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Will Swardstrom

About Will Swardstrom

Will S. loves books of all varieties, but thrives on Fantasy and Sci Fi. He spends his days in Southern Illinois teaching middle school history and learning all the latest Internet trends from pre-teens. He enjoys spending time with his wife and kids and watching British detective shows. In previous lives, he's dabbled in radio, newspaper, writing his own speculative fiction, and making Frosties at Wendy's.

Review: The Door on the Sea by Caskey Russell

October 7, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

The Door on the Sea by Caskey Russell

Synopsis: An epic quest fantasy debut that is the Tlingit indigenous response to The Lord of the Rings. When Elān trapped a salmon-stealing raven in his cupboard, he never expected it would hold the key to saving his people from the shapeshifting Koosh invaders plaguing their shores. In exchange for its freedom, the raven offers […]

Filed Under: Action Fantasy, Adventure Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Caskey Russell, Epic Fantasy, LOTR, Ravens, Tlingit

Review: Children of the Gods (Age of Fire #1) by S.A. Klopfenstein

September 30, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Children of the Gods by S.A. Klopfenstein

Synopsis: May the world be brighter for our burning. At the edge of a war-torn world ruled by the Attican Empire and their fearsome Dragonmounts, the fate of nations falls upon a few individual destinies. A shaman. A huntress. A soldier. And a rebel spy. The Faltari people are special, gifted by the gods with […]

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Dragons, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Dragons, Fantasy, Klopfenstein, Self Published

Review: Cage of Stars by Frasier Armitage

September 19, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Cage of Stars by Frasier Armitage

Synopsis: HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO BE FREE? Inside the paradise of a Dyson Sphere, artificial intelligence has been outlawed and hunted. When a robot is dug up at the equator, it will have to flee if it wants to survive. Told from the different perspectives of the humans and creatures who encounter the […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Dyson Sphere, Frasier Armitage, robots

Review: Sunward by William Alexander

September 16, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Sunward by William Alexander

Synopsis: A cozy debut science fiction novel by National Book Award–winning writer William Alexander, this story of found family follows a planetary courier training adolescent androids in a solar system grappling with interplanetary conflict after a devastating explosion on Earth’s moon. Captain Tova Lir chose a life as a courier rather than get involved in […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Science Fiction, Soft SciFi Tagged With: Cozy, Queer, Sci-Fi, Space

Review: Making History by K.J. Parker

September 4, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Making History by KJ Parker

Synopsis: KJ Parker’s new novella is a darkly witty historical fantasy. A group of scholars are asked to do the impossible by a ruthless king. The cost of refusal being death, of course. History isn’t truth…it’s propaganda. Academics can be cocky. Atop their perches of authority high above the thrumming masses of the unquestioning world […]

Filed Under: Historical, Reviews Tagged With: Dark Academia, Political Satire

Review: The Nga’phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon

September 2, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

The Nga’phandeileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon

Synopsis: When a precocious Guardian in Sector Z in New Inku’lulu—an elite space outpost—misuses her sound magic, the Guardians punish her by stripping away her magical ability. Now Chant’L is exiled to Savage Mound, a sound island on planet Wiimb-ó, and grows increasingly vengeful—until she discovers that magic is inborn, never truly lost or taken. […]

Filed Under: Aliens, Horror, Reviews, Science Fiction Tagged With: African, Afrofuturism, Eugen Bacon, Sauútiverse, Sci-Fi

Review: The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso

August 28, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

The Book of Lost Hours by Hayley Gelfuso

Synopsis: For fans of The Ministry of Time and The Midnight Library, a sweeping, unforgettable novel following two remarkable women moving between postwar and Cold War-era America and the mysterious time space, a library filled with books containing the memories of those who bore witness to history. Enter the time space, a soaring library filled […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Historical, Magical Realism, Reviews, Romantic Fantasy Tagged With: Atria Books, Hayley Gelfuso, Historical Fiction, Romance, Time Travel

Review: The Art of Legend (War Arts #3) by Wesley Chu

August 26, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

The Art of Legend by Wesley Chu

Synopsis: Once in a faraway kingdom there was a man prophesied to be the chosen one, who would defeat a great villain, the Eternal Khan, and save the kingdom. But then the Eternal Khan died . . . and the prophecy was broken. For Jian, the fated hero, this could have been a moment to […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Asian Inspired, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Heroic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Reviews Tagged With: Asian Inspired Fantasy, Del Rey, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Trilogy

Review: Dot Slash Magic by Liz Shipton

August 19, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Dot Slash Magic by Liz Shipton

Synopsis: What if you wrote a magic computer program? What if that magic computer program started summoning monsters? When twenty-something coder Seven Jones goes back to school at a community college in San Diego, the last thing she wants is to join some stupid club. And the last thing she expects is to walk into […]

Filed Under: Artificial Intelligence, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy, Reviews, Sci-Fi Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Review: The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown

August 12, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

The Society of Unknowable Objects by Gareth Brown

Synopsis: From the author of the internationally bestselling The Book of Doors, another fantastical, stand-alone novel in which a trio of seemingly everyday people are members of a secret society tasked with finding and protecting hidden magical objects—ordinary items with extraordinary properties.  The world of unknowable objects—magical items that most people have no idea possess […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Reviews Tagged With: Fantasy, Gareth Brown, Magical Realism, The Book of Doors, The Society of Unknowable Objects, Warehouse 13

Review: The L.O.V.E. Club by Lio Min

August 5, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

The L.O.V.E. Club by Lio Min

Synopsis: From the acclaimed author of Beating Heart Baby, an immersive novel following three estranged high schoolers who are pulled into a video game to pursue the disappearance of their friend Three years ago, Elle (the “E” in the self-proclaimed L.O.V.E. Club) disappeared from Calendula, an affluent Chinese American suburb in inland California. Soon afterward, […]

Filed Under: Reviews, Sci-Fi Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Chinese-American, Fantasy, Lio Min, Sci-Fi, Video Games

Review: The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi

July 29, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre by Philip Fracassi

Synopsis: Brimming with dark humor, violence, and mystery, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a blood-soaked slasher sure to keep readers cringing, laughing, and guessing until the very last page. Rose DuBois is not your average final girl. Rose is in her late 70s, living out her golden years at the Autumn Springs Retirement […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Mystery, Reviews, Serial Killers, Slasher, Thriller Tagged With: Final Girl, Halloween, Mystery, Philip Fracassi, Slasher, Thriller

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