviews and Some of Mine – My Undead Mother-in-law


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I got a new review! Someone likes Diane Newby.

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February 25, 2026

My Undead Mother-in-law by Andy Zach is a horror comedy that fully embraces its ridiculous premise and runs with it.

Diane Newby is technically a zombie, but that hasnโ€™t stopped her from hosting church bake sales or cooking Sunday dinner. What has changed is her temper. With glowing red eyes, super strength, and zero patience for disrespect, she doesnโ€™t take kindly to being treated like anything less than normal even if โ€œnormalโ€ now includes smashing through walls when sheโ€™s annoyed.

As society struggles to adjust to the existence of zombies, a powerful criminal mastermind sees an opportunity to control them. The only problem? Zombies like Diane donโ€™t exactly enjoy being controlled. What follows is chaos, divided loyalties, and plenty of over the top mayhem.

If you like your horror mixed heavily with satire and absurd humor, My Undead Mother-in-law delivers action, laughs, and just enough undead madness to keep things entertaining.

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Summary Blurb

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Your New Reviews
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My mother-in-law’s a zombie. And she has anger-management issues.

My mother-in-law, Diane Newby, zombified by accident. She still volunteers at her church bake sales and cooks pot roast for her daughter and son-in-law, Ron Yardley. What ticks her off is when people don’t treat her like a normal human beingโ€”with glowing red eyes and super strength and speed. And if she doesn’t get her own way, look out. She explodes and leaves broken plaster and body parts in her wake. Nothing stops her: not brick walls, the federal government, or middle-aged spread.

But the world’s most powerful criminal plans to control zombies. His only problem with zombies is that they have way too much free will. He has a solution for that. But will it work with Diane Newby?

The world divides into pro-zombie and anti-zombie factions. Battles break out everywhere. Which side will you take? Who will live and who will die?

You might not survive this book. But at least you’ll die laughing.

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Free Secret Supers for You Today!

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Free Secret Supers for you on the eleventh day of Christmas! Check out the free excerpts and click to get your copy. Offer ends on January 8th.

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So let’s quickly get you your gift: click here to get your free Kindle ebook copy of Secret Supers.

Note: Your book is only free from January 4th-8th. Don’t let it slip by! It reverts to .99 outside of that time period.

What is my book all about? It’s a classic about how four teens get different superpowers. But they’re all in a special ed class with different disabilities. Eventually, they decide they must use their powers to fight crime.

Wouldn’t you fight crime if you got superpowers?

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You see, I’ve given away so many free Audible books, I have no more left–in the US Audible server.

You Can Get Secret Supers – What Readers Think

Another winner by Andy Zach!

Overall    5 out of 5 stars

Performance    5 out of 5 stars

Story    5 out of 5 stars

Unique and wonderful book for young people. Kids see a whole new side of kids with special needs. Not weird. Just kids who are facing a different sort of challenge than they are. The story is fun and believable. It kept me interested, and I’m an old lady!

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Four disabled seventh-graders with superpowers take a vacation at Coaster World. They need a break from fighting criminals.

Ever since the beginning of the school year when they acquired their unusual abilities, they’ve been training and using those powers to fight crime in their town. Little do they know the arch-villain they recently defeated also loves coasters and is vacationing at Coaster World. Worse, the villain wants revenge. Nothing less than turning these teens to a life of crime will satisfy the villain.

Can Jeremy, Dan, Kayla, and Aubrey withstand the villain’s attacks? Or will they become Super Villains? You can only find out by reading the adventure ‘Villain’s Vacation’.

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What Do Readers say?

Secret Supers are back for another adventure!

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5.0 out of 5 stars 

Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2022

In this sequel to Secret Supers, Jeremy has been experimenting on his hamster. As a result, Dancer has learned how to read, and is reading everything he can to learn about the human world. When Jeremy discovers this, he gets Dancer one of his old cell phones so Dancer can text the group.

As for the superhero business, the group needs some downtime and goes on vacation to Coaster World. What they don’t realize is that the villain they defeated also loves roller coasters and wants revenge against the Secret Supers.

Will the Secret Supers be able to defeat the villain and enjoy their vacation, or are their crime-fighting days numbered?

This was a fun sequel to Secret Supers. Not only did we have Andy Zach as a character in the book, as though the events were true and actually happened, but I loved the inclusion of a Super-Hamster helping out Jeremy and his friends. In this battle against the villain, the Secret Supers struggle, as the villain seems to have figured out how to neutralize their powers, and they not only have to call in support but also reveal themselves to some non-Supers.

The action was well-paced throughout, and the mystery of the identity of the villain was well-done. While I had suspicions, I wasn’t sure before the reveal, which was nice. If you enjoyed Secret Supers, I feel confident that you will also enjoy Villain’s Vacation.

For this book, I listened to the audiobook, which was narrated by Michael Stafford. This was a different narrator from The Secret Supers, which was a little odd to my ears at first, but I think that was only because I had listened to Secret Supers so 

Jennifer C.

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Let me know what you think by clicking here or emailing me at [email protected]. As always, everyone who responds with a comment or email will get a free book from me.

You can get an autographed copy of Villain’s Vacation directly from me by clicking here. Free shipping and I pay the sales tax. Or click here and get your Secret Supers autographed copy.

Or you can get Villain’s Vacation on Amazon for $2.99 or 12.95. ($2.99 if you don’t get it right away.)

Don’t forget you can pick up your free copy of Secret Supers here from July 6th to 8th.

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Worst Coaster Park Ever – Why?

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Worst Coaster Park Ever – Why? You’ve got a supergenius villain after you out for revenge. You’re just four ordinary 7th graders at a coaster park. Oh, and you’ve got superpowers and you fought crime all 7th grade using your uniforms and your disabilities to hide your superpowers.

Get Villain’s Vacation for 67% Off, 2 Books for .99. That means from November 2nd until 9th. Quickly click here to get Villain’s Vacation for .99. Get Secret Supers for .99 by clicking here.

But why? Let me tell you about the book.

Four disabled seventh-graders with superpowers take a vacation at Coaster World. They need a break from fighting criminals. Ever since the beginning of the school year when they acquired their unusual abilities, they’ve been training and using those powers to fight crime in their town.

Little do they know the arch-villain they recently defeated also loves coasters and is vacationing at Coaster World. Worse, the villain wants revenge. Nothing less than turning these teens to a life of crime will satisfy.

Can Jeremy, Dan, Kayla, and Aubrey withstand the villain’s attacks? Or will they become Super Villains?

From Villain’s Vacation back cover

Worst Coaster Park Ever – Villain’s Vacation – Table of Contents

Here’s the Table of Contents from the book. I’ve added the chapter icons too. They were created by my illustrator Sean “Fuzzy” Flanagan.

Table of Contents

Worst Coaster Park Ever

Chapter 1 – Dancer  3

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Chapter 2 – Chipmunk  11


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Worst Coaster Park Ever

Chap. 3 – The Last Day of School 24

Chapter 4 – Coaster World   31


Your Seventh Literary Gift
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Chap. 5 – Tracking  35

Chapter 6 – On the Lake   42


What is novel Writing Like
Jeremy is captured by a robot in Villain’s Vacation
Writer's Block: My Experience
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Chapter 7 – Revelation   53

Chap. 8 – Hotel 66


Chapter 9 – Teamwork  76

Chap. 10 – Super Villains  82


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Chapter 11 – Chase   93

Chapter 12 – Villain   102


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Epilogue – Prison   104

A Reader’s Review of Villain’s Vacation

5.0 out of 5 stars 

 Awesome!

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2024

Very entertaining and well written story. Has everything a great book needs. Heroes, villains, and a really great storyline. Absolutely love this series!

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Here you go,The Secret Supers. It’s also on sale for .99!

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Jeremy Gentle fell flat on his face at therapy. That was normal since he had cerebral palsy. But his new superpower wasn’t normal. Then things got weirder when his best friend, Dan Elanga, got a different superpower. But Dan was still blind.

Kayla Verdera and Aubrey Wilcosky, two girls in their middle-school special ed class, discovered they too had new superpowers. Kayla was mute and needed a walker. Aubrey lost two legs and used crutches. But they were as powerful as the boys.

What should the four friends do? Jeremy knew if the word got out, it’d be a media circus. Then they started fighting crime, as the Secret Supers. Who knew a disability could be a perfect disguise? No one would ever think of disabled kids as superheroes. Then they ran into problems they never expected.

The Secret Supers

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Let me know what you think by clicking here or emailing me at [email protected]. As always, everyone who responds with a comment or email will get a free book from me.

You can get an autographed copy of Villain’s Vacation and/or the Secret Supers directly from me by clicking here. Free shipping and I pay the sales tax.

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