Synopsis Darrow would have lived in peace, but his enemies brought him war. The Gold overlords demanded his obedience, hanged his wife, and enslaved his people. But Darrow is determined to fight back. Risking everything to transform himself and breach Gold society, Darrow has battled to survive the cutthroat rivalries that breed Society’s mightiest warriors, […]
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Review: Whisper Down The Lane by Clay McLeod Chapman
Synopsis: A pulse-pounding, true-crime-based horror novel inspired by the McMartin preschool trial and Satanic Panic of the ’80s. Richard doesn’t have a past. For him, there is only the present: a new marriage, a first chance at fatherhood, and a quiet life as an art teacher in Virginia. Then the body of a ritualistically murdered […]
Review: The Sword of Kaigen by M. L. Wang
Synopsis A mother struggling to repress her violent past,A son struggling to grasp his violent future,A father blind to the danger that threatens them all. When the winds of war reach their peninsula, will the Matsuda family have the strength to defend their empire? Or will they tear each other apart before the true enemies […]
Review: Murtagh (The Inheritance Cycle #5) by Christopher Paolini
Synopsis INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Master storyteller and internationally bestselling author Christopher Paolini returns to the World of Eragon in this stunning epic fantasy set a year after the events of the Inheritance Cycle. Join Dragon Rider—and fan favorite—Murtagh and his dragon as they confront a perilous new enemy! “Christopher Paolini is a true […]
Tears of the Maelstrom (The Legacy of Boulom #2) by Timothy Wolff
Synopsis: The realm has been saved, but at what cost? With Vaynex on the brink of civil war, Tempest Claw struggles for peace among his people, many of whom seek vengeance for their lost deity. As the recession grows deeper, one thing remains clear: Tempest will either find common ground with his brethren, or a […]
Review: Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
Synopsis: Whalefall is a scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who’s been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out. Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool’s errand—to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of […]
Series Spotlight: The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
Twenty years after Knopf released Eragon, us diehard fans of The Inheritance Cycle received Murtagh. Paolini had talked about a book five on more than one occasion, I think I personally always imagined that it would feature Eragon again, or at least that was my desire. Now, he has said that this was not the […]
Review: Cranberry Cove by Hailey Piper
Synopsis: Bram Stoker Award-winning author Hailey Piper joins Bad Hand Books with a supernatural crime novella. What’s been happening at Cranberry Cove? It’s unspeakable. It’s unspoken. Emberly Hale is about to take a dark journey inside the derelict hotel—and inside her own past—to find out the horrible truth. Review: Hailey Piper’s Cranberry Cove begins with […]
Why Authors Need Cover Reveals
IF YOU USE AI TO CREATE YOUR COVERS, DISREGARD THIS POST AND PROMPTLY JOG ON! 🙂 Over the years, I have been trying to explain to every individual author and publisher why cover reveals are a necessary thing. A vast majority tell me “You know, I didn’t even think about doing one.” If I am […]
Review: Elegy of a Fragmented Vineyard (Paladins of the Harvest #1) by Kaden Love
Synopsis Forced to appease the policies of a foreign fiefdom, Phenmir must harvest organs from infants.Ten years ago, a new generation of children began to manifest abilities from the gods. Now, nearly half of the continent has chosen to graft these organs into adults, granting them their powers.Phenmir will no longer participate, but can he […]
Review: Three Eight One by Aliya Whiteley
Skyward Inn by Aliya Whiteley was my first big introduction to spec-fic and I’m so excited every time she releases a new book. Three Eight One is a fascinating mix of far-future and past (or maybe present, or recent past??). The bulk of the story is a coming-of-age heroes quest style tale following a girl named Fairly, and there’s also interwoven in, by the way of footnotes and a prologue, a far-future narrative where it seems that people’s consciousness’ are interwoven and you can choose to be ‘born’ into an organic body.
Review: A Nest of Nightmares by Lisa Tuttle
Synopsis: In Lisa Tuttle’s stories, the everyday domestic world of her female protagonists is invaded by the bizarre, the uncanny, the horrific. In ‘Bug House’, a woman who goes to visit her aunt is shocked to find she is dying – but even more shocking is what is killing her. The divorcing couple in ‘Community […]