Synopsis Steel is honest. Blood is timeless. The Cycles repeat. The Grey Army arrives without warning—silent, relentless, leaving no dead behind. They did not come to conquer. They came to harvest the Tithe: human lives taken to fuel a forbidden magic the world has forgotten. As the High Marshal fights a hopeless war against an impossible commander, Knight Commander […]
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Review: Fruits of Our Labor by Ian Patterson
Synopsis A new world is emerging, one parthenogenetic birth at a time. In a near-future America where women have just achieved asexual reproduction, Samara yearns for freedom from her dying relationship, and a child of her own—fully her own. As parthenogenetic birth takes hold and the role of men in the survival of the species diminishes, […]
Review: Symphony of Scars by Corbin Rook
Synopsis Far outside the Sundered Lands, the Holy Republic of Kellanis has learned to channel the Astral Plane through music in a process called “Symphonics.” Music is so sacred that the gravest punishment is to become Scorned – a slave stripped of their ears and tongue so that they can neither enjoy nor create music. […]
Toothsucker (Toothsucker #1) by Kaden Love
Synopsis In a cyberpunk future, an alarming disease strikes, dissolving the bones of those with cybernetic enhancements. Petya, a refugee, sells himself to a company experimenting with a potential cure and instead finds himself with a strange new implant… and a vampiric hunger for teeth. Petya only wanted a short trial with easy money, and […]
The Last Breath of Peace by Lewis J. Sutcliffe
Synopsis In the deep quiet of the Whispering Wood, Sorin has made a life out of being forgotten. That silence shatters when a dying Elven messenger collapses at his door, carrying a sealed warning meant for a king who may already be too late to listen. Hunted by fanatics, shadowed by ancient powers, and burdened […]
Outpost (Donovan #1) by W. Michael Gear
Synopsis Donovan is a world of remarkable wealth, a habitable paradise of a planet. It sounds like a dream come true. But Donovan’s wealth comes at a price. When the ship Turalon arrives in orbit, Supervisor Kalico Aguila discovers a failing colony, its government overthrown and the few remaining colonists now gone wild. Donovan offers […]
Sword of Kaiden by M.L. Wang
Synopsis On a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world, superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. For hundreds of years, the fighters of the Kusanagi Peninsula have held the Empire’s enemies at bay, earning their frozen spit of land the name […]
The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (The Library Trilogy #1) by Mark Lawrence
Synopsis Evar has lived his whole life trapped within a vast library, older than empires and larger than cities. Livira has spent hers in a tiny settlement out on the Dust where nightmares stalk and no one goes. The world has never noticed them. That’s about to change. As their stories spiral around each other, […]
Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Synopsis Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. Then, when […]
Cold Wind (Ironbound #2) by Andrew Givler
Synopsis Lost and forgotten, Castor is a prisoner of the very Iron Empire he once served.Thought of as a common criminal, Castor guards his dangerous secret—that he has bound a second Symbol—with his life. If the Censors knew, they’d execute him on the spot. There is only one path to freedom and avenging his family. […]
Animus Paradox (Digital Extremities #2) by Adam Bassett
Synopsis There’s a thief on the loose. The Tigres excel at tipping the scales in their favor, be it through bribes, politics, or blood. They unofficially run Viterbo, Italy—and somebody stole from them. Private investigators David and Mafalda De Campo have been hired to help find the thief. They’re in it for the money, but […]
Digital Extremities (Digital Extremities #1) by Adam Bassett
Synopsis A collection of eight stories, Digital Extremities shines a spotlight on ordinary people in a callous yet hopeful future. Set across small towns and remote islands, where neon flickers against old buildings and oaks, this collection paints a unique view of a traditionally cyberpunk setting. In 2089, a woman miscarries and seeks a way […]