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Alex P. Berg

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Hi! I'm mystery, fantasy, and science fiction author Alex P. Berg. Be sure to check out my bestselling Daggers & Steele series, a fun, fast-paced fantasy/noir mystery hybrid! I've also written urban fantasy, epic sci-fi, and more.

My review rating system is as follows:
5 = Amazing, I absolutely loved it! (Fantastic!)
4 = A very good book, although I had a few quibbles with it. (Great!)
3 = A book I liked, but either it had a few more serious problems or I didn't connect well with it. (Still good!)
2 = I had major issues with this book. (Not very good...)
1 = Unfortunately, I hated this book. (Real bad!)
DNFs get no star rating.

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	Red Hot Steele (Daggers & Steele, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 2,198 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cold Hard Steele (Daggers & Steele, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 757 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time to Steele (Daggers & Steele, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 514 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daggers & Steele, Books 1-3 4.13 avg rating — 405 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fine Blue Steele (Daggers & Steele, #4) 4.05 avg rating — 385 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crucible Steele (Daggers & Steele, #5) 4.17 avg rating — 320 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steele-Faced (Daggers & Steele, #6) 4.23 avg rating — 269 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steele of the Night (Daggers & Steele, #7) 4.20 avg rating — 226 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steele Life (Daggers & Steele, #8) 4.20 avg rating — 188 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liquid Steele (Daggers & Steele, #9) 4.23 avg rating — 181 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Assassins Anonymous

by Rob Hart (Goodreads Author)

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Alex Berg rated a book liked it Tokyo Express by Seichō Matsumoto	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Seichō Matsumoto has often been credited as popularizing the detective fiction genre in Japan, and his debut Tokyo Express (Points and Lines in the original Japanese) is the novel that catapulted him to stardom. In many ways, the novel has aged pretty ...more
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Alex Berg rated a book really liked it The Strength of the Few (Hierarchy, #2) by James Islington (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The Will of the Many, the first book in James Islington’s Hierarchy series, was one of my favorite reads of 2025. Not only was it one of my “Best of the Best” reads of the year (basically a 6 star book, although Goodreads only allows 5), it also inst ...more
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Julie Clark’s The Ghostwriter has everything I look for in a mystery: meticulous plotting, solid twists, truths that are somewhat in the eye of the beholder, a strong personal connection between the protagonist and the mystery, and a resolution that ...more
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“It’s not that I hate mornings, it’s that they always come at such an inconvenient time of the day.”
― Alex P. Berg, Red Hot Steele

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“Before I’d even had a chance to sniff the backpack’s straps, a herd of the most surly, foul-tempered creatures ever to set foot on our gods’ green earth descended upon me in a wave of furrowed brows and accusatory fingers—angry librarians.”
― Alex P. Berg, Cold Hard Steele

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“I don’t suppose you’re feeling anything coming on about now? Maybe some mystical foresight into past events or a fleeting image of the threads of time?”
― Alex P. Berg, Red Hot Steele

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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
― Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible

tags: magic, science, technology, wonder

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“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

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“The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the most discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but 'That's funny...”
― Isaac Asimov

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“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.”
― Isaac Asimov

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